With 6 druid levels you get some spells and with the Circle of the Moon you can literally turn into a raging bear that is an excellent tank and at 6th levels your attacks while transformed count as magical too.In 5th level, you get the oh so sweet extra attack and on the 7th you have advantage in initiative rolls.Then in the 14th level pick the Wolf Totemic Attunement to knock a large or smaller creature prone when you hit it with a melee attack. Choose the Bear as your Totem animal on the third level to gain resistance against everything but psychic damage.Come 2nd level and you’ll have Danger Sense (advantage on dexterity saving throws) and Reckless Attack (advantage on your first attack on your turn if you're using a melee weapon, but your enemies will have advantage to hit you until your next turn).Already at first level Barbarian you get to Rage, also you get Unarmored Defence so that you don’t really need armor.Besides that, you also get Darkvision, proficiency in intimidation, Relentless Endurance (so when you get to 0 hp but aren’t killed you drop to 1hp instead) and Savage Attacks (an extra damage dice when you crit with a melee weapon). The Half Orc is one of the best races to play as barbarian as it gives you a +2 to your strength and +1 to your constitution.This is quite the cool combination for a tank character as you can take damage in your Wild Shape and then turn back with no damage to your character, at the lower levels this is insanely useful and can turn you into a menacing meat shield that bites back. And having access to magic while out of rage can be a lifesaver.įor this build go with a Half Orc Bear Totem Warrior Barbarian multiclassing into Circle of the Moon Druid. While you can’t cast or concentrate on spells while raging, the druid’s Wild Shape can be insanely helpful when tanking for your party, especially at the lower levels. Brother bear at will (when you wanna tank as soon as possible)īears are some of the scariest animals on our planet for a reason.īarbarian isn’t by far the best class to multiclass with a caster, the moon druid being the exception of course. Raw it would look like this: strength (15), constitution (14), dexterity (13), wisdom (12), charisma (10) and intelligence (8).
Any way you look at it the barbarian is by itself a well-rounded class but here I’ll teach you how to turn it into something actually kinda OP.įor your ability scores, you should prioritize strength, followed closely by constitution and dexterity with intelligence as your dump stat. You can also use some awesome real life historical inspirations when building your character. In regards to roleplay, it can be really fun either playing into the cliches or subverting them into something unexpected. Which are the 5 most OP D&D barbarian builds?Īre you thinking of a new character for your D&D game? If an impulsive bloodthirsty rage is your thing then barbarian is definitely the right choice, also with the perk of being slightly less complicated while still being one of the strongest classes in the game.