Berserker - Condi Macezerker

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Focused on: Condition damage and Control

Designed for: PvP Conquest

Difficulty:
TBD


Overview

A PvP Berserker build which combines high stacks of various conditions and CC for an all-out condition burst to make up for its low sustain.


Skill Bar

Mace/Shield
Sword/Torch
Utility


Template Code

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Specializations


Equipment

Mace
Shield
Sigil
Sigil
Sword
Torch
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
Amulet


Equipment Changes

Rune

  • Rune of Orr can help a lot against conditions and has all around great stats.

Sigils

  • Sigil of Cleansing over Smoldering can be considered if you're having trouble dealing with conditions.

Usage

General

  • Outrage as a short CD stunbreak has great synergy with Rousing Resilience and Rune of Tempest. Even if you're not getting CC'd, you can self-stun with Head Butt and then use a stunbreaker. Another use for this skill is to instantly detonate a Fire Aura Fire Aura via King of Fires.
  • Landing Head Butt is crucial for the build as it refills your entire endurance bar. This elite is best used outside of Berserker mode.
  • Mace/Shield blocks reflect projectiles.
  • Aside from Brawler's Recovery, most of your cleansing is tied to bigger CDs like Mending and "Shake It Off!". Proper CD management isnecessary when it comes to surviving condition pressure. Bridge the gaps in your sustain with proper use of blocks, stuns, and leaps.
  • Much of the pressure comes from spamming Skull Grinder and detonating Fire Auras using Berserker skills made possible by King of Fires. Any skill related to the elite specialization will do the trick: Rage, Torch, or Berserker-mode skills.
    • Sometimes Blaze Breaker can proc the Fire Aura Fire Aura from King of Fires on one of its early strikes, and then detonate said aura when the skill ends. This is because crits can give you Fire Aura, and Torch skills count as Berserker skills that detonate these auras, but the trait will only check if a Berserker skill has been used once the skill has successfully finished its entire animation.
  • While Mace/Shield is more defensive because of the blocks and CC, Sword can help you survive too with proper use of Savage Leap to leave enemies behind, especially if you jump from one ledge to another or behind a pillar/wall to deny line of sight.


Burst combo example

  1. Flames of War Savage Leap for Fire Aura.
  2. Head Butt then stunbreak with Outrage.
  3. Enter Berserker mode, cast Flaming Flurry.
  4. Swap Weapons.
  5. Shield Bash for 2nd Fire Aura while Flames of War is still up (detonate aura with Shattering Blow if possible, otherwise the next step can do it too).
  6. Spam Skull Grinder.

Note: this chain is very CD-heavy and shouldn't always be used as it'll leave you almost completely defenseless. The pressure it brings to the table however is quite significant.


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Ratings

This build has a rating of 4 stars based on 5 votes.
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3 stars
Ethan gave this build 3 stars • April 2023
This build is definitely better with more recent buffs and nerfs to spellbreaker. I think the longbow builds are better though in general because of most meta classes having ranged damage. Its not bad but right now I'd still say its an "okay" If I could give a three and a half, that's where I'd put it
4 stars
Rhubarbpie gave this build 4 stars • October 2022
After buffs to berserker this build has gotten stronger. One of the go to warrior builds now. A little weaker than the meta builds at the moment, but could be l2p issue on my part.
3 stars
Emforay gave this build 3 stars • September 2022
It's fun but like any non-meta build/spec gets shut down easily in g2+. Very rewarding if you do have a good team that'll actually give you windows to finish off targets but don't expect to win a 1v1 vs someone who knows what they're doing, and can't sustain enough to bait cooldowns before headbutt especially in this glass cannon meta.
4 stars
Hanz gave this build 4 stars • August 2022
Offers exceptional burst with just enough sustain to make it work. Not great by any means, it's definitely a weaker spec but it's so rare to see a Berserker these days that most people don't even know what their skills do letalone how to fight them. It has the element of surprise and if you manage to land 1 proper burst it's almost guaranteed to get a kill. The higher you go the less likely it is that you're going to be able to land that burst though, and missing skills like Headbutt can indeed be extremely punishing. For the average ranked enjoyer I think it might work just fine, but it's probably not going to be seen in top 100 or ATs.
4 stars
Zuko gave this build 4 stars • May 2022
IMO the best war build at the moment, however I have some suggested changes. Savage instinct over last blaze. Signet of Fury over shattering blow. Endure pain over outrage. Savage instinct and endure pain let you survive bursts and signet of fury means you’re not useless if you miss headbutt.

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