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 October 8, 2024 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
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Equipment Variants

Runes

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

Sigils

• A Sigil of Superior Sigil of Torment can replace one of the Sigil of 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:

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Utility:

• • or 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.