Berserker

Berserker is a 2-Elixir Common ground melee troop (x1, Fast speed/90, 1s deploy, 0.8-tile melee range, ground-only targeting) built around unusually high DPS-per-Elixir: 896 HP / 102 damage per hit / 0.6s hit speed / 170 DPS at level 11. Her signature quirk is a 0.2s first-hit timer versus her 0.6s normal hit speed — she lands an opening swing far faster than a full attack cycle would suggest, letting her get in an early trade hit. Balance history has swung back and forth: Hit Speed buffed 0.6→0.5s (Feb 2025), Hitpoints raised 8% (Apr 2025) so she "holds her ground" longer in troop fights, then Hit Speed reverted 0.5→0.6s (Oct 2025) to rein in her damage output as a cheap minitank; no further base changes found through Aug 2026. An August 2026 Hero variant (community-labeled "Season 86"; Supercell's own "K.H.A.O.S" launch post does not itself state a season number) adds a single-use "Savage Survival" ability that temporarily boosts her attack speed and makes her invulnerable — Supercell's own launch post describes the effect qualitatively, and its 26 August 2026 balance update set the ability's duration at 3.5 seconds (down from 4). Supercell has not published the exact size of the speed boost or the damage increase, and figures that have circulated for them could not be verified against an official source, so no other numbers are treated as established here.

• Berserker costs 2 Elixir, is a Common-rarity ground troop deployed as a single unit (x1), moves at Fast speed (90), has a 1 sec deploy time, and attacks in melee range (Short, 0.8 tiles), targeting only Ground units (troops and buildings) — she cannot target or be targeted by air troops directly.

• At level 11 (tournament standard for a Common card), Berserker has 896 hitpoints, deals 102 damage per hit, and outputs 170 damage per second.

• Berserker's first attack after she is deployed lands after only 0.2 seconds, roughly three times faster than her normal 0.6-second hit speed — meaning her opening swing comes out almost immediately rather than making her wait a full attack cycle before dealing her first hit. This lets her land a surprise early trade hit against troops that are placed to counter her, before they'd otherwise expect an attack.

• On 11 Feb 2025, Supercell buffed Berserker's Hit Speed from 0.6 sec to 0.5 sec, a +20% Damage Per Second increase, because 'Berserker ended up weaker than we had hoped.'

• On 9 Apr 2025, Supercell increased Berserker's hitpoints by 8% (832 → 896 at level 11), officially framed as letting her 'hold her ground against other Troops for a bit longer' — i.e. survive troop-vs-troop trades longer before dying.

• On 6 Oct 2025, Supercell reverted Berserker's Hit Speed from 0.5 sec back to 0.6 sec (roughly a 17% DPS reduction, 204→170 at level 11), stating Berserker 'has become the best minitank option with a high damage output for only 2 Elixir' and that her DPS was being toned down to line up with other low-cost, mid-hitpoint units.

• No further balance changes to base Berserker's cost, hitpoints, damage, or hit speed have been published since the 6 Oct 2025 patch — Supercell's July 2026 and August 2026 balance-change blog posts (Seasons 85/86) contain no mention of Berserker, so the LOCAL_SNAPSHOT's level-11 figures (896 HP / 102 dmg / 0.6s hit speed / 170 DPS, 2 Elixir cost) remain the live values as of this verification.

• As a ground-only unit, Berserker cannot target air troops and will engage the nearest ground troop or building rather than beelining straight for a tower the way pure building-targeters (e.g. Giant) do.