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Vagonuth: /* Which rites to get */

2022-09-25T23:54:23Z

Which rites to get

3nki at 15:33, 7 October 2020

2020-10-07T15:33:23Z

3nki: /* Berserkers in General */

2018-02-20T16:08:11Z

Berserkers in General

3nki at 14:24, 18 January 2018

2018-01-18T14:24:11Z

Mekrith at 12:40, 19 April 2012

2012-04-19T12:40:22Z

Belag: which rites to get

2012-04-18T17:49:06Z

which rites to get

WinterRose at 17:48, 19 March 2012

2012-03-19T17:48:58Z

Belag: Moved para to tips

2011-12-21T16:12:11Z

Moved para to tips

3nki: /* Lord Play in General */

2011-12-21T03:20:11Z

Lord Play in General

Belag at 13:09, 17 December 2011

2011-12-17T13:09:07Z

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 ==== Which rites to get ====
-Bloodlust and resist pain are the first two to get (order depends on what you want to do - usually bloodlust is first). Deathblow is next. Those are the most important ones; the rest are much less important. Useful ones to get are wail, guard crush and final fury (when you have enough hp). You will need to learn might at some point, since it's required for a lord rite.
+Bloodlust and resist pain are the first two to get (order depends on what you want to do - usually bloodlust is first). Deathblow is next. Those are the most important ones; the rest are much less important. Useful ones to get are warcry, wail, guard crush and final fury (when you have enough hp). You will need to learn might at some point, since it's required for a lord rite.
 === Devoting ===

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−	''Prone to [[Bloodlust \|bloodlust]]? Have a passion for death and dismemberment? You might have what it takes to succeed in the bloody and brutal world of Berserkers! Berserkers are powerful fighters whose ferocity and disregard for their own safety make them truly devastating and almost impervious to damage under the right circumstances. They thrive in tumultuous combat, leading a group and battling on the front lines. Traditionally they wear very little armor, in order to maximize their destructive potential. Once they attain level 51, Berserkers do not gain new class skills in the usual manner, instead selecting from a list of [[Rites]] at specific sublevels. Berserkers NEVER learn any magic spells except homeshift, which is good because they never gain mana. The [[Prime Requisite \|PRIME REQUISITES]] of berserkers is [[Strength \|STRENGTH]]. They are only available to [[:Category: Warriors \|warriors]], [[:Category: Rogues \|rogues]] and old [[:Category: Rangers \|rangers]] via the REMORT command.''	+	''Prone to [[Bloodlust \|bloodlust]]? Have a passion for death and dismemberment? You might have what it takes to succeed in the bloody and brutal world of Berserkers!''
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		+	''Berserkers are powerful fighters whose ferocity and disregard for their own safety make them truly devastating and almost impervious to damage under the right circumstances. They thrive in tumultuous combat, leading a group and battling on the front lines. Traditionally they wear very little armor, in order to maximize their destructive potential.''
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		+	''Once they attain level 51, Berserkers do not gain new class skills in the usual manner, instead selecting from a list of [[Rites]] at specific sublevels.''
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		+	''Berserkers NEVER learn any magic spells except homeshift, which is good because they never gain mana. The [[Prime Requisite \|PRIME REQUISITES]] of berserkers is [[Strength \|STRENGTH]]. They are only available to [[:Category: Warriors \|warriors]], [[:Category: Rogues \|rogues]] and old [[:Category: Rangers \|rangers]] via the REMORT command.''

	'''Abbreviation:''' Bzk.		'''Abbreviation:''' Bzk.

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 == Berserkers in General ==
-Berserkers are a pure melee class; they never gain mana or learn any spells. At hero they get comparable hp to a warrior (maybe slightly more); at lord, quite a bit more. They almost always run in hit gear. They hit considerably better when tanking the mob than without, and thus serve as good tanks and rescuers. Their lack of spells means that they rely on their groupmates more than usual. They use blunt weapons to hit.
+Berserkers are a pure melee class; they never gain mana or learn any spells. At hero they get comparable hp to a warrior; at lord, a bit more (warrior hp is multiplied by 4 on morph from hero to lord, whereas berserker is multiplied by 4.5. So a hero with 10k hp would be 40k as war at lord 1, or 45k as a bzk). They almost always run in hit gear. They hit considerably better when tanking the mob than without, and thus serve as good tanks and rescuers. Their lack of spells means that they rely on their groupmates more than usual. They use blunt weapons to hit.
 == Berserker Creation ==

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−	''Prone to [[Bloodlust \|bloodlust]]? Have a passion for death and dismemberment? You might have what it takes to succeed in the bloody and brutal world of Berserkers! Berserkers are powerful fighters whose ferocity and disregard for their own safety make them truly devastating and almost impervious to damage under the right circumstances. They thrive in tumultuous combat, leading a group and battling on the front lines. Traditionally they wear very little armor, in order to maximize their destructive potential. Once they attain level 51, Berserkers do not gain new class skills in the usual manner, instead selecting from a list of Rites at specific sublevels. Berserkers NEVER learn any magic spells except homeshift, which is good because they never gain mana. The [[Prime Requisite \|PRIME REQUISITES]] of berserkers is [[Strength \|STRENGTH]]. They are only available to [[:Category: Warriors \|warriors]], [[:Category: Rogues \|rogues]] and old [[:Category: Rangers \|rangers]] via the REMORT command.''	+	''Prone to [[Bloodlust \|bloodlust]]? Have a passion for death and dismemberment? You might have what it takes to succeed in the bloody and brutal world of Berserkers! Berserkers are powerful fighters whose ferocity and disregard for their own safety make them truly devastating and almost impervious to damage under the right circumstances. They thrive in tumultuous combat, leading a group and battling on the front lines. Traditionally they wear very little armor, in order to maximize their destructive potential. Once they attain level 51, Berserkers do not gain new class skills in the usual manner, instead selecting from a list of [[Rites]] at specific sublevels. Berserkers NEVER learn any magic spells except homeshift, which is good because they never gain mana. The [[Prime Requisite \|PRIME REQUISITES]] of berserkers is [[Strength \|STRENGTH]]. They are only available to [[:Category: Warriors \|warriors]], [[:Category: Rogues \|rogues]] and old [[:Category: Rangers \|rangers]] via the REMORT command.''

	'''Abbreviation:''' Bzk.		'''Abbreviation:''' Bzk.

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 | Yes
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-! style="background:#C0C0C0;text-align:center" colspan="3" | Group assists
+! style="background:#C0C0C0;text-align:center" colspan="3" | Group assist
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 | [[Warcry]]
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 | [[Deathblow]]*
 | Gain an automatic extra attack when they hit an enemy for more than 50% remaining HPs in one blow.
 | No
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 | If an attack is parried or blocked with a shield then it is more draining to the defender than normal.
 | No
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 | [[Prime Strike]]*
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 | [[Steadfast]]
 | Grants the Berserker immunity to [[Calm|calm]], [[Dread|dread]] and [[Awe|awe]].
 | No
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 | Functions like Deathblow, but can trigger off any groupmember's attack.
 | No
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 | [[Exemplary Strike]]
 | Allows them to hit the mob first in their group under certain conditions.
 | No
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 == Berserker Remort Options ==
 There are no remort class options for berserkers. Good remort races are troll, minotaur and golem.
 == "Bad Rites" ==
-Rites are overdue for a rehaul, as many changes to the mud have rendered some rites obsolete.   There are a number of rites which have no effect, or negative effect, and should be avoided:
+Rites are overdue for a rehaul, as many changes to the mud have rendered some rites obsolete.   The rites indicated above as "potentially bad" are rites which many players now choose to avoid, as they either do not work as described or have been rendered obsolete in some way.
-'''Prime Strike''' & '''Exemplary Strike''': These rites mimic grouporder functionality, but cannot be controlled or turned off, and therefore reduce damage output in many situations.
+[[Category: Remort Classes]]

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 &lowast; These six rites are pre-requisites for lord rites (there are six lord rites).
 === Devoting ===
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 The most important rites to get are ignore pain, savage strength and mutilation, so save at least these many (plus one for might if you haven't got it yet). The rest are much less important.
-Berzerkers receive a lot of hp at lord and usually serve to rescue groupmembers. Using the ignore pain rite, they take very little damage.  They are very useful in tanking gear rooms for this reason. The benefits of ignore pain degrade after about three rounds, so it is standard to rescue the bzk after three arounds. For this reason, they cannot serve as the main tank in the group; you need at least one other tank.
+Berzerkers receive a lot of hp at lord and usually serve to rescue groupmembers. Using the ignore pain rite, they take very little damage.  They are very useful in tanking gear rooms for this reason. The benefits of ignore pain degrade after about three rounds, so it is standard to rescue the bzk after three rounds. For this reason, they cannot serve as the main tank in the group; you need at least one other tank.
 === Some tips ===

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 '''Prime Strike''' & '''Exemplary Strike''': These rites mimic grouporder functionality, but cannot be controlled or turned off, and therefore reduce damage output in many situations.
-'''Raging Rush''': This rite doesn't do anything.
+'''Raging Rush''': This rite doesn't do anything important; it doubles the standing regeneration rate, which about 20-30 hp per tick.
 '''Steadfast''': AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!  Calm is regularly used at Lord to exit combat, and berserkers with steadfast are trapped in combat and left to die by Lord groups.
-'''Discipline''', '''Rage Control''', '''Rage Mastery''': These rites provide insignificant benefits.
+'''Discipline''', it reduces the AC penalty by 50% - which is from +50 to +25 for maximum berserk state at hero. The difference is maybe noticeable under extreme conditions like swarmy EHA rooms, if at that.

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	Berzerkers receive a lot of hp at lord and usually serve to rescue groupmembers. Using the ignore pain rite, they take very little damage. They are very useful in tanking gear rooms for this reason. The benefits of ignore pain degrade after about three rounds, so it is standard to rescue the bzk after three arounds. For this reason, they cannot serve as the main tank in the group; you need at least one other tank.		Berzerkers receive a lot of hp at lord and usually serve to rescue groupmembers. Using the ignore pain rite, they take very little damage. They are very useful in tanking gear rooms for this reason. The benefits of ignore pain degrade after about three rounds, so it is standard to rescue the bzk after three arounds. For this reason, they cannot serve as the main tank in the group; you need at least one other tank.
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		+	Since you can use config +savespell for spell effects from [[Mutilation]] you could scar until achieving [[Werrebocler]], get healed back to full as fast as possible, and then get spelled with the rest of the group. This would help if a Berserker were to be sent in to a plane as the first tank. Normally planeshift lag is too long, and the Berserker would suffer quite a bit after Ignore Pain degrades and before any other tank is out of lag to rescue them.

	=== Some tips ===		=== Some tips ===

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 == Berserker Creation ==
-Berserkers are only creatable via the [[Remort|remort]] command. See the [[:Category:Remort Classes|remort classes]] page for options and at what level. Good creatable races include orc (decent hp and damage, low tnl), ogre (quite a bit more hp and damage, a bit more tnl) and giant (most hp, damage, and tnl).
+Berserkers are only creatable via the [[Remort|remort]] command. See the [[:Category:Remort Classes|remort classes]] page for options and at what level. Good creatable races include orc (decent hp and damage, low tnl), ogre (quite a bit more hp and damage, a bit more tnl) and giant (most hp, damage, and tnl), gargoyles (for golem option - usually people remort golem first before bzk).
 == Berserkers at Lowmort Tier ==