This is a guide for the Berserker character, Brick, in Borderlands. In this guide we’ll suggest two builds that will help you get the best out of your skill upgrades.
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Borderlands is an enjoyable blend of FPS and RPG. There are four character classes in the game and each one has a specific skills tree. You can earn skill points during the action as you gain experience and develop your character abilities. The skill point cap is 50 so you won’t be able to unlock every single skill available. You can find out more about the game in our Borderlands review.
In this article we’ll take a look at the Berserker, Brick. He is a mean tank of a character with a flair for melee combat. While any character can wield any weapon in the game they do have specialities. To find out more about the weapons check out our Borderlands Weapon Guide. Here we’ll suggest two builds for the Berserker, one which maximises his melee skills and one which develops his explosive side.
Mandatory Skill
Before you can unlock anything else you’ll need to develop your basic Berserk ability. This allows you to go ape and you can use the Aim and Fire buttons to unleash a devastating array of blows on your unfortunate enemies. While in Berserk you’ll gain resistance to damage and regenerate health. It lasts for a few seconds and the cool down before you can use it again is 60 seconds.
Melee Berserker Build
Brick is at his best when he gets up close and personal. We’ll start with the Brawler Tree:
- First Tier – Iron Fist – This increases the damage you do with each strike (+6% for each skill point up to a maximum of 30%).
- First Tier – Endless Rage – This increases the time that your Berserk ability lasts (+10% for each skill point up to a maximum of 50%).
- Second Tier – Heavy Handed – Every enemy you kill increases your melee damage for a few seconds (+12% for each skill point up to a maximum of 60%).
- Third Tier – Short Fuse – This decreases your Berserk cool down period so you can use it again more quickly (reduces cool down by 6 seconds for each skill point up to a maximum of 30 seconds).
- Fourth Tier – Blood Sport – Killing enemies in Berserk regenerates your health (+2% for each skill point up to a maximum of 10%).
This build is continued on the next page.
Borderlands Character Build Guides
This is a series of guides for the four character classes in Borderlands. You'll find specialised builds listed here to help you make the most of your skill points.