Barbarian Common Stat Builds

There are essentially only two effective barbarian builds before endgame (endgame being level 100).

Tank/Vitality Build

This is the traditional, and honestly the most effective barbarian build, both PvP and PvE wise. The high HP will give you more survivability in general, which is much more effective than a couple extra Strength points, which is considered the "PvP" build, but since you have a 75% damage reduction in PvP, Strength is essentially useless.

Recommended stat point allocation:

Strength (STR): You want 3 Strength per level. This is a must. Every single level you add 3 Strength, no more, no less.

Dexterity (DEX): Most people go for a base of 49 for the most common endgame weapon. Calloused Lionheart Hatchets (You can find these in the South Archosaur forges). At level 100, depending on how you play, with all of your endgame gear, you can choose to go with either 60 Dexterity (recommended for the little extra Critical Hit Rate and Accuracy/Evasion) or 80 (depends on your play style, this is more viable with higher refined gears, since you can afford a few less hit points). There is no real need to add a certain amount of Dexterity per level. With my own barbarian, I decided to get my end game required Dexterity by level 60, it is up to you.

Vitality (VIT): Your most important stat point as a tank barbarian. Every extra stat point you have, you dump here. Eventually, once your Dexterity is at where you want, you will be adding 2 Vitality and 3 Strength every level.

Pros:

1. High Hit Points (HP).
2. Extremely high spike damage with Armageddon (one of our 2 spark ultimate skills).
3. High survivability in PvP and PvE.
4. Solo AoEing becomes very easy.

Cons:
There are none really. You're a barbarian and will never hit as hard as any other class except with your Armageddon, no matter how many points you pour into Strength, I consider this build the most effective.

Strength Build

Even though I don't agree with barbarians who go full Strength, I will still post a guide for those of you who are intrigued about this less common build.

Recommended stat point allocation:

Dexterity (DEX): No matter your level, this you want capped at 80 as Strength build. The added Accuracy, Evasion, and Critical Hit Rate are essential to a Strength built barbarian.

Vitality (VIT): This is up to you. Some Strength barbarians go with 5 base Vitality, some go with 50. I would recommend to go with 50 base Vitality, as the extra Hit Points really do help a lot.

Strength (STR): Whatever is not in Vitality or Dexterity, goes in here. This will maximize your damage output in both PvP and PvE.

Pros:

1. Higher damage with your skills.
2. You miss a lot less (if you go with 80 Dexterity, which is extremely recommended).
3. You kill quicker than Vitality built barbarian.

Cons:

1. You have gimped the only thing you have going for you as a barbarian: your Hit Points.
2. You have gimped your most powerful skill Armageddon which is possibly the highest hitting skill in Perfect World.
3. You have extremely low survivability.
4. You will not be on the top of the list for Twilight Temple or Rebirth runs, nor will you be asked to help tank World Bosses.

As I have said, this build is not the best for barbarians, as a Previous STR/DEX barbarian for PK (player killing), I have to say I enjoy Vitality a lot more and my damage wasn't gimped as much as I thought it would be. If you want high damage output as a melee class with decent HP, go roll a medium Vitality blademaster.