Guild Wars 2 | Hammer Berzerker is Perhaps a Little Broken (PVP Montage)

1:27 for thumbnail. 3:42 for Grimjack's funny reaction. Build: gw2skills.net/editor/?PKgAIRlN...
I created this monstrosity and recorded it on Monday. It doesn't always work, but when it does, oooh is it fun!
How it works: Arms trait line gives 500 ferocity from the five Signet of Ferocity stacks. Defense trait line gives a 7%, 20%, and 10% damage multipliers to disabled foes. Berzerker trait line adds 267 ferocity, 300 power, and a 10% damage multiplier. Signet of Fury gives 360 ferocity, Signet of Rage gives 600 power (20 might), Rune of Lynx gives 175 power, Sigil of Ruthlessness gives 150 power (5 might), and Sigil of Opportunity gives 5% damage. With that, here is the damage calculation on the 19.3k hit at 1:27 :
Damage done = (Weapon strength) * Power * each multiplier * (skill-specific coefficient)/(target's Armor)
19,143 = (1048) * 3425 * 2.85 * 1.07 * 1.2 * 1.1 * 1.1 * 1.05 * 1.19 (vulnerability) * (1.82)/(1888)
As close as I can get with these:
2027 ferocity (285%) = 900 + 500 + 267 + 360
3425 power = 1200 + 300 + 600 + 150 + 175
Multipliers: 7%, 20%, 10%, 10%, 5%
Hammer strength: 985-1111 (1048 normalized)
19 stacks of vulnerability.
Light armor: 1888
Chapters
0:00 Obliteration
1:07 Hammer Sniping
2:19 Uno Reverse
2:50 Scoreboards
3:06 Meming Naru and Saiyan
3:42 Grimjack's Funny Reaction
All clips from December 12, 2022. Originally recorded in 1080p but upscaled to 4k to allow TH-cam to grant a higher bitrate (made a huge difference in quality).

[@SevenWolves1]

This video prompted me to watch all your other GW2 pvp vids.
Each one of them is gold. Hoping to see more !

[@senqt]

Big crits pog! well played :)

[@WickedHumor]

I love hammer builds for warrior/guard, this feels like something i will try.

[@nickverschoore4351]

nice, looks like fun, well done

[@realhumanbean5116]

Not the most effective, but definitely the most fun. Looks like a blast, literally hahahaha! Keep it up!

[@jawesome548]

good shit m8, love this kind of content

[@AGamerPS3]

Great montage.

[@RbDaP]

madlad plays THAT with camera shake ON
Edit: That's great btw sick skills

[@resen-gaming6398]

great video keep it up ^^

[@josiahspencer1986]

That's definitely crazy numbers. Almost 2 shots em all.

[@ricardosantos555]

Game play + music 10/10

[@tr7zw]

Huh it's been ages that I played pvp, might give it a try again with a fun Warrior build.

[@Rododo93]

Very based

[@Thanaroa]

Dayum. Know what I'm doing when I get home

[@XmantiX]

Good stuff.

[@rulotron]

Shhhh is perfect how it is now 🤣

[@SolemnGW2]

Christ. GG lol fun vid

[@sebastiaandepaus]

Like the big numbers! Any chance you have a video of a full match unedited? Rly wanna see your openers n stuff.

[@wilhempoutrain471]

i think for the opener it would be more likely to go mid but it depend on comp tho if they have a lot a condi teamfighter u can go far and try to 1 shot

[@JohnusSmittinis]

Yes! I'll upload one (or a few) when I get the chance.

[@perishVS]

solo q with this build? expectations in NA ranked?

[@dordgs2208]

my type of build.

[@KryticalError]

Ignore the haters dude. This was a dope video and a fun watch. Zerker is a thrill to play, whenever you can catch someone. whether it's a completely brand new F2P player or a God of the Arena, if they're not ready for that burst they're gonna fall over. People always tryna hate on anything and anytime I get a wack comment I assume I just rolled that player in WvW or PVP lol. GGzzzzzzzz dude, subbed! Keep em comin, I'll have to give this build a try. I'd been playing a bit of Hammer SpellB which seems to be catching on RN - never thought to try Zerker.

[@torok8974]

a video can be dope, doesn't mean the build is fun and balanced in pvp

[@KryticalError]

@@torok8974 Fun is subjective, and not every video in the space needs to be about well balanced or meta builds. Not everything is that serious dude

[@Wenedi]

Imagine getting mad at someone having fun in a video game.
Keep them coming!
Nicest mmo community my ass

[@Michaelno]

I’m looking for a fun melee class, any suggestions?

[@jackkenzel1400]

What runes u use?? Berserker full??

[@tanakitngamnitidilok9152]

I feel like i hit by your build on my willbender on 2 hits and died 😢😢😢

[@lasthope703]

Hammer seems fine to me 😅

[@MarkNapalmov]

I see a trend of hammers being busted lately.

[@yordypobletesanchez2497]

I'm not surprised that people cry and ask for nerfs, but there are classes worse than the berserk, like the willbender and the necro and the one that uses a robot. those should be adjusted.
excellent video

[@kickazz8987]

15k burst hammer.. ouf!

[@TheSkyllit]

lets try! XD

[@torok8974]

also player playing that: YES IT IS FUN, JUST DODGE AND ESCAPE AND SHOT IN RANGE, kekw

[@GW2MindOfAMadman]

So many salty people in the comments. Luckily, plenty of supporting folks, as well. It seems like it's a build that does require some skill to use, since it looks like it's quite squishy? Like a glass cannon that can do very little against something like blind spam or when people avoid your CC's.

[@eyjay1508]

Music?

[@JohnusSmittinis]

"I Like to Win" by Shonlock

[@eyjay1508]

@@JohnusSmittinis Thanks.

[@keeperking12]

I get that screenshake is fitting for a hammer build, but it makes it really hard to watch

[@JohnusSmittinis]

I'm so used to it that I didn't even notice

[@vipanez5728]

max dmg zero sustain :/ if the combo failed youre dead

[@torok8974]

I mean, do you have fun when you can't play/counter someone ?

[@mihairush8312]

Broken wars 2 . Where unbalanced pvp is on the first place in world . Gj Anet :3 .

[@Foc4ccin4]

It's pretty much a glass cannon with no counter to conditions besides raw damage.

[@Myror.7521]

It is broken against new players that dont know how to dodge indeed xd

[@JohnusSmittinis]

Yup, like Barons, Princes, and Gods of the Arenas. (1:35 and then 2:11 onwards). I mean, if you can catch someone with normal hammer, then this is basically that on steroids--it only takes one rupt to kill.

[@gogadantes8699]

Mate, Grimjack is in there. See his title and google it. You're embarrassing yourself.

[@k3rkk0z]

@@gogadantes8699 grimjack won that fight. No need to kill enemy when they are about to die from vengeance.

[@gogadantes8699]

@@k3rkk0z Sure, he did. But the point is that he's a very high ranked player, and this build gave him trouble. It's not as if he purposefully didn't kill our Revengeance warrior, he was fighting back and was downed. The other commenter above was talking as if the opponents are ppl who don't know how to dodge, lol.

[@k3rkk0z]

@@gogadantes8699 I doubt that it counts as giving trouble lol. He chose to go down state. He obviously could've teleported away.

[@lysico]

Unranked. Who cares

[@fabiocroce1355]

Me

[@JohnusSmittinis]

How much of the video did you watch? If you pay attention, there are quite a few high-skill players in these clips. These were not low-skill players. Since it is more dependent on teammates, i’m wondering if the build will do better in ranked. The amount of times oblivious teammates would not peal or focus downs was insane. I think there is potential here.

[@dradamov]

I play Gunzerker in pvp pretty often and two tap (yes, two tap) entire teams and 5-stacks when they decide to use THE META support of projectile reflects and shields. And can they suspect a 10 stability stacks, 25 might unblockable quickness-juiced AOE burst from 1500 range that dazes and applies 20+ vulnerability? FUCK NO!

[@gogadantes8699]

Me. Anyone who's actually experienced in pvp knows that unranked just means random. It can mean low skilled opponents or it can mean a team of plats queuing together. What matters is the actual opponent level. And there are quite a few in this video with PvP titles.

[@s108t]

unranked is the new ranked lol

[@xioh171]

"God of PvP" what a Joke. GJ