The Berserker is one of the hardest bosses to beat in Girls’ Frontline 2: Exilium. Since its recent release, players have been trying their best to get it down in the Gunsmoke Frontline game mode. Like most bosses, this boss too has a couple of weaknesses you can exploit to get the Berserker down. This guide will explain how to beat the Berserker in Girls’ Frontline 2: Exilium.
Berserker Boss Breakdown in Girls’ Frontline 2: Exilium
- Weakness: Hydro and Burn
- Stability: 65
- 80% Damage Reduction
- Additional Support:
- Hydro Drain: Damage output increases to 20% when a unit has a Hydro buff.
- Field Aflame: Increases hydro and burn CRIT rate and damage by 30%
- Best Units:
- Water team: Tololo, Springfield, Nikketa
- Fire team: Vector, QJ, Qiuhua, Qiongjiu, Sharkry, Centaureissi
- Penetration team: Springfield, Nikketa, Wawa, QJ, Nemesis, Vepley
Berserker Skills
- Skill 1: Roaring Crash – 100% damage output to the nearest and furthest dolls
- Skill 2: Howl and shock – During the first turn, Berserker will create a designated area around a unit with the highest HP. During the next turn, deals 60% attack to targets in the warning tile and also applies War Echo for 2 turns.
- War Echo: Counter Attack for 80% attack when actively attacked by the target.
- Skill 3: Shake the earth and slice the shadow – Applies 70% AOE attack in one direction (5×4 tiles) and applies Blade Mark debuff.
- Basic Attack: Fighting against adversity – If the boss’ instability breaks, then this will activate the Shake the Earth and Slice the Shadow skill. For every 3 enemies hit, Berserker get 1x stack of Shocked. This lasts 2 turns, and Shocked increases damage taken by 10%. Can be stacked but not dispelled.
- Blade Mark: At the end of your attack, you take damage that is equal to 10% attack power of the boss. This is a stackable debuff that can give you Critical Frenzy when dispelled. Per cleanse: +10% CRIT damage per stack (max 10 stacks)
- Critical Frenzy: Berserker gains CRIT damage increased by 10%. Stackable buff but can’t be dispelled.
- Passive: Indomitable fighting spirit – Damage taken gets reduced to 80% when stability is higher than zero. If stability is broken, it cannot be recovered for 2 turns. If broken at the start of the attack, deals a 5-tile AOE at 50% ATK. Also applies Blade Mark. For every 3 targets it hits, it gets 10% vulnerability per stack. Lasts 2 turns.
How to Beat the Berserker
Turn 1
It is best to place everyone together and put all your healers in the center so they won’t take damage. Make sure that they are under cover and find the best possible spots for them. Always keep a check where everyone is placed during the Howl and Shock move, as this can be avoided if everyone spaces out a bit.
If you want to gain some cleansing buffs from Blade Mark and Shocked, then you need to follow the Berserker’s patterns. During this turn, you can quickly learn where to position each of your dolls to reap the maximum benefits. Your goal for this turn is to break the boss’ stability, so focus on that first.
Turn 2
This is when your team will receive the debuff. If you have a healer, prepare to cleanse the buff from the Berserker’s secondary attacks. Since it will start to attack dolls at the front and back using Roaring Crash, place your least important units or dolls with the highest HP there. Make sure that your healer keeps staying in the middle so they don’t get stunned.
Turn 3
You can now cleanse your team to dispel the stun and gain the buff. Keep breaking the boss’s shield whenever it gets applied and keep cleansing. During this and the next few turns, keep an eye out for boxes behind and in front of the boss. Standing on them will increase your damage output by 20%, lasting 2 attacks. You can keep some units here while also placing them at the line of attack to get the Shock debuff.
The rest of the turns henceforth will repeat itself, so try to position your dolls appropriately, break the shield repeatedly, and cleanse continuously. You will soon be rid of the Berserker in no time.
