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

and

. It also 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

LongbowHealingUtilityElite

Sword/Torch

Slot Changes

• can replace
  if your group requires an extra source of fury.
• can replace
  for more CC.
• can replace a banner if splitting banners with another Warrior in the raid squad.

Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of the Renegade

11x

Malign +5 Agony Infusion

7x

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

Opening Berserk Section

1. Cast
   before entering combat
2. Weapon swap
5. followed by
   to break the self-stun.
11. Weapon swap
14. Weapon swap
19. Weapon swap
22. Weapon swap
28. Weapon swap
30. should end here.
31. Stay on Sword until
    is available, then move to the next section of the rotation.

Berserk Loop Section

1. Weapon swap to Longbow
9. Weapon swap
12. Weapon swap
19. Weapon swap
22. Weapon swap
25. should end here.
27. Weapon swap
29. Stay on Sword until
    is available, then repeat from step 1.

Video Example

General Tips

• Use
  off cooldown whenever you're on sword and
  off cooldown whenever you're on Longbow.
  • Once the boss is below 50% you should use
    off cooldown whenever you're on Sword.
• Fill in gaps in the rotation with auto-attacks until the next skill is off cooldown
• You can freely interrupt your Sword auto-attack chain without losing DPS.
• Follow the rotation as much as possible but stay on longbow if you can't make use of your sword skills in melee range.
• should be used off cooldown, taking priority over everything except
  .
  should only be used in combination with
  (or if you have stability from another source) to prevent the self-stun from it.
• You can provide extra might for your group by using
  inside your
  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
  .

Breakbar

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