Berserker Stance

Stance. Gain adrenaline for a short time. Gain pulsing resistance. — In-game description

Berserker Stance

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Stance

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

14406

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30

40

25

 

Berserker Stance

Stance. Gain adrenaline for a short time. Gain pulsing resistance.

 Berserker's Stance (5s): Gain adrenaline every second.

 Resistance (1s): Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective.

 Adrenaline: 7

 Adrenaline Interval: 1 second

 Resistance Interval: 1 second

— In-game description

Related traits

Defense

• Last Stand — Stances grant vigor and barrier when activated, and they have increased duration.

Tactics

• Empowered — Deal increased strike damage for every boon on you.

Notes

• This skill applies resistance 4 times for a total of 4 seconds and adrenaline 4 times for a total of 28. When traited with Last Stand it applies resistance 5 times for a total of 5 seconds and gives adrenaline 5 times for a total of 35.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 15, 2025	Increased the duration from 4 seconds to 5 seconds.
June 27, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 40 seconds to 25 seconds in PvP only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Increased cooldown from 30 seconds to 40 seconds.
November 07, 2017	Reduced duration from 9 seconds to 4 seconds. Increased adrenaline gain per pulse from 3 to 7. Resistance per pulse has been reduced from 3 seconds to 1 second. Reduced recharge from 60 seconds to 30 seconds. Fixed a consistency issue where effect application would sometimes be delayed.
October 18, 2016	Fixed a bug that caused this stance to apply for less than the full 125% value when the Last Stand trait is equipped.
January 26, 2016	This skill now grants resistance for 3 seconds every 3 seconds instead of preventing conditions from being applied to you. Its duration has been increased to 9 seconds.
December 10, 2013	Rewrote the description to more clearly reflect the function of the skill.
July 09, 2013	The duration of this skill has been increased from 4 to 8 seconds.
June 25, 2013	Increased the recharge to 60 seconds. Reduced the duration to 4 seconds. This stance now reduces incoming condition duration by 100%, so only modified conditions can get through.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Berserker Stance has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.