Berserker

This article is about the warrior's elite specialization. For the equipment attribute combination, see Berserker's.

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With Heart of Thorns, warriors can now become berserkers capable of channeling their adrenaline to enter a berserk mode. While enraged, they gain access to new primal burst skills, replacing standard burst skills with new enhanced abilities. Further complementing the berserker’s new mode are rage skills, which offer new ways to gain adrenaline, ensuring that flying into a frenzy is never far away.

— Berserker release notes

Berserker is an elite specialization for the warrior that focuses on adrenaline and adds a new berserk mode that gives access to primal bursts. It also allows the warrior to use an offhand torch.

List of berserker skills

See also: List of warrior skills

Profession mechanic

	Skill	Type			Description
	Berserk	Burst	0.25¼	15	Burst. Gain adrenaline, an attack-speed boost, and access to primal burst skills.
Primal bursts
Two-handed
	Arc Divider	Greatsword	10.75¾	5	Primal Burst. Spin to create shock waves that grow in size to damage nearby foes.
	Rupturing Smash	Hammer	0.75¾	5	Primal Burst. Jump to the targeted location and slam your hammer down, creating a deadly chain of earthen shock waves that immobilize and daze foes.
	Scorched Earth	Longbow	0.5½	5	Primal Burst. Fire a burning shot into the ground that creates a trail of flaming destruction.
	Gun Flame	Rifle	0.75¾	5	Primal Burst. Fire a fast, flaming shot that explodes on the first foe it hits, interrupting foes in the area.
Main-handed
	Decapitate	Axe	0.75¾	5	Primal Burst. Gather your strength into a powerful attack. If it hits, gain might and recharge this skill.
	Skull Grinder	Mace	0.5½	5	Primal Burst. Unleash a powerful skull strike that dazes your target and inflicts multiple conditions.
	Flaming Flurry	Sword	20.5½	5	Primal Burst. Lash out with a flurry of strikes that block missiles and shoot fireballs at foes in front of you.
Aquatic
	Burning Shackles	Harpoon gun	10.75¾	5	Primal Burst. Fire a fast, forceful shot that immobilizes and burns foes.
	Wild Whirl	Spear	0.75¾	5	Primal Burst. Strike all foes around you, burning and pulling them in.

Weapon skills

	Skill	Type			Description
Torch
4	Blaze Breaker		0.5½	15	Smash your torch into the ground, creating a deadly shock wave that conditions foes.
5	Flames of War		0.5½	25	Cleanse conditions and become a mobile fire field that burns nearby foes. When the field expires, it explodes, damaging foes and burning them again.

Slot skills

Healing

Skill	Type					Description
Blood Reckoning	Rage		15	0.25¼	20	Rage. Heal yourself, gain adrenaline, and recharge all primal burst skills. Heal for a percentage of your outgoing damage. This skill extends the duration of berserk mode.

Utility

Skill	Type					Description
Outrage	Rage		15		10	Rage. Break out of stun and extend the duration of berserk mode. The extension of berserk mode increases if a stun was broken.
Shattering Blow	Rage		15	0.5½	15	Rage. Summon a rock that blocks attacks, then shatter it to send out rock fragments that inflict bleeding on all foes in front of you. Extends the duration of berserk mode if it hits.
Sundering Leap	Rage		15	0.75¾	25	Rage. Leap to a location, dealing damage and inflicting conditions on all foes in the area. Extends the duration of berserk mode if it hits.
Wild Blow	Rage		15	0.75¾	20	Rage. Lash out with a critical attack that launches your target. The target flies backward, knocking back other foes in the way. Gain fury and extend the duration of berserk mode if this attack hits.

Elite

Skill	Type					Description
Head Butt	Rage		25	0.75¾	20	Rage. Stun your target and stun yourself. Gain adrenaline and extend berserk duration if you hit.

List of berserker traits

See also: List of warrior traits

Tier	Name		Description
Minor Proficiency	Torch Proficiency		You can wield torches in your off hand.
Minor Adept	Primal Rage		Gain access to berserk mode and primal bursts.
Major Adept	Smash Brawler		Increases berserk mode duration.
Major Adept	Last Blaze		When you use a rage skill, set nearby foes on fire.
Major Adept	Savage Instinct		Activating berserk mode breaks stuns and reduces incoming damage.
Minor Master	Burst of Aggression		Gain a burst of speed when entering berserk mode.
Major Master	Blood Reaction		A percentage of precision is given as a bonus to ferocity. This bonus is double in berserk mode.
Major Master	Heat the Soul		Gain condition damage. Gain additional condition damage while wielding a torch. Torch skills gain reduced recharge.
Major Master	Dead or Alive	30	Receiving fatal damage while in berserk mode ends berserk and heals you. Incoming healing is increased.
Minor Grandmaster	Fatal Frenzy		Berserk mode increases power and condition damage but reduces toughness.
Major Grandmaster	Bloody Roar		Deal increased damage while in berserk mode.
Major Grandmaster	King of Fires	15	Increase the duration of burning you apply. Gain fire aura when you critically hit an enemy. Berserker skills detonate fire aura, damaging [sic] and burning nearby foes.
Major Grandmaster	Eternal Champion		Gain toughness while in berserk mode. Gain stability and might when breaking stuns.

Gallery

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  Concept art for Berserk, Wild Blow, and Blaze Breaker

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  Concept art for Sundering Leap and Shattering Blow

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  Head Butt

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  Wild Blow

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  Wild Abandon and Berserker's Helm

List of berserker equipment

•   Berserker's Torch
•   Wild Abandon
•   Berserker's Helm
•   Superior Rune of the Berserker

Related achievements

• Specializations (Heart of Thorns achievements): Adept Berserker — Begin training the warrior's berserker elite specialization. (5)
• Specializations (Heart of Thorns achievements): Master Berserker — Completely train the warrior's berserker elite specialization. (10)
• Specialization Collections: Wild Abandon — Collect these 14 items and skins to receive the berserker's torch, Wild Abandon. (3)

Notes

• Many Berserker traits share a likeness with titles, signature attacks or other elements from popular fighting games:
  • Primal Rage is a fighting game by the same name.
  • Last Blaze is a possible wordplay on the title of the The Last Blade series.
  • Savage Instinct is a possible wordplay on the title of the Killer Instinct series.
  • Smash Brawler is a likely reference to Super Smash Brothers Brawl, and the icon appears to feature Ridley from the game Metroid, who appears as a boss in SSBB.
  • Dead or Alive is a fighting game by the same name.
  • Heat the Soul is a likely reference to the Bleach: Heat the Soul series.
  • Fatal Frenzy is a possible wordplay on the title of the Fatal Fury series.
  • Bloody Roar is a fighting game series by the same name.
  • Eternal Champion is a likely direct reference to the Eternal Champions series.
  • King of Fires is a likely wordplay on the title of the King of Fighters series.
  • Gun Flame is a likely reference to a move from the Guilty Gear series.

External links

• Meet the Berserker: Warrior's Elite Specialization
• Points of Interest: Berserker spotlight on YouTube

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