[Top 5] Path of Exile Best Berserker Builds That Wreck Hard! (3.20.2)

Updated:

16 Feb 2023

5 – Strength Stacking Chaos Venom Gyre

An insanely strong build that, through some incredibly synergistic items, can reach millions of damage while being entirely comfortable to play, and quite tanky, despite being a Berserker and not wearing a Mageblood.

What Strength Stacking Chaos Venom Gyre Excels in:

Ridiculously tanky
More damage than you need to do all content
Insane clear speed
Fun to min-max

Pick Strength Stacking Chaos Venom Gyre if you Like:

Attribute Stacking builds
Shouting all the time with Warcries
Infinite Berserk uptime
Blowup your screen without a worry

Strength Stacking Chaos Venom Gyre full details:

One of the core tenets of any strength stacker nowadays is the Iron Fortress, which, combined with Battlemage's Cry and Iron Will, makes it so your strength bonus, which only increases melee damage, becomes general attack damage, but not only 2% per 10 but now 4,5%. This is a massive damage boost for Str stackers, who usually get anything from 1800 to 2500 Str.
You'll want both elevated Accuracy Rating Equal to Strength, and Nearby Enemies have -9% Chaos res, as that gives a bucket load of crit chance, for free, as well as increasing damage taken. Then, getting as much Strength and life as possible.
Your boots are what make the build a build. It's where we get all our flat damage from. Replica Alberon's Warpath grants 1 to 80 Chaos Damage per 80 Strength. Though it has a massive variance of roles, it's still insanely strong, and the bulk of our damage. So always aim to have just enough Strength to roll over one of the multiples of 80 for optimal damage.

For more information, check here: https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/T_Speed/OuroKroniiLoveI?time-machine=week-3&i=4&search=time-machine%3Dweek-3%26class%3DBerserker%26skill%3DVenom-Gyre%26sort%3Ddps

4 – General's Cry Shield Crush

Shield Crush has a few variants of how it deals damage, similar to Spectral Shield Throw, as it scales based on your shield attributes. It can also get a ton of Crit, if you have a lot ES from your shield, and if you have some specific items, like Ashes of the Stars or Dialla's Malefaction.

What General's Cry Shield Crush Excels in:

Insanely Tanky.
Great clearing.
Fantastic Bossing.
Can do all content.

Pick General's Cry Shield Crush if you Like:

Shield bashing your enemies into Oblivion
Have minions rise from the ground and kill your enemies for you
Clear as you Shield Charge away

General's Cry Shield Crush full details:

Shield Crush works in two ways. First, it's one of the few attacks that scales exceptionally well with levels, and as such, it's a great league start skill to pick. Secondly, all the damage is based on your shield. The more armor or evasion your shield has, the more damage you'll deal. Getting any 2k+ armor shield will easily carry your damage to over 4 million at late game, on a budget!
The Emperor's Vigilance grants a bucket load of Armor and Energy Shield, which then enables some excellent mechanics for Divergent Shield Crush since it scales its crit damage with ES on shields, especially when combined with Ashes of the Stars and Dialla's Malefaction to increase both its base level (needs a +4 total to reach the next damage threshold) and increasing its quality, which grants Crit Multi.
You'll also want Corpse Walker boots, as it generates corpses for your General's Cry to work everywhere without having to cast Desecrate all the time.

For more information, check here: https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/dbdbdbdbdbdbdb2/%E9%98%B3%E5%85%89%E5%B0%84%E4%B8%8D%E5%88%B0%E7%9A%84%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E6%AC%A7%E5%B0%BC%E9%85%B1%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5?time-machine=week-3&i=4&search=time-machine%3Dweek-3%26class%3DBerserker%26skill%3DDivergent-Shield-Crush%26sort%3Ddps

3 – Chaos Rage Vortex

This one takes a different spin (pun intended) to the usual Rage Vortex that wants to scale as much Rage as possible, using Bear's Griddle. It goes instead into the chaos variant and strength stacker by making great use of Replica Alberon's Warpath, and an ever better use of Echoes of Creation, a relatively new unique item made for slam builds, but one that works wonders with Rage Vortex, since it snapshots its damage.

What Rage Vortex Excels in:

Fantastic damage from afar
Quite Tanky, with over 6k HP and several layers of defense
Good clear
Unique Playstyle with Warcries

Pick Chaos Rage Vortex if you Like:

Shouting at your enemies
Buzzsaw everything in your path with the power of your wrath!
Attribute Stacking builds

Chaos Rage Vortex full details:

Echoes of Creation makes it so you sacrifice life per warcry you exerted your attacks with, with the upside of getting up to 15% more damage per warcry used. This, combined with over 3 different Warcries, means you're essentially boosting your damage by 45% More, which is a truckload of damage.
As with any strength stacking build, you'll want the Iron Fortress, Redblade Banner and General's Cry combo, which with Iron Will, it can give you over 800% increased Global Attack Damage.
For boots, you want Replica Alberon's Warpath, as it grants a ton of Flat added Chaos damage per 80 Strength. When you're reaching over 2,000 Str, this means you're not only getting a lot of flat damage but also a bunch of global increased damage from the Battlemage's Cry and Iron Will combo.

For more information, check here: https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/daigorou1576/%E3%81%9F%E3%81%B6%E3%82%93%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC?time-machine=week-3&i=1&search=time-machine%3Dweek-3%26class%3DBerserker%26skill%3DRage-Vortex%26sort%3Ddps

2 – General's Cry Blade Flurry Berserker

A staple from a forgotten age, Blade Flurry can still pack a massive punch, even if outclassed mechanically by other skills (like VLS), and what a punch this build packs, with mighty and synergistic items and pure power it dishes out!

To make Blade Flurry shine, you'll use it with General's Cry, which summons a Mirage Warrior to make the attack perfectly for you!

What General's Cry Blade Flurry Excels in:

Good clear
Auto Targeting
Insane DPS
Great for League Starting

Pick General's Cry Blade Flurry if you Like:

Invulnerable Minions that kill your enemies for you
Spin to Win
Play a Melee Build without Being Melee.

General's Cry Blade Flurry full details:

Abyssus is your go-to if you want to deal absurd levels of melee physical damage at the cost of survivability since it increases the physical damage you take by over 40%, and for body armor you can either go for the more budget option of Brass Dome, or you go big damage and comfortability by using a +1 Curse Body armour with as much Attack Crit as possible, making it easier to cap on crit for your Blade Flurry
Paradoxica is a tried and true BiS weapon, and you'll be hard-pressed to find anything remotely half as good. No secrets here. As much Phys and Attack speed (Local!!) as possible. Rest is gravy.
The Redblade Banner is a coveted (and what makes the whole build work!) though fairly common and cheap, unique for all Berserkers, as this allows you to trigger War Bringer to its maximum capacity, instantly capping you of Rage, which then will enable you to use Berserk (the spell) to become nearly immortal and almost double your damage!

For more information, check here: https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/SILENCEGROOVE/TimeIsTheEnemy?time-machine=week-3&i=2&search=time-machine%3Dweek-3%26class%3DBerserker%26skill%3DBlade-Flurry%26sort%3Ddps

1 – Chaos Strength Stacking Power Siphon/Kinetic Blast

If you're Jeff Bezos, this is the sort of build, you can sink your teeth in and spend as much as you want, and it will scale infinitely with investment, possibly reaching over 200 million DPS.

What Chaos Strength Stacking PS/KB Excels in:

Ludicrous amounts of damage
Fantastic Clearing
Amazing single target
Tanky and essentially immortal, as nothing can kill you since it's already dead.

Pick Chaos Strength Stacking PS/KB if you Like:

Min-maxing to your heart's content.
Attribute Stacking builds
Destroying whole screens of mobs within the blink of an eye
Have Ubers Per Second amount of damage!

Chaos Strength Stacking PS/KB full details:

As with all Chaos Strength Stacking builds, they revolve around Battlemage's Cry, The Iron Fortress, Iron Will, and of course, Replica Alberon's Warpath, for its insane amount of Added Flat Chaos, Increased % Attack Damage, and all the other benefits from stacking Strength.
You want the strongest ring possible, and if you can afford it, a Kalandra's Touch to mirror your ring, so you don't have to craft two!
It's the sort of build where the Mageblood isn't even the most challenging piece to acquire, so it's perfect for whoever wants a long-term project and a massive currency sink, as it will gobble up your Divines like no one's business.
We use two attacks setups, one for Clearing, Kinetic Blast, and a powerful pseudo-8 link pair of Gloves, with Power Siphon in there, for our single target.

For more information, check here: https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/X_MrMiracle_X/DivineStrengthStacker?time-machine=week-3&i=1&search=time-machine%3Dweek-3%26class%3DBerserker%26skill%3DPower-Siphon%26sort%3Ddps