ptv+knights vs full berserker in an AH build.
My guardian’s been around a long time and through many different builds and does fairly well in teams so far but I always feel it is lacking in some areas.
I have full berserk on 3 of my characters and they’ve all been doing pretty well and have been thinking of switching to berserkers on guard too.
My traits are, 0/0/30/30/10 (ah, emp might, superior aria, 2h mastery, purity, retri armor, ret subcon)
So my question is this, does full berserker trump pvt mixed with knights in this build?
I will still have about 15-16kish hp with full berserker gear, and I am thinking of still using soldier’s runes to maintain my ability to remove conditions with my shouts. (Instead of dps runes or gems)
I thought about going meditation build but I like to support my team more with AH/Shout build.
Could this work? Is there anyone out there that has a working berserker AH build?
Thoughts?
I personally use a mix of Valkyrie, Knight’s, Berserker’s, and Cavalier gear. I focus mainly on Knight’s, and Beserker’s. My hp is kinda low but with 3k armor, over 2900 attack, 46% crit chance, and over 70% crit damage before i use buff’s i find i rarely need more than what i have when combined with the rest of my gear. I can deal with my hp being just under 14k while not using my offhand set in which cast i gain quite a bit of toughness and vit. I could gain more hp but my armor would drop below 3k if i changed out my rune’s. With buff’s i can hit over 50% crit 80% crit damage and almost 3200 attack. Are there better setup’s out there? Ya but i’ve found, for myself atleast, I last so much longer with atleast some balanced stats. Only thing i wish was my hp was higher but i rarely find myself needing any more than what i have.
My guardian’s been around a long time and through many different builds and does fairly well in teams so far but I always feel it is lacking in some areas.
I have full berserk on 3 of my characters and they’ve all been doing pretty well and have been thinking of switching to berserkers on guard too.
My traits are, 0/0/30/30/10 (ah, emp might, superior aria, 2h mastery, purity, retri armor, ret subcon)
So my question is this, does full berserker trump pvt mixed with knights in this build?
I will still have about 15-16kish hp with full berserker gear, and I am thinking of still using soldier’s runes to maintain my ability to remove conditions with my shouts. (Instead of dps runes or gems)
I thought about going meditation build but I like to support my team more with AH/Shout build.
Could this work? Is there anyone out there that has a working berserker AH build?
Thoughts?
I personally use a mix of Valkyrie, Knight’s, Berserker’s, and Cavalier gear. I focus mainly on Knight’s, and Beserker’s. My hp is kinda low but with 3k armor, over 2900 attack, 46% crit chance, and over 70% crit damage before i use buff’s i find i rarely need more than what i have when combined with the rest of my gear. I can deal with my hp being just under 14k while not using my offhand set in which cast i gain quite a bit of toughness and vit. I could gain more hp but my armor would drop below 3k if i changed out my rune’s. With buff’s i can hit over 50% crit 80% crit damage and almost 3200 attack. Are there better setup’s out there? Ya but i’ve found, for myself atleast, I last so much longer with atleast some balanced stats. Only thing i wish was my hp was higher but i rarely find myself needing any more than what i have.
I see.
I think with my trait setup I have no hp from gear but all from traits.
My guardian’s been around a long time and through many different builds and does fairly well in teams so far but I always feel it is lacking in some areas.
I have full berserk on 3 of my characters and they’ve all been doing pretty well and have been thinking of switching to berserkers on guard too.
My traits are, 0/0/30/30/10 (ah, emp might, superior aria, 2h mastery, purity, retri armor, ret subcon)
So my question is this, does full berserker trump pvt mixed with knights in this build?
I will still have about 15-16kish hp with full berserker gear, and I am thinking of still using soldier’s runes to maintain my ability to remove conditions with my shouts. (Instead of dps runes or gems)
I thought about going meditation build but I like to support my team more with AH/Shout build.
Could this work? Is there anyone out there that has a working berserker AH build?
Thoughts?
I personally use a mix of Valkyrie, Knight’s, Berserker’s, and Cavalier gear. I focus mainly on Knight’s, and Beserker’s. My hp is kinda low but with 3k armor, over 2900 attack, 46% crit chance, and over 70% crit damage before i use buff’s i find i rarely need more than what i have when combined with the rest of my gear. I can deal with my hp being just under 14k while not using my offhand set in which cast i gain quite a bit of toughness and vit. I could gain more hp but my armor would drop below 3k if i changed out my rune’s. With buff’s i can hit over 50% crit 80% crit damage and almost 3200 attack. Are there better setup’s out there? Ya but i’ve found, for myself atleast, I last so much longer with atleast some balanced stats. Only thing i wish was my hp was higher but i rarely find myself needing any more than what i have.
I see.
I think with my trait setup I have no hp from gear but all from traits.
The following link is a pure berserker’s setup with Jewel’s. Personally you would hit like a truck but for my own taste i think you would be to squishy giving up the extra armor that toughness add’s to you without gaining extra hp from some where. Could you pull it off. If your good yes but dont expect ah to save you. Your going to be taking a good deal more damage having only 2400 or so armor.
Here is the same with the buffs i would use on it.
(edited by SiNoS.2147)
If you’re talking about DpS, Berserk wins by far obviously.
If it’s about 1v1, Berserk is one if not the worst setup possible. You can kill other Berserk or undergeared/underleveled players, but equal players (with average skill) with any decent defense will outlast you easily.
I think it’s a good idea to have a gear for challenging content that you might get hit often and you need some health/defense, and a full berserk when you’re used to it and want to rush through it.
I currently use the following build.
But personally this is what im currently aiming for. Its suited to my needs.
If you’re talking about DpS, Berserk wins by far obviously.
If it’s about 1v1, Berserk is one if not the worst setup possible. You can kill other Berserk or undergeared/underleveled players, but equal players (with average skill) with any decent defense will outlast you easily.
I think it’s a good idea to have a gear for challenging content that you might get hit often and you need some health/defense, and a full berserk when you’re used to it and want to rush through it.
This is mostly my pve setup. I stay out of 1v1 combat in wvw anyway and usually travel with the zerg.
I too have been wondering just how much I can trade off knights gear for berserker and not feel completely squishy. As it stands now, I run a similar 0/0/30/30/10 AH build, with all knights armor + accessories + amulet. Back, rings, and weapons are all berserker. Now that knights stats have been added to ascended gear, I find I’m torn about whether or not I should change my accessories/amulet to berserker. Given the ridiculous amount of laurels needed, I don’t want to rush into buying something and then regret it…..
This is mostly my pve setup. I stay out of 1v1 combat in wvw anyway and usually travel with the zerg.
If it’s for PvE, full Berserk works fine, and you can mix in some Knight or Soldier gear if you’re not confident about dodging or if your build lacks heals to keep up you through your encounters.
These mixed gear will also works great for WvW, even if you’re always with the zerg, being full Berserk means you’ll be spending more time outside the battle zone than in, since you’ll be getting hit by some nasty AoE…
(think 3~4k Meteor Showers crits, 700ish damage Arrow Cart Rains, etc)
With some defense you should be able to save yourself from any “surprise” hits like these…
For example, I got a full Berserk set for my Elementalist just for WvW and I regretted it. I thought it’d be a good idea having 50%+ critical chance at 100% critical damage, but 13k health and 2000ish armor feels like I’m being attacked by 20 everytime one Ranger or Elementalist auto-attacks me…
This is mostly my pve setup. I stay out of 1v1 combat in wvw anyway and usually travel with the zerg.
If it’s for PvE, full Berserk works fine, and you can mix in some Knight or Soldier gear if you’re not confident about dodging or if your build lacks heals to keep up you through your encounters.
These mixed gear will also works great for WvW, even if you’re always with the zerg, being full Berserk means you’ll be spending more time outside the battle zone than in, since you’ll be getting hit by some nasty AoE…
(think 3~4k Meteor Showers crits, 700ish damage Arrow Cart Rains, etc)With some defense you should be able to save yourself from any “surprise” hits like these…
For example, I got a full Berserk set for my Elementalist just for WvW and I regretted it. I thought it’d be a good idea having 50%+ critical chance at 100% critical damage, but 13k health and 2000ish armor feels like I’m being attacked by 20 everytime one Ranger or Elementalist auto-attacks me…
I see. I was just wondering what the potential tradeoffs might be and if the increased dmg is worth it or not. I mostly sit in the back with shield/sceptor in wvw anyway in zerg vs zerg situation.
I think crit chance has a good synergy with empowering might which then works with AH to heal myself more, which is why I wanted to start thinking about going berserk.
Not having any traits for the first 2 lines may hurt my dps a bit I think.
Also I am thinking of using soldier runes in my berserker gear, mostly for the shout remove condition ability.
Not sure how advisible that is.