what are some good barb builds ?

[cire87]

Besides table top a long time ago ive never played a barbarian , any tips ?

[darth.crevette]

If everything works as it should, half-orc Berserker 9/Champion 3.
- half-orc gets an extra crit damage dice
- Barbarian gets an extra crit damage dice at level 9 (stacks with the above)
- Fighter chooses Champion at level 3, gets crits on 19-20 instead of 20
- during Frenzy, the Berserker has advantage on all attack rolls, combined with the above you'll get more crits than any other class
Now use a greataxe (with maybe Great Weapon fighting style from fighter to reroll 1 and 2 to damage rolls) for 4d12 criticals, 3 apr.

[cire87]

that sounds amazing

[Foolswalkin]

Originally posted by cire87:

that sounds amazing

It does, but it only fully comes together at the very endgame, and starts working well around level 8. Not a problem, just worth noting.

[Slavik]

Barb paladin is surprisingly effective. You can smite wile raging.

Also two level fighter dip is fairly good on barbs for action surge.

[Umbra]

Originally posted by darth.crevette:

If everything works as it should, half-orc Berserker 9/Champion 3.
- half-orc gets an extra crit damage dice
- Barbarian gets an extra crit damage dice at level 9 (stacks with the above)
- Fighter chooses Champion at level 3, gets crits on 19-20 instead of 20
- during Frenzy, the Berserker has advantage on all attack rolls, combined with the above you'll get more crits than any other class
Now use a greataxe (with maybe Great Weapon fighting style from fighter to reroll 1 and 2 to damage rolls) for 4d12 criticals, 3 apr.

Now add in Great Weapon Mastery

[cire87]

can you dual wield 2handed weapons and if so is it worth it ?

[darth.crevette]

Originally posted by Umbra:

Originally posted by darth.crevette:

If everything works as it should, half-orc Berserker 9/Champion 3.
- half-orc gets an extra crit damage dice
- Barbarian gets an extra crit damage dice at level 9 (stacks with the above)
- Fighter chooses Champion at level 3, gets crits on 19-20 instead of 20
- during Frenzy, the Berserker has advantage on all attack rolls, combined with the above you'll get more crits than any other class
Now use a greataxe (with maybe Great Weapon fighting style from fighter to reroll 1 and 2 to damage rolls) for 4d12 criticals, 3 apr.

Now add in Great Weapon Mastery

Great Weapon Master would take the place of an ASI though, and you already get your Frenzied Strike to use your bonus action.

[sevensided]

Originally posted by darth.crevette:

Originally posted by Umbra:

Now add in Great Weapon Mastery

Great Weapon Master would take the place of an ASI though, and you already get your Frenzied Strike to use your bonus action.

honestly, the bonus action possibility isn't the important part of great weapon master. Its the +10 damage per attack. Worth considering replacing an ASI with.

[Polyonymos]

lol I thought you misspelled bard and it took me the whole convesation to understand why everyone was not mentioning bards at all xD Cheers!

[Foolswalkin]

Originally posted by Polyonymos:

lol I thought you misspelled bard and it took me the whole convesation to understand why everyone was not mentioning bards at all xD Cheers!

It’s because all bard builds are amazing and so there’s nothing more to say.

[Polyonymos]

Originally posted by Foolswalkin:

Originally posted by Polyonymos:

lol I thought you misspelled bard and it took me the whole convesation to understand why everyone was not mentioning bards at all xD Cheers!

It’s because all bard builds are amazing and so there’s nothing more to say.

Are they really that good? I've never been into barbarians/warriors in any game but with this I plan to eventually try them all :3

[Foolswalkin]

Originally posted by Polyonymos:

Originally posted by Foolswalkin:

It’s because all bard builds are amazing and so there’s nothing more to say.

Are they really that good? I've never been into barbarians/warriors in any game but with this I plan to eventually try them all :3

I’m saying bard again, not barb. Was mostly just hyping for my favorite class.

But for real, straight Lore Bard, Lore Bard with 2 levels of Warlock, and Sword Bard with 2 levels of Paladin are all amazing.

But now back to the Barb show.

[Polyonymos]

Originally posted by Foolswalkin:

Originally posted by Polyonymos:

Are they really that good? I've never been into barbarians/warriors in any game but with this I plan to eventually try them all :3

I’m saying bard again, not barb. Was mostly just hyping for my favorite class.

But for real, straight Lore Bard, Lore Bard with 2 levels of Warlock, and Sword Bard with 2 levels of Paladin are all amazing.

But now back to the Barb show.

OMG, for some reason my brain can't process bard and barb as different words o.O sorry for the miscommunication!
I'm thinking of trying bard as well. But yeah, back to barbarian! Maybe raging in-game with lower the irl raging haha

[darth.crevette]

Originally posted by sevensided:

Originally posted by darth.crevette:

Great Weapon Master would take the place of an ASI though, and you already get your Frenzied Strike to use your bonus action.

honestly, the bonus action possibility isn't the important part of great weapon master. Its the +10 damage per attack. Worth considering replacing an ASI with.

Hmm, missed that part. -5 to hit sounds rough though, I wonder if having advantage will make it better.

[Foolswalkin]

Originally posted by Polyonymos:

Originally posted by Foolswalkin:

I’m saying bard again, not barb. Was mostly just hyping for my favorite class.

But for real, straight Lore Bard, Lore Bard with 2 levels of Warlock, and Sword Bard with 2 levels of Paladin are all amazing.

But now back to the Barb show.

OMG, for some reason my brain can't process bard and barb as different words o.O sorry for the miscommunication!
I'm thinking of trying bard as well. But yeah, back to barbarian! Maybe raging in-game with lower the irl raging haha

Ha! This is a fun game we have discovered!

So you know, there is a first level spell in D&D that Larian might (probably not, but might) implement called “Silvery Barbs.” Those barbs are the hooked pointy kind, not the rageful warrior kind. However, along with wizard and sorcerer the third spellcaster class with access to it is bard. So if you cast it on someone, they are suffering from bard barbs.

E: oh, and what the spell does is debuff one creature to buff another. So if you buff an allied barbarian with it as the second part of the spell they are a bard-barbed barb.

Happy reading!