Berserker - Power Berserker

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

Designed for: Open World, Open World General and [[|]]

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on August 16, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A Power Berserker build for solo play in open world. This build is also somewhat functional in a farm zerg (see notes below).

This builds major strengths include:

Very high area damage
High burst damage
Good mobility
Built-in defense and stunbreak.

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Greatsword

Axe/Axe

Utility

Weapon Variants

It is never recommended to replace Dual Axe, as this is by far your highest damage weapon set.

Longbow - provides very large Ranged Area Damage, which is very useful for Tagging in Farm Zergs.
Hammer - very high innate CC but lower damage than Greatsword
Mainhand Mace + Offhand Mace - low DPS but extremely high CC.

Skill Variants

Heal Skills

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

Utilities

The skills provided above are critical for DPS and Berserker Mode duration, only replace them if absolutely required.

"Shake It Off!" - condition hate, stunbreak
Signet of Might - passive replacement for 24px "For Great Justice!"

Elite Skills

Battle Standard - ally res + boon support

Specializations

Peak Performance - small damage boost at the cost of stability.

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

This set uses gear similar to Build:Berserker_-_Power_DPS, making it good for general PVE.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Axe
Berserker

Sigil

Rune
x6

Sigil of Superior Sigil of Air - budget DPS, replaces Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact
Knight's Trinkets - higher defense at the cost of damage.
A Longbow with Sigil of Superior Sigil of Frenzy and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Fire can replace Greatsword in farm zergs for a decent ranged option. This gives you tons of AoE for basic tagging.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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Defense

Farming

Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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(and variants)

Usage

Damage

Use "For Great Justice!" off cooldown
This build operates with a basic skill priority, but requires some finesse due to its Adrenaline mechanic.
Use Head Butt to start fights. Immediately follow it with Outrage to break the self-stun.
A note about Fury: Fury is a significant portion of your damage and you only generate it from "For Great Justice!" and Arcing Slice. Since Arcing Slice is not typically part of the rotation, it can sometimes be worth using it at level 3 outside of Berserker mode in order to generate 16 seconds of Fury. This should usually be done right before using Headbutt, but requires some setup to do.

The basic Greatsword priority is as follows:

Head Butt ⇒ Outrage to open fights, and throughout the fight to maintain Berserk
Arc Divider - use this off cooldown.
Blood Reckoning at 0 adrenaline to instantly refresh Arc Divider
Hundred Blades
Whirlwind Attack
Bladetrail
Fill with auto-attacks.

For Axes, the priority is similar:

Head Butt ⇒ Outrage to open fights, and throughout the fight to maintain Berserk
Decapitate off cooldown
Whirling Axe
Cyclone Axe
Dual Strike
Throw Axe
Fill with auto-attacks.

On Axe/Axe in particular, the goal is generally to avoid auto-attacking as much as possible.

Defense

Whirlwind Attack can be used to evade attacks and reposition.
Blood Reckoning heals you based on damage dealt, continue to deal damage

Crowd Control

Head Butt
Wild Blow

Berserker - Power Berserker

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