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The Barbarian is a hidden character added in the Hellfire Expansion. Follow the steps on the [[Hellfire]] page to enable him. | |||
* [[Barbarian|Diablo II Barbarian]]. | |||
* {{iw|Barbarian Diablo III Barbarian}}. | |||
Barbarians use the Warrior's graphics, but play very differently. They are axe-masters, uniquely suited to using the huge two-handed weapons and fighting without a shield. Barbarians can not add any points to their magic attribute and they do not gain any mana points for leveling up. All of their magic and mana comes from equipment, and they must boost those stats to cast any spells, other than the simplest ones found on scrolls. To compensate for this, Barbarians gain 1% resistance with every level up, have the highest vitality in the game, and gain the most life per vitality point of any character. | Barbarians use the Warrior's graphics, but play very differently. They are axe-masters, uniquely suited to using the huge two-handed weapons and fighting without a shield. Barbarians can not add any points to their magic attribute and they do not gain any mana points for leveling up. All of their magic and mana comes from equipment, and they must boost those stats to cast any spells, other than the simplest ones found on scrolls. To compensate for this, Barbarians gain 1% resistance with every level up, have the highest vitality in the game, and gain the most life per vitality point of any character. | ||
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A collection of useful stats and figures for the Barbarian. Refer to the [[Diablo Characters]] page to see these figures, and others, in tables for easy comparison between the six character classes of Diablo and Hellfire. | A collection of useful stats and figures for the Barbarian. Refer to the [[Diablo Characters]] page to see these figures, and others, in tables for easy comparison between the six character classes of Diablo and Hellfire. | ||
* Barbarians (and Warriors) gain 1% chance of critical strike (double damage) per Clvl. For instance, a level 30 Barbarian will do double damage on 30% of his hits. | |||
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===Magery=== | ===Magery=== | ||
Barbarians do not get any magic from their attributes, and don't even gain mana from leveling up. All of their magic and mana must come from equipment, and it can be a struggle for a new Barbarian to survive with nothing but healing scrolls and healing potions. Carrying town portal | Barbarians do not get any magic from their attributes, and don't even gain mana from leveling up. All of their magic and mana must come from equipment, and it can be a struggle for a new Barbarian to survive with nothing but healing scrolls and healing potions. Finding a book of healing won't end your troubles either, since the cost of healing scales up with the character's hit points, and Barbarians have a lot of hit points. It's not uncommon for a Barbarian to level well into the 30s before he has enough +mana equipment to actually cast the healing spell. Like all spells, Healing costs less mana at higher levels, so read all the books you can. | ||
Town Portal does not grow more expensive as the Barbarian levels up, but it's some time before a Barbarian has enough magic to read a book, or enough mana to cast it. Carrying a town portal scroll (or 3) is mandatory for new Barbarians, for quite some time. | |||
Eventually, higher level Barbarians should be able to accumulate enough +magic equipment to read a variety of [[D1 Spellbooks|spellbooks]]. Using some magic is very helpful. Being able to heal is certainly nice, and stone curse and teleport help greatly in the hell levels when witches and mages are encountered. Be sure you only buy full mana potions; partials will do almost nothing for the Barbarian. | |||
[[Image:D1-barb-healing-cost1.gif|frame|center|Nowhere near enough mana to cast Healing, even at Clvl 29 and Slvl 6.]] | |||
===Bow Strategy=== | ===Bow Strategy=== | ||
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