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[Jarnhand]

So does anyone play this hero at a highish level of play? There's some great tips in this thread and ofc the original post but I still feel like its staggeringly difficult to play this class as effectively as say, a Kensei.

edit: if anyone has good vids of someone playing this guy at a high level i'd love a link. Truetalent played a very short stint of zerk but stopped quite quickly and the only combat's he recorded were vs another zerker...

It has been clearly stated by high skilled players this class is low tier (only extremely subjective players would deny this), not even remotely viable vs good players, and over all is trash tier. It will get slightly better with the upcomming change to their light attack, but the class concept will still be broken due to how easily attack chains are interrupted in this game.

Oh and btw Truetalet is a really good player, and he gave up both the Berserker and the Raider very fast!

[MathiasCB]

So does anyone play this hero at a highish level of play? There's some great tips in this thread and ofc the original post but I still feel like its staggeringly difficult to play this class as effectively as say, a Kensei.

edit: if anyone has good vids of someone playing this guy at a high level i'd love a link. Truetalent played a very short stint of zerk but stopped quite quickly and the only combat's he recorded were vs another zerker...

The zerk has never really been one of the popular characters, which sadly makes it a little bit more rare to find zerks that really stand out. Why the character is perceived as less fitting for higher levels of play is probably because of the kit that it has, which is a very basic kit. What people tend to miss out on is that with a little ceartivity the kit it has can be made much more fitting for plays at a higher level. A very basic example would be mixing up with feints, still very basic, yes, but especially profitable for a zerk.

What also could be explained with how you can be creative is simply by starting doing double feints, once again, very basic. However, double feinting is still not commonly used. One reason to why it isn't is because of how much stamina it takes just to land one hit. This is why I've always recommended people to go for a stamina build on their gear as a berserker. Screw damage, screw defense, stamina first. This kind of applies for all the assassins as their feints come out rather quick, having that extra stamina to allow one extra feint will make all the difference.

To provide another example when it comes to feints and the berserker, tag up with a friend in a custom duel with no damage and start experimenting a lot with the zerk feints and get a good grip on each and every animation after each and every feint. Ask yourself a few questions and then find the answers. Which feint would you use to best follow up with a guard break? Which light comes out faster? How can I start mixing up my gameplay with the Slashing rush? How can I trick my opponent the easiest way with the Close Combat passive?

Every time anyone would miss and attack, it's the perfect time to retaliate, right? Not against the zerk thanks to 'close combat'. Most players go for a guard break if you completely wiff a heavy attack in front of them. Even in higher tier of play. Use this to your advantage. Throw out a heavy in front of them intetionally missing it, to only dash out into a spin chop or a zone attack.

I know that everything I have said right now might come out as basic stuff. Yes, it is basic but it's up to each and every zerk to use their imagination and creativity to allow the basic kit that the zerk has to compete with the 'higher tier'

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As for someone who has footage of good zerk plays, I've highlighted this dude so many times now and I'll keep doing it because he's a great guy and a great zerk.
Go check out Rukio's twitch channel. Lot's of zerk. Good zerk.