Vanilla or Berserker
Let me first point out that i have been very vocal in the past about my opinions about Elite specializations. I will not attempt to dilute what this thread is by bringing that back up. If you want to know my opinions on the matter, just do a forum search of my posts.
Having said that, which spec should you choose?
In a perfect world, Every Specialization and build should have it’s own positives and negatives, in practice, this is never the case with any MMO, Moba, or fighting game. For example: Characters that play like Ryu and Ken will always be better than characters that play like Guile, or Juni,
Of course if you spend time on Guile or Juni, you can become nearly unbeatable with them, and that’s the most important part of this entire analogy.
Vanilla warrior plays much different than Berserker, though you may not notice it right off the bat. Berserker’s main power is gated behind a full adrenaline bar. so if you can make a berserker miss their headbut or deny them a full adrenaline bar, you have a huge advantage. Vanilla warriors don’t need to worry about that. we can throw out a t1 burst every 5 seconds at the very least, and we never need to worry about saving up adrenaline. For a Berserker, using a tier 1 burst is a sign that they are being denied their berserk mode. which means you are pressuring them. One missed headbut, and buys you about 10 seconds to wail on a warrior. (yes eventually they will get 100% adrenaline, but you already have the advantage at that point, and once a berserker has berserk mode it’s very easy to know what they are going to do. (burst, burst, burst)
Vanilla warriors are more unpredicatable. We can come out of a whirling blades into a burst, or a sheildbash, or a kick, or whatever the heck we want. we can burts every 5 seconds, and you may never know what burst we are about to do. baybe it will be arking slice, maybe it will be eviscerate, maybe i’l fake a burst just to draw out a dodge, then sheild bash you.
I’ll be the first to admit that Berserker is more powerful than vanilla. at least in PVP, but that’s not to say that vanilla is not viable. There is a huge difference between “Viable” and “the most powerful , overpowered thing to play”. to many players think that they are one and the same. and if you are one of those players, sure, use berserker. but you are wrong. and you are missing out on the fun of the game. sure you get the pleasure of winning, but you don’t really deserve the win. your build deserves the win.
Play what makes you happy, and don’t listen to people who only care about the meta. Enjooy yourself. it’s a game.
