Marauder vs Berzerker

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Posted by: meichor.7809

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Q:

Been browsing around metabattle, kinda curious why most of the burst builds I see on there are all using the marauder amulet instead of the berserker amulet.

Don’t many of these 1 combo burst build benefit more from full out damage? Is the extra vitality really worth it? I’ve tested abit myself, seems like with Anet being so generous with giving fury boon, the berserker seems to do quite some more damage from my rotation.

Just curious if there’s anything I’m totally missing.

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Posted by: bearshaman.3421

bearshaman.3421

Just a guess but it might be that everyone is getting one-shotted so easily that the vitality makes it possible to survive long enough to get the combo off. I’ve seen a lot of people say that damage has outstripped health.

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Posted by: TyPin.9860

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Metabattle is stupid. Don’t care what amulet they recommend. I am going zerker all the way. Either it’s me or them – cowboy style^^

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Posted by: Necrotize.2974

Necrotize.2974

If your build isn’t capable of downing someone in the span of about 2-3 seconds or less(or you aren’t capable of doing that), Marauder will probably be better. More chance for error if the burst fails too so you can be more of a team player I guess. Against other mesmers I like Marauder since all it takes is one second of distortion to screw up your whole day.

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Posted by: TyPin.9860

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Luckily with Lock Down I do not rely on huge damage burst (I still can burst, if I want to^^), but can wear my opponent(s) slowly down while I deny them their own offense. I love Lock Down, and this is why going anything but zerker is imo just a waste of potential.

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Posted by: Ross Biddle.2367

Ross Biddle.2367

The reason is because of the synergy between the amulet’s stats and fury uptime.

Of course in actuality this is highly dependent on what build you’re running, and in the case of metabattle they’re only listing “shatter” specs right now. The best thing about marauder imo is that those extra hp’s will cover you against extra condi ticks. If you’re gonna eat a propper burst, you’re gonna eat a propper burst and go down regardless of what glass ammy you’re taking. Going back to the build point, if you’re running a build with Illusions, the heavy condi cleanse + bonus heals easily cover the lower hp pool with superior healing (running mantra heal, imo).

So ya, pretty much maurader wins out because fury overcomes precision loss of zerker.

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Posted by: Capricorn XI.4390

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So ya, pretty much maurader wins out because fury overcomes precision loss of zerker.

You actually have more precision with the Marauder Amulet than with the Berserker Amulet (1050/1050/560/560 vs 1200/900/900), so I don’t know why fury has anything to do with it.

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Posted by: Ross Biddle.2367

Ross Biddle.2367

So ya, pretty much maurader wins out because fury overcomes precision loss of zerker.

You actually have more precision with the Marauder Amulet than with the Berserker Amulet (1050/1050/560/560 vs 1200/900/900), so I don’t know why fury has anything to do with it.

Oh well then, more precision with + fury = more crits. I was only half-listening to Rytlock when he explained, thus the misinformation ;D