Berserker - Quickness Support Condi DPS

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 and Support

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on January 19, 2022 and is up to date for the February 11, 2025 patch.

Overview

Condi Bannerslave (also known as Banner Support or BS) is a meta defining offensive support in raids. This build provides up to 10 players with the unique damage buffs

Banner of Strength

and

Banner of Discipline

. It also has strong CC, and very high personal DPS for a support build. Due to the raw power of its damage buffs one bannerslave is standard in every raid group.

This build focuses on condition damage and excels in long sustained fights. For a more CC and burst damage focused variant, see Build:Warrior - Power Bannerslave.

Skill Bar

Longbow

Sword/Torch

Utility

Skill Variants

• "For Great Justice!"
  can replace
  Shattering Blow
  if your group requires an extra source of fury.
• Wild Blow
  can replace
  Shattering Blow
  for more CC.
• Outrage
  can replace a banner if splitting banners with another Warrior in the raid squad.
• Battle Standard
  can be used if CC is unimportant, and the fury or res power will be beneficial.

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Equipment

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

Equipment Variants

Runes

• Superior Rune of the Berserker
  very minor dps difference. If you already have a set with them, upgrading to
  Superior Rune of the Renegade
  is a low priority.

Sigils

• A
  Superior Sigil of Torment
  can replace one of the
  Superior Sigil of Earth
  for more DPS.

Infusions

• If you want to maximize your damage you can gain approximately 4% extra dps by using infusions that provide +5 condition damage, such as Malign +9 Agony Infusions, however this is only a small damage increase for what can be a very large gold cost.

Consumables

Food:

• Koi Cake
  ,
  Rare Veggie Pizza
  or
  Red-Lentil Saobosa

Utility:

• Toxic Tuning Crystal
  • Tuning Icicle
    or
    Potent Master Tuning Crystal
    for a cheaper alternative

Usage

Opening Berserk Section

1. Cast
   Flames of War
   before entering combat
2. Weapon swap
3. Pin Down
4. Shattering Blow
5. Head Butt
   followed by
   Outrage
   to break the self-stun.
6. Berserk
7. Scorched Earth
8. Blood Reckoning
9. Scorched Earth
10. Fan of Fire
11. Weapon swap
12. Blaze Breaker
13. Flaming Flurry
14. Weapon swap
15. Scorched Earth
16. Fan of Fire
17. Scorched Earth
18. Fan of Fire
19. Weapon swap
20. Blaze Breaker
21. Flaming Flurry
22. Weapon swap
23. Scorched Earth
24. Blood Reckoning
25. Scorched Earth
26. Fan of Fire
27. Scorched Earth
28. Weapon swap
29. Flaming Flurry
30. Berserk
    should end here.
31. Stay on Sword until
    Berserk
    is available, then move to the next section of the rotation.

Berserk Loop Section

1. Weapon swap to Longbow
2. Fan of Fire
3. Berserk
4. Scorched Earth
5. Blood Reckoning
6. Scorched Earth
7. Scorched Earth
8. Fan of Fire
9. Weapon swap
10. Blaze Breaker
11. Flaming Flurry
12. Weapon swap
13. Scorched Earth
14. Fan of Fire
15. Scorched Earth
16. Blood Reckoning
17. Scorched Earth
18. Fan of Fire
19. Weapon swap
20. Blaze Breaker
21. Flaming Flurry
22. Weapon swap
23. Scorched Earth
24. Fan of Fire
25. Berserk
    should end here.
26. Fan of Fire
27. Weapon swap
28. Blaze Breaker
29. Stay on Sword until
    Berserk
    is available, then repeat from step 1.

Video Example

General Tips

• Use
  Flames of War
  off cooldown whenever you're on sword and
  Pin Down
  off cooldown whenever you're on Longbow.
  • Once the boss is below 50% you should use
    Final Thrust
    off cooldown whenever you're on Sword.
• Fill in gaps in the rotation with auto-attacks until the next skill is off cooldown
• You can freely interrupt your Sword auto-attack chain without losing DPS.
• Follow the rotation as much as possible but stay on longbow if you can't make use of your sword skills in melee range.
• Shattering Blow
  should be used off cooldown, taking priority over everything except
  Scorched Earth
  .
  Head Butt
  should only be used in combination with
  Shattering Blow
  (or if you have stability from another source) to prevent the self-stun from it.
• You can provide extra might for your group by using
  Arcing Arrow
  inside your
  Scorched Earth
  or another fire field.
• Use all of your equipped Banners at the beginning of the fight and re-summon them off cooldown.
• Some bosses have attacks that are harmful to the group if they're reflected (Primarily Matthias Gabrel and Cairn the Indomitable), make sure to familiarize yourself with these and avoid reflecting them with
  Shattering Blow
  .

Breakbar

• Your most easily accessible strong CC is
  Head Butt
  .
• If your team needs strong CC, on Mathias Gabrel for example, you can switch
  Shattering Blow
  for
  Wild Blow
  , your strongest CC option.