The craziest thing is that only by looking at skills, even without skill modifiers or damage conversion, I see valid class combinations with all other classes. Stacking onslaught + cold shadow strike. Doombolt warewolf. Some broken bleed builds with shaman. Cold drain essence wareraven. One class adds so many interesting possibilities, this is the true beauty of this game
It's really cool Zantai is down to work with you on this stuff and be so transparent and it's also really cool that you are so involved. Appreciate all the coverage!
Onslaught is a fantastic addition to the game, and I'm glad they didn't skimp on the damage multiplier per stack. The over-reliance on cooldown reduction modifiers to make cooldown skills enticing has been a big problem, to me. I just hope there's a good variety of Onslaught sources beyond Berserker.
It's a bit of a self-balancing mechanic. 1) you have to invest time with basic attacks to get the guaranteed powerful attack, so the DPS gain ends up balancing. Fewer charges for more of the onslaught procs isn't going to be substantially worse than fully charging it for the biggest hits. 2) It does rely on a certain amount of skill and luck to min/max the damage to spreadsheet perfect, but it's not too punishing if you don't do it perfectly. For practical purposes of a casual like me, it mainly means I'm just going to want to stack attack speed and space out my spenders a bit til it feels good and that's probably good enough.
they really stepped up their game when it comes to the ability visuals. Hope they can go back and improve the visuals of all the other abilities in the game some day.
Berserker looks like a good base mastery to empower your favourite class, just like how soldier compliments pretty much everything. I also love how Berserkers will finally fill the void (pun intended) for people who want to play pure chaos damage builds.
This is a good run down on the pending class. Thanks for being quite clear and concise as you walked over the tree, and thanks to Crate for continuing to work on the game even after these many years.
34:24 Man, WInds of Asterkarn and Hailstorm looks so cool! Cant wait to use them with the proc of Amatok`s constellation and Arcanum Frigus for a full hail build!
This expansion is gonna be HEAVY. I hope they add a chaos transmuter to winds of asterkarn which also transmutes the hail into chaos rocks, as well as all the other elements!
Man I wanted to play a proper berserker since I got the game but I always had to jump through hoops to get something remotely similar. Now I can just get this and pair it with something that fits and I'm in. I'm thinking that the synergy with nightblade will be pretty good, but I wonder how it will behave as a 2h build with shaman. Either way, I like it.
Loving the Winds of Asterkarn skill. Looking forward to experimenting with that one! I also noticed in the Grim Dawn build calculator there were no skill procs for it in any of the constellations. Seems like there should be at least a couple? Great tutorial BTW!
Hopefully they have time to update some of the older vfx. Just got the Scourge strike mythic relic for the first time, and it was a bit disappointing for this big hit cd attack to just be a normal swing with basically no vfx at all.
Thanks for this shortened preview of the Berserker - I didn't have time to watch the full video. Just a pronounciation tip: 'Thane' rhymes with drain, crane, main, plane, etc... Looking forward to seeing what cool build concepts the community comes up with.
Great stream yesterday. There seems to be so much synergy with a cold Nightblade, I think Reaver is going to be amazing. With that said, I really like the look of ranged Bloodfangs.
Awesome, I can't wait to play this game. I missed when you guys are going to show the new area? Also, I hope you guys add a lot of new secret areas. It would be really cool is if you only find certain stuff during the day or night. Will there be some new side quests?
Just going to say it again here too: thank you for making the melee form for the berserker class a werewolf. It is why I will be buying and playing this game.
Awesome class breakdown and it seems like loads of fun. Honestly, the DLCs in this game are all superb and I would be happy if they decided to not even develop a sequel and just drop killer DLC every couple years to add a new class and some new systems and modes.
Does double conversion works in Grim Down (like in PoE)? I mean if you get a passive that gives you +20% pierce damage and +20% chaos damage, but you also have 100% pierce converted to chaos, so from that passive you will get +40% total chaos damage after conversion? - +20% to pierce, then converted to chaos and then +20% to chaos?
I liked this new Class and new Systems Onslaught, Charges in this DLC showcase. I wanted 2 Classes one Berserker , another Secret Class on release because, usually I dont like Melee, pet, transformation (pet+melee) Classes. Berserker name gives Melee class. But with this reveal I liked this class spell skills , Onslaught and transformation casting spells, other attacks , Guns Demo's Piano skills Traps, Grande, Cocktail, Flasbangs.
im so hyped for this !!!! cant wait to play birbman an channel my storms, aswell as beyblade wolfe its gonna be great, thanks for this summary love you bro
Love your content but I have a question. Do you think this will combo well with nightblade as a replacer for necromancer for hardcore? Wondering if I should wait to dual spec my hardcore until this comes out
I almost wish I hadn't watched this video. I just completed a natures avenger set snd have been excited levelling up but now I can't stop thinking about all the new theory crafting ideas. Great video!
Really not a fan of transformations having durations. What does endgame items mean in this case? It's not a build if I have to level to 84 in order to be allowed to play an actual werewolf/wereraven without having to play cooldown roulette every 8 seconds. Like wtf.
Hey and if you watched the live stream, at some point there is a prequal planned. Maybe that's the story for GD2, I can't remember. I wonder if Ulgrim will show up in his younger dayz.
I used to play WOW for many years. The Berserker gives me that WOW class play feeling. This class has HOT's and with Onslaught you can expend stacks on other attacks also changing into a Werewolf :) and a few other things which makes me think back on some WOW abilities :) Really great I can't wait to play this next expansion :P
@@rektbyprotoss ok I see, thank you, so do you think posession with the two damage absorbtion talents in the berserkerr tree is good combination or is it too much loss in the calculation?
"Many of you may not have time to watch a three hour video" "Anyways here is what the animation of this skill looks like." 8 minutes later... ".. and here is what it looks like when you are wielding a short bow... And here it is while eating a banana..."
I was dissapointed by new "class". This class is suxx. 1. Transform skills have the limited time. That's already enough to ignore this class (like wereform build). 2. Almost all skills have ill-conceived bonuses. 3. It'll be very difficult to pick a second class for comfortable play.
1. There are items giving the transformations permanent uptime. 2. Like what exactly? 3. Why so? I think there are many synergies with existing classes. With proper feedback we can help crate make this class better :)
@@rektbyprotoss , 1. And what items exactly ? Anyway, the equipment's slots will be busy by these items. (slots for other items - which may be more usefull for selected build). 2. Bleeding and cold damage, for example. Or Bleeding and chaos damage. 3. because almost all classes do not have bonuses that would fully strengthen the new class. Mmm...Maybe 1-3 classes (like Arcanist, Soldier or Nightblade. And NO - Shaman IS NOT suitable (IMHO) for this role. And that's all).
@ 2. and 3. is no different than other pre berserker classes imo. 1. It's supposed to be a tradeoff, perma transformation is not supposed to be free. E.g. there's a green MI scepter that makes raven and werewolf permanent while converted their damage to lightning.
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The craziest thing is that only by looking at skills, even without skill modifiers or damage conversion, I see valid class combinations with all other classes. Stacking onslaught + cold shadow strike. Doombolt warewolf. Some broken bleed builds with shaman. Cold drain essence wareraven. One class adds so many interesting possibilities, this is the true beauty of this game
It's really cool Zantai is down to work with you on this stuff and be so transparent and it's also really cool that you are so involved. Appreciate all the coverage!
The new effects look amazing! I wish they would re-do some of the older ones to this standard!
Onslaught is a fantastic addition to the game, and I'm glad they didn't skimp on the damage multiplier per stack. The over-reliance on cooldown reduction modifiers to make cooldown skills enticing has been a big problem, to me. I just hope there's a good variety of Onslaught sources beyond Berserker.
It's a bit of a self-balancing mechanic. 1) you have to invest time with basic attacks to get the guaranteed powerful attack, so the DPS gain ends up balancing. Fewer charges for more of the onslaught procs isn't going to be substantially worse than fully charging it for the biggest hits. 2) It does rely on a certain amount of skill and luck to min/max the damage to spreadsheet perfect, but it's not too punishing if you don't do it perfectly. For practical purposes of a casual like me, it mainly means I'm just going to want to stack attack speed and space out my spenders a bit til it feels good and that's probably good enough.
they really stepped up their game when it comes to the ability visuals. Hope they can go back and improve the visuals of all the other abilities in the game some day.
That would be marvellous
Man PoE2 and Grim Dawn Expansion us ARPG fans are in for a feast this year
2025 in general is looking stacked poe2, civ 7, wilds, avowed, Fangs of asterkan ect so far looking like a much more exciting year than 2024 XD
poe 2 is fuck garbage lol. stick with grim dawn
Berserker looks like a good base mastery to empower your favourite class, just like how soldier compliments pretty much everything.
I also love how Berserkers will finally fill the void (pun intended) for people who want to play pure chaos damage builds.
Also bleed
Yes it's great for Chaos, I'm surprised by the Cold/Pierce choice though because those types are already very well supported
@@sylvainsanesti3499 pierce is so not well-supported in the current state of the game
@@huyngo7827 why is that?
Just what I needed, thanks for the summary video!
I've got over 2,500 hours played since beta 23 and man... Crate never fails to amaze me. I cannot wait for this expansion.
Watched your chat live yesterday.... this is awesome! Can't wait =)
This is a good run down on the pending class. Thanks for being quite clear and concise as you walked over the tree, and thanks to Crate for continuing to work on the game even after these many years.
Raven and Wolf look incredibly cool. Looking forward to the release of the add-on!
Can't wait to play! Thanks for the video!
Thank you so much for all the transparency with the upcoming DLC it’s looking and coming out amazing
34:24 Man, WInds of Asterkarn and Hailstorm looks so cool! Cant wait to use them with the proc of Amatok`s constellation and Arcanum Frigus for a full hail build!
This expansion is gonna be HEAVY. I hope they add a chaos transmuter to winds of asterkarn which also transmutes the hail into chaos rocks, as well as all the other elements!
Man I wanted to play a proper berserker since I got the game but I always had to jump through hoops to get something remotely similar. Now I can just get this and pair it with something that fits and I'm in. I'm thinking that the synergy with nightblade will be pretty good, but I wonder how it will behave as a 2h build with shaman. Either way, I like it.
damn this seems OP, hope we see some new interesting builds. Would love to try a ranged dual-gun bleed build.
I really like the look of Winds of Asterkarn, and what a good fit with Night's Chill or Aura of Censure!
Wow wow wow that raven casting the winds is sick! Definitely making one with Nightblade as an addition
Wereraven is such a great idea love it.
I think that ligtning winds of asterkarns with wind devil will be a very good combination!
Thanks for the summary! Crate is an awesome dev.
Loving the Winds of Asterkarn skill. Looking forward to experimenting with that one! I also noticed in the Grim Dawn build calculator there were no skill procs for it in any of the constellations. Seems like there should be at least a couple? Great tutorial BTW!
Hopefully they have time to update some of the older vfx. Just got the Scourge strike mythic relic for the first time, and it was a bit disappointing for this big hit cd attack to just be a normal swing with basically no vfx at all.
Oh I see what you mean. It IS overwhelming but LOOKS underwhelming.
@ Yes exactly. I’d love to see a few of the older things touched up.
Winds of Asterkarn Crowbro looks sick. I can't wait.
Can't wait, such a great game and another class to play will be a nice fresh start.
Rekt thanks for the video. GD 🖤!
Cold Raven Grenado? Dual multipliers yum yum
Wow, amazing content is coming! Thank you for summary
Thanks for this shortened preview of the Berserker - I didn't have time to watch the full video. Just a pronounciation tip: 'Thane' rhymes with drain, crane, main, plane, etc...
Looking forward to seeing what cool build concepts the community comes up with.
Thanks, will keep that in mind!
Great stream yesterday.
There seems to be so much synergy with a cold Nightblade, I think Reaver is going to be amazing. With that said, I really like the look of ranged Bloodfangs.
This class is going to be a great complimentary build, so many new choices to go with
Awesome, I can't wait to play this game. I missed when you guys are going to show the new area? Also, I hope you guys add a lot of new secret areas. It would be really cool is if you only find certain stuff during the day or night. Will there be some new side quests?
Did the Werewolf form trigger the Avalanche WPS at 28:51? I thought it couldn't trigger WPS (and Avalanche is worded as if it is a normal WPS).
Just going to say it again here too: thank you for making the melee form for the berserker class a werewolf. It is why I will be buying and playing this game.
That wolf looks much better than in d2r😊
Not to mention the fact that you can actually use other skills while shifted
Nightblade + Berserker is going to be insane.
Can't wait to make the werewolf crusader build.
Also, arcanist wereraven is going to be insane!
That raven transformation looks very cool.
What was the passive that was skipped over at 33:20?
Untamed Rage, it's covered at 20:42
For sinergy Nightblade, Inquisitor and Arcanist are the most obvious, but going with Occultist can be goood if you convert to Dark
Leap attack, dude this is gonna be the best
Thank you very much!
Awesome class breakdown and it seems like loads of fun. Honestly, the DLCs in this game are all superb and I would be happy if they decided to not even develop a sequel and just drop killer DLC every couple years to add a new class and some new systems and modes.
Everything about the new mastery looks absolutely terrific. Any other old heads already planning to name their first berserker 'Randall'?
My GODDDDDDD I cannot fuckin wait to play this expansion aaaaaaaaa
Absolut bonkers, cant wait for the next expansion!!
Does double conversion works in Grim Down (like in PoE)? I mean if you get a passive that gives you +20% pierce damage and +20% chaos damage, but you also have 100% pierce converted to chaos, so from that passive you will get +40% total chaos damage after conversion? - +20% to pierce, then converted to chaos and then +20% to chaos?
nope, percent bonuses apply after conversion. In your case, just +20% chaos applies.
I liked this new Class and new Systems Onslaught, Charges in this DLC showcase. I wanted 2 Classes one Berserker , another Secret Class on release because, usually I dont like Melee, pet, transformation (pet+melee) Classes. Berserker name gives Melee class. But with this reveal I liked this class spell skills , Onslaught and transformation casting spells, other attacks , Guns Demo's Piano skills Traps, Grande, Cocktail, Flasbangs.
Leap
I seen ghat this expansion will
Release in 2024 on there website but it isnt out yet. When will it be ready to play / buy??
Whats the difference between Heal Over Time and regular regen?
Cant wait to play nightblade + berserker
Excited bout this one! thinkin about makin some crazy stupid combis wth this one hehe
cant w8 to play this new expansion! in the meantime i still enjoy a lot playing the league ^^
im so hyped for this !!!! cant wait to play birbman an channel my storms, aswell as beyblade wolfe its gonna be great, thanks for this summary love you bro
Would love to see this come to PS5, I loved playing this on PC but I am much more a console player so would love to dive into this.
Zerk/Shammie seems like a no brainer if you think wolf. I'll be probably playing one on day 1.
are you still able to block with a shield when transformed?
Really hope they add some more devotions.
Love your content but I have a question. Do you think this will combo well with nightblade as a replacer for necromancer for hardcore? Wondering if I should wait to dual spec my hardcore until this comes out
Ah shit another 200+ hours to the game then
wait leap... with some of constellation abilities... is leap quake gonna be a thing AM I GONNA BE ABLE TO LEAP QUAKE sorta?
Maybe, hopefully ;)
can you use skills of other classes if in shapoeshift forms?
Yes you will be able to.
@@rektbyprotoss thnx 4 the info... pls, any idea over the release date? more specific than 2025?
Cold AAR with Wereraven and Heart of Asterkarn. 😎
Do we have a release date yet? Im so excited
Not yet
I almost wish I hadn't watched this video. I just completed a natures avenger set snd have been excited levelling up but now I can't stop thinking about all the new theory crafting ideas. Great video!
super hyped for this
is this out now or is it the next update for grim dawn definitive??
The Berserker class releases together with the Fangs of Asterkarn expansion later this year.
I only hope we get for xbox a visual update 1080p is way to blurry to enjoy the game (I play it solo on pc and on xbox waith my bro )
Really not a fan of transformations having durations. What does endgame items mean in this case? It's not a build if I have to level to 84 in order to be allowed to play an actual werewolf/wereraven without having to play cooldown roulette every 8 seconds.
Like wtf.
Most important question is, can I join Ravager and become a wendigo if I help Barrowholm as a Berserker ? :D
Hey and if you watched the live stream, at some point there is a prequal planned. Maybe that's the story for GD2, I can't remember. I wonder if Ulgrim will show up in his younger dayz.
Not gonna lie the transformation being little more than two abilities on a cooldown timer has really dampened my enthusiasm.
I used to play WOW for many years. The Berserker gives me that WOW class play feeling. This class has HOT's and with Onslaught you can expend stacks on other attacks also changing into a Werewolf :) and a few other things which makes me think back on some WOW abilities :) Really great I can't wait to play this next expansion :P
30:17 Aether werewolf
Berserker + Shaman = Mystic.
...
okaay...
OHHH I wanna do a chaos build ! :D
Does doombolt have charges?
not yet, maybe with new items ;)
Hey Protoss, anything about inventory space ? a news or something ? Thanks in advance.
damn, this looks insane. tons of new mechanics here. As if Grim Dawn didn't already have a ton of them. I know where all my time will be going soon.
does damage absorbtion stack?
Multiplicatively, yes. So e.g. 20% and another 20% is not 40% but 36%, which is still good.
@@rektbyprotoss ok I see, thank you, so do you think posession with the two damage absorbtion talents in the berserkerr tree is good combination or is it too much loss in the calculation?
when can I play this character?
when it comes out some time in 2025, no specific date yet
Now that the werewolf character has been added to the game, all that remains is to add the vampire character.
I already think about cold AAR Weretalon xD
Can't wait to be a Werewolf and spam Primal Strike.....
Thanks !!!
Looks sick!
can't wait
ily RBP
"Many of you may not have time to watch a three hour video"
"Anyways here is what the animation of this skill looks like."
8 minutes later...
".. and here is what it looks like when you are wielding a short bow... And here it is while eating a banana..."
:D :D
what would be the best dual class?
Interessanter Charakter.
I was dissapointed by new "class". This class is suxx.
1. Transform skills have the limited time. That's already enough to ignore this class (like wereform build).
2. Almost all skills have ill-conceived bonuses.
3. It'll be very difficult to pick a second class for comfortable play.
1. There are items giving the transformations permanent uptime.
2. Like what exactly?
3. Why so? I think there are many synergies with existing classes.
With proper feedback we can help crate make this class better :)
@@rektbyprotoss ,
1. And what items exactly ? Anyway, the equipment's slots will be busy by these items. (slots for other items - which may be more usefull for selected build).
2. Bleeding and cold damage, for example. Or Bleeding and chaos damage.
3. because almost all classes do not have bonuses that would fully strengthen the new class. Mmm...Maybe 1-3 classes (like Arcanist, Soldier or Nightblade. And NO - Shaman IS NOT suitable (IMHO) for this role. And that's all).
@ 2. and 3. is no different than other pre berserker classes imo.
1. It's supposed to be a tradeoff, perma transformation is not supposed to be free. E.g. there's a green MI scepter that makes raven and werewolf permanent while converted their damage to lightning.
and when it will come out if it even will ?
Are there any Protoss in this game? And if so, have you been rekt by them?
sick
I'm pretty sure that's not how you pronounce "thane" lol... Joking, thanks for the summary video, couldn't watch the stream yesterday!
Yep. Rhymes with brain
berseker look OP with passive skill
looks like trash poe2 here i come
Trash comment. Real ARPG fans enjoy both instead of pitting completely different style ARPG's against one another.
You don't even realize how good this game is 🤡.
@@Nervous_89 yeah its trash compared to poe2 u dont realize how stupid u r lol 😂 😂 🤡 🤡