Berserker

This page is about the Ascendancy class. For the Ascendant passive, see Berserker (Ascendant passive).

Berserker

Str

	The savage path is always swift and sure

The Berserker is an Ascendancy class for Marauders.

Overview

The Berserker is an offense oriented class that gears towards being in the heat of combat, with skills that offer unparalleled power at a downside. Berserkers can be built around Rage and make it even more powerful at the cost of life degen with Rite of Ruin, trade consistent critical strike chance for faster attacks with Blitz, or gain straight-up more damage for vulnerability with Aspect of Carnage. The class also offers bonuses to leech and warcries.

Passive skills

Berserker skill tree

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Physical Damage, Attack Speed	10% increased Physical Damage 6% increased Attack Speed [1] [2] [3]
Physical Damage, Critical Strike Chance	10% increased Physical Damage 15% increased Critical Strike Chance [1] [2]
Physical Damage, Life Leeched per Second	10% increased Physical Damage 30% increased Recovery per second from Life Leech [1]
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
Flawless Savagery	50% increased Critical Strike Chance +25% to Critical Strike Multiplier Adds 20 to 30 Physical Damage if you've dealt a Critical Strike Recently		Physical Attack Damage, Critical Strike Chance
Blitz	Gain a Blitz Charge on Critical Strike 2% more Attack Speed per Blitz Charge 8% reduced Critical Strike Chance per Blitz Charge +20 to Maximum Blitz Charges	Flawless Savagery	Physical Attack Damage, Critical Strike Chance
Defy Pain	Gain Defiance for 10 seconds on losing Life to an Enemy Hit, no more than once every 0.3 seconds 25% increased Armour per Defiance 50% increased Maximum total Life Recovery per second from Leech while you have Defiance At 10 Defiance, take Reflected Physical Damage equal to maximum Life, then lose all Defiance		Physical Attack Damage, Life Leeched per Second
War Bringer	Warcries grant 10 Rage per 5 Power if you have less than 25 Rage Warcries Sacrifice 10 Rage if you have at least 25 Rage Exerted Attacks deal 50% more Damage if a Warcry Sacrificed Rage Recently		Physical Attack Damage, Warcry Speed
Crave the Slaughter	Gain 1 Rage on Hit with Attacks, no more than once every 0.3 seconds +10 to Maximum Rage		Physical Attack Damage, Attack Speed
Rite of Ruin	Inherent effects from having Rage are Tripled Cannot be Stunned while you have at least 25 Rage Lose 0.1% of Life per second per Rage while you are not losing Rage	Crave the Slaughter	Physical Attack Damage, Attack Speed
Aspect of Carnage	10% increased Damage taken 40% more Damage		Physical Attack Damage, Attack Speed

Version History

Version	Changes
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.