Brick

Brick is the game's "Berserker" class. He can become proficient in explosive weapons, such as Rocket Launchers, and has the ability to go into a Berserker Rage that makes him very powerful in melee combat.

Appearance

Brick is a massive specimen of a man who likes to use his fists and explosive weapons. He wears a necklace around his neck adorned with the paw of his dead dog, Priscilla. On his fists he has attached bolts and screws, as well as rings on each hand that say "1" and "2" (giving a new meaning to the phrase "the ol' one-two"). His boots are similarly adorned with bolts. The letters "TCB", with a lightning bolt, are emblazoned on Brick's belt, a signature of Elvis Presley which means "taking care of business in a flash".

Family

Brick's family is referenced in a couple places involving the game.
- His sister is his reason for being on Pandora. She is missing and he has to find her.
- His mother is referenced in Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot as getting past a certain round, apparently she was as good a fighter as he.

Gameplay

Brick is often an up-close and personal kind of guy. He is well equipped to use shotguns and explosives, and is also a very potent brawler with his fists when he slips into a berserker rage. Some say he is best played as a tank or brawler, as he has talents that reinforce him to withstand harm, empower his brawling capabilities and aid any explosive weaponry that he might use. His default melee weapon is a pipe.

Active Ability

See Article: Active Abilities, for info.

Brick's Active ability is a Berserk Mode in which the screen goes red, he holsters his weapon and proceeds to attack with his fists. During this time, Brick also gains resistance to all damage and his health will regenerate at a rapid rate as he beats down enemies.^[1] You control Brick's berserk mode by using the 'aim' button for a powerful but slower left hook and the 'shoot' button for a quicker but weaker right jab. One of the ways that his Berserk Mode is improved is by upgrading different skill trees.

Brick's three skill trees are Brawler which focuses on improving his melee combat abilities, especially while Berserk, Tank which focuses on improving his durability in combat, and Blaster which focuses on enhancing his weapons skills, with an emphasis on explosive weaponry.

Skill Tree

Starting Skill

Berserk Gain the ability to go Berserk. While Berserk, use the Aim and Fire buttons to throw punches. Also, you gain resistance to all damage and you regenerate health while Berserking. Duration: 18 Seconds. Cooldown: 60 seconds.
Tier	Brawler Tree		Tank Tree		Blaster Tree
1		Iron Fist – Increases the melee damage you deal. Starts with +6% Melee Damage, with each increase giving an additional 6%. (Up to 30%)		Hardened – Increases Brick's maximum health by 12% per rank, up to a maximum of 60% at rank five.		Endowed – Increases Brick's explosive damage by 3% per rank.
1		Endless Rage – Increases the duration of Berserk. Adds an initial 10% Berserk Duration for the first level of the skill, with a 10% increase in the additional levels. (Up to 50%)		Safeguard – Investing skill points in this skill increases the strength of your shield by 8% per rank, up to a maximum of 40% at rank 5.		Rapid Reload – Increases your Reload Speed and reduces Recoil with all weapons. Starts off with +4% Reload Speed and +6% Recoil Reduction.(Up to 20% and 30%)
2		Sting like a Bee – Punching while Berserk causes you to dash forward and slug your enemies. Dash distance starts at 4 feet, with an additional 4 feet added for each skill level increase.		Bash – Investing skill points in this talent gives Brick's melee attacks a chance to daze their target, reducing their speed and accuracy. The talent begins with a 10% chance to daze with one skill point.		Revenge - Killing an enemy increases your damage with all weapons for a few seconds. Starts off with +10% Damage bonus.(Up to 50%)
2		Heavy Handed – Killing an enemy greatly increases your melee damage for a few seconds. Starts off with +12% increase, with an additional 12% added for each additional skill point allocated to this slot.(Up to 60%)		Juggernaut – Killing an enemy gives you resistance to all damage for a few seconds. Starts with +10% Damage Resistance.(Up to 50%)		Wide Load – Increases the number of rockets you can carry by one per rank
3		Prize Fighter – While Berserk is active, your melee attacks have a chance to spawn cash prizes. Starts off with a 6% chance to spawn a cash prize.(Up to 30%)		Pay Back – After your shields become depleted, you gain a damage bonus for 10 seconds. Starts off with +8% Damage bonus.(Up to 40%)		Liquidate – Dealing Explosive Damage to an enemy reduces the cooldown of Berserk. Starts off with a Cooldown reduction of -1 second per hit.
3		Short Fuse - For every skill point invested in this talent the cooldown of Brick's Berserk ability will be reduced by six seconds, with a maximum of a thirty second cooldown reduction with five skill points, effectively halving the normal cooldown.		Diehard – Investing skill points in this skill increases the amount of health you regain when you are revived by a friend or by Second Wind. Also increases the amount of time you have before you die when you are Crippled. Starts off with +30% Revived Health Bonus and +20% time to be Revived.		Cast Iron – Increases your resistance to Explosive Damage. Starts off with +8% Explosive Damage Resistance.(Up to 40%)
4		Blood Sport - Killing an enemy while Berserk is active regenerates some of your health. Starts off with a 2% health regeneration percentage from your maximum Health.		Unbreakable – When your shield is depleted, you gain 5 seconds of powerful shield regeneration. Starts off with +3% Shield Strength regenerated per second.(Up to 15%)		Master Blaster - Increases rate of fire by 12% and goes up to 60%. It also regenerates two rockets per minute per rank (goes up to 10) for a few seconds after killing an enemy.

Skill Tree Calculator

Check out the skill calculator at the official Borderlands site

Class Mods

Main article: Class_Mods#Berserker

Quotes

While Berserk:

"More!"
"BLOOD!"
"UWULR HUWURR UWAARRRLARLRRLWAAA!"
"RAAGH! KILL!"

Opening Chests:

"For me!?"
"YEAH! Mine!"
"Look at this shit!"
"For me? Seriously?"
"That's my stuff."
"That's what I want."
"Alright!"
"Ah ha! Mine!"
"Whoah!"
"What's in here?"

Idle:

(Humming and whistling) "This waiting around here is killing me."
"You think I ain't got nothing better to do!"
"Hmmm?"
"Whatcha waitin' for?"
"Whatchu waitin' for, now?"
"What... are you... waiting for?"
"I'll kick yo' ass, let's go!"

Critical Hit:

"Feel it!"
"Show me some BLOOD! Hahahahahaha!"
"OOOHHH YEEEAAH!"
"Damn, I'm good!"
"That must have hurt!"

Killing a Badass enemy:

"Gimme something else to kill!"
"Dumbass!"
"Beatdown!"
"Rrraaaaahhhahahahaha!" (Deep breath) "Yeahh..."
"Crushed."
"Smashed!"

Leveling Up:

"Yeah! Bringin' the pain!"
"Bringin' the pain!"
"Hell, yeah!"

Reviving:

"I ain't carrying you!"
"Get up!"
"Get yo' ass back up!"

Battle:

"You're looking at my fist!"
"Yeah! Let's dance!"
"You lookin' at my fist?"
"You need so'me time to find your teeth?"
"What'd you think was gonna happen?"
"Never look at my fist, bitch!"
"What? Uhh okay..."
"You're dead!"
"You. Better. RUN!"
"Whutever!"
"Must be ya Birthday!"
"Raaagh! I don't believe it!"

Upon entering a game:

"Brick's here, bitch!"
"Lets rock 'n' roll !

Ammunition Depletion:

"Punch time!"
"Need Ammo!"
"Ammo gone!"
"Auugh! Ammo all gone!"

Spawning a Catch-A-Ride vehicle:

"Drive on, drive on."
"Drive on, brutha'."
"Drive!"

Switching between gunner/driver seat:

"Move!"
"Switch!"
"My Turn!"

Trivia

All of Brick's Tier 4 skills refer to movies:

Master Blaster comes from a character of that name in the movie, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
Bloodsport recognises the martial arts, action movie, Bloodsport.
Unbreakable is the title of a movie starring Bruce Willis.

Pictured on "Wanted" posters in The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, Brick has a higher bounty on his head, at $9,999,999.99, than the others, who are targeted for $1,000,000.00. His listed crime is "Murder and Dismemberment of anything that moves".
When playing as Brick as the host of a game, you can get an artificial speed boost by going into Berserk mode within less than a second of being downed or dying otherwise which will not impair your ability to use weaponry or your peripheral vision (no blood filled peripheries is what is meant by that) but will fool the game into thinking that you are moving in Berserk mode (Brick's walking speed in Berskerk mode is the equivalent of a normal sprinting speed). A less effective speed boost of the same nature can be gained by going into Berserk mode then simultaneously opeing your inventory or interacting with an object that brings up a menu (vending machine, Catch-a-Ride station, etc). The effects of both of the glitches are somewhat permanent with the speed boost going away only after using Berserk mode again or after you quit the game. Both glitches are infinitely repeatable as long as you are the host of the game.