Races:
Dwarf, Norseman, Troll
Primary Stat:
Strength
Secondary Stat:
Dexterity
Tertiary Stat:
Constitution
| Level |
Ability/Skill |
| 1 |
Sprint, Cloth, Leather, Studded, Staves, Sword,
Axe, Hammer, Parry |
| 2 |
Small Shield |
| 5 |
Left Axe, Berserk I, Evade I |
| 10 |
Protect, Berserk II, Evade II |
| 15 |
Berserk III |
| 20 |
Berserk IV, Evade III |
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Origins
of the Berserker
Patron god: Modi the arch-god of the Norse pantheon, and especially
of battle. Berserkers have the ability to drive themselves into
a battle rage that lets them fight without thought of personal
safety. At higher levels they can shapeshift into bears for additional
power.
Berserkers
in Dark Age of Camelot
The Berserker is a viable class to play, but the Bearform is not
implemented yet.
Strengths
of the Berserkers
1) The skill Left Axe give the Berserker the most damage adding
styles in game. Using two axes with a damage adding spell or song
make the Berserker a damage master of Midgard.
2) Berserk is doing a big deal of damage. I see this as an advantage
when you are not attacked especially in RvR.
Weaknesses
of the Berserkers
1) Restricted to Studded Armour that is the lowest armour of melee
classes in Dark Age of Camelot. We can nearly compensate the lack
of chain armour with our higher evades in melee, but we have a
big disadvantage against archers and mages.
2) Left Axe damage without styles is broken at the moment but
is more then compensated with the high style damage of the Left
Axe.
Starting
as a Viking
A Berserker begins his life as a Viking. You share the Viking
class with the aspiring Warrior, Thane and Skald until level 5.
The Viking begins with 4 different skills he can raise: Sword,
Hammer, Axe and Parry.
When you reach level 2 you should decide on one weapon you want
to use and raise this skill each level. The only way to go at
the moment is to raise your Axe skill (see explination below).
You should change your weapon from the training weapon to a yellow
weapon in the weapon class you selected. You will get a small
training shield when you reach level 2.
Becoming
a Berserker
When you reach level 5 go to your advanced trainer in Jordheim
or Gna Faste and join the House of Modi and receive the Axe of
Modi as a gift from your god. It can be used in your left hand
and will help you in the next few levels. Additional you will
get some Berserker skills. You will get 2x your reached level
specialisation points beginning with level 6.
Berserker
Skills
Left Axe
Left Axe is the ability to use Axes in your left hand and you
can specialise in this skill that gives you additional styles.
The Left Axe styles are the most powerful styles in Midgard. You
can find the styles of all Midgard weapons in the Style Section.
How is Left Axe working? I don't have the exact numbers, but the
formula must be like this:
Total = (50% of right hand weapon + 50% of left hand weapon) *
(15% + (Left Axe Skill/2)%)
The weapons delays are averaged to get the attack speed.
The problem in this formula is that if you use two weapons with
different damage output (quality, size, material, quest item,
…) the total damage will be the same or going down compared to
the damage of the better weapon. When you are using a 2H weapon
or a 1h weapon with shield you would have a better chance to survive
in the harsh lands of Midgard if there were not the powerful left
axe styles.
Berserk
Berserk is an ability where you can enter a rage in which you
are nearly defenseless, but the attack speed and chance to hit
increases noticeable and each hit is a critical hit. You can use
this ability every 7minutes and it lasts for 20 seconds. The higher
the Berserk level (I-IV) the more attackspeed increase you get
(no official statement what the different Berserk levels are doing,
this is just a guess).
Evade
Evade is the ability to avoid melee attacks directed to you. The
higher the level of the evade is, the higher is the chance to
evade the attack (5% per level). Magic items giving you +2 evade
means that the chance to evade is raised by 2 percentpoints not
the evadelevel is raised by 2.
Bear Form
The Berserker is shapechanging into a Vendo (Bear-Human) when
he enters Berserk mode. This ability has no special advantage
beside the Berserk ability.
Specialisation
In the first four levels max out your main weapon skill (Sword,
Hammer, Axe)
In level 5 you begin to raise Left Axe until you got it to a maximum
of your current level. Keep you Left Axe skill at the max and
raise Axe again. Everyone must think himself about the final specialisation
in level 50.
The damage of the Left Axe is based on the Left Axe skill, and
the damage of the right hand weapon based on the right hand weapon
skill of your choice. This is new, as there was a bug where you
had to use Axe as you main weapons as the damage of the left axe
was based on the Axe skill.
My suggestion would be:
Right hand weapon 45, Left Axe 50 and Parry 36 or
Right hand weapon 40, Left Axe 50 and Parry 41
Equipment
Try to keep you equipment on a yellow to blue level and boost
it with quest items the Berserker can use. Nice equipment for
the Berserker in lower levels are the Morra Sleeves(7), the Ruby
Jerkin(7), in teen levels the Birk Strength Sleeves(15) and the
Berbenet Legs(15). Additional you should try to get the Fimx(11)
and if you play a Dwarf the Dwarven Glima(7) and of course the
Berserker Strength necklace(11). Also do all the epic quests you
get beginning from level 15 and each 5 levels a follow up quest.
In a group you will be the main tank most of the
time, because you are dealing more damage then every other class.
Additionally you are more vulnerable then the other melee classes
that are hiding behind their chain armor. This makes it harder
for the healer to keep you alive. The best thing you can do is
to wait with using your styles until the main tank (Warrior) got
enough aggro. Then you can begin with your high damage styles.
Another possibility is to use the detaunt styles all the time.
I hope that I was able to help you choosing a class
or playing the Berserker. If you have any comments feel free to
send me a mail.
