Berserker - Condi DPS
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Focused on: Condition damage
Designed for: Raids
Expansions required: 
Overview
A condition DPS Berserker raid build focussed mainly on 
Burning and 
Bleeding. The rotation is fast-paced and rewards constantly attacking, weapon swapping and triggering of burst skills. Despite this and the Berserker's theming, the damage is among the slowest-ramping in the game, heavily favouring long phases.
This build can pack a good amount of CC and mobility, and its combination of high health, heavy armour and make it very survivable. In addition, is a great cleave skill that can hit distant targets without losing DPS on the boss.
Its damage is heavily dependent on remaining inside by frequently using Rage skills. As such, it is somewhat reliant on having good 
Alacrity uptime.
Skill Bar
Weapon Variants
- Offhand Sword is only a small DPS loss, so you could play this if you prefer.
Skill Variants
- is higher DPS than , but the latter can be a potential CC and you may find the movement of awkward if you're unused to it - to minimise movement, you can mouse over your UI and you will jump on the spot.
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Specializations
- is higher damage if using offhand Sword. You should also adjust your gear to make up for the 120 expertise difference (see below).
- All the grandmaster traits in Discipline are very low-value for condi berserker. offers the highest damage, but you could take if you want extra
Swiftness uptime. could also be useful if you don't trust your 
Quickness uptime, though it doesn't offer any damage.
Equipment
Viper
Sinister
Viper
Sinister
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
Viper
x6
x17
x1
- If you don't have Infusions, it is slightly more optimal to only run a single
Sinister stats piece. - If running you will need less expertise, so in this case run Sinister stats accessories, shoulders, gloves and feet.
- It it also optimal to run full Malign infusions in this case.
Non-SotO Relics
There are no obvious damage relics for players that don't own Secrets of the Obscure. is likely to be the best of them, but the damage gain would be low enough that you might prefer to go for a utility option instead.
Consumables
Food
- or ascended alternatives
- , or for a cheaper alternative
Utility
-
- or for a cheaper alternative
Usage
Although the basic structure of the rotation is simple, in practise you have multiple skills that will come off cooldown at different times from loop to loop. See General Tips for an explanation of how to use these skills in the rotation.
Offhand Torch Rotation
Opener
Basic Sword Section
Compared to longbow, the order of skills on Sword doesn't matter too much as you will use each of them just once, thus you can prioritise Rage utility skills if they are available. However, will provide a fire aura if you're stood in a fire field, which is very likely as you should have just used . If you already have a fire field from , you should ideally detonate it with a Rage utility skill before using .
- (if available) - Flaming Flurry will interrupt this cast, so make it finishes
- ⇒ ⇒ - if you use Rage skills on sword, you can skip the auto chain
Weapon swap
Basic Longbow Section
It is important not to delay your weapon swap, so always prioritise the listed skills until the first over your Rage skills (except , as it is instant cast).
-
- ⇒ ⇒ if Blood Reckoning is off cooldown
- Autoattack and until Scorched Earth is available
- Weapon swap
- Return to start of Sword section
Offhand Sword Rotation
Opener
- Weapon swap
- or
- Weapon swap
- - in the opener this is used before Final Thrust as the latter skill won't be off cooldown yet
- ⇒ ⇒
- Weapon swap
Basic Longbow Section
It is important not to delay your weapon swap, so always prioritise the listed skills until the first over your Rage skills (except , as it is instant case).
-
- ⇒ ⇒ if Blood Reckoning is off cooldown
- Autoattack and until Scorched Earth is available
- Weapon swap
Basic Sword Section
Compared to longbow, the order of skills on Sword doesn't matter too much as you will use each of them just once, thus you can prioritise Rage utility skills if they are available. However, will provide a fire aura if you're stood in a fire field, which is very likely as you should have just used . If you already have a fire field from , you should ideally detonate it with a Rage utility skill before using .
- ⇒ ⇒ - if you use any Rage skills on sword, you don't have to finish the auto chain
- as soon as you can (ideally without interrupting another skill)
- Weapon swap
- Return to start of longbow section
Breakbar
- Your most easily accessible strong CC is .
- If you know you will be using , you may wish to delay so you can immediately break the self-stun.
- is used in the rotation, so you will need to balance the need for CC against the risk of dropping out of Berserk if you delay the extension.
General Tips
- Use , and off cooldown.
- You can use off cooldown, but it is optimal to make sure that you're in one of your fire fields in order to give yourself a Fire Aura.
- You can save to break stuns inflicted during the encounter if you think you may need to, though it has a low cooldown.
- You may need to use occasionally to prevent yourself dropping out of Berserk - combo with .
- The most efficient time for this is when you would otherwise be autoattacking on longbow.
- You can also use it for extra damage if triggers and you have no other Berserker skill to detonate the aura with.
- As you delay until after a , the cooldown practically lines up with and it's ideal to use it in a fire field for the combo finisher. If they become desynced however, just use off cooldown.
- Although this combo extends the time you spend on Longbow you still want to only use twice.
- If timed such that you block an attack, is both a strong defensive and offensive tool.
- Use off cooldown (if using).
- You should be aiming to swap off from Sword almost as soon as your weapon swap is available.
- You can provide extra might for your group by aiming inside your or another fire field.
- 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 .
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