Berserker Awakening

Berserker Expert

Awakening

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Tankiness 8/10
Comfort Low
AoE Medium/Large
Berserker

Berserker Awakening

PvE Combo Guide

Berserker Awakening

This class is low comfort and challenging due to the effort you must add into your combos with cancels.

Prebuff

  1. S+LMB
    Blasting
  2. Space
    Ground Lift

DPS Combo

  1. Hotbar
    Flame PummelFull 1st and 2nd hit
  2. S+Q
    Seismic Blast
  3. LMB
    Split Shot
  4. Shift+F
    Scatter Shot
  5. LMB
    Split Shot
  6. Shift+RMB
    Titan Blow
  7. LMB
    Split Shot
  8. Shift+W+RMB
    Ancient Wave
  9. LMB
    Split Shot
  10. Shift+LMB
    Slugfest

Fillers

  1. S+RMB
    Devastation
  2. Hotbar
    Flow: Earth Dividing
  3. Hotbar or Q
    Time to RockFlow before Slugfest to use Seismic Blast again
  4. Shift+X or Hotbar
    Feral Stampede
  5. Shift+Z
    Axe of Destruction
  6. Hotbar
    Frenzied Tyrant

Movement

Class Mobility

Movement Between Packs

  1. Hold W+F
    Giant LeapInstant when going up a slope; slower full animation on flat ground
  2. A+RMB+Hotbar
    BlastingOver and over quickly
  3. Shift+Space
    Lava PiercerHit Space to return to Awakening

Repositioning in Packs

  1. Shift+A/D
    Evasion
  2. Hotbar
    Flame PummelPlus a camera turn on small mobs where collision can be avoided

Build Notes

Class Specifics

Skills to Lock

  1. Flame Pummel
  2. Flame Buster (keep level 1)
  3. Fierce Strike
  4. Raging Thunder
  5. Beast Roar
  6. Tackling Rock
  7. Titan Step

Core

  1. Titan Blow
    Enhance

Skill Enhancements

  1. Feral Stampede
    Lv. 56
  2. Axes of Destruction
    Lv. 57
  3. Frenzied Tyrant
    Lv. 58

Skill Add-ons

Class Addons

Blasting I

Auto-learn. Pummel your foes in front with a barrage of ...

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Critical Hit Rate +30% for 7 sec
  • Critical Hit Damage +5% for 5 sec

Ground Lifting I

Lift the ground up and inflict massive damage to all enemies nearby.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec
  • Back Attack damage +5% for 7 sec

Devastation I

Strike the ground with both fists to inflict powerful damage to enemies nearby.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All Evasion +20 for 15 sec
  • Critical Hit Damage +5% for 7 sec

Seismic Blast I

Fire a mighty blast toward the surface to cause an earthquake.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All DP -20 for 10 sec to target
  • All Evasion -20 for 10 sec to target

Flow: Scatter Shot

Fire scattershot projectiles that explode.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All Accuracy +20 for 12 sec
  • Instantly recover 35 HP per target

Flow: Split Shot

Preceding Skill: [Seismic Blast III] Fire a bomb that splits into 3 different ...

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All DP +20 for 15 sec
  • Movement Speed +10% for 12 sec

Video Guide

Berserker Awakening PvE Guide

Change Log

October 22, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    PvP minimum damage when the target's defense exceeds your attack raised from 5% to 7%.All classes

October 8, 2026

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Ultimate: Fierce Strike and Absolute: Fierce Strike: Fixed Quick Slot use out of combat not switching to the main weapon.

  • All

    Unified the level-based base stats (Max HP, HP Recovery, All AP, All Damage Reduction and All Evasion) for every class. Class-specific stat differences now come from a new passive skill learned automatically at Lv. 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70.All classes

  • All

    Added the common skill Godslayer: Force Palm (Lv. 60+). Its Secret Book is obtained at A Freesword's Hearth in Voidekaia after finishing the Inner Edania main quests.All classes

September 17, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Frenzied Tyrant: "Taunt surrounding foes" now applies as a Taunt attack instead of raising aggro, so monsters can switch targets when another Adventurer attacks them.Both specs

August 27, 2026

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Rock Smash: Fixed a grappled target sometimes ending up behind the character when dashing with it or slamming it after a jump. The slam jump is no longer affected by Jump Height.Both specs

June 25, 2026

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Blasting: Added Forward Guard. Stiffness on attack 1 now PvE only (learning Core: Blasting keeps it in PvP). The character only turns with the camera until the attack motion.

  • All

    Flow: Ancient Wave: Cooldown: 13 → 7 sec (Skill Add-on tier 3 → 2).

  • All

    Flow: Slugfest: Can now combo into Flow: Split Shot afterwards.

  • All

    Flow: Earth Dividing: Combos better into Blasting; its damage is now separate damage based on the Devastation level.

  • PvE

    Flow: Slugfest, Devastation, Titan Blow, Flow: Ancient Wave, Black Spirit: Devastation: Damage raised in PvE: Flow: Slugfest +29%, Devastation +16%, Black Spirit: Devastation +12%, Flow: Ancient Wave +9%, Titan Blow +8%. PvP ratios lowered so PvP damage stays the same.

April 9, 2026

7 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Predatory Hunt: Bound now applies in PvE only (also for Falling Rock after learning the skill).Both specs

  • PvP

    Fearsome Tyrant: Stun now applies in PvE only.Both specs

  • All

    Titan Step: Added Super Armor. The flying kick travels farther after sprinting or Lava Piercer and combos more smoothly into Blasting or Flow: Slugfest.

  • All

    Flow: Ancient Wave: Forward Guard now lasts the whole skill (was only while charging). Charging is optional: release RMB to fire at once; with Titan Syndrome active you can hold RMB to keep charging.

  • All

    Titan Syndrome: While active, Flow: Shooting Mobility bombardment becomes Flow: Ancient Power and applies Knockdown (no Air/Down Smash), and Flow: Split Shot no longer loses damage when used on cooldown (no Air/Down Smash on cooldown).

  • PvP

    Flow: Shooting Mobility: PvP-only Stiffness changed to Knockback.

  • PvE

    Devastation, Black Spirit: Devastation: Damage raised in PvE: Devastation IV 4,036% → 6,256% x2, Black Spirit: Devastation 3,982% → 5,106% x2 (Flow: Earth Dividing follows). PvP ratios lowered so PvP damage stays the same.

February 12, 2026

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Absolute: Frenzied Destroyer, Prime: Frenzied Destroyer, Axe of Destruction, Blasting: Melee AP Increase: +28 → +32.Both specs

  • All

    Removed "Extra Damage to Guard Gauge" (including Extra Fixed Damage to Guard Gauge) from all skills.All classes

November 20, 2025

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Time to Rock: Lowered the height at which the failed-landing animation plays.Both specs

  • All

    Iron Buster stance: fixed switching to the battle axe when using Evasion or Shake Off while falling.

September 25, 2025

7 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Absolute: Undertaker: Removed Melee AP Increase on hits; added All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec on hits.Both specs

  • All

    Absolute: Corpse Storm: Added All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec on hits; removed the brief slowdown during attacks.Both specs

  • All

    Absolute: Rock Smash: Removed the brief slowdown during attacks.Both specs

  • All

    Undertaker, Corpse Storm: Fixed Bound not applying properly to grappled targets.Both specs

  • All

    Ground Lifting: Can combo from Smash Down, Rock Smash, Corpse Storm or Undertaker when Predatory Hunt is locked, and more smoothly from iron buster Evasion. Added Super Armor; Floating on extra attack hits now PvE only (Core: Ground Lifting keeps it in PvP). Fixed an unsmooth combo into Seismic Blast.

  • All

    Flow: Shooting Mobility: No collision while moving; smoother combo into Giant Leap with a longer window. Fixed Skill Add-on effects triggering on every hit.

  • All

    Flame Buster, Flow: Shooting Mobility, Flow: Ancient Power: Flame Buster III damage 1,565% → 4,069% (PvP 74.58% → 50%; also Titan Step's crouch shot). Flow: Shooting Mobility now deals Flame Buster damage x2 (was x1.5 x2); Flow: Ancient Power x1.5 x2 (was x2.5 x2).

September 4, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Evasion, Flow: Scatter Shot, Flow: Ancient Wave: Faster / longer camera-direction turning: iron buster Evasion turns faster, Flow: Scatter Shot turns longer when comboed, Flow: Ancient Wave turns longer after charging.

August 21, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Giant Leap: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

August 7, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Lava Piercer, Titan Step, Giant Leap: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

July 31, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Lava Piercer, Prime: Lava Piercer: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

July 24, 2025

6 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Combat system overhaul: Resistance and Ignore Resistance reworked, AP, DP reduction and Special Attack damage gaps between classes narrowed, and Special Attack damage effects of the same type no longer stack.All classes

  • All

    Infinite Mastery now grants Accuracy +18 and All Accuracy +18 per skill level.All classes

  • All

    Axe of Destruction, Frenzied Destroyer: Melee AP +16 → +28.Both specs

  • All

    Skill damage multiplier -4.41% to offset the AP rebalance.Both specs

  • All

    Titan Syndrome: All Resistance +50% → Melee AP +35.

  • All

    Blasting: Melee AP +16 → +28.

May 15, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fierce Strike: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

April 30, 2025

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Prime: Fierce Strike, Fierce Strike, Predatory Hunt: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

  • PvE

    Flow: Windstorm: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

February 13, 2025

8 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Emergency Escape: Invincibility now also applies when you reappear; movement speed and Stamina recovery during the skill reduced; SPACE now jumps to higher terrain.All classes

  • PvE

    Combat Assistance can now only be used while total Family Level is 200 or lower; some skills deal less damage or lose effects when spammed during cooldown, while main PvE skills deal more damage.All classes

  • All

    Wailing Beast: Cooldown 45 → 15 sec.Both specs

  • All

    Axe of Destruction: Cooldown 20 → 10 sec.Both specs

  • All

    Frenzied Tyrant: Cooldown 18 → 12 sec.Both specs

  • All

    Frenzied Winds: Cooldown 24 → 8 sec.Both specs

  • PvE

    Devastation, Titan Blow, Flow: Ancient Wave, Seismic Blast, Flow: Slugfest, Flow: Scatter Shot: Damage adjusted.

  • PvE

    Blasting, Ground Lifting, Flame Pummel: Reduced damage when used during cooldown.

January 23, 2025

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Elastic Force: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

December 12, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Titan Blow: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

November 14, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

October 24, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Giant Leap: Fixed a skill issue.

October 17, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

September 26, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Giant Leap: Fixed a skill issue.

September 12, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Titan Blow: Fixed a skill issue.

September 5, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Titan Step: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Flow: Ancient Power, Flow: Split Shot, Flow: Earth Dividing, Flow: Slugfest, Black Spirit: Flow: Slugfest: Skill behavior improved.

August 29, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Prime: Raging Thunder, Black Spirit: Raging Thunder: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Lava Piercer, Shake Off: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

August 8, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Shake Off: Fixed a skill issue.

August 1, 2024

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Frenzied Tyrant: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • PvE

    Blasting: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Giant Leap: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 25, 2024

11 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fearsome Tyrant, Storming Beast, Tackling Rock, Devastation, Flow: Earth Dividing, Feral Stampede, Black Spirit: Devastation, Black Spirit: Fearsome Tyrant: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Black Spirit: Prime: Fearsome Tyrant, Wrath of Beast, Ire of Beast, Beast Roar, Wailing Beast: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Absolute: Beastly Wind Slash, Extreme: Beastly Wind Slash: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Shake Off, Evasion, Time to Rock, Giant Leap, Wrath of Beast, Ire of Beast, Beast Roar, Wailing Beast: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Lava Piercer, Predatory Hunt: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Giant Leap: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Flow: Shooting Mobility: Cooldown 10 → 5 sec.

  • All

    Flame Pummel: Added Forward Guard.

  • All

    Ground Lifting: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 18, 2024

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

July 10, 2024

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

June 19, 2024

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Flow: Shooting Mobility, Feral Rage, Feral Stampede, Storming Beast, Black Spirit: Flame Buster: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Flame Pummel: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • All

    Fearsome Tyrant: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

November 15, 2023

6 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Absolute: Headbutt, Flame Pummel, Titan Blow, Seismic Blast, Flow: Slugfest, Flow: Scatter Shot: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Flow: Scatter Shot: Cooldown 7 → 6 sec.

  • All

    Flow: Slugfest, Flow: Split Shot: Cooldown 8 → 6 sec.

  • All

    Black Spirit: Titan Blow: Corrected the skill description.

  • PvP

    Devastation: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Flow: Split Shot: Damage adjusted.

September 20, 2023

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Devastation: Fixed a skill issue.

  • PvE

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

September 13, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

September 6, 2023

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Seismic Blast, Titan Blow, Flow: Scatter Shot: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Flame Pummel: Damage adjusted.

August 23, 2023

6 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Titan Syndrome, Ground Lifting: Smoother combos and controls.

  • All

    Flow: Slugfest, Flow: Earth Dividing: Skill behavior improved.

  • PvP

    Flow: Ancient Wave: Cooldown 20 → 15 sec.

  • All

    Flow: Split Shot: Fixed a skill issue.

  • PvP

    Devastation: Fixed a skill issue.

  • PvP

    Seismic Blast, Flow: Slugfest, Flow: Scatter Shot: Damage adjusted.

August 9, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

July 19, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.All classes

July 5, 2023

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Class balance adjusted.All classes

June 28, 2023

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Undertaker, Rock Smash: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Blasting, Rooting: Smoother combos and controls.

April 6, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    General class improvements.All classes

February 28, 2023

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Raging Thunder: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

January 4, 2023

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Ground Lifting: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Blasting: Fixed a skill issue.

November 23, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

November 16, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Time to Rock: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

November 9, 2022

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Weakling Hunt: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Blasting: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Flow: Earth Dividing: Cooldown 12 → 10 sec.

  • PvP

    Flow: Split Shot: Skill behavior improved.

  • PvP

    Flow: Ancient Wave: PvP damage reduced.

October 26, 2022

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Elastic Force: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Time to Rock: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Fierce Strike, Frenzied Destroyer, Predatory Hunt, Storming Beast: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

October 19, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    General class improvements.All classes

  • All

    Time to Rock: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

October 12, 2022

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Rooting, Ground Lifting: Corrected the skill description.

  • All

    Flow: Shooting Mobility: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Seismic Blast: Skill behavior improved.

  • PvE

    Black Spirit: Devastation: Fixed a skill issue.

  • All

    Black Spirit: Flow: Slugfest: Fixed a skill issue.

August 23, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Seismic Blast, Flow: Scatter Shot: PvP damage reduced.

  • All

    Giant Leap: Fixed a skill issue.

June 29, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Axe of Destruction: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

June 15, 2022

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Feral Rage: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • PvP

    Axe of Destruction: Cooldown 45 → 20 sec.Both specs

  • All

    Frenzied Winds: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

  • All

    Feral Stampede, Wailing Beast, Axe of Destruction, Frenzied Tyrant: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

May 31, 2022

5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flow: Split Shot: Damage adjusted.

  • All

    Black Spirit: Giant Leap: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Black Spirit: Giant Leap: Smoother combos and controls.

  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Giant Leap: PvP damage reduced.

  • All

    Black Spirit: Devastation: Fixed a skill issue.

May 18, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Giant Leap, Feral Rage: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

  • All

    Titan Step: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

April 13, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Elastic Force: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Beastly Wind Slash, Fierce Strike, Frenzied Destroyer: Damage adjusted.Both specs

March 30, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flow: Windstorm, Frenzied Destroyer: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Seismic Blast: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

February 16, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Lava Piercer: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

February 9, 2022

2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Lava Piercer: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Lava Piercer: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

January 19, 2022

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Fearsome Tyrant, Black Spirit: Prime: Fearsome Tyrant: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

  • All

    Black Spirit: Fearsome Tyrant: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

  • All

    Black Spirit: Prime: Fearsome Tyrant, Black Spirit: Giant Leap: Damage adjusted.Both specs

January 12, 2022

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Giant Leap: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

January 5, 2022

4 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Raging Thunder, Black Spirit: Prime: Raging Thunder: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

  • PvE

    Black Spirit: Raging Thunder, Black Spirit: Prime: Raging Thunder: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Flame Buster: PvP damage reduced.Both specs

  • PvP

    Black Spirit: Flame Buster: Damage adjusted.Both specs

December 29, 2021

3 changes
Official patch notes
  • PvE

    Fearsome Tyrant: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Fearsome Tyrant: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • PvE

    Fearsome Tyrant: Corrected the skill description.Both specs

September 8, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Storming Beast: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

May 26, 2021

11 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Ultimate: Frenzied Destroyer: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • PvE

    Shake Off: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Feral Rage: Cooldown 4 → 3 sec.Both specs

  • All

    Feral Stampede, Elastic Force: Damage adjusted.Both specs

  • PvE

    Feral Stampede: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

  • All

    Frenzied Destroyer, Prime: Frenzied Destroyer: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

  • All

    Fierce Strike: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

  • All

    Flow: Split Shot: Skill behavior improved.

  • All

    Flow: Split Shot, Flow: Ancient Wave: Smoother combos and controls.

  • PvE

    Flow: Slugfest: Damage adjusted.

  • PvE

    Devastation: Skill behavior improved.

May 12, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed a class issue.Both specs

April 28, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Core: Blasting: Smoother combos and controls.Both specs

April 7, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Beast Roar: Skill behavior improved.Both specs

March 3, 2021

1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Flame Buster, Core: Flame Buster: Fixed a skill issue.Both specs

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