Berserker - Condi Berserker

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on March 29, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A strong condition Berserker open world build with extremely high area damage.

Meta Rating

This build is rated as Meta, but only for farm zergs due to its incredibly high area damage. It requires party support to really shine.

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Skill Bar

Sword/Torch

Longbow

Utility

Skill Variants

Heal Skills

• Defiant Stance - defense: counter-pressure, performs best against hard solo content.

Utilities

• Wild Blow - CC
• Signet of Stamina - defense: more dodges.
• Dolyak Signet - stability and damage reduction
• "Shake It Off!" - best condition clear and stunbreak
• Signet of Might - high DPS option
• Endure Pain - immortality for a few seconds
• Banner of Discipline - boost ally damage; great for zergs
• Banner of Strength - boost ally damage; great for zergs
• Banner of Defense - boost ally defense; good for zergs
• Banner of Tactics - boost ally defense; good in zergs
  • If taking banners, consider taking Doubled Standards

Specializations

• Doubled Standards - if taking Banners.
• Savage Instinct - An excellent stunbreak that includes a short invulnerability period.

Tactics

Tactics can be taken over Discipline for a boost to ally support at the cost of personal DPS.

• If using Phalanx Strength, consider running

Equipment

Viper

This set uses gear similar to Build:Berserker_-_Condi_DPS, making it great for general PVE

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

Variant Equipment

• Trailblazer - trades some damage for a large EHP boost
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - more defense

Consumables

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
• - farming
• - DPS
• - defense

Utility

• (and variants) - farming
• , - dps
• - dps if using gear with high toughness

Usage

Damage

• Use "For Great Justice!" and Shattering Blow off cooldown
• This build does not have an actual rotation due to its skills having no real loop. Instead, it features a priority of skills:
• Head Butt + Outrage to open fights, and throughout the fight to maintain Berserk
• Longbow: aim to use Scorched Earth 2-3 times, depending on if Blood Reckoning is up or not, and Fan of Fire twice. Use Pin Down and Arcing Arrow off cooldown
• Sword: aim to use Flaming Flurry 2-3 times, depending on if Blood Reckoning is up or not. Use Blaze Breaker and Flames of War off cooldown. Use Savage Leap directly after Flames of War for the Fire Aura, which is especially useful against groups of enemies. Against foes under 50% HP, use Final Thrust off cooldown.

Defense

• Shattering Blow blocks attacks and reflects projectiles.
• Smoldering Arrow 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

• Head Butt
• Pin Down
• Wild Blow

Video Examples

Trailblazer Zerk vs Razorwing

• Though the mechanical play is a bit shoddy here, this is a good demonstration of the fact that this build can actually compete with some other solo options.