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Power Berserker

Guild Wars 2 Power Berserker - Longbow / Greatsword Meta build for wvw: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

战士 (Warrior)berserkerpower damage

Build Template

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Overview

Build Difficulty: ● ● ● ○ ○

Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • High damage
  • Fluid rotation
  • Strong bursts
  • Simple rotation
  • Fast paced rotation
  • Easy to cancel skills
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

平衡姿态 图标平衡姿态 can be replaced if you feel confident playing without a really strong Stun Break and Stability pulsing source. Your few options are:

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Power Berserker is a bursty Damage dealer almost entirely relying on its specialization ability 狂暴 图标狂暴 to have powerful phases of Damage. Due to its inability to run Spear, it is currently out of the meta but remains playable if you want to use this specialization in unorganized squads.

狂暴 图标狂暴 changes how Burst skills work and you only need to refill one Adrenaline bar to use your Primal Burst. Their Cooldown remain very short, synchronizing well with the Cooldown of our Weapon Swap.

Primal Bursts will be our top priority to cast. Longbow gains access to 焦土炙箭 图标焦土炙箭, generating AoEs hitting up to a total of 15 players while inflicting Vulnerability and Burning. Greatsword gets 分裂弧斩 图标分裂弧斩, a massive single hit Damage at melee in a 360 Radius.

We will aim to gain Adrenaline as fast as possible and cycle through our weapon sets to use as many Primal Burst skills as possible. Therefore, it is mandatory to hit enemies with our skills and make profit of different effects such as 通用怒火 图标通用怒火, 怒气迸发 图标怒气迸发 and 超级火焰法印 图标超级火焰法印 to refill our Adrenaline bar at all time.

Thanks to our Berserker Trait Line, 狂暴 图标狂暴 can be extended by hitting Primal Burst skills but also increases the Damage of our whole kit.

Dealing Damage

Precasting Buff

You can precast 25 seconds prior to engage. Always cast your signet skills off Cooldown out of combat in order to get five stacks of 纹章专精 图标纹章专精. You can also equip the other signets such as 治疗纹章 图标治疗纹章 and 耐力纹章 图标耐力纹章 to precast more stacks. You can gain up to 500 Ferocity for a minute before the fight even starts.

Getting In Combat

It is important to know that pressing 怒气纹章 图标怒气纹章 out of combat will make you instantly drop from full Adrenaline and make you unable to get in 狂暴 图标狂暴. It is mandatory to get in combat before starting your Burst Rotation, either by hitting someone with your Longbow or by getting hit by an enemy.

We will aim to make 狂暴 图标狂暴 last as long as possible for our main timings, thus trying to hit as many Primal Burst skills as possible within our Burst Rotation.

怒震山河 图标怒震山河 will ensure that we keep 狂暴 图标狂暴 for as long as possible. In order to optimize its value, we will be using two Primal Bursts per Weapon Swap. One as your first skill and the other as your last skill before Weapon Swapping again.

The rest of our rotation will be filling gaps with Greatsword and Longbow skills while waiting for Primal Burst.

  • Longbow only has projectiles; for that reason we will synchronize 威能纹章 图标威能纹章 with the massive Damage of 弧线箭矢 图标弧线箭矢. Use 威能纹章 图标威能纹章 right at the end of 弧线箭矢 图标弧线箭矢 cast as to not waste the Unblockable Effect on some of your other hits from 焦土炙箭 图标焦土炙箭.
  • Greatsword also quite lacks sustained Damage, but we will still try to find windows to land 百刃斩 图标百刃斩 or Auto Attack Chain if we are allowed to. 旋风斩 图标旋风斩 is our most reliable source of Damage to fill the gaps in our rotation in between Primal Burst skills.

Once your 狂暴 图标狂暴 runs out, keep using the stronger weapon skills mentionned above and spend your Adrenaline on 弧线斩切 图标弧线斩切 until 狂暴 图标狂暴 comes back off Cooldown, then start again your Burst Rotation.

Burst Rotation

Your 狂暴 图标狂暴 Burst Rotation, starting on Well of Corruption Spike should be as follows :

  1. 怒气纹章 图标怒气纹章
  2. 狂暴 图标狂暴
  3. 焦土炙箭 图标焦土炙箭鲜血清算 图标鲜血清算焦土炙箭 图标焦土炙箭
  4. 弧线箭矢 图标弧线箭矢威能纹章 图标威能纹章
  5. Weapon Swap
  6. 分裂弧斩 图标分裂弧斩
  7. 旋风斩 图标旋风斩
  8. 百刃斩 图标百刃斩 or Auto Attack Chain → 分裂弧斩 图标分裂弧斩
  9. Weapon Swap
  10. 焦土炙箭 图标焦土炙箭
  11. 弧线箭矢 图标弧线箭矢
  12. 焦土炙箭 图标焦土炙箭
  13. Weapon Swap
  14. 分裂弧斩 图标分裂弧斩
  15. Auto Attack Chain → 分裂弧斩 图标分裂弧斩
  16. Weapon Swap
  17. 焦土炙箭 图标焦土炙箭
  18. Keep repeating the rotation idea untill 狂暴 图标狂暴 runs out.

This is an indicative rotation. You will probably have issues sometimes standing in melee to use your Greatsword due to enemies retaliating with their own Cooldowns. Your goal remains the same and hitting Primal Burst skills is your priority. Consider using the tools of your kit such as 平衡姿态 图标平衡姿态 to make your time easier to land your combos.

In order to optimize your Burst Rotation no matter the situation, there are a few simple rules you can follow:

  • Never Weapon Swap if your Primal Burst skill is up.
  • If you just used a Primal Burst skill and your Weapon Swap is up, instantly Weapon Swap.
  • If your Weapon Swap is up but your Primal Burst skill is about to be up, delay your Weapon Swap right after using the Primal Burst skill.

Defense

  • 平衡姿态 图标平衡姿态 is one of the best defensive Cooldown in the game. It Breaks Stun, grant critical hit immunity and constantly reapplies Stability to yourself for its entire duration. Use it carefully and do not hesitate playing safer while waiting for its Cooldown.
  • 旋风斩 图标旋风斩 is an efficient gap closer which is also an Evade. We can use it to reposition ourselves out of the enemy squad Damage.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
钉足箭矢 图标钉足箭矢3 SecondsLongbow