Berserker's Power

Gain increased strike damage when you use a burst skill; this damage increase is based on your adrenaline. — In-game description

Berserker's Power

Specialization

Strength (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Berserker's Power

Gain increased strike damage when you use a burst skill; this damage increase is based on your adrenaline.

₂ Adrenaline Stage 1 (15s): +70.5½% Damage

₃ Adrenaline Stage 2 (15s): +110.25¼% Damage

₄ Adrenaline Stage 3 (15s): +15% Damage

₂ Adrenaline Stage 1 (15s): +100.5½% Damage

₃ Adrenaline Stage 2 (15s): +150.75¾% Damage

₄ Adrenaline Stage 3 (15s): +21% Damage

 Maximum Stacks: 4

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Requires the burst skill to hit an enemy in order to activate.
  •   Combustive Shot is an exception to this.
• Does not refresh old stacks upon reapplication.
• Additional stacks are still stored under the hood.
  • For example, using two stage 2 bursts will show 4 stacks, and when the first's stacks expire, the second skill's 3 stacks are shown until their expiry.
• Bladesworn changes the tooltip to:

₂ 0 - 4 Charges Spent (15s): +70.5½% Damage

₃ 5 - 9 Charges Spent (15s): +110.25¼% Damage

₄ 10 Charges Spent (15s): +15% Damage

₂ 0 - 4 Charges Spent (15s): +100.5½% Damage

₃ 5 - 9 Charges Spent (15s): +150.75¾% Damage

₄ 10 Charges Spent (15s): +21% Damage

 Maximum Stacks: 4

Bug:

Spellbreaker's burst (including   Full Counter) and Berserker's primal burst skills' tooltips only say one stack will be gained, but two stacks are still gained.

Related skills

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Dragon Slash—Force — Dragon Trigger
•   Dragon Slash—Boost — Dragon Trigger
•   Dragon Slash—Reach — Dragon Trigger

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Eviscerate — Axe, Burst
•   Breaching Strike — Dagger, Burst
•   Skull Crack — Mace, Burst
•   Flurry — Sword, Burst
•   Arcing Slice — Greatsword, Burst
•   Earthshaker — Hammer, Burst
•   Combustive Shot — Longbow, Burst
•   Kill Shot — Rifle, Burst
•   Path to Victory — Staff, Burst
•   Harrier's Toss — Spear, Burst
•   Whirling Strike — Spear, Burst
•   Forceful Shot — Harpoon gun, Burst
•   Decapitate — Axe, Primal Burst
•   Slicing Maelstrom — Dagger, Primal Burst
•   Skull Grinder — Mace, Primal Burst
•   Flaming Flurry — Sword, Primal Burst
•   Arc Divider — Greatsword, Primal Burst
•   Rupturing Smash — Hammer, Primal Burst
•   Scorched Earth — Longbow, Primal Burst
•   Gun Flame — Rifle, Primal Burst
•   Rampart Splitter — Staff, Primal Burst
•   Wild Throw — Spear, Primal Burst
•   Wild Whirl — Spear, Primal Burst
•   Burning Shackles — Harpoon gun, Primal Burst
•   Full Counter — Burst
•   Chant of Action — Burst, Chant
•   Chant of Recuperation — Burst, Chant
•   Chant of Freedom — Burst, Chant

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the damage increase per stack from 5.25% to 3.75% in PvE only.
October 04, 2022	This trait now grants one stack of Berserker's Power, plus one additional stack per bar of adrenaline spent. Increased maximum stacks from 3 to 4. Bonus damage per stack reduced from 7% to 5.25%.
October 26, 2021	Positive percentage-based enhancements now display with a "+." For example, swiftness now displays "+33% Movement Speed" instead of "33% Movement Speed."
May 11, 2021	Text on many damage-increasing profession traits, runes, and sigils has been clarified to indicate whether they increase outgoing strike damage, condition damage, or all damage, as appropriate.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Increased the duration of enhancement stacks from 10 seconds to 15 seconds. Fixed enhancement stack amounts for some incorrect skill facts.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This trait's functionality has been changed. It now provides a stacking 7% damage-increase enhancement for 10 seconds for each bar of adrenaline used when a burst skill hits. Maximum 3 stacks.
July 28, 2015	Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from functioning when used with the longbow burst skill Combustive Shot.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Damage bonus has been increased to 10%, 15%, and 20%. Now grants the appropriate damage bonus for 10 seconds after using a burst skill based on how much adrenaline was spent. You are now required to hit with the burst skill. This will trigger in the same way as the trait Cleansing Ire.
July 23, 2013	This trait now applies the appropriate damage increase per adrenaline level.
June 25, 2013	This trait has been moved to the Grandmaster tier. Damage bonus has been increased to 5%, 10%, and 15% based on adrenaline level.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Berserker's Power has been added to the game.