Barbarian Common Stat Builds

Barb Stat Guide!

There are essentially only 2 effective barbarian builds before endgame (engame 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 Str points, which is considered the "PvP" build, but since you have a 75% damage reduction in PvP, str is essentially useless.

heres how you wanna roll:

Stat Build:

STRENGTH: you want 3 strength per level. this is a must. every single level you add 3 strength, no more, no less.

DEXTERITY: MOST people go for a base of 49 for the most common endgame weapon. Calloused Lionheart Hatches(you can find these in the souther 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 crit and acc/evasion) or 80 (depends on your play style, this is more viable with higher refined gears, since you can afford to lose a little bit of health points). There is no real need to add a certain amount of dex per level. with my own barb, I decided to get my end game required dex by level 60. Its up to you.

Vitality: 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.

Now, you ask, whats so good about a tank build?

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

Cons: There is non really. you are a barbarian , and will never hit as hard as any other class except with your Perdition, no matter how many points you pour into Strength, i consider this build the most effective.

-StickyGreen. Barbarian on Heavens Tear

The less common, Strength Build!

Even though i dont agree with barbs who go full strength, i will still post a guide for those of you who are intrigued about this build. ^.^

Stat Points:

DEXTERITY: No matter your level, This you want capped at 80 as strength build. The added accuracy,evasion, and critical hit rate are essential to strength build barbarians.

VITALITY: 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 Health Points really do help alot.

STRENGTH: 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 alot less (if you go with 80 dex , which is extremely recommended) 3) You kill quicker than Vitality built barbarians

Cons: 1) You have gimped the only thing you have going for you as a barbarian: your Health Points. 2) You have gimped your most powerful skill Perdition" which is 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 barb for PK (player killing) i have to say i enjoy vitality a lot more, and my damage wasnt 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.

-StickyGreen Heavens Tear barbarian.