Berserker

* Sprite
* Illustration

## Skills

 Rage
 Free Style

 Leap

The  **Berserker** is a playable character. He has furrowed brows and red hair styled in a man bun. His only clothing is a dark purple pair of pants. He hunches for an unknown reason.

Once unlocked, he can be encountered as an NPC during a run. Upon interaction, he will follow and assist the player like a follower for the current floor only, wielding the Boxing Gloves (unupgraded).

## Unlock & upgrade

The Berserker can be unlocked at the cost of $2.00 or equal value in other currencies.

Each upgrade changes the stats slightly.

1. +1 HP - cost: 500 gems
2. +1 Armor - cost: 1,000 gems
3. +20 Energy - cost: 1,500 gems
4. Skill Cooldown - cost: 2,000 gems
5. Skill Upgrade - cost: 2,500 gems
6. "Increase firing speed of weapon" - cost: 5,000 gems
7. Enhance Starting Weapon - cost: 8,000 gems

## Statistics

Berserker has the second highest base HP stats after Werewolf but also the second lowest Armor stat along with Druid and Rogue, yet the highest melee damage along Assassin, Rogue, Werewolf and Druid.

His energy-consuming ability and his limited 150 (170) Energy pool can be disruptive to his aggressive playstyle. The Berserker excels in dealing high damage to enemies, and chaining normal attacks with the immediate burst allows him to become a very formidable character.

## Alternate Skins

Berserker currently has 20 alternate skins, which include:

* 4 gem skins
* 9 paid skins
* 1 achievement skin
* 3 fragment skins
* 2 fish chip skins
* 1 unavailable skin

## Rage

### Skill Upgrade:

**Higher crit hit rate. You only take 1/3 of damage when the skill is active.**

### Mentor Upgrade:

**Skill lasts longer. Take less damage during the skill.**

### Cooldown:

4 (2) seconds.

Basics
*Fast attack using the current weapon.*
* The Berserker attacks at a high speed using his currently equipped weapon in the span of 0.5 seconds.
	+ Fire rate is increased by 20%, stacked with his passive buff, this will consume energy accordingly.
	+ If Berserker is unarmed, the skill does nothing. It can still triggers Statues effect, however.
	+ If that weapon can be charged, he will also charge the weapon at an increased rate.
	+ For example, a Frost Eagle will fire 5 bullets, a Bow will fire 2 arrows at full charge, and a Composite Bow will fire 2 arrows, with the second one at half charge.
	+ This skill forces Berserker to attack using the current weapon, as a result, Bare Hands will not be used even when he is very close to an enemy.
	+ This skill cannot reduce the heat-up time of continuous-firing laser guns.
* This skill has a cooldown of 4 (2) seconds. which start right after the skill is activated.

Skill Upgrade
*Higher crit hit rate. You only take 1/3 of damage when the skill is active.*
* Critical hit chance is increased by 25% during the skill duration.
* During the skill, Berserker takes one third of the damage taken rounded down. The damage cannot go lower than 1.
	+ Berserker still takes 1 extra damage in Badass Mode.

Mentor Upgrade
*Skill lasts longer. Take less damage during the skill*
* Increases skill duration by 0.5 seconds.
* Reduce all the damage taken to 1 (or 2 in Badass Mode).

## Free Style

### Basic:

*Projectiles split into smaller ones for a short duration. Starts with 3 split projectiles.*

### Mentor Upgrade:

**Restore HP when defeating enemies. Take less damage during the skill.**

### Cooldown:

10 (8) seconds.

How to unlock
Pay $1.99 to unlock the skill.
Basics
*Projectiles split into smaller ones for a short duration. Starts with 3 split projectiles.*
* Berserker creates and maintains 3 shadow mirages of himself for 5 seconds.
	+ The shadow mirages are attached to Berserker and cannot move on their own.
	+ In most cases, they will attack on command with the weapon that Berserker is using.
	+ The skill is unusable when Berserker is barehanded.

* During the skill, when the player taps on the Attack Button , Berserker will do nothing, instead, the attack will be executed by the shadow mirages.
	+ As a result, every attack the Berserker launches turns into 3 smaller attacks.
	+ The attacks of the shadow mirages appear 50% smaller and deal 50% the damage of the weapon, rounded down, but cannot get lower than 1.
	+ Projectiles will be forced to have 10 inaccuracy () as the split projectiles come out at 10° angles.
	+ Melee weapons and Laser weapons are not affected by the above accuracy penalty, however, the 10° angles spread between attacks is still applied.
	+ The shadow mirages cannot use certain weapons, such as One Punch (Legendary form), Scratch Card, Death Note, Super Buddy, etc... Instead, Berserker will do it.
	+ Fully charged weapons will launch an attack when the skill is activated or deactivated.
	+ Switching weapons or riding a mount will immediately end the skill and the cooldown will start.
* The player can use Staff of Illusion to clone the shadow mirages.
	+ Depend on how many shadow mirages does Berserker have, the staff will create the same amount of clones.
	+ The clones are halved the size of Berserker, they have 50 health each.
	+ Their attacks deal 50% damage of the weapon damage and the attacks also appear twice as small.
	+ The clones are considered as Followers, and they are subjected to Pet Buff and Pet Charge Buff. However,  has no effect on them.
	+ Like normal clones, they cannot use One Punch, Scratch Card, Super Buddy,... However, they can use Death Note.
* This skill has a cooldown of 10 (8) seconds, which starts after the skill duration ends.
* Free Style can be further enhanced when paired with the following Buff(s):
	+ - Creates an extra shadow mirage.
	+ - Doubles the clone health from Staff of Illusion.
	+ - Affects the clone from Staff of Illusion.

Skill Upgrade
*Number of split projectiles +1.*
* Creates an extra shadow mirage for a total of 4 (or 5 when used with Shotgun Buff).

Mentor Upgrade
*Restore HP when defeating enemies. Take less damage during the skill.*
* Every 2 kills during the skill restores 1 health.
* Reduce all the damage taken to 1 (or 2 in Badass Mode).

## Leap

### Basic:

*Leap to the air and thump on the ground, inflicting Aoe damage and stun. You won't take any hit during the leap and can jump over obstacles. Starts with 2 leaps.*

### Cooldown:

4 (3) seconds.

How to unlock
Unlocked at the Design Table using 8 Torn Page (Leap) (dropped from King Snow Ape).
Basics
*Leap to the air and thump on the ground, inflicting Aoe damage and stun. You won't take any hit during the leap and can jump over obstacles. Starts with 2 leaps.*
* When used, the Berserker will jump high and then land on the ground.
	+ The Berserker is immune to damage before landing.
	+ Player still has full control of the Berserker, such that he can still change jumping direction and use weapons even before landing.
	+ All weapon attacks use the shadow below the character as reference.
	+ The Berserker can jump over objects in the room, but not walls. If he would land on an unbreakable object, he will land beside it instead.
	+ By default, the leap's maximum distance is 6 tiles.
* When the Berserker lands, he causes a quake at the place he lands.
	+ This quake has a range of about 2.5 tiles, can deal 8 damage and stun enemies, and destroy enemy projectiles within range
* This skill has 2 charges. Each charge has a cooldown of 4 (3) seconds.
* Leap can be further enhanced when paired with the following Buff(s):
	+ - Adds 1 more charge, for a total of 3.
	+ - Extend the quake's radius.
	+ - The quake can return projectiles.

Skill Upgrade
*Leap range increases.*
* Increases the distance the player travels when they use the ability from 6 tiles to 8.5.

Mentor Upgrade
*Max leaps +1.*
* Adds 1 more charge.

## Quotes

### Interaction in the Living Room

* *"I like wrestling."*
* *"You will be the first to fall."*
* *"My wrist sores.*

 As Leo:
* *"Roar! Roaaaaaaar!!"*
* *"The Leo never cowers!"*
* *"Don't worry, I'll teach them a lesson soon."*
* *"Did Scorpius send you too?"*
* *"Stand still and taste my punch!"*
* *"Hmph, utterly feeble and unworthy of my attention."*

When interacted in the Living Room, with the Mahjong table.
* *"Life is like playing Mahjong. You never know what tiles come next."*

When interacted in the Living Room during Chinese New Year update, prior to v2.5.0.
* *"Stop fighting! It's Spring Festival."*

### During a run as an NPC

* *"Wanna join me in a fight?"*
* *"Count me in!"*
* *"These are no match for us."* (May appear after battle)

## Related Achievements

Complete the game with Berserker and beat each boss within 90 seconds.
*Reward:* Gladiator skin

## Trivia

* This character was added in Update 1.8.2.
* In the early stages of Update 1.8.2 and in some pre-update images, the Berserker's skill description was "Perform a fist attack" instead of "Perform a fast attack".
* Before Update 1.10.0, the NPC Berserker was using a Battle Axe.
* Before Update 2.0.6, the upgraded Rage skill doesn't feature damage reduction.
* Before "*Otherworld Legends*" was released, the "Quan Huying" skin required pre-ordering said game in order to unlock it.
* Free Style was added in Update 2.5.0.
	+ At that time, the split projectiles had damage rounded up.
* After Update 2.7.0, his Level 6 buff was changed from the Get energy whenever you kill a monster to the Fire Rate Buff.
	+ This is the same update that added Leap.
* In Update 3.0.0, Berserker's default, Gladiator and Unicorn Huanshu skins received a retexture.
* The line he says when playing Mahjong in the Living Room is a reference to the movie Forrest Gump. The original quote is "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get"
* The skill effect of "Shi" skin is a reference of Joestar family (most specifically, Jotaro Kujo) of *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure* series.
	+ In the early sneak peeks before release, the effect was "木大木大" (Muda-muda!) instead, which was a quote from one of the main antagonists, DIO.
* He is the first character to have more than one developed skin.
* The Leap skill had several glitches, making it possible to jump behind several items in the lobby (e.g. the Design Table), which could not be reached normally. It was also possible to leap in the cellar, reaching the space behind the achievement walls which consists of black emptiness. It was possible to get from one cellar floor to the next without using the stairs as well
* Before Update 3.3.0, during the duration of Free Style skill, Berserker took one third of the damage taken, rounded down. This was a bug.
* As of Update 5.4.0, the third skill Leap does not provide invincibility for the full duration of the jump. It is supposed that the invincibility ends slightly before the jump ends, causing the player to be able to take damage while in mid-air. This is probably a bug.