
Level 4Ībility Score Improvement (Feat) – Great Weapon Master. Primal Knowledge (TCoE) – Choose this optional feature. Primal Path – Path of the Ancestral Guardian. For everything else refer to the mundane item guide. After that, allocate your money to half plate.

Buy a longbow and enough arrows, as well as javelins. Starting Equipmentįrom background: magnifying glass (sell this), evidence from a past case (item 47, black thread), common clothes, 10 gp.įrom class: glaive (b1), quarterstaff (b2), an explorer’s pack and four javelins. Languages – Common (race), Dwarvish (race can be any language). Tools – Smith’s tools (background), thieves’ tools (background). Skills – Athletics (class), Perception (class), Stealth (background), Insight (background). Ability Scoresġ5+2 STR, 14 DEX, 15 CON, 8 INT, 10 WIS, 8 CHA Background: Investigatorīackground Feature – Researcher. Note that–like all Barbarians–you will struggle sustaining your hit points throughout a day and are at relevant risk of death if you are the only melee character in your party. Make sure to use the glaive’s reach correctly to maximize the number of opportunity attacks granted through Polearm Master. This build makes use of the Polearm Master + Great Weapon Master + Reckless Attack combo with a glaive to deal huge consistent melee damage while protecting allies with its subclass features. If you have specific adaptation questions, the best place to ask is in our Discord server. Note that picking a race that does not grant a feat at level 1 will substantially decrease the power of these builds in such cases pick Great Weapon Master at level 4 and Polearm Master at level 8, but be aware that the build drops one optimization level until you reach level 8. If you want to adapt these builds to Variant Human from Custom Lineage, you can usually do so by simply picking +2 Strength instead of Crusher at level 8 and starting with 15+1 STR 15+1 CON 10 WIS. Otherwise, a properly built Barbarian can be a great asset to a party. If your party is entirely ranged or your campaign will go to high levels, you may want to consider a different build, such as a ranged Fighter, which puts out similar damage without these drawbacks. However, being limited to melee is a big drawback, and the Barbarian class scales poorly at higher levels.

Barbarians can put out more than enough damage to contribute meaningfully in the vast majority of games by utilizing a combination of the Polearm Master and Great Weapon Master feats. The Barbarian is most effectively built as a high-output melee damage build. This article presents optimized, single-classed Quick Builds for every Primal Path of the Barbarian class in D&D 5E. Path of the Battlerager (Dwarves Only Variant).Path of the Battlerager (no racial restriction).
