Tips on playing Barik?

[UEK]

I don't really know how to play Barik, as most enemies just go through my sheild making it useless and my turrets keep dying.

[mont9393]

barrick is not a full on front liner

Being my front main, i normally put turrets in hidden places or more openly. The sheild is just a shock absorber, so use it wisely

[ErizoFNX]

Take Architectonics and a loadout build that gives 1000 shield when using the movement skill. Spam it. Enjoy.

[Chibbity]

Remember that the shield trick works both ways.

If they pass through to your side you can just switch sides, dancing with them as you shoot them through the shield while they struggle to do anything.

Try to put your turrets somewhere they can shoot into the point but can't be shot from the other teams side. It's often smart to have your turrets "on the outside pointing in" as opposed to what you'd assume would be smartest "on the inside pointing out" if that makes any sense to you?

[PWNDotcom]

Here's what to do. Barik main, so I know what I'm saying. Put up a turret first. Make sure to stay by it and never stop getting those meat shots. Always put up turrets when you can, and make sure they are spread out when you do. Save the shield. It's a niche-ish ability. Usually I save it until a Drogoz Salvo is on the way. Make sure that you are always protecting your healer. You don't have nearly as much Health as other Front Lines, so you need to stay healed. If you need any loadouts, search by name "PWNDotcom". I have a Turret based set and a shield based set you can use.

[mont9393]

i feel wrecker makes this person USELESS

[Chibbity]

Originally posted by mont9393:

i feel wrecker makes this person USELESS

Wrecker is pretty pointless even against Barik, his turrets have very little life...you really don't need a damage increase against them. You'd be smarter taking the anit-healing or anti-shield card to counter his turret healing him and/or his barricade.

[jmhj]

Originally posted by Chibbity:

Originally posted by mont9393:

i feel wrecker makes this person USELESS

Wrecker is pretty pointless even against Barik, his turrets have very little life...you really don't need a damage increase against them. You'd be smarter taking the anit-healing or anti-shield card to counter his turret healing him and/or his barricade.

Wrecker is the anti-shield card. You're thinking of demolisher (or something along those lines), I believe.

[Tricellatops]

Don't stand still. For my Barik I use the Barricade Legendary (the one that gives your shield 4000 hp, I think). Buff up the turrets, get health from it and heal it as well whilst you're stood next to it. Don't bunch up your turrets together. Spread them out if possible otherwise both might get taken out at the same time. Stick your shield BEHIND Torvald so it's so easy for him to siphon it. Don't come out of your dome when you're ulting and if possible, stick a shield in the dome for a double barrier. Try to aim for the same person your turrets are aiming at because it gives extra damage. Take Cauterize.

That's how I play Barik, at least. I'll go have a look at my loadout so that I can give proper names for the cards ^_^

[Chibbity]

Originally posted by jensenj2:

Originally posted by Chibbity:

Wrecker is pretty pointless even against Barik, his turrets have very little life...you really don't need a damage increase against them. You'd be smarter taking the anit-healing or anti-shield card to counter his turret healing him and/or his barricade.

Wrecker is the anti-shield card. You're thinking of demolisher (or something along those lines), I believe.

Lol, yeah your right. (Bulldozer)

Still, that makes even less sense then, Wrecker is a great counter for Torvald but I wouldn't waste credits on it if Barik is the only enemy tank.

[SamsonF9]

basically find a good spot to place your turrets so the other team cant find it and destroy it, and get the card that heals your turret when ur close to it, that helps alot

[Tricellatops]

Originally posted by jensenj2:

Originally posted by Chibbity:

Wrecker is pretty pointless even against Barik, his turrets have very little life...you really don't need a damage increase against them. You'd be smarter taking the anit-healing or anti-shield card to counter his turret healing him and/or his barricade.

Wrecker is the anti-shield card. You're thinking of demolisher (or something along those lines), I believe.

Bulldozer. That can come in quite handy for Bariks with beefy turrets and if he's healing off it. Especially handy if he has a Ying as support as well. I've had a few games that went south pretty quickly when an enemy's running Bulldozer.

Also, choose the blue cards wisely. If BK and Tyra's giving you problem, Resilience is a good one to take. If it's Pip, Drogoz, Blast Shields would probably be wiser.

[Tripleadog]

defalt barik loadout is one of the worst in the game so build for ether turrets or shields, getting to point first is extreamly important because you have a set up time before you can really dig in to hold your ground so master riding can really help with a turret build, with a shield build just stay near your main dmg dealers and keep them shielded so they can deal a ton of dmg

[chris183]

barik is actually one of the best tanks in the game now since the legendary card patch. 4k wall health is no joke, if you get the right cards you can drop big beefy walls very often

but he shines best on capture points or choke points and he needs a team that is getting elims so his cooldowns go down quicker, also tyras fire is a pain in the butt for him