Build:Berserker - Boon Support Healer

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Focused on: Healing and Support

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on June 28, 2024.

Overview

Warriors can provide permanent Quickness (or Alacrity) and strong healing output Staff and Vigorous Shouts. The on-demand revives from Battle Standard make this an ideal build for commanders training new players in strikes and raids. This build is quite flexible, allowing it to bring whatever is needed to each encounter.

Berserker is significantly more capable than Bladesworn in this role, as it is able to use both Staff and Warhorn, and has access to Staff's powerful burst skill healing.

Skillbar

Staff

Mace/Warhorn

Utility

Weapon Variants

• The mainhand option on the Warhorn set is a free choice. Mace is taken as default as it offers both CC and some active defence.
  • Axe could be a good option on Bladesworn as it can trigger Lush Forest.
• For players that don't own Secrets of the Obscure, Warhorn is the only support weapon option.

Skill Variants

Utility skills

• Banner of Tactics - on-demand Stability and Superspeed.
• Kick (warrior utility)/Stomp - knockback for mechanics on fights like Samarog and Soulless Horror.
• Bull's Charge/Wild Blow - extra CC.
• Throw Bolas - Immobilize on a short cooldown.

Elite skills

• Signet of Rage - if you know you don't need revives.
• Head Butt - extra CC when playing Berserker variant.

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Specializations

• Warrior's Sprint - slightly more DPS and mobility, if you're certain you won't be downed and need to rally yourself.
• If adrenaline generation is a problem Burst Mastery might end up better than the healing buff from Heightened Focus

• Roaring Reveille - if extra Concentration and on-demand Resistance is needed, at the cost of some healing and permanent Protection.
• Empower Allies - for encounters with no conditions to cleanse.
• Martial Cadence - allows you to trigger Soldier's Focus every ~5s (either by weapon swapping immediately after it triggers, or weapon swapping off cooldown). This is lower healing in general, but reduces your reliance on shouts while providing more condi cleanse and permanent Stability.

Specialization Variants

• Worse in general as a healer, this variant allows you to provide Alacrity instead of Quickness.

Equipment

Head
Harrier

Shoulders
Harrier

Chest
Harrier

Hands
Harrier

Legs
Harrier

Feet
Harrier

Backpiece
Harrier

Accessory
Harrier

Accessory
Harrier

Amulet
Harrier

Ring
Harrier

Ring
Harrier

Staff
Harrier

Sigil

Sigil

Mace
Harrier

Warhorn
Harrier

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Equipment Variants

Stats

• Giver's pieces can be taken for a tanking. Take as many pieces as you need to have the highest Toughness in your squad and keep the rest Harrier for more DPS.

Weapons

• Axe is the highest DPS option, though you won't be dealing much damage. It can proc Lush Forest on Bladesworn and provide two combo finishers for condition removal in Light fields.
• Maces can be brought in either slot to provide CC. Mace's burst skill Skull Crack does extremely high breakbar damage when combined with Sigil of Superior Sigil of Paralyzation (and Merciless Hammer if taking Defense).
• Longbow can provide a good amount of Might with Combustive Shot dropping a 9-second fire combo field. Arcing Arrow and your Warhorn skills are all blast finishers. Longbow is also a good ranged option for tagging mobs in open world or festival farming.
• Hammer can be brought if extra knockbacks and/or CC is needed, thanks to Staggering Blow
• Mace (main hand) and/or offhand Shield can provide blocks for tanking.

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Renewal - a small on-demand burst heal. Can weapon swap on cooldown even if you only bring one weapon set by placing the main hand in the first set and the offhand in the second set.
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Paralyzation if bringing Mace to focus on CC output.

Relics

• Protection is not permanent without Staff, but you could make it so with Relic of the Zephyrite. This will require using an elite with a cooldown of 40s or less.
• Relic of Karakosa only offers healing when using Warhorn, and as you only have a single combo field (Banner of Defense) you'll need to try to combo with your allies' fields. However, if you want to swap for Warhorn regularly for Swiftness and Vigor, this helps cover the shortfall in healing when not on Staff.

Consumables

Food

Utility

Usage

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