How I Play My Level 120 Berserker

• Role: Pure burst melee DPS. Disciplines only, no spells.
• Support: Warrior (tank) + Shaman (heals, Panther, Epic, Torpor).
• Focus: Frenzy rotation, Blood Fury health management, burn stacking, and AoE target decisions.
• Note: Fully geared in level 120 equipment with all item clicks activated.

• Oppressing Frenzy (116, Timer 12): Strikes with three frenzy attacks doing 260 damage each. Debuffs the target to take 25% more damage from frenzy and throwing attacks for 18 seconds. Use on cooldown.
• Blinding Frenzy (120, Timer 11): Melee attacks trigger a blinding frenzy strike for 4,000 damage. Lasts 36 seconds, each strike refreshes the ability. Requires 90% health or below.
• Buttressed Frenzy (Timer 11): Another frenzy attack for 7,800 damage. Also requires 90% health. Alternate with Blinding Frenzy on Timer 11.

Key mechanic: Timer 12 and Timer 11 frenzies alternate. Use one, and when the timer's up, use the other. Keep both rolling.

• Blood Fury: Self-damage ability that drops health. One click takes you from 100% → ~87%, getting you under the 90% threshold for Blinding/Buttressed Frenzy.
• Stinging Incision: Caps your HP at 89% while active, locking you under the 90% threshold so Blinding and Buttressed Frenzy stay enabled even through Shaman heals. Pop it during burn windows so you don't have to spam Blood Fury between heals.
• The problem: Shaman heals (especially Shower) push you back above 90% quickly. Group Torpor ticks you back to 100%.
• Solution: Bind Blood Fury to multiple hotkeys. Pull button (Numpad 1), spam button (Numpad 2), and debuff rotation. This way you're constantly cutting yourself between heals.
• In group play: This mechanic puts a burden on the healer. It's frustrating but necessary for full DPS.

• Vicious Whirl (Timer 16, 1min reuse): 7,200 damage to up to 12 targets. Hit for ~23k in testing.
• Arcshear (119, Timer 16, 30s reuse): Single-target axe cut. Hit for ~27k in testing. Fewer targets but double the reuse speed.
• Verdict: Arcshear does roughly equivalent total damage with 30s reuse vs 60s. More damage per minute unless pulling 4+ mobs regularly. Use Arcshear for most content.

• Frothing Rage: Adds a chance (27%) for two additional melee attacks with 336 base damage for 1 minute. Each successful strike can refresh the rage. Keep this rolling.
• Phantom Assailant (100): Summons a pet that attacks your target. Never gets upgraded past 100 but still worth using on cooldown.
• Axe of Xin Diabo: Three massive axe swings. Tested at 40k, 98k, 157k. Requires Axe of the Conqueror (summoned, 100 per pop, burns through them fast). Keep on cooldown.
• Shared Violence: Buffs your target's target (typically the tank) with bonus damage. Significantly boosts Warrior DPS. Use on cooldown.
• Maiming Axe Throw (Timer 10): Ranged axe throw for ~48k damage. Shares timer with Tendon Shred (snare + DoT) and Temple Shatter (stun up to 120). Pick based on situation.

• Ecliptic Rage (116): Current progressive ability. Important: Auto-grant does NOT grant Night of Shadows spells. You must buy Ecliptic Rage, Conqueror's Conjunction, and others from the vendor in Shar Vahl, Divided.
• Juggernaut Surge (AA): Major burn AA. Stack with your discipline burns for peak DPS windows.
• Bloodlust Aura (Passive AA): Increases crit damage. Keep maxed.

Vendor tip: If playing during Night of Shadows, go to Shar Vahl, Divided to buy the 3-4 disciplines that auto-grant skips. Don't miss these.

• Numpad 1 (Pull): Blood Fury (self-damage to drop below 90%)
• Numpad 2 (Spam): Blood Fury + core frenzy rotation
• Numpad 3 (Debuff): Blood Fury + debuff abilities
• Multibind: Oppressing Frenzy → Blinding Frenzy → Buttressed Frenzy → Frothing Rage → Arcshear → Axe of Xin Diabo
• Separate cooldowns: Shared Violence, Phantom Assailant, Maiming Axe Throw

Boxing tip: Blood Fury is bound to multiple buttons so anytime you're pressing anything on your other characters, the Berserker keeps cutting himself to stay under 90% health.

• Warrior (tank): Shared Violence directly boosts the Warrior's DPS. Berserker generates enough aggro that the Warrior needs to actively hold. Make sure your tank is running their aggro disc.
• Shaman: Panther and Epic buff melee damage significantly. Torpor keeps you alive but fights Blood Fury. Coordinate heal timing or accept the health yo-yo.
• Bard: Quick Time, Fierce Eye, and Dirge amplify frenzy damage. Bard ADPS is arguably the best pairing for a Berserker's burst windows.
• Enchanter: Haste and Auras stack well. Chromatic Haze on burn phases is massive.
• Ranger: Group Guardian of the Forest + Berserker burns = huge spike. Ranger also benefits from Shared Violence if tanking.
• Other Berserkers: Shared Violence doesn't stack from multiple Berserkers, so in raid settings only one needs to run it.

3-box priority: Warrior + Shaman is the bread-and-butter combo. If you add a 4th, Bard gives the biggest DPS uplift for the Berserker.