Berserk

Overview

Viking infantry that can recover health over time and remain in extended fights.

Availability and investment

Berserk becomes available in Castle Age. Its listed production context is Vikings. The listed cost is 65 Food and the training time is 14 seconds. This tells you when it can first join an army and which resources must be reserved alongside Villager production, upgrades, and other military lines.

Combat profile

The available combat values are included here so the numbers can be read as a profile rather than an isolated list. Hit points and armor describe how long the unit can remain exposed; attack and any bonus damage describe what it threatens; range, reload, accuracy, and movement describe how reliably it can engage or disengage. A value shown for a whole upgrade line applies to the listed stages as recorded, so compare the stage names instead of treating the line as one base unit.

• Hit points: 65
• Melee armor: 1
• Pierce armor: 1
• Line of sight: 5
• Reload time: 2 seconds
• Movement speed: 1.05

Field use

Use it to hold space, protect support units, or pressure an opponent that cannot kite it safely. The listed armor and bonus-attack classes determine which opponents it can trade with efficiently.

Armor classes and counters

Armor-class bonuses are separate from base attack and the target’s melee or pierce armor. The class list below shows the unit’s documented combat categories and bonus-damage relationships; use it to judge matchups instead of relying on the unit label alone.

• Armor class: Infantry
• Armor class: Unique unit
• Berserk deals +2 bonus damage to units in the Shock infantry class
• Berserk deals +2 bonus damage to units in the Standard building class

Related unit plan: Berserk attrition-and-recovery plan

Berserk: Berserks recover health between fights, which makes them useful for repeated skirmishes and sustained infantry pressure. Their staying power is most valuable when the player can disengage and let damaged units recover Use a screened group to engage infantry or defend a forward position, then pull wounded Berserks behind the line rather than trading them until they fall. Return after they recover and keep reinforcements close enough to maintain pressure Regeneration does not protect them from focused ranged fire or hard counters. Avoid leaving injured units in pursuit range and do not let a long recovery pause expose the rest of the army