Berserker Class

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A Pax Gladius berserker, firing an MF5 set of Hermes Fire Makers.

The Berserker class (or Zerk/Zerker) deals with problems head-on. Berserkers soak up damage and draw the ire of opponents away from squadmates, or mow enemies down with overwhelming firepower with multifired weapons -- often fulfilling both at the same time.

Berserkers naturally have high durability due to their resistances and use of heavy fighters, and high hostility that allows them to draw the aggro of opponents more consistently than other classes. Certain bosses and zones may deal massive amounts of damage that can easily prove fatal for classes with few damage mitigation options like Speed Demonss, so Berserkers may sometimes be necessary to keep a whole squad alive.

For less selfless endeavours, Berserkers can make use of the Shield Redistribution Device, a super item that temporarily converts outgoing damage dealt into shield gain -- analogous to lifesteal mechanics of other games. Berserkers built towards high damage output can often pair their firepower with this lifesteal super to easily outheal enemies that would otherwise send players into stasis. When combined with area-of-effect weapons against a dense enough group of enemies, a well-timed lifesteal activation can restore hilarious amounts of shields to a Berserker, sometimes regenerating millions of shield points within seconds.


Skills

Zen Skills

Zen skills cost (1 * Level) skill points per level, up to a max of level 50.

Zen of Heavy Fighters: Specializing in heavy fighters.

  • Per level:
    • 1% Shield Max in Heavy Fighter
    • 0.20% Damage in Heavy Fighter
    • 1% Capacity in Heavy Fighter

Zen of Berserker: Mastering Berserker.

  • Per level:
    • 1% Damage
    • 0.50% Hostility

Class Skills

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           Combat Focus 1
           Your focus is in combat. 4% Shield Max, 3% Damage
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           Combat Focus 2
           Your focus is in combat. 4% Shield Max, 3% Damage
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           Combat Focus 3
           Your focus is in combat. 4% Shield Max, 3% Damage
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           Berserker Class 1
           60% Weapon Hold, 100 Multifiring
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           Berserker Class 2
           20% Resistance to Damage, 100 Multifiring
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           Berserker Class 3
           10% Capacity, 20% Hostility, 30% Damage in Heavy Fighter
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           Ordnance Supremacy         
           30% Energy Max, -11% Electric Tempering, 10% Damage
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           Impervious Armor
           10% damage resistance per level when taking damage from the front within a 120 degree arc from the front. 7% Resistance to Damage
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           Arsenal Expertise
           20% Damage, 7% Capacity in Heavy Fighter
See Adv. Class Skills page
See Adv. Class Skills page
See Adv. Class Skills page

Advanced Subskills

General Skills
Combat Skills
Berserker Skills
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Shake it Off +500 shield charge and +500 energy charge while in stasis. Also effects combat bots.
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Centered +500 shield charge and +500 energy charge (half for bots), (Effect is canceled on firing or taking damage, requires 15 seconds to reapply)
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Strategic Deployment +50% speed out of combat (Effect is canceled on firing or taking damage, requires 30 seconds to re-apply. Also affects bots)
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Resilient You and your possessions (Combat Bots, Drones, Fighters) take 20% less damage from any indirect Damage.
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Bot Ph.D. +8 combat bot slots, +2 max number of combat and wild bots, combat bots inherit an additional 10% of the stats from your skills. (Not all skills apply, see Skill Inheritance).
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Droney Drone Controllers get +100% tweaking on non-Engineer classes, and +15% tweaking on Engineer.
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Big Banker +1 Capacitor slot
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Berserker Classic +1 free shot, -13% firing rate when firing 4 shots, -23% firing rate when firing 5+ shots. 100 Multifiring
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Weapons Master 200% Hostility, 3 Weapon Slots
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Berserking Berserker +10% Speed, +10% Rate of Fire
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Eye for an Eye +33% bonus for damage-to-shield transference effects, +7% Resistance to Damage