Berserker
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Outcast dwarves that seek death in battle to regain their honor, Berserkers are a force to be feared. With no regard for their own safety, they charge recklessly into battle, and inspire their allies to do the same. One can always find a Berserker by following the trail of bodies to the most vicious fighting on the field.
| Hero Statistics | |
| Profession | Berserker |
| Magic Speciality | Eradication |
| Race | Dwarf |
| Attributes | Mercenary |
| Gender | Male |
| Attack Power | 13000 + 6500*level |
| Attack Type | Melee |
| Counter Attack | 5000 + 2500*level |
| Hit Points | 6400 + 3200*level |
| Upkeep Cost | -1000 + 1000*level gold 5 + 2.5*level m.p. |
| Abilities | Valor (9) Berserk (14) |
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| Blitz |
| Guildwar |
| Lightning |
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Abilities
Valor (Lv.9):
- Increases Primary and Counter AP of all your units by 2% + 1%/lvl
- Does not affect secondary attacks
Berzerk (Lv.14):
- Increases Primary and Counter AP of all your units by 10% + 5%/lvl
- Decreases HP of all your units by 3% + 3%/lvl
Berserk
- Increases Primary and Counter AP of all your units by 10% + 5%/lvl.
- Decreases HP of all your units by 3% + 3%/lvl.
On the face of things, the Berserker has a lot going for him, but he's not always right for every color.
Summary
He is a Valor hero, so that is always good, of course (e.g. see Valor versus Tactics
He is a red dwarf, so unless you are using barracks recruits as an Eradication, he will only ever give Dwarven Death Seekers an efficiency bonus.
He has a standard Melee attack and doesn't cost too much.
The question comes in with his Berserk ability at lvl 14. At its first lvl you will see your PRIMARY and counter abilities go up by 15%, but your health reduced by 6%. As is often the case with TR heroes, this might help its native color, red, the least. Red has very powerful secondary attacks in Chimeras and in Red Dragons (not so potent, but they will almost certainly be present and represent a lot of net power). The only eradication units that see good benefits out of the Berserk ability are salamanders and to a lesser extent hydras.
Add in to this the fact that Red will often be running Battle Chant, which is going to reduce the health of its units by 10% already (for a bonus of 30% to AP/counter).
At high levels, the health reduction increases. A 17th lvl Berserker will offer +11% primary/counter from Valor and +30% primary/counter from Berserk, for a total of +41%! The downside is you'll also be at negative 15% health. If you were running Battle Chant, that would be an incredible +71% Primary and -25% health.
It's a tricky situation. If enemy damaging items/spells get in, -25% health can really hurt. Especially for simple/fodder units. But it's hard to deny the huge bonus to damage.
Berserker is a hero you can build your army around, however. At high enough levels, you should be looking for units with that have a large primary attack power when compared to its net worth. For example, salamander has 3000 attack power and each unit is worth 188. So it has a 15.95 Ap/Hp ratio. These are some commonly used units that receive the most benefit out of Primary AP boosts.
Eradication
Salamander,Hydra(2/3)
Ascendant
Unicorn, Titan(2/3), most Barracks units
Phantasm
Air Elemental, Water Elemental, Leviathan(2/3), Medusa
Nether
Horned Demon, Demon Knight(2/3), Ghoul, Shadow, Wraith
February 2011 experience with using a high level Berserker. Many of the units listed above, and other very high dmg primary units, have terrible hit points:net power ratios. A high level Berserker can make them even more vulnerable. This is especially important to remember if those units have a low initiative and your enemy can strike first and inflict serious damage. But instead of going to all these extremes, I personally had some good results in taking units with traditionally mediocre attacks and bolstering them. Ultimately the Berserker was stack wiped because he was leading a hard-hitting group with low resists that paired up against a very fast attacking stack.
