Berserker - Condi DPS

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

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Raids

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This build was last updated on April 10, 2023 and is up to date for the May 02, 2023 game patch.

Overview

A condition DPS Berserker raid build. This build deals high sustained damage and brings a lot of CC.

Skill Bar

Longbow

Sword/Torch

Utility

Skill Variants

• is theoretically higher DPS than , but it is much more awkward to use in the rotation.

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Equipment

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Viper

Legs
Viper

Feet
Viper

Backpiece
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Ring
Viper

Longbow
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Sword
Viper

Torch
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x13

Infusion
x5

• If you do not have stat infusions, use (or alternatives) as your food instead.

Consumables

Food

• or ascended alternatives
  • , or for a cheaper alternative

Utility

• or .

Usage

Rotation

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.

Opener

1. Cast before entering combat
2. Weapon swap
5. - follow with if you get stunned, otherwise use Outrage once you've entered Berserk
13. Weapon swap

Basic Sword/Torch Section

5. Weapon Swap as soon as you can

Basic Longbow Section

4. Autoattack and until Scorched Earth is available
7. Weapon swap
8. Return to start of sword section

Video example

Video example (Sundering Leap)

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.
  • Use off cooldown (if using), but 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.
• If is available after using , use ⇒ ⇒ immediately after.
  • 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.
• You can freely interrupt your Sword auto-attack chain without losing DPS.
• Swap off from Sword as soon as your weapon swap is available.
• Use off cooldown.
  • If is nearly off cooldown when you would swap off sword, you can stay for a few more seconds and do ⇒ .
• Once the boss is below 50% you should use whenever you're on Sword.
• You can provide extra might for your group by using 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 .