Is fighter better than barbarian?

[Valerie]

I'm currently in Act 3 with a friend, and been using Karlach as a barbarian the whole time, but it kind of feels like Barbarian isn't that good? Every level up is essentially just more HP with little to no new abilities.

My friend said Fighter can attack up to 3 times and he even swapped to it after level 8 barbarian, and I'm level 11... So aside from just being a lot of health is Barb really worth it?

[Giganx]

With permanent advantage and a free bonus attack Frenzy Barbarian is always good. Take GWM and 3 levels of Rogue for the extra bonus action and you're attacking 4 times per turn (with advantage) and bursting nearly as hard as a Paladin, but without needing to bother with spell slots and long resting.

It's just a pure damage class that's actually pretty tanky, but doesn't have much group utility. Barbarians kill ♥♥♥♥, and they're probably the best at it of any other pure class.

[Ranpo]

Fighters have better CC, Barbarians have better raw damage, fighters can disable and do damage, barbarians just hammer the enemy. Battlemaster fighers and their disarming capabilities came in clutch when fighting Steel Watchers.

[Ironwu]

It's all about player skill, mult-class selection, and build effectiveness. Seriously.

[Landomart]

Originally posted by OrangeGills:

Don't forget that raging does extra damage, which helps balance against the fighter's 3rd attack.

I'm pretty sure rage is supposed to balance the extra damage a fighter gets from their fighting style, which is a poor substitute, since a fighter always has the benefit of their fighting style.

[Sardorim]

Fighter is insanely good at higher levels.

With Athletics and Mobility while sped up makes them insane killers.

[Kernest]

Originally posted by Ironwu:

It's all about player skill.

Fixed it for you.

Multi-classing is not a requirement, not for any class and every class is effective at something.

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Throwing weapons is too much fun to play as a barbarian tavern brawler

[Moffin Bovin]

Originally posted by Landomart:

Originally posted by OrangeGills:

Don't forget that raging does extra damage, which helps balance against the fighter's 3rd attack.

I'm pretty sure rage is supposed to balance the extra damage a fighter gets from their fighting style, which is a poor substitute, since a fighter always has the benefit of their fighting style.

you get like 5 rages. and it lasts all combat. you wouldn't even do 5 combats and then long rest unless you plan on hoarding thousands of camp supplies for no reason.

[Kernest]

Originally posted by Moffin Bovin:

you wouldn't even do 5 combats and then long rest unless you plan on hoarding thousands of camp supplies for no reason.

I feel personally attacked...

[grab these bandages]

Originally posted by Valerie:

I'm currently in Act 3 with a friend, and been using Karlach as a barbarian the whole time, but it kind of feels like Barbarian isn't that good? Every level up is essentially just more HP with little to no new abilities.

My friend said Fighter can attack up to 3 times and he even swapped to it after level 8 barbarian, and I'm level 11... So aside from just being a lot of health is Barb really worth it?

barbarian has some cool utility stuff like sleep/charm immunity while raging. Also rage gives 50% reduction to all non-magical damage, cool addition to other features. But i love barbarian just because elk heart buff entire team with additional 1.5 meters movement and it stacks with longstrider, very helpful for everyone.

[talemore]

Barbarian pretty much designed to take magic damage bypassing all damage resistance against bosses who won't throw a dice to hit the target. Some would claim they're health reserves for thirsty vampires

[Moonbane]

Prefering fighters any day, barbs are not fun to play and goes down fast.

[Landomart]

Originally posted by Moffin Bovin:

Originally posted by Landomart:

I'm pretty sure rage is supposed to balance the extra damage a fighter gets from their fighting style, which is a poor substitute, since a fighter always has the benefit of their fighting style.

you get like 5 rages. and it lasts all combat. you wouldn't even do 5 combats and then long rest unless you plan on hoarding thousands of camp supplies for no reason.

You don't get 5 until near the end of the game and it is very easy to do 5 fights without using a long rest.

Pure class vs pure class, the Barbarian is better in the early levels, but Fighter out scales the Barbarian hard and leaves them in the dust late game.