Berserker Class

A Pax Gladius berserker, firing an MF5 set of Hermes Fire Makers.

The Berserker class (or Zerk/Zerker) deals with problems head-on. Berserkers soak up damage and draw the ire of opponents away from squadmates, or mow enemies down with overwhelming firepower with multifired weapons -- often fulfilling both at the same time.

Berserkers naturally have high durability due to their resistances and use of heavy fighters, and high hostility that allows them to draw the aggro of opponents more consistently than other classes. Certain bosses and zones may deal massive amounts of damage that can easily prove fatal for classes with few damage mitigation options like Snipers, so Berserkers may sometimes be necessary to keep a whole squad alive.

For less selfless endeavours, Berserkers can make use of the Shield Redistribution Device, a super item that temporarily converts outgoing damage dealt into shield gain -- analogous to lifesteal mechanics of other games. Berserkers built towards high damage output can often pair their firepower with this lifesteal super to easily outheal enemies that would otherwise send players into stasis. When combined with area-of-effect weapons against a dense enough group of enemies, a well-timed lifesteal activation can restore hilarious amounts of shields to a Berserker, sometimes regenerating millions of shield points within seconds.

Skills

Zen Skills

Zen skills cost (1 * Level) skill points per level, up to a max of level 50.

Zen of Heavy Fighters: Specializing in heavy fighters.

• Per level:
  • +1% Shield Max in Heavy Fighter
  • +0.20% Damage in Heavy Fighter
  • +1% Capacity in Heavy Fighter

Zen of Berserker: Mastering Berserker.

• Per level:
  • +1% Damage, 0.50% Hostility

Class Skills

Combat Focus 1 Your focus is in combat. 4% Shield Max, 3% Damage	Combat Focus 2 Your focus is in combat. 4% Shield Max, 3% Damage	Combat Focus 3 Your focus is in combat. 4% Shield Max, 3% Damage
Berserker Class 1 100 Multifiring, +40 Bot multifire	Berserker Class 2 100 Multifiring	Berserker Class 3 10% Capacity, 20% Hostility, 30% Damage
Ordnance Supremacy A berserker can store his rage and then unleash it all at once. 30% Energy Max, 36% Damage	Impervious Armor In his rage, the berserker can focus solely on his target. 10% Resistance to Damage	Arsenal Expertise A true warrior masters a wide array of weaponry. -11% Electric Tempering, 20% Weapon Hold, 7% Capacity in Heavy Fighter, 7% Capacity in Light Fighter, 7% in Support Freighter

Advanced Subskills

General Skills

Combat Skills

Berserker Skills

		Shake it Off	+500 shield charge and +500 energy charge while in stasis
		Centered	+500 shield charge and +500 energy charge (Effect is canceled on firing or taking damage, requires 15 seconds to reapply)
		Strategic Deployment	50% speed out of combat.
		Resilient	You and your possessions (Combat Bots, Drones, Fighters) take 20% less damage from any indirect Damage.
		Bot Ph.D.	They call you Doctor Robot. +8 combat bot slots, +2 max number of combat and wild bots, combat bots inherit an additional 10% of the stats from your skills. (Not all skills apply).
		Droney	You really, REALLY love drones. Drone Controllers get +100% tweaking on non-Engineer classes, and +15% tweaking on Engineer.
		Big Banker	+1 Capacitor slot
		Berserker Classic	+200% Multifire, -23% Rate of Fire
		Weapons Master	+200% Hostility, +3 weapon slots for ships with at least 1 weapon slot
		Berserking Berserker	+30% Speed, +10% Rate of Fire
		Eye for an Eye	+33% Shielding gained from Lifesteal, +25% Resistance