Destiny 2 Berserker: Best Builds, Exotics & Fragments

by George Cannard | Feb 1, 2024

Berserker is one of the five Titan subclasses available in Destiny 2. As of Season of the Wish (S23), Berserker is one of the strongest subclasses in the entire game.

This guide covers the best Berserker Titan builds, Fragments, and Exotics that make Berserker such an exceptionally powerful subclass.

What is Berserker in Destiny 2?

Berserker is the name of the Strand-based subclass available to Titans in Destiny 2.

Best Berserker Fragments & Exotics

Titan Subclass Strand

Berserker (Strand)

Ranking: ❘ S Best

The new kid on the block, Berserker Titan, has quickly become one of the most dominant PVE subclasses. Capable of easy Woven Mail generation for great damage resist combined with some of the best ad-clear in the game, Berserker is an S Tier subclass for all PVE activities.

Preferred Exotic: Berserker is all about a fast-paced, in-your-face playstyle and exotics that fit this playstyle or build on the powerful Strand mechanics work best. These include Abeyant Leap, Synthoceps, and Wormgod's Caress.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Abeyant Leap	Titan	Legs	Lightfall	Lost Sectors	Season 20	Lightfall	Exotic Perk: "Drengr's Lash spawns two additional projectiles, tracks targets more aggressively, and travels farther. Gain Woven Mail when suspending targets."
Synthoceps	Titan	Arms	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 1	Free-to-Play	Exotic Perk: "Increased melee lunge range. Improved melee and Super damage when you're surrounded."

Preferred Aspects and Fragments:

Aspects: Into the Fray and Banner of War are the most used aspects for Strand builds. Into the Fray provides near constant uptime of Woven Mail through Tangles, while Banner of War’s insane damage buff, health bumps, and support potential make it a must-have for any activity. Drengr’s Lash is a requirement for any suspend-focused build, and Flechette Storm is a fun, melee-centered aspect that is great for lower-end content.
Fragments: Thread of Mind, Thread of Continuity, Thread of Generation, Thread of Ascent.

Preferred Abilities and Stats:

Stats: Resilience, Discipline, Strength.
Abilities: Currently, Berserker only has 1 option for both the Melee and Super, Frenzied Blade, and Bladefury, respectively. Thankfully both of these are strong, especially with the additional charges Frenzied Blade has. Grapple Grenade is perfect if leaning into Banner of War, as the grapple melee damage is also buffed, while Shackle Grenade is perfect for suspend builds.

Berserker Titan builds for PvE

These are some of the best Destiny 2 Berserker builds right now; you can find more excellent Titan builds here:

Berserker of War

Excels In: Endgame (Dungeons, Raids, Legend content)

Goal of the Build: Utilise the Banner of War Aspect to continuously grant healing bursts to yourself and allies while also dealing outrageous melee damage.

Mandatory Gear: Synthoceps or Wormgod Caress Exotics. A One-Two Punch Shotgun is recommended. The Navigator or Tractor Cannon can also help.

Name: Synthoceps	Class: Titan Slot: Arms	Source: Exotic Engrams Requires: Free-to-Play	Exotic Perk: Increased melee lunge range. Improved melee and Super damage when you're surrounded.
Name: Wormgod Caress	Class: Titan Slot: Arms	Source: Exotic Engrams Requires: Free-to-Play	Exotic Perk: Melee kills increase melee damage for a period of time. Additional kills extend duration and increase effects.

CALUS Mini-Tool

Submachine Gun

Primary

Solar

Presage

Aspects: Into the Fray and Banner of War.
Fragments: Thread of Fury, Thread of Warding, Thread of Generation, and Thread of Transmutation.
Abilities: Grapple, Frenzied Blade, and either Barricade works.
Stats: Resilience 🡒 Strength 🡒 Discipline🡒 Recovery.
Mods:
- Helmet: Hands-On and a Siphon Mod matching your weapon.
- Arms: Heavy Handed, Momentum Transfer, and Firepower.
- Chest: Relevant Resistance and Reserve Mods.
- Legs: Invigoration, Absolution, and Innervation.
- Class Item: Distribution, Bomber, and Outreach.

Gameplay Loop

The gameplay loop for this build is quite simple but has slight alterations based on the exotic being used. In general, you’ll want to leverage your Grapple Melees to engage in fights, killing a minor enemy, and then use your Banner of War buffed Frenzied Blades melee attacks to deal outrageous damage.

If using Wormgod’s Caress, it's important to remember that both melee kills (charged or uncharged) and finishers fill up the meter. This can be used to build up the charge before a larger fight, where enemies might be sparse, and Synthoceps might not activate.

A tip to follow is ensuring that you actually hit the enemy with your Grapple attack to proc the melee generation from Momentum Transfer. Killing an enemy with the Grapple Melee will create two Orbs of Power thanks to Heavy Handed and Firepower, and Orbs you grab will grant plenty of melee energy, allowing you to slay out with your Frenzied Blades, practically one-shotting any enemy that isn’t a multi-million health boss.

Finally, when entering a damage phase, remember that your melee charges are refunded after your super ends, so a proper damage loop would be: melee → super → melee. This will get the most use out of both melee-enhancing buffs.

Cuirass of the Falling Star

Excels In: Endgame Content (Dungeons, Raids, Legend Content)

Goal of the Build: Deal massive damage to large targets using one of the strongest one-off Supers in the game and its accompanying exotic.

Mandatory Gear: Cuirass of the Falling Star. A weapon with Demolitionist is recommended.

Name:

Cuirass of the Falling Star

Class:

Titan

Slot:

Chest

Source:

Lost Sectors

Requires:

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk:

Greatly increases your Thundercrash impact damage. Gain an overshield that lasts longer the farther you travel before striking a target.

Aspects: Knockout and Touch of Thunder.
Fragments: Spark of Resistance, Spark of Amplitude, Spark of Magnitude, and Spark of Shock.
Abilities: Pulse Grenade, Seismic Charge, Thruster, Thundercrash.
Stats: Resilience 🡒 Discipline → Intellect.
Mods:
- Helmet: Ashes to Assets, Matching Siphon.
- Arms: Firepower, Grenade Kickstart, Bolstering Detonation.
- Chest: Resistance Mods based on your enemies.
- Legs: Innervation, Insulation, Elemental Charge.
- Class Item: Powerful Attraction (as many as possible).

Gameplay Loop

Although the days of Thundercrash being the best damage super for Titans have long passed, there is no denying the fun and power behind this Super. Cuirass of the Falling Star buffs its damage by 100% and gives an overshield after it ends.

Gameplay loop is rather simple: use your grenade as much as possible to spawn orbs and gain Super energy, and then use Thruster to pick the orbs up from afar. With Touch of Thunder, these grenades will also spawn Ionic Traces, which will give you Armor Charges from Elemental Charge. Use these Armor Charges in tandem with Grenade Kickstart to make the loop quicker!

Once your Super is charged, find whatever high-tier enemy needs removal, and fire it off. Use the overshield to reposition to safety, and start from the top.

Abeyant Leap

Excels In: Endgame (Dungeons, Raids, Legend content)

Goal of the Build: This build allows a single titan to dominate large areas by Suspending enemies whilst also providing Woven Mail to you and your allies.

Mandatory Gear: Abeyant Leap. Wish-Keeper is recommended.

Name:

Abeyant Leap

Class:

Titan

Slot:

Legs

Source:

Lost Sectors

Requires:

Lightfall

Exotic Perk:

Drengr's Lash spawns two additional projectiles, tracks targets more aggressively, and travels farther. Gain Woven Mail when suspending targets.

Wish-Keeper

Combat Bow

Primary

Strand

Exotic Quest

Aspects: Into the Fray and Drengr’s Lash.
Fragments: Thread of Mind, Thread of Continuity, and Thread of Generation. The last Fragment is up to you.
Abilities: Rally Barricade and Shackle Grenade.
Stats: Resilience 🡒 Recovery.
Mods:
- Helmet: Siphon Mod matching your weapon.
- Arms: Grenade Kickstart.
- Chest: Relevant Resistance and Reserve Mods.
- Legs: Stacks on Stacks.
- Class Item: Utility Kickstart.

Gameplay Loop

The centerpiece of this build is the Abeyant Leap exotic. The exotic perk Puppeteer’s Control buffs Drenger’s Lash by creating additional ripples. These ripples suspend enemies and allow for some of the best ad control in the game. Defeating these enemies will refund portions of your barricade due to Thread of Mind and create Tangles and Orbs of Power.

The tangles can be used to grant yourself and allies the Woven Mail buff, whereas the orbs of power can be used to proc Grenade/Utility Kickstart reducing the cooldown of these abilities. This setup allows you to infinitely suspend large groups of enemies.

Berserker Subclass in PvP (Strand)

Berserker (Strand)

Ranking: ❘ B Average

Strand Titan in PVP fails to meet the same levels of power that it shows for PVE. It is far harder to maintain the gameplay loop that Strand is great at. Certain Fragments are less powerful/have less duration which puts Berserker into a very niche, weak state. In most situations, other subclasses will be far more effective and valuable for PVP, and Berseker struggles to close the power gap between them.

Preferred Exotic: Abeyant Leap is currently the only Strand-based exotic in Titan’s arsenal. Whilst it can be used effectively, it is often better to use a strong neutral game exotic like Dunemarchers or Antaeus Wards.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Abeyant Leap	Titan	Legs	Lightfall	Lost Sectors	Season 20	Lightfall	Exotic Perk: "Drengr's Lash spawns two additional projectiles, tracks targets more aggressively, and travels farther. Gain Woven Mail when suspending targets."
Antaeus Wards	Titan	Legs	Forsaken Pack	Exotic Engrams	Season 4	Forsaken Pack	Exotic Perk: "Improved slide. Sliding after sprinting for a short time reflects incoming projectiles."

Preferred Aspects and Fragments:

Aspects: Drengr’s Lash and Into the Fray is probably the best combination for a PVP-based Berserker build. They have great synergy with each other, and whilst Flechette Storm is fun, it is way too risky to use inside PVP due to the large amount of time you spend in the air.
Fragments: Thread of Mind, Thread of Continuity, Thread of Generation, Thread of Ascent.

Preferred Abilities and Stats:

Stats: Resilience, Discipline, Strength.
Abilities: Berserker only has 1 melee and super choice currently, which leaves debating what grenades to take as the main issue. The two best options for PVP are the Grapple Grenade and Shackle Grenade. Grapple Grenade provides great movement and allows Strand Titan to be the most mobile Titan subclass. Shackle Grenade is a great offensive option. Being able to suspend enemies makes for easy kills, which can then tie into the gameplay loop for chaining even more kills. Rally barricade is again the best choice due to the larger amount of cover it offers.