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Barbarian
A defensive fighter with a huge mace who abuses the stun feature, building up stun on enemies with ease, rendering them incapacitated constantly, leaving Barbarian's enemies vulnerable several times. Barbarian has high durability and stamina regeneration, but Barbarian lacks the damage, crowd control, and range, making Barbarian's enemies recover faster than before.
A defensive fighter with a huge mace who abuses the stun feature, building up stun on enemies with ease, rendering them incapacitated constantly, leaving Barbarian's enemies vulnerable several times. Barbarian has high durability and stamina regeneration, but Barbarian lacks the damage, crowd control, and range, making Barbarian's enemies recover faster than before.
Main Stats

Damage

100%

Defense

100%

Walkspeed

90%

Abilities

Fury (Passive)

Instead of a mana bar, Barbarian uses a stamina bar. (no purpose yet). Barbarian has a new bar called Fury. When hitting an enemy you will gain Fury, not hitting an enemy will decrease the Fury meter. Once Fury has reached 100, Barbarian will go into a Fury state. Attacking any enemy in this state will reduce the cooldowns on every skill and deal more stun to them.

Rest (E Ability)

Barbarian kneels down, restoring stamina and health at a much faster rate than normal as well as speeding up cooldowns. Resting will decrease Fury rapidly and lower his defense by 20%. Moving will cancel this ability.

Pummel (Z Ability)

If the enemy in front of Barbarian is stunned, Barbarian slams his morning star into the enemy, dealing great damage. Consumes 2 stamina. Cooldown is instant.

Bash'n'Smash (X Ability)

Barbarian dashes forward, then he readies a second strike that deals 45 stun if it makes contact. Consumes 20 stamina. Cooldown is 14 seconds. The person that gets hit by the initial dash in Bash receives a 10% walkspeed decrease for 3 seconds.

Pain Bringer (C Ability)

Barbarian spins with his morning star, dealing massive stun and damage to enemies. Consumes 20 stamina. Cooldown is 17 seconds.

Cataclysm (V Ability)

Barbarian jumps into the air and comes down slamming his morning star into the ground, creating a large aoe shockwave that deals great stun and damage, hitting up to a maximum of five times. Anyone caught in the shockwave also has their buffs removed (some exceptions). Consumes 50 stamina. Cooldown is 32 seconds.

Click Combo Damage

100% damage: 53 to 64 130% damage: 74 to 81

Animations

Click Combo

Barbarian CC

Rest

Barbarian E

Pummel

Barbarian Z

Bash

Barbarian X

Pain Bringer

Barbarian C

Cataclysm

Barbarian V


Weapon Models

Tips and Trivia

  • Barbarian is defined as a person who is savage and crude.
  • Barbarian's weapon is named the Morning Star.
  • It is possibly the only class that has their ingame ability descriptions mention their weapon's name.
  • Barbarians old passive used Stamina. Depending on Barbarians stamina, Barbarian would get buffs. Higher damage when at high stamina and higher defense when at low stamina.
  • Barbarian, for a time, was overpowered due to its crazy stun output and old C. Old C made barbarian float in the air, had a huge hitbox, allowed barbarian to change directions with shift lock, and swung more and did more stun.

Strategies

  • A good strategy with Bash is to use it after you deal enough damage to the opponent, as it helps you quickly build up their stun meter and your Fury meter, leading them to their doom.
  • Try using Bash on running targets to deal an immense amount of stun on them. This will let you use your click combo to keep racking up stun, due to the movement debuff from Bash. Just be aware on the low distance you travel with Bash!
  • If there are enemies with high stats from multiple buffs (ex: Commander), use Cataclysm to remove the enemy's buffs. Just remember there may be some exceptions, such as Ichor's defense and damage increase from blood, Anubis's stacks, etc.
  • Try not to use Cataclysm when enemies is far away, as it won't deal too much damage. Try using it when they are really close for it to reach its maximum potential.
  • Use Pain Bringer when an enemy (or several enemies) is/are close to you. Pain Bringer has a decent DPS and can quickly help you stun your opponent.
  • Use Rest after a fight, because it's one of your chances to regenerate your stamina and health. Take note that it will dramatically decrease your Fury you built up, so be cautious on using it in a battle!
  • Due to how large Cataclysm's hitbox is, you have the ability to quickly gain Fury when facing against a team.
  • Try not to use Bash often, as the enemy can predict your strategy easily. Make sure you are able to hit them easily, because a failed Bash means a chance for the enemy to attack without having to worry about an ability that can deal high stun.
  • Use Pummel whenever the enemy is stunned instead of using one of your abilities to attack the stunned enemy, as it is faster than your original combo, helping you save your other abilities.

Weaknesses

  • Try to not get stunned often or else your face will be the happy victim of the spiky Morning Star pummeling on you. Avoiding the stun-dealing attacks is the key to winning against Barbarian.
  • Barbarian lacks crowd control and only has a high stun rate to help during fighting. Due to this, Barbarian cannot weaken foes as often, unlike other classes, and cannot recover from heavy debuffs.
  • You can try to use other tank classes to defeat him or stack up defense (but be careful of Cataclysm), as you need more than one bash to get stunned.
  • Be sure to keep a good distance away from Barbarian when fighting him, since Barbarian has limited range. However, don't go too far away from Barbarian(unless you are using a class that focuses on ranged combat, such as Trooper), otherwise the Barbarian will use Rest to regain health during this time.
  • When Barbarian uses Cataclysm, try to stay away as much as possible. Being too close to the center of the ability can deal heavy damage.
  • Take note that Barbarian has slightly more defense than most other classes. Heavy blows that would normally be devastating towards other classes would not be as effective against Barbarian.
  • Bash and Pain-Bringer go in a straight line. Side-stepping and keeping a distance can help you avoid them!
  • Use attacks to slow Barbarian, as he will try to use abilities in order to catch you (i.e Bash).
  • If a Barbarian is pummeling you, quickly activate your shield as Frigost to off-balance the Barbarian after you get up. This will give you some time to deal some damage to the Barbarian.
  • Knockback will disrupt the dash from Bash, ultimately countering Barbarian's only ability to move quickly.
  • Abilities such as Ominous Matter, Dry Ice, and Plasma Hole will either buff you drastically, or debuff the Barbarian greatly. This is a good defensive strategy against Barbarians, just keep in mind that Cataclysm can remove your buffs.
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