Berserker - Condi DPS

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

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Raids

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on August 30, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A condition DPS Berserker raid build. This build deals high sustained damage and brings a lot of CC.

Skill Bar

Longbow

Sword/Torch

Utility

Skill Variants

• Wild Blow can be used instead of Sundering Leap if extra CC is needed.

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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

Infusion
x13

Infusion
x5

• If you do not have stat infusions, use (or alternatives) as your food instead.

Consumables

Food

• or ascended alternatives
  • , or for a cheaper alternative

Utility

• or .

Usage

Rotation

Although the basic structure of the rotation is simple, in practise you have multiple skills that will come off cooldown at different times from loop to loop. See General Tips for an explanation of how to use these skills in the rotation.

Opener

1. Cast Flames of War before entering combat
2. Weapon swap
3. Fan of Fire
4. Pin Down
5. Head Butt followed by Outrage to break the self-stun.
6. Berserk
7. Scorched Earth
8. Blood Reckoning
9. Scorched Earth
10. Shattering Blow
11. Sundering Leap
12. Fan of Fire
13. Weapon swap

Basic Sword/Torch Section

1. Blaze Breaker
2. Savage Leap
3. Flames of War (if available)
4. Final Thrust (if target is below 50%)
5. Flaming Flurry
6. Weapon Swap as soon as you can

Basic Longbow Section

1. Fan of Fire
2. Arcing Arrow
3. Autoattack and Arcing Arrow until Scorched Earth is available
4. Scorched Earth
5. Fan of Fire
6. Weapon swap
7. Return to start of sword section

Video example

Breakbar

• Your most easily accessible strong CC is Head Butt.

General Tips

• Use Shattering Blow and Head Butt + Outrage off cooldown.
  • Use Sundering Leap off cooldown too, but make sure that you're in one of your fire fields in order to give yourself a Fire Aura.
  • Outrage will come off cooldown in between Head Butt casts - you can use it immediately as it doesn't interrupt other channels.
  • You can also save Outrage to break stuns inflicted during the encounter if you think you may need to.
• If Blood Reckoning is available after using Scorched Earth, use Blood Reckoning ⇒ Scorched Earth ⇒ Pin Down immediately after.
  • As you delay Blood Reckoning until after a Scorched Earth, the cooldown practically lines up with Pin Down and it's ideal to use it in a fire field for the combo finisher. If they become desynced however, just use Pin Down off cooldown.
  • Although this combo extends the time you spend on Longbow you still want to only use Fan of Fire twice.
• Try and step back from the boss before casting Blaze Breaker to allow it to land extra hits.
• You can freely interrupt your Sword auto-attack chain without losing DPS.
• Swap off from Sword as soon as your weapon swap is available.
• Once the boss is below 50% you should use Final Thrust whenever you're on Sword.
• You can provide extra might for your group by using Arcing Arrow inside your Scorched Earth or another fire field.
• 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.
  • You can also save Outrage to break stuns inflicted during the encounter if you think you may need to.