The Berserker is a powerful damage-dealing class inLost Ark. Many players don’t struggle in Chaos Dungeons due to their vast arsenal of high damaging abilities. In fact, it was thego-to class that botswould use to exploit the game! But don’t let other players' opinions on the class get you down. It’s not brain-dead, there’s still alittlebit of complexity to it, and besides, it’s really fun to hack and slash your enemies away! So if you’re still looking to optimize yourChaos Dungeonexperience we’ve got a fun build that you may not have seen before.
It’s not often mentioned in other content, however, it is a must-have in Chaos Dungeons.Preemptive Strike Combat Engravingis one of the top alternatives to consider when maximizing damage output to any enemy other than Boss-type monsters. (A more detailed explanation can be found here) We’ve tested all of the skills and tripods in order to make this guide, so please have a look, test it out, and decide for yourself.
Berserker Utilizing Preemptive Strike in a Chaos Dungeon
Skills To Use In Chaos Dungeons As A Berserker
In the first zone, be sure to activate your Identity skill with the Mayhem engraving to benefit from the attack and movement speed buff. Then, simply move around to avoid taking damage while waiting for the enemies to spawn and cluster. You can use any skill in this zone as nearly all skills in this build will kill normal enemies in one hit.
In the second zone, gather the Named enemies and useSword Stromto kill 2 or 3 of them. This should nearly reset all your cooldowns to use again for the next wave of Named enemies. Clean up the Normal monsters withStrike Waveor any other skills. UsingWhirlwindwith theBleed Runeis highly effective to damage normal enemies along the way to the next Named enemies. Then, when the Named enemies appear again, do it all again.
Finally, use either of theAwakening Skillsthat you have available to kill theChallenge-typeenemy at the end of this zone.
Here’s a table detailing which Berserker skills to choose as well as a brief description of the purpose of that skill. The skills below are sorted by which target they perform well against. (in order of lowest to highest HP: Normal, Named, Challenge, Boss).
Description
Sustain Enhancement
Cracked Blade
Vacuum Slash
MediumDamage, Hits many targets and clearsNormalenemies well,
Aura Blade
Quick Prep
Destruction
MediumDamage, ClearsNormalenemies well.
Diving Slash
Muscle Spasm
Power Slash
Power Break
Nimble Movement
Ranged Hit
HighDamage, Very effective AoE ClearsNormalenemies really well.
Vital Point Hit.
HighDamage, ClearsNormalenemies really well.
Finish Strike
Enhanced Strike
Weak Point Detection
Very HighDamage, ClearsNamedenemies really well.
Sword Strom
Flame Storm
Very HighDamage; ClearsNamedenemies well.
Strike Wave
Blaze Wave
Very HighDamage; Very effective AoE, ClearsNamedenemies well.
Quick Rechargecan be used on all skills to potentially allow for more usage ofPrelude to Death
Engravings Priority For Chaos Dungeons
For the Berserker, here are theEngravingsyou can prioritize for Chaos Dungeons using thePreemptive Strike build:
Here are the engravings that aresupplementaryto the Berserker class in general.
Berserker Gem Priority In Chaos Dungeons
Most skills can eliminate all the normal monsters in one hit so damage is not much of a concern. As most of the skills in this build have long cooldowns, utilizing cooldown gems can be very advantageous. Be sure to equip these gems for the fastest Chaos Dungeon:
Stat Allocation
Stat allocation comes from the Accessories (Necklace, Earring, and Rings). It can be very expensive to have a different set of Accessories for Chaos Dungeons so you should choose those stats based on the class engraving you’ve chosen to play.
Tripod Skill Tree Effects
AtTransfer Skill Tree NPC, you should transfer tripod skill tree effects from looted gear to your equipped gear. (don’t forget to save them in the Tripod inventory tab too for multiple builds!) Note that not every Tripod can be leveled up so here are the Tripods that can be affected by Skill Tree Effects that are used in this Chaos Dungeon build:
