Bloody Roar

Deal increased strike damage while in berserk mode. Gain resistance when entering berserk mode. — In-game description

Bloody Roar

Specialization

Berserker (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Bloody Roar

Deal increased strike damage while in berserk mode. Gain resistance when entering berserk mode.

 Damage Increase: 10%

 Resistance (30.5½s): Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective.

— In-game description

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the damage increase from 15% to 10% in PvE only.
January 30, 2024	Reduced the damage bonus from 20% to 15% in PvE only.
June 27, 2023	Reduced the increased damage provided from 25 to 20% in PvE only.
November 29, 2022	Fixed an issue that caused this trait to grant less increased damage than intended.
October 04, 2022	This trait now grants resistance when entering berserk mode in addition to its other effects. Reduced damage bonus from 15% to 10% in PvP and WvW.
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage bonus increased from 20% to 25%.
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.
July 16, 2019	This trait now stacks damage multiplicatively instead of additively. Reduced damage bonus from 20% to 15% in PvP and WvW.
April 23, 2019	Increased the damage bonus of this trait from 10% to 20%. It no longer causes berserk mode to taunt.
May 16, 2017	Taunt duration has been reduced from 1.5 seconds to 0.5 seconds in PvP only.
November 04, 2015	This trait no longer grants fury or inflicts Bleeding. This trait now increases all direct damage dealt in berserk mode by 10%.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Bloody Roar has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The name of this trait is likely a reference to the fighting game series Bloody Roar.