Berserker

Every wound — taken or self-inflicted — builds rage. Rage hardens him against damage and throttles the missing-HP attack engine, so the longer the brawl drags on, the stronger he gets. Fragile until the pain piles up.

Parent Class

Warrior

Unlock Condition

Hero Level 10

Strength Bonus

Agility Bonus

Signature Ability

Berserker Rage

"Pain is just power waiting to be unleashed."

What Changes at Level 10

When a Warrior reaches level 10 and you select Berserker, three things change permanently:

Stat bonuses are added to the hero's ability scores immediately and permanently.
Active ability is replaced with the subclass variant (Berserker Rage).
Passive effect is unlocked and becomes active in all future runs.

Ability: Berserker Rage

Berserker Rage: Taunts all enemies for [6 + AP × 0.01] ticks, forcing attacks onto the Berserker. Passive: gains +0.45 ATK per point of missing HP (up to +250% ATK) — stacking Vitality raises both the HP pool and the damage. Each attack spends a little HP to ramp rage (never self-kills); every rage stack (max 30) amplifies the ATK bonus +2%, grants 5% damage reduction, and adds 3% self-lifesteal (both soft-capped).

Permanent Stat Bonuses

Berserker grants the following ability score bonuses on top of the Warrior base scores:

+2 Strength — adds to the Warrior base strength score
+1 Agility — adds to the Warrior base agility score

These bonuses stack with ability score points allocated from levelling. They cannot be removed without retiring the hero.

Passive Effect

ATK scales with the amount of missing HP (Vitality fuels damage); bleeds itself in proportion to damage dealt, and gains rage stacks when hit that grant ramping damage reduction.

This passive is always active during combat — no gear or skill tree investment required to trigger it.

Recommended Skill Tree Themes

Offense (Berserker's Resolve keystone, War Machine), Chaos (Kill Cascade, Pain Reversal).

See the Skill Tree deep dive for the full 119-node reference and routing advice, or the Warrior build guide for a complete path recommendation for this class.

Berserker vs. Paladin

Both subclasses unlock at level 10. Compare them to choose:

	Berserker	Paladin
Identity	Every wound — taken or self-inflicted — builds rage. Rage hardens him against damage and throttles the missing-HP attack engine, so the longer the brawl drags on, the stronger he gets. Fragile until the pain piles up.	Shields the party (scaling with Toughness) and intercepts a share of damage aimed at allies — until its own guard is nearly broken.
Stat Bonus	+2 Strength, +1 Agility	+2 Toughness, +1 Spirit
Details	This page	Paladin page →

The choice is permanent — use a Scroll of Divergence consumable to re-select without retiring the hero.