Berserker

	The savage path is always swift and sure.

The Berserker is an Ascendancy class for Marauders.

Overview

The Berserker is an offence-oriented class that revels in the heat of combat, with notables that grant unparalleled power at a downside or requires them to put themselves in danger. The Berserker Ascendancy offers support to damage, life leech, exerted attacks from warcries, strike skills, and Rage. Furthermore, all of his minor passives grant physical damage, bolstering offence.

Berserkers can be built around Rage by improving the bonuses and uptime of Rage from Crave the Slaughter and make Rage effects more powerful at the cost of life degen with Rite of Ruin. Berserkers can also greatly improve the number of exerted attacks received from warcries through War Bringer or echo their previous strike skills with Ancestral Fury. He can also gain a powerful damage boost at the cost of being more vulnerable with Aspect of Carnage. Berserkers have a strong selection of life recovery options, such as Gore Dancer for instant leech, and Defy Pain to survive potentially lethal blows by preemptively recovering a portion of their missing life.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Physical Damage, Armour	10% increased Physical Damage 15% increased Armour [1]
Physical Damage, Attack Speed	10% increased Physical Damage 5% increased Attack Speed [1]
Physical Damage, Life Leeched per Second	10% increased Physical Damage 30% increased total Recovery per second from Life Leech [1]
Physical Damage, Melee Strike Range	10% increased Physical Damage +0.2 metres to Melee Strike Range [1]
Physical Damage, Rage on Hit	10% increased Physical Damage Gain 1 Rage on Attack Hit [1] [2]
Physical Damage, Warcry Speed	10% increased Physical Damage 20% increased Warcry Speed [1]

Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Ancestral Fury	Strike Skills also target the previous location they were used		Physical Damage, Melee Strike Range
Defy Pain	Gain Defiance for 10 seconds on losing Life to an Enemy Hit, no more than once every 0.3 seconds Gain 3% of Missing Unreserved Life before being Hit by an Enemy Per Defiance Lose all Defiance when you reach 10 Defiance		Physical Damage, Armour
War Bringer	Warcries Exert twice as many Attacks		Physical Damage, Warcry Speed
Crave the Slaughter	Inherent Rage Loss starts 2 seconds later Every Rage also grants 1% increased Attack Speed		Physical Damage, Rage on Hit
Rite of Ruin	50% increased Rage Effect Lose 0.1% of Life per second per Rage while you are not losing Rage	Crave the Slaughter	Physical Damage, Rage on Hit
Aspect of Carnage	10% increased Damage taken 40% more Damage		Physical Damage, Attack Speed
Gore Dancer	30% of Life Leech is Instant	Aspect of Carnage	Physical Damage, Life Leeched per Second

Version History

Version	Changes
3.26.0	The Blitz Ascendancy Passive Skill has been replaced with a new Notable, Gore Dancer, which grants 30% of your Life Leech is Instant. Requires Aspect of Carnage. The Flawless Savagery Ascendancy Passive Skill has been replaced with a new Notable, Ancestral Fury, which causes your Strike Skills to also target the previous location they were used.
3.25.0	The small Berserker Ascendancy Passives that provide 6% increased Attack Speed now provide 5%.
3.14.0	Minor nodes now grant 10% increased Physical Damage (previously 12% increased Attack Physical Damage). Pain Reaver has been replaced with Defy Pain.
3.11.0	The small passive leading to War Bringer no longer grants 20% increased Warcry Duration. It now grants 20% increased Warcry Speed.
3.7.0	Cloaked in Savagery has been removed. Pain Reaver has moved and is now a standalone notable. Added new Berserker notables - Flawless Savagery and Blitz. The small passives leading to Flawless Savagery and Blitz each grant 12% increased attack physical damage and 15% increased critical strike chance.
3.2.0	Aspect of Carnage now only requires 2 skill points to reach. Rite of Ruin now requires Crave the Slaughter. Minor node behind Rite of Ruin changed from Physical Attack Damage, Armour to Physical Attack Damage, Attack Speed.