Build:Berserker - Power DPS

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on February 15, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A fresh iteration of the Heart of Thorns era build, Power Berserker. This version has strong burst and sustained damage from spamming Decapitate in Berserk.

Skill Bar

Axe/Axe

Greatsword

Utility

Skill Variants

• Throw Bolas or Bull's Charge can replace Wild Blow or Signet of Might. This will provide more burst DPS through Peak Performance, but will be lower DPS long-term so you'll need to know what your phase times will be. Therefore this is more viable in fractals than in raids.

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Specializations

Specialization Variants

• Last Blaze for more DPS if you're confident in your rotation and quickness/alacrity uptime.

Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Assassin

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Assassin

Ring
Berserker

Axe
Berserker

Axe
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Equipment Variants

Depending on your ability to flank, you may be better off running Rune of Superior Rune of the Eagle or even Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar. In such cases you will need to increase the number of assassin pieces to make up for the lost precision. This is particularly relevant in fractals, where you have lots of additional precision from fractal potions and it can be very difficult to flank your targets.

In fractals, you may want to replace the Sigil of Superior Sigil of Hydromancy on the greatsword with a Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact.

For detailed gear variants, see Build:Berserker_-_Power_Bannerslave.

Consumables

Food

• if you don't have a ranger giving you Spotter

Utility

Usage

Video Example

The rotation aims to get as many casts of Decapitate and Arc Divider off during Berserk mode as possible. Effectively, this means that while on Axe/Axe you cast Decapitate followed by a combination of skills that gets you back to 10 Adrenaline to recast Decapitate. These combinations can be any of the following, listed in order of which they should be used:

1. Whirling Axe - note that you should let this fully channel, don't interrupt it once you have full adrenaline!
2. Cyclone Axe + Throw Axe
3. Head Butt + Outrage
4. Dual Strike + Throw Axe

If you would be forced to autoattack on axe, swap to greatsword instead and use:

1. Arc Divider
2. Bladetrail
3. Hundred Blades
4. Arc Divider

When you're not in Berserk mode, you can follow the same general principles, replacing your Burst skill casts with auto-attack chains in the respective weapons.

General Tips

• Unless you know you'll need it for CC soon, use Wild Blow on cooldown while in Berserk mode.
• Outrage will come off cooldown in between Head Butt casts - you can use it immediately as it doesn't interrupt other channels.
  • You can also save Outrage to break stuns inflicted during the encounter if you think you may need to.
• Generally you shouldn't be auto-attacking while Berserk mode is active.
• Never interrupt your Axe auto-attack chains when you're not in Berserk Mode