The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great
Focused on: Strikedamage
Designed for: Open World and Open World General
Expansions required:
Difficulty:
Normal
This build was last updated on May 26, 2024 and is up to date for the March 19, 2024 patch.
Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Template Code
- 3 Skill Bar
- 3.1 Weapon Variants
- 3.2 Skill Variants
- 3.2.1 Heal Skills
- 3.2.2 Utilities
- 3.2.3 Elite Skills
- 4 Specializations
- 4.1 Variants
- 5 Equipment
- 6 Consumables
- 6.1 DPS
- 6.2 Defense
- 6.3 Farming
- 7 Usage
- 7.1 Berserk
- 7.2 Damage
- 7.3 Boon generation
- 7.4 Defense
- 7.5 Crowd Control
Overview
Power Berserker is a high damage and reliable build for open world that also provides boons. You'll spend most of the time in
Berserk mode, dealing increased damage and killing enemies by spamming the Primal Burst skills
Decapitate and
Arc Divider which will also provide permanent
Quickness to yourself and nearby allies. Berserker is also very relentless, having 2 stunbreak skills that also help with damage, and a heal skill that makes you nigh-immortal for a few seconds.
The main downside of this build, as with most warrior builds, is the lack of ranged damage.
Template Code
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Skill Bar
Greatsword
Axe/Axe
Utility
Weapon Variants
You should always run Dual Axe, as this is by far your highest damage weapon set. Greatsword is also great for damage and mobility, but can be replaced by other weapons if you want.
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
Blood Reckoning is key to the build, letting you reset your Primal Burst and giving you adrenaline. You should almost never replace it.
Mending - defensive option, low cooldow, removes conditions, high healing.
Utilities
Outrage is extremely useful, as it is not only a stunbreak but also extends the duration of your
Berserk mode. Never replace it.
"For Great Justice!" provides you and nearby allies with boons. Very useful, but can be replaced if needed.
Signet of Fury is taken for the increased precision passive and should never be activated. Can be replaced if needed or if using
Sigil of Superior Sigil of Accuracy.
"Shake It Off!" - condition removal, stunbreak.
Wild Blow - good damage, Berserk extension, and fury generation.
Signet of Stamina - more dodges and condition removal.
Elite Skills
Head Butt is absolutely key to the build and should almost never be replaced. It deals good damage, breaks stun, deals good crowd control, extends the duration of
Berserk mode, and fully refills your Adrenaline.
Battle Standard - in vey rare situations, you can take this banner to revive allies.
Specializations
Variants
Peak Performance - small damage boost at the cost of stability.
Great Fortitude - when playing in groups giving you
Might.
Might Makes Right - high self healing at the cost of damage, also see food section below.
Blood Reaction - when playing in groups and someone else is already providing
Quickness.
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
Accessory
Berserker
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Greatsword
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Axe
Berserker
Axe
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Relic
- Note that having 60% critical chance before fury and before
Smash Brawler is absolutely mandatory. This is why you need either
Signet of Fury or
Sigil of Superior Sigil of Accuracy.
Rune of Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter and
Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar are interchangeable.
- You can use
Relic of Zakiros to trade a minor amount of damage for sustain,
Relic of the Cavalier to start combat with boons, or
Relic of Durability for a little extra defense.
- For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use
Knight trinkets.
Consumables
Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
DPS
- Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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Defense
- can be combo'd with
Might Makes Right for insane self-healing.
Farming
- Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
- /
- (and variants)
Usage
Berserk
Berserk is the profession mechanic of the berserker. After filling your Adrenaline bar, for example by using
Head Butt, activate the skill to enter Berserk. In Berserk mode, you deal additional damage thanks to
Fatal Frenzy and
Bloody Roar, and have increased critical chance due to
Smash Brawler. Your maximum Adrenaline is reduced, so it's easier to gain full Adrenaline to use the improved Primal Burst skills
Decapitate and
Arc Divider which are your sourcess of
Quickness.
For these reasons, maintaining Berserk mode is key to playing berserker correctly. Blood Reckoning,
Outrage and
Head Butt extend the duration of your current Berserk mode. Using a Primal Burst also extends the Berserk duration due to
Smash Brawler. Thanks to this, you can maintain permanent Berserk mode during fights.
Damage
This build is very simple to play. Start fights by instantly filling your Adrenaline bar with Head Butt, activate
Berserk, and pummel your enemies. Note that having 60% critical chance before
Fury and before
Smash Brawler is absolutely mandatory.
- Priority
Berserk
Eviscerate
Arc Divider +
Blood Reckoning +
Arc Divider
Head Butt +
Outrage
- Weapon skills
In short, spam your Primal Bursts. Use Blood Reckoning to cast
Arc Divider twice back to back, then swap back to axe when you can since greatsword lacks sustained damage.
- Your goal is to stay on
axe and spam
Eviscerate while using as little other skills in between as possible. Since
Axe Mastery gives extra Adrenaline, including to
Eviscerate, you only need to strike 3 times in between each
Eviscerate. Be mindful that
Cyclone Axe strikes twice, as does your second basic attack
Double Chop. This means that, even if all your other skills are on cooldown, you are never going to cast your third auto attack
Triple Chop because the first two auto attacks will have already filled your Adrenaline bar to use
Eviscerate.
- When all your
axe skills are on cooldown, prepare your Adrenaline and swap to
greatsword to cast
Arc Divider +
Blood Reckoning +
Arc Divider, all skills except
Whirlwind Attack unless needed, use
Arc Divider a final time, and swap back to axe. When
Blood Reckoning comes off cooldown, prepare your Adrenaline then go back to greatsword.
- Use
Head Butt +
Outrage when your weapon skills are on cooldown to help maintain Berserk.
- Use
"For Great Justice!" before starting fights, and periodically throughout them.
Boon generation
By spamming your Primal Bursts as detailed above, you will provide yourself and nearby allies with permanent Quickness and
Fury due to
Heat the Soul.
You also provide yourself lots of short duration Might thanks to
Forceful Greatsword, and some more with
"For Great Justice!".
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