Rise of the BERSERKERS!!!

[tran]

Quick, fast, and strike a quick death, the 4 humans emerging from the Underdeep had brought carnage and retribution to the world of Steel


 Selen, the quick finger, with 1ap dagger, she swiftly deflect all attacks coming her way, on her other hand is the trusty bow that brought down so many foes, pinning them while the rogue's companions mowing the horde of monstrocity

 Kjartan, the scarred pyromancer, he turns all armor into puddle of metal, while immolating all that left to crunchy piece of coal

 Kyera, the fallen healer, she whose anger had reincarnated into a formidable fighting spirit, the most underestimated member of the group, and yet, one of the most crucial. The cleric, who had convinced everyone to stay together, have now succumbed to the madness of the world. She who once use her hands to heal others, now use them to swing her hammer and cast anguishing spells that could strip a foe of all its spirit. She, who now have fallen to a berserker's lust for battle

 Vraes, the ever juggernault, the oddest, yet, most dangerous of the four. In his left hand is a savage shield, and the right, an 1ap scything dagger. He crushed his foes, armored or not alike, and charge ahead. So quick, so fast, so unpredictable that it became unstopable. Once he started killing, his blood hunger knows no bound, it forces him to continue until nothing is left for the slaughter


They came, they see, they shatter all
They are the berserkers

[fallen]

Very nice, +1

[tran]

So, new group on Nightmare, the berserkers

I was thinking, what weapon would a berserking Vraes wield best? I have tried all the 2handed ones, and yet none seems to fill the role

And then, it hited me, I was doing everything wrong! Why waste all those precious ap for 2handed weapons, when an 1ap dagger goes so well with juggernault?

For this group, Selen needs to be present as she is the only one that could take the role of a tank (sorry Fyona but you are horrible). With the new crafting system, I could give her 2 dodge-imbued daggers to maximize her survivability. Kyera is really important, her Warden's shield and Enthereal Anguish are crucial to the tank's survival

Kjartan would give everyone max crit chance with burning blade and immolation, while making the foes easier to deal with thanks to his choking ash

Vraes, Vraes would be the instrument of ultimate destruction, with an 1ap scything dagger, he mow it all! I have fought spiders, trolls to armored orcins, and they FELL so QUICKLY that it became surreal! Having nearly 50% crit chance and an almost 60% damage bonus to crit, he DESTROYED ALL! Even against trolls, deathkins and wolf lord, Vraes could dish out 300-400 attacks on a crit, and he could swing so many times that missing wasn't even a problem anymore

Now, you would be skeptical about Vraes's ability to regain sp, and this is where the magic happens: With the crafting system, Vraes now has a shield that gives him 8% sp drain! That's HUGE! I haven't needed to have Kyera giving her sp to Vraes once beacause the outlander could get his sp up to max only after a few swings, and in a single turn, he could go for 7 attacks! It is INSANE, and I haven't even max out juggernault yet!

Overall, this group excels on crit, crit and even more crit. With Vraes using an 1ap dagger leading the charge, the old saying "Vraes is not good at crowd control" no longer holds true!

Seriously, try it out, you would be amazed at how powerful this build is, as I was when I discovered it!

[tran]

A quick tip, when using boost in, remember to max out Vraes's Berserker Rage for crit, get 1 point in Natural Mastery, then go for Juggernault. You don't need to worry about sp, EVER, as the sp drain bonus from the 1ap dagger, couples with the shield, crit chance and crit damage bonus would give the warrior far more sp than he ever needs. Natural /mastery should only be leveled up once Juggernault is max as you are using a dagger so you can't get the damage bonus from Mastery. Burst of Speed is last, beacause Vraes could ultilize all 7 ap in a turn, mp is not so important, espcially after you could get mp bonus from Juggernault

Kjartan should get Choking Ash to 5 (for max enemies debuff) then proceed to max his Burning Blade. Once done, Ash or Immolation is up to you. I would go with Ash and respec him once the group get the Heartbeat of summer, then I max his Burning Blade, some Choking Ash and enough Immolation for him to use

Kyera and Selen are quite straight forward: Selen dodge tank and Kyera support (give her a hammer and a 8% sp drain shield if you want to have more fighter, I did this and she did ok, don't let her standing right behind Selen though, her hp is too low)

[MintDragon]

Very cool build! Will come back to HoS soon to try. 👍

[TheMike]

Jun 1, 2017 22:18:37 GMT -5 tran said:

A quick tip, when using boost in, remember to max out Vraes's Berserker Rage for crit, get 1 point in Natural Mastery, then go for Juggernault. You don't need to worry about sp, EVER, as the sp drain bonus from the 1ap dagger, couples with the shield, crit chance and crit damage bonus would give the warrior far more sp than he ever needs. Natural /mastery should only be leveled up once Juggernault is max as you are using a dagger so you can't get the damage bonus from Mastery. Burst of Speed is last, beacause Vraes could ultilize all 7 ap in a turn, mp is not so important, espcially after you could get mp bonus from Juggernault

Kjartan should get Choking Ash to 5 (for max enemies debuff) then proceed to max his Burning Blade. Once done, Ash or Immolation is up to you. I would go with Ash and respec him once the group get the Heartbeat of summer, then I max his Burning Blade, some Choking Ash and enough Immolation for him to use

Kyera and Selen are quite straight forward: Selen dodge tank and Kyera support (give her a hammer and a 8% sp drain shield if you want to have more fighter, I did this and she did ok, don't let her standing right behind Selen though, her hp is too low)

I discovered the same build a while ago, but my route is a little different. I went for max choking ash first and some pining shots for selen. This way, the hard to hit enemies become pretty easy to defeat. Also I alternate between the two skills to conserve mana on Kjartan. Selen can also recover mana when attacking.

For vraes, I go for 1 in speed for +1mp. Sped 3 is helpful after juggernaut. Getting to your enemies is always good, lol. Max dex and blade for good defense and attack. With warden's shield on both Vraes and Selen can tank decently. With quicksilver defense on Selen, she's almost untouchable.

If not boosted in, it gets hard. I usually play more defensive on vraes for a while until i get items and quicksilver on selen. I use a respec on vraes at that point. Selen can be respect too for better defense.

Have fun!