Berserker
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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.
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List of berserker skills[edit]
- See also: List of warrior skills
Profession mechanic[edit]
# | Skill | Weapon | ![]() |
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Description |
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¼ | 15 | Burst. Gain adrenaline, an attack-speed boost, and access to primal burst skills. | |
Two-handed Primal Bursts | |||||
F1 | ![]() |
Greatsword | 1 | ¾5 | Primal Burst. Spin to create shock waves that grow in size to damage nearby foes. |
F1 | ![]() |
Hammer | ¾ | 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. |
F1 | ![]() |
Longbow | ½ | 5 | Primal Burst. Fire a burning shot into the ground that creates a trail of flaming destruction. |
F1 | ![]() |
Rifle | ¾ | 5 | Primal Burst. Fire a fast, flaming shot that explodes on the first foe it hits, interrupting foes in the area. |
One-handed Primal Bursts | |||||
F1 | ![]() |
Axe | ¾ | 5 | Primal Burst. Gather your strength into a powerful attack. If it hits, gain might and recharge this skill. |
F1 | ![]() |
Mace | ½ | 5 | Primal Burst. Unleash a powerful skull strike that dazes your target and inflicts multiple conditions. |
F1 | ![]() |
Sword | 2 | ½5 | Primal Burst. Lash out with a flurry of strikes that block missiles and shoot fireballs at foes in front of you. |
Aquatic Primal Bursts | |||||
F1 | ![]() |
Harpoon gun | 1 | ¾5 | Primal Burst. Fire a fast, forceful shot that immobilizes and burns foes. |
F1 | ![]() |
Spear | ¾ | 5 | Primal Burst. Strike all foes around you, burning and pulling them in. |
Weapon skills[edit]
# | Skill | ![]() |
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Description | |
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Torch[edit] | |||||
4 | Blaze Breaker | ½ | 15 | Smash your torch into the ground, creating a deadly shock wave that conditions foes. | |
5 | Flames of War | ½ | 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[edit]
Healing[edit]
Skill | ![]() |
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Description |
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Blood Reckoning | ¼ | 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[edit]
Skill | ![]() |
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Description |
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Outrage | 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 | ![]() |
½ | 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 | ![]() |
¾ | 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 | ![]() |
¾ | 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[edit]
Skill | ![]() |
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Description |
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Head Butt | ![]() |
¾ | 20 | Rage. Stun your target and stun yourself. Gain adrenaline and extend berserk duration if you hit. This skill removes all stability and deals increased damage if stability was removed. |
List of berserker traits[edit]
- See also: List of warrior traits
Tier | Trait | ![]() |
Description |
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Minor Proficiency | ![]() |
You can wield torches in your off hand. | |
Minor Adept | ![]() |
Gain access to berserk mode and primal bursts. | |
Major Adept | ![]() |
Increases berserk mode duration. | |
Major Adept | ![]() |
When you use a rage skill, inflict burning on nearby enemies. | |
Major Adept | ![]() |
Activating berserk mode breaks stuns and reduces incoming damage. | |
Minor Master | ![]() |
Gain a burst of speed when entering berserk mode. | |
Major Master | ![]() |
A percentage of precision is given as a bonus to ferocity. This bonus is doubled in berserk mode. | |
Major Master | ![]() |
Gain condition damage. Gain additional condition damage while wielding a torch. Torch skills gain reduced recharge. | |
Major Master | ![]() |
30 | Receiving fatal damage while in berserk mode ends berserk and heals you. Incoming healing is increased. |
Minor Grandmaster | ![]() |
Berserk mode increases power and condition damage but reduces toughness. | |
Major Grandmaster | ![]() |
Deal increased damage while in berserk mode. | |
Major Grandmaster | ![]() |
15 | Increase the duration of burning you apply. Gain fire aura when you critically hit an enemy. Berserker skills detonate fire aura, damaging and burning nearby foes. |
Major Grandmaster | ![]() |
Gain toughness while in berserk mode. Gain stability and might when breaking stuns. |
Gallery[edit]
Concept art for Berserk, Wild Blow, and Blaze Breaker
Concept art for Sundering Leap and Shattering Blow
Associated items[edit]
Related achievements[edit]
Specializations: Adept Berserker — Begin training the warrior's berserker elite specialization. (5
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Specializations: Master Berserker — Completely train the warrior's berserker elite specialization. (10
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Specialization Collections: Wild Abandon — Collect these 14 items and skins to receive the berserker's torch, Wild Abandon. (3
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Notes[edit]
- 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 and, posteriorly, became a playable character in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.
- 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[edit]
- Meet the Berserker: Warrior's Elite Specialization
- Points of Interest: Berserker spotlight on YouTube