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{{Skill|Berserk}} is the profession mechanic of the berserker. After filling your Adrenaline bar, for example by using {{Skill|Head Butt}}, activate the skill to enter Berserk. In Berserk mode, you deal additional damage thanks to {{Trait|Fatal Frenzy}}, and have increased critical chance due to {{Trait|Smash Brawler}}. Your maximum Adrenaline is reduced, so it's easier to gain full Adrenaline to use the improved Primal Burst skills {{Skill|Scorched Earth}} and {{Skill|Flaming Flurry}} which are your sourcess of {{Tooltip|Quickness}}.
 
{{Skill|Berserk}} is the profession mechanic of the berserker. After filling your Adrenaline bar, for example by using {{Skill|Head Butt}}, activate the skill to enter Berserk. In Berserk mode, you deal additional damage thanks to {{Trait|Fatal Frenzy}}, and have increased critical chance due to {{Trait|Smash Brawler}}. Your maximum Adrenaline is reduced, so it's easier to gain full Adrenaline to use the improved Primal Burst skills {{Skill|Scorched Earth}} and {{Skill|Flaming Flurry}} which are your sourcess of {{Tooltip|Quickness}}.
  
For these reasons, maintaining Berserk mode is key to playing berserker correctly. {{Skill|Blood Reckoning}}, {{Skill|Outrage}} and {{Skill|Head Butt}} extend the duration of your current Berserk mode. Using a Primal Burst also extends the Berserk duration due to {{Trait|Smash Brawler}}. Thanks to this, you can maintain permanent Berserk mode during fights.
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For these reasons, maintaining Berserk mode is key to playing berserker correctly. {{Skill|Blood Reckoning}}, {{Skill|Outrage}} and {{Skill|Head Butt}} extend the duration of your current Berserk mode. Using a Rage skill also extends the Berserk duration due to {{Trait|Last Blaze}}. Unlike power berserker, however, you will not be able to permanently maintain Bersek mode.
 
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Start fights by instantly filling your Adrenaline bar with {{Skill|Head Butt}}, activate {{Skill|Berserk}}, and scorch your enemies.
 
Start fights by instantly filling your Adrenaline bar with {{Skill|Head Butt}}, activate {{Skill|Berserk}}, and scorch your enemies.

Latest revision as of 22:32, 12 February 2025

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

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds

Difficulty:
Hard
This build was last updated on February 12, 2025 and is up to date for the February 11, 2025 patch.

Condition Berserker Berserker is a fast paced build for open world that also provides boons. You'll spend most of the time in

mode, dealing increased damage and killing enemies by spamming the Primal Burst skills and , inflicting lots of Burning Burning, so you have good burst damage for a condition build. You will also provide some Quickness Quickness to yourself and nearby allies, though not 100% uptime in dps gear. Berserker is also very relentless, having 2 stunbreak skills that also help with damage, and a heal skill that makes you nigh-immortal for a few seconds.

It is the only condition build avaliable to warrior. As downsides, the build is not easy to play, requires very frequent weapon swapping supported by

, requires use of combo fields to reach its true potential due to (See: Guide:What are Combo Fields), and cannot maintain permanent Quickness Quickness in dps gear unlike power berserker.


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Skill Bar

Sword/Torch
Longbow
Utility


Weapon Variants

Skill variants

Heal skill

is key to the build, letting you reset your Primal Burst and giving you adrenaline. You should almost never replace it.

  • - defensive option, low cooldow, removes conditions, high healing.

Utilities

is extremely useful, as it is not only a stunbreak but also extends the duration of your mode. Never replace it.
is a good damage skill but can be replaced if needed.
provides you and nearby allies with boons. Very useful, but can be replaced if needed.

Elite Skills

is absolutely key to the build and should almost never be replaced. It deals good damage, breaks stun, deals good crowd control, extends the duration of mode, and fully refills your Adrenaline.

  • - in vey rare situations, you can take this banner to revive allies.


Specializations

Variants


Equipment

DPS

Head
Viper
Shoulders
Sinister
Chest
Viper
Hands
Sinister
Legs
Viper
Feet
Sinister
Backpiece
Viper
Accessory
Sinister
Accessory
Sinister
Amulet
Viper
Ring
Viper
Ring
Viper
Longbow
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Sword
Viper
Torch
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6


Relic
  • For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use Trailblazer Trailblazer, Celestial Celestial, or Ritualist Ritualist trinkets.

Quickness

This variant provides permanent Quickness Quickness to nearby allies.

Head
Viper
Shoulders
Viper
Chest
Viper
Hands
Viper
Legs
Viper
Feet
Viper
Backpiece
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Accessory
Viper
Amulet
Ritualist
Ring
Viper
Ring
Viper
Longbow
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Sword
Viper
Torch
Viper
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6


Relic
  • As an alternative to
    , use Ritualist Ritualist weapons, amulets, and rings along with
    and +100 Concentration food. Your aim is a minimum of 5.5s of Quickness per Burst.
  • For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use Trailblazer Trailblazer, Celestial Celestial, or Ritualist Ritualist trinkets.


Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

  • Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
  • /
  • /

Defense

Farming

  • Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
  • /
  • (and variants)


Usage

Berserk

is the profession mechanic of the berserker. After filling your Adrenaline bar, for example by using , activate the skill to enter Berserk. In Berserk mode, you deal additional damage thanks to , and have increased critical chance due to . Your maximum Adrenaline is reduced, so it's easier to gain full Adrenaline to use the improved Primal Burst skills and which are your sourcess of Quickness Quickness.

For these reasons, maintaining Berserk mode is key to playing berserker correctly.

, and extend the duration of your current Berserk mode. Using a Rage skill also extends the Berserk duration due to . Unlike power berserker, however, you will not be able to permanently maintain Bersek mode.

Damage

Start fights by instantly filling your Adrenaline bar with

, activate , and scorch your enemies.

Sword/Torch Priority

  1. Fill with auto-attacks

Longbow Priority

  1. Fill with auto-attacks

In short, spam your Primal Bursts. Use

to cast twice back to back, then swap back to sword when you can since longbow lacks sustained damage.

  • Use + when your weapon skills are on cooldown to help maintain Berserk, but try to use Outrage strategically if facing enemies with stuns.
  • Use before starting fights, and periodically throughout them.
  • Use off cooldown.
  • Try to stay in Berserk mode as long as possible.
  • When you have a Fire Aura, try to detonate it by using a berserker skill to trigger . "Berserker skills" refers to primal burst, rage, and torch skills. Remember that leap finishers such as provide fire aura when used on fire fields (See: Guide:What are Combo Fields).

Defense

  • blocks attacks and reflects projectiles.
  • can be used to blind enemies.
  • Remember to always dodge and sidestep attacks if possible. Don't get hit by anything you can move out of.

Crowd Control


Ratings

This build has a rating of 4 stars based on 1 votes.
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4 stars
Warming Hearth gave this build 4 stars • March 2025
Condi berserker offers some AoE damage with the longbow primal burst and some ranged damage. However, it is inferior to power berserker as it cannot maintain permanent Berserk mode or quickness, and its burst damage is lacking.

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