Berserker - Condi Bannerslave

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Part of the current metagame.

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great.

Focused on: Condition damage, Utility.

Designed for:

Raid

Expansions required:

Overview

Condi Bannerslave (also known as Banner Support or BS) is a meta defining offensive support in raids. This build provides up to 10 players with the unique damage buffs Banner of Strength and Banner of Discipline. It also provides Empower Allies, strong CC, and very high personal DPS for a support build. Due to the raw power of its damage buffs one bannerslave is standard in every raid group.

This build focuses on condition damage and excels in long sustained fights. For a more CC and burst damage focused variant, see Warrior - Power Bannerslave. For a variant with boonstrip but mediocre damage, see Spellbreaker - Power Boonstrip Bannerslave.

This guide is focused on raids. For the fractal version see Berserker - Condi Bannerslave (Fractal).

Skill Bar

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Sword/Torch

Slot Changes

• "For Great Justice!" can replace Shattering Blow if your group requires an extra source of fury.
• Wild Blow can replace Shattering Blow for more CC.
• Outrage can replace a banner if splitting banners with another Warrior in the raid squad.

Specializations

Tactics Variant

Tactics is only worth running instead of Tactics if your party is mostly power DPS that would benefit much from Empower Allies. This provides lower personal DPS but increases allies' power DPS.

Phalanx Strength Variant

If you need to provide 25 might to your party by yourself, take Phalanx Strength, replace runes with

, and replace

with

. This is a big DPS loss and should only be used in groups with no other source of might.

Equipment

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Superior Rune of the Renegade

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Malign +5 Agony Infusion

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Spiteful +5 Agony Infusion

Variants

Runes

• very minor dps difference. If you already have a set with them, upgrading to
  is a low priority.

Infusions

• If you want to maximize your damage you can gain approximately 4% extra dps by using infusions that provide +5 condition damage, such as Malign +9 Agony Infusions, however this is only a small damage increase for what can be a very large gold cost.

Consumables

Food:

• Koi Cake

  Koi Cake

  Nourishment (20 m):

  +100 Expertise+70 Condition Damage+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
  ,
  Rare Veggie Pizza

  Rare Veggie Pizza

  Nourishment (30 m):

  +100 Expertise+70 Condition Damage+10 Experience from kills

  Consumable
  or Red-Lentil Saobosa

Utility:

• Toxic Focusing Crystal

  Toxic Focusing Crystal

  Nourishment (30 m):

  Gain Condition Damage equal to 3% of your PowerGain Condition Damage equal to 3% of your Precision+10% Experience from Kills

  Consumable
  • Tuning Icicle

    Tuning Icicle

    Nourishment (30 m):

    Gain Condition Damage equal to 3% of your PrecisionGain Condition Damage equal to 8% of your Expertise+10% Experience from Kills

    Consumable
    or Potent Master Tuning Crystal for a cheaper alternative

Usage

Tactics Rotation

1. Start with Sword/Torch
2. Flames of War
3. Shattering Blow
4. Head Butt
5. Blaze Breaker
6. Berserk
7. Flaming Flurry
8. Weapon swap
9. Fan of Fire
10. Scorched Earth
11. Blood Reckoning
12. Scorched Earth
13. Pin Down
14. Fan of Fire
15. Scorched Earth
16. Scorched Earth
17. Fan of Fire
18. Weapon swap
19. Blaze Breaker
20. Flames of War
21. Blaze Breaker
22. Berserk
23. Flaming Flurry
24. Weapon swap
25. Fan of Fire
26. Scorched Earth
27. Blood Reckoning
28. Scorched Earth
29. Pin Down
30. Fan of Fire
31. Scorched Earth
32. Scorched Earth
33. Fan of Fire
34. Weapon swap
35. Repeat from step 4

Discipline Rotation

1. Shattering Blow
2. Head Butt
3. Pin Down
4. Berserk
5. Scorched Earth
6. Blood Reckoning
7. Scorched Earth
8. Fan of Fire
9. Weapon swap
10. Blaze Breaker
11. Flames of War
12. Weapon swap
13. Scorched Earth
14. Fan of Fire
15. Scorched Earth
16. Shattering Blow
17. Fan of Fire
18. Scorched Earth
19. Weapon swap
20. Blaze Breaker
21. Flames of War
22. Weapon swap
23. Fan of Fire
24. Combustive Shot
25. Pin Down
26. Shattering Blow
27. Berserk
28. Scorched Earth
29. Blood Reckoning
30. Scorched Earth
31. Repeat from step 9

General Tips

• Fill in gaps in the rotation with auto-attacks until the next skill is off cooldown
• Follow the rotation as much as possible but stay on longbow if you can't make use of your sword skills in melee range.
• Shattering Blow should be used off cooldown, taking priority over everything except Scorched Earth. Head Butt should only be used in combination with Shattering Blow (or if you have stability from another source) to prevent the self-stun from it.
• Once the boss is below 50% hp, you should use Final Thrust in place of an auto-attack while on sword for extra damage.

Breakbar

• Your most easily accessible strong CC is Head Butt.
• If your team needs strong CC, on Mathias Gabrel for example, you can switch Shattering Blow for Wild Blow, your strongest CC option.

Misc

• If you have "For Great Justice!" use it off cooldown.
• You can provide extra might for your group by using Arcing Arrow inside your Scorched Earth or another fire field.
• Use all of your equipped Banners at the beginning of the fight and re-summon them off cooldown.
• Some bosses have attacks that are harmful to the group if they're reflected (Primarily Matthias Gabrel and Cairn the Indomitable), make sure to familiarize yourself with these and avoid reflecting them with Shattering Blow.