Berserker - Greatsword Burst

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on October 11, 2023 and is up to date for the March 19, 2024 patch.

Overview

A Power Berserker build for solo play in open world. This build is also somewhat functional in a farm zerg (see notes below).

This builds major strengths include:

• Very high area damage
• High burst damage
• Good mobility
• Built-in defense and stunbreak.

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Greatsword

Axe/Axe

Utility

Weapon Variants

It is never recommended to replace Dual Axe, as this is by far your highest damage weapon set.

• Longbow - provides very large Ranged Area Damage, which is very useful for Tagging in Farm Zergs.
• Hammer - very high innate CC but lower damage than Greatsword
• Mainhand Mace + Offhand Mace - low DPS but extremely high CC.

Skill Variants

Heal Skills

• Defiant Stance - defense: counter-pressure, performs best against hard solo content.

Utilities

The skills provided above are critical for DPS and Berserker Mode duration, only replace them if absolutely required.

• "Shake It Off!" - condition hate, stunbreak
• Signet of Might - passive replacement for "For Great Justice!"

Elite Skills

• Battle Standard - ally res + boon support

Specializations

• Peak Performance - small damage boost at the cost of stability.
• Might Makes Right - high self healing at the cost of damage, also see food section below.

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

This set uses gear similar to Build:Berserker_-_Power_DPS, making it good for general PVE.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Axe
Berserker

Axe
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter and Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar are interchangeable.
• Other relics include Relic of the Thief, Relic of the Adventurer, Relic of Cerus, Relic of the Cavalier, and Relic of Durability.
• For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use Knight trinkets.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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Defense

• can be combo'd with Might Makes Right for insane self-healing.

Farming

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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• (and variants)

Usage

Damage

• Use "For Great Justice!" off cooldown
• This build operates with a basic skill priority, but requires some finesse due to its Adrenaline mechanic.
• Use Head Butt to start fights. Immediately follow it with Outrage to break the self-stun.
• A note about Fury: Fury is a significant portion of your damage and you only generate it from "For Great Justice!" and Arcing Slice. Since Arcing Slice is not typically part of the rotation, it can sometimes be worth using it at level 3 outside of Berserker mode in order to generate 16 seconds of Fury. This should usually be done right before using Head Butt, but requires some setup to do.

The basic Greatsword priority is as follows:

1. Head Butt ⇒ Outrage to open fights, and throughout the fight to maintain Berserk
2. Arc Divider - use this off cooldown.
3. Blood Reckoning at 0 adrenaline to instantly refresh Arc Divider
4. Hundred Blades
5. Whirlwind Attack
6. Bladetrail
7. Fill with auto-attacks.

For Axes, the priority is similar:

1. Head Butt ⇒ Outrage to open fights, and throughout the fight to maintain Berserk
2. Decapitate off cooldown
3. Whirling Axe
4. Cyclone Axe
5. Dual Strike
6. Throw Axe
7. Fill with auto-attacks.

• On Axe/Axe in particular, the goal is generally to avoid auto-attacking as much as possible.

Defense

• Whirlwind Attack can be used to evade attacks and reposition.
• Blood Reckoning heals you based on damage dealt, continue to deal damage

Crowd Control

• Head Butt
• Wild Blow