My party has a monk,ranger(archery) and a cleric and me (not quite sure yet). We need a defender but I also want to deal some damage. I was thinking a beserker barbarian, but Im not quite sure.
You don't need a defender. Play whatever you want, just take the group make-up into account when you strategize.
My party has a monk,ranger(archery) and a cleric and me (not quite sure yet). We need a defender but I also want to deal some damage. I was thinking a beserker barbarian, but Im not quite sure.
You don't need a defender. Play whatever you want, just take the group make-up into account when you strategize.
This.
Berserkers are great fun. They deal decent damage, particularly with the defender aura triggered attacks. And the berserker fury give you some flexibilty to change tactics.
Another way to go if you don't want to strictly be a defender but want to be heavily armored would be blackguard.
Don't sell fighters short though. They can deal out some pretty good damage and have a very solid mark.
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It looks like you would enjoy a Rageborn Barbarian. They are heavy striker and can dabble in the defender area enough taht you would probably be pleased.
You could also go fighter (tempest or greatweapon) and do incredible damage.
Berserker...not a favorite of mine.
It really does not matter how many of each type you have (damage, tank, etc). Any group makeup works, do not allow the "suggested" party affect your decisions. If it affecting the party they must speak with the DM and solve that.
The DM should do some adjustments, not catering competely, but slight adjustments are fine.
The berserker in the pregen thread in my sig has been played by a good number of players at conventions and other events that I run. I rarely hear complaints. I've played something similar from 1-5 and enjoyed it. I actually thought there were enough design flaws (and spare design space) in the berserker concept that I made my own class to be a dex defender and played that through all heroic and part of paragon.
A tempest fighter (two swords) can both mark and stab.
My experience with having two attacks per turn (Next Monk) is that you usually get one hit out of two; this adds to the fun. The damage won't show up in one big splat, but like woodshavings it adds up. You also can set your friends up (especially the rogue - Combar Advantage) so they get to be powerful and fun. My question - influenced by my son's Warlord - is, "How can I help the rest of the group do BETTER than they would alone?" Keeping Team Monster's attention on you will be a help to them. Weave and bob in fromt of the cleric a lot.
I've seen a Warlord / Barbarian team work well at a convention because they can take turns off-tanking. A properly-built Cleric (armor!) plus you-as-Barbarian should also work out.
Um... hello? I think that as the thread is over a year old, he has figured out what he wants to be by now.