| Introduction | History | Skill(Warcries) | Skill(Combat Masteries) | Skill(Combat skill) | Strategies |

The Barbarian is the strongest class in straightforward melee combat. His weapon mastery skills supplement this nicely. His Warcries add strength, as well as aiding his allies, making him an effective member of the party as well. Additionally his Combat Skills aid his natural proclivity to melee combat, particularly his ability to wield two weapons and his abilities in leaping.

The Barbarians characteristics can be confusing. Certainly adding to his damage by developing his prodigious strength is always a temptation. Energy would seem to be less of a concern. However, he needs enough of it to use the skills he requires, and it is the least developed of his characteristics. Dexterity is necessary for his attack rating, as well as supplementing his defense rating. He has a strong vitality, but developing it further extends his ability to remain in combat and strengthens his stamina.

When looking for items, the Barbarian enjoys a greater flexibility than the other character classes. Starting with a higher strength makes armament less of an immediate problem. As for weaponry, the only weapon he requires, is the one he has developed skill in. Here the only choice is; either to do more damage with a two handed weapon, retain a shield for magical resistance, or use two weapons.

Two-Handed Weapons and Dying
When using two Two-Handed Swords, or a Two-Handed Sword and Shield you must take extra care when looting your corpse after dying. When you loot your body a Two-Handed Sword will be automatically placed in both hands rather than in just one hand as you had before, and your second Two-Handed Sword or Shield will be placed into your inventory. If you do not have room in your Inventory, the item will remain on your corpse. When this happens you will have probably looted everything on your corpse except for the Shield or second Two-Handed sword which was unable to fit into your inventory. Warning: If you die while your corpse is still on the ground you may drop important items that you have just recovered from your corpse. This happens because any items you are wearing while a corpse already exists will be dropped to the ground. It is therefor extremely important to make room in your inventory for those weapons before attempting to retrieve your body. Keep this in mind when using Two-Handed Swords or learn the hard way.

Defensive Warcries will be shared with any friendly party members that are inside the Warcry radius when a Warcry is activated. Offensive Warcries will hit monsters within the radius of the Warcry when cast. Generally Warcries increase in radius with additional skill points.

You can stack different defensive Warcries but you can not have more than one offensive Warcry on the monster. If you cast Taunt and Howl, the last one to cast will be the one that's active on the monster.

There are three Warcries that you can give bonuses to yourself and other members of your Party. Shout increases Defense. Battle Orders, a party favorite, increases the max health, mana, and stamina of the Barbarian and his party members. Battle Commands increases the Barbarian and party members skill levels by 1. All three of these Warcries can also be stacked, meaning you can have all of them active on yourself and party members at the same time. The animation will rotate among these three Warcries to let you know all three are active.

Once Battle Commands is available, cast it first, before casting Battle Orders, and Shout. Battle Commands will raise Shout and Battle Orders by one skill point before you cast them, and will increase their effectiveness and lengthen their duration. By casting Battle Commands first, instead of after these Warcries, you will get a free skill point in your casting of Shout and Battle Orders. Battle Orders is a great skill for the Barbarian and for his party members. Battle Orders is loved by all classes for the increase in Life, by mana hungry classes such as the Necromancer and Sorceress for the increase in total mana, and by all the classes for the increase Stamina for running longer distances.