Red Champion

Red Line DPS Champion Berserker Build

By Araphorn – Updated for Yondershire, U33

Trait Trees

There are two different Trait Trees for Red Line, depending on the fight/scenario, or if grouped/solo.

This Tree is used for harder Instances/Raids, as it is more survival based, it gives extra Tactical Mitigation, along with more Vitality. Recommended to use this for T4/T5 Instances/Raids.

Next, second Tree is more DPS based with a nice Cleave (AoE Damage from Yellow), but lesser survival. This one for easier content, but can also be used in Raids if Survivability is manageable.

Use these Trees as per the fight type.

35 Trait Points Build for Legendary Servers

60 Trait Points Build for Beginners

Virtues

These are the virtues I use to reach the Stat Goals. I use mostly Offensive options, but if need be, some of them can be switched to more Defensive options as well, depending on the type of fight. More explained down below.

Here are the Virtues which go along with the Stat Goals:

1. Zeal (Great for Mastery and Critical Rating)
2. Valour (Great for Mastery, Finesse and Critical Rating)
3. Confidence (Great for Critical Rating and Finesse)
4. Wit (Great for Finesse, Mastery and Critical Rating)
5. Loyalty (Great for Vitality and survival)
   • If you need extra Survivability, swap Wit with Fidelity

If you don’t have these virtues, here are some alternatives:

• Fidelity (Great for Vitality + Tactical Mit)
• Tolerance (Gives great amount of Tactical Mit, decent Physical Mit and Resistance)
• Innocence (Gives great amount of Physical Mit, decent Tactical Mit Mit and Resistance)

Legendary Items

With U30.3, disabled Weapon Swapping in combat and the loss of Crit Multiplier legacy, left Champs in an awkward position. However, they did get a big +30% base damage boost, so they are more or less at the same DPS level they were before the LI revamp.

One thing to note is that 2-Handers weapons are now taking the edge over a Dual-wield setup, as all skills have a much higher tooltip with a 2-Hander equipped, and the Off-hands are way below the DPS rating at the moment. This might change, but for now a 2-Hander Weapon is superior in Red-line.

*Note: The way I have setup new Legendary Items is in a way that the Class Item can be shared with Yellow Line, reducing some resources load. All the general Traceries which are used in both Red and Yellow Line are placed on the Class Item, and Line Specific Traceries are placed on the Weapon. Furthermore, there is no need for Words of Power: Damage Over Time traceries, as Champ really does not have good DPS output with bleeds, so Morale and Mitigation ones are used instead on Red Line Weapon.

1-Hander Weapon

TBD – May come back in the future 🙂

2-Hander Weapon

Type	Sockets
Heraldic Tracery	Heraldry of the Ox
Word of Power	Base Morale Multiplier
Word of Power	Incoming Damage Reduction (Tactical)
Word of Mastery	Brutal Strikes Damage
Word of Mastery	Devastating Strike Damage
Word of Mastery	Fear Nothing Cooldown & Incoming Healing
Word of Mastery	Ferocious Strikes Damage
Word of Mastery	Remorseless Strikes Damage
Word of Mastery	Wild Attack Damage
Word of Craft	Heroic Precision
Word of Craft	Heroic Precision

Champion’s Rune (Class Item)

Type	Sockets
Heraldic Tracery	Heraldry of the Ox
Word of Power	Area Effect Target Count
Word of Power	Single Target Attack Criticals
Word of Power	Single Target Attack Damage
Word of Mastery	Battle Frenzy Cooldown
Word of Mastery	Blade Wall Damage
Word of Mastery	Fight On Critical Chance Buff
Word of Mastery	Horn of Gondor Damage & Mitigation Debuff
Word of Mastery	Rend Armour Reduction & Bleed Damage
Word of Mastery	Swift Strike/Blade Damage & Power Cost
Word of Craft	Heroic Alacrity
Word of Craft	Heroic Alacrity

*Note: No Red-line specific traceries are used in this Rune (Class Item), thus making this Item usable in Yellow-line also, if you play both Specs.

Rotation

Here is what I do on Red Champ:

1. Weapon Swapping in Combat is disabled as of U30.3. So this rotation will consist of using only 1 Weapon.
2. Your rotation should always start with pre-buffs:
   • Keep Fervour at max before entering combat.
   • Use Controlled Burn.
   • Start the fight with Champion’s Duel .
3. Start with Wild Attack to get your 5% crit chance up. If it doesn’t crit, don’t stop, just keep rotation going, use Wild Attack again soon to get that buff up.
4. After your buffs are up, use Devastating Strike.
5. Now that all your buffs are up, now it’s time to start using spenders. Start with Ferocious-Battle Frenzy-Brutal-Clobber-Swift Strike-Remorseless. These are your spenders.
6. When those are on cooldown, keep Wild Attack crit chance up (It lasts for 10s and it helps if you can track it via a plugin)
7. Try to also use Brutal Strikes twice every ~10-12s. This will help bridge your rotation gaps. If you still get a gap, use Blade-wall.
8. Just like Brutal Strikes, keep Blade-wall also almost on cooldown, this is your filler skill when your Wild Attack Crit is up, and your spenders such as Brutal/Fero are on cooldown.
9. You also only want to use Remorseless Strike when your Emboldened Blades stack go over 3 or 4, this can be tracked via a Plugin.
10. Your Ferocious/Brutal-Clobber rotation should always be on cooldown. But try to use those 3 Skills after a Devastating Strike, you may have to wait a few seconds for that, so just use Blade-wall to bridge that gap or refresh Wild Attack crit.
11. Mostly, Red Champ is all about keeping all your Spenders on cooldown, and managing your buffs simultaneously, this can take some practice but you will eventually get the hang of it.

Consumables

There are the consumables I use on Champ:

1. Crafted 10s Horn. These are invaluable for Instances/Raids, your group will always ask for these, so keep them with you. (You can only use ones which say ‘Most effective against targets of your level or lower.’)
2. Fervour pots. These are great for the instant 5 Fervour and Dev Magnitude for big hits. I typically use them only while I’m heavily buffed or if there is an Oathbreakers on the boss.

This is the Food to use:

Updated as of U33.

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