Dark Berserker

"The dark berserkers are considered weaker demons, but their strength is still far greater than that of any human. I have found dark spells within the cathedral, written in Archbishop Lazarus' own hand, explaining how to summon them. I pray that no other copies exist, so that this terrible knowledge will be lost forever."
—Deckard Cain

A Dark Berserker

Dark Bersekers are a type of demon, and enemy in Diablo III.

In-game

Berserkers are demons. They have a special overhead smashing attack, which they telegraph by powering up their menacingly risen mauls with a reddish glow and a very distinguishable sound. Their overhead attack is highly damaging, able to one-shot a glass cannon hero, but if it misses, the Berserker will hit the ground so hard their maul gets stuck in the ground. While the Berserker struggles to pull its weapon free (roughly 3 seconds), it is defenseless and can be killed swiftly.

Dark Berserkers are first encountered in The Doom in Wortham quest, when the character comments along the lines of "something is drawing near," or "something is approaching." They are usually found in small groups along with Cultists, and are summoned by Maghda during most encounters. At some occasions, Cultist Summoners will summon a single Berserker instead of Hellions. 

Monster Stats

Difficulty	Level	Experience	Min damage per hit	Life
				Normal	Champion	Rare	Minion
Normal	10	127.5	70	324-405	405-486	729-810	405-486
Nightmare	34	540	686	6372-4965	13K-16K	24K-26K	13K-16K
Hell	52	1725	5045	43K-54K	125K-150K	225K-250K	125K-150K
Inferno	61	2400	53K	281K-351K	1052K-1263K	1894K-2105K	1052K-1263K

Sub-types

Pain Monger Pain Mongers appear in Act II, specifically in Hadi's Claim Mine, the Road to Alcarnus, Town Cellar, Secret Altar. and Stinging Winds.

Vicious Mangler

Vicious Manglers appear in Act II in the same locations.

Superuniques

• Shatterbone
• Wargiant
• Bonesplinter (Alcarnus, Frozen + Frozen Pulse)
• Boneslag the Berserker (Halls of Agony)