Squat Nimbleness ( Dwarves and small races only): If youвЂ™re halfway through a campaign as a shorty, and youвЂ™re kicking yourself for not getting proficiency in Athletics so you can grapple chumps with insane success rates, this feat might just be worth taking. ItвЂ™s just a solid feat for increasing damage output while improving stats. You get a stat increase in addition to the reroll. Piercer: This is a much better feat than Savage Attacker. I placed this in the single-handed weapon section of my feat recommendations because youвЂ™ll want to hold on to your mount with one hand. You can easily soak up damage to protect your mount because youвЂ™re an enraged Barbarian, and you might not have to use Reckless Attack if your foes are smaller than your mount (as per the feat). YouвЂ™ll not regret taking this feat until youвЂ™re forced to make an Animal Handling skill check. Mounted Combatant: Ride a noble steed to move quickly and attack ferociously. You donвЂ™t want to spend your turns running you want to spend turns bloodying. You may subsequently restrain them, but the main goal is to keep squishy worms from fleeing your attack range. Grab an enemy so you can secure advantage on attacks against them. You wonвЂ™t always have time to strap on your shield, so itвЂ™s worth considering what you can do with your second hand in that situation. Grappler: Good luck to anyone trying to resist your grappling skills. Additionally, your AC will be even higher because you can use a shield while youвЂ™re not trying to lug around a heavy weapon that requires two hands. ItвЂ™s common for Barbarians characters to have a Dexterity stat of fourteen in order to get bonus AC from their medium/light armor or Unarmored Defense feature. You can still use your Strength to get your bonus damage while raging, while also using your reaction to defend yourself with Defensive Duelist. Just because a weapon has the finesse property doesnвЂ™t mean you have to use Dexterity for your attack modifiers. You can slow a foeвЂ™s speed, and your critical hits will gain a bonus die (Barbarians are good at crit fishing with Reckless Attack).Д«est Feats for Barbarians Using Weapon+Shield StyleДefensive Duelist: Though you wonвЂ™t be swinging a mighty great axe, a rapier is a solid weapon for a Barbarian. YouвЂ™ll get a stat boost while gaining bonus effects to your slashing strikes. Slasher: Greatswords pair well with this feat. YouвЂ™ll also be able to attack foes reliably with your reaction, increasing your damage output while protecting yourself and your allies. You may also benefit from Polearm MasterвЂ™s synergy with Sentinel to be a Barbarian who fights with a degree of strategy. A character that is already utilizing bonus actions wonвЂ™t have as much incentive to take this fear, but itвЂ™s still an effective option for dealing damage. Polearm Master: Gaining a bonus action that can benefit from your bonus rage damage will help you surpass the standard for your damage output. I think this is the only class that makes me want to choose this circumstantial feat. The increase to Strength or Constitution is necessary because this feat wouldnвЂ™t be good enough without the mild stat boost. ItвЂ™s thematic for a Barbarian to also make an attack as a reaction after Relentless Endurance is triggered, potentially stopping an onslaught of additional attacks from the foe as you put them down instead while youвЂ™re at one hit point. You can effectively choose to turn a successful attack into a critical hit for your weapon only, so itвЂ™s better to use large damage dice to increase the damage potential. IвЂ™d only recommend it if youвЂ™re swinging a heavy weapon that uses a d12 for damage. ItвЂ™s notably better if you play in a campaign that tends to have one combat encounter per long rest. Orcish Fury ( Half-orcs only): This feat is not normally good, but it does have its place with the noble Barbarian class. YouвЂ™ll also be more likely to land critical hits so you can gain a bonus action attack to dish out impressively primal damage. The -5 to hit isnвЂ™t as punishing when you have advantage on all your attacks. Great Weapon Master: Surprising no one, this is a powerful feat that allows Barbarians to take advantage of the advantage on attacks they can freely gain from their Reckless Attack feature. This feat pairs well with the Charger feat for knocking enemies back for minor battlefield control. You can also knock fools around with your hammer like youвЂ™ve always wanted to do.

Your Reckless Attack feature makes the advantage-gaining bonus to your critical hits less relevant, but it is good for teamwork. Best Feats for Barbarians Using Heavy WeaponsД¬rusher: Great for increasing your stats while gaining bonus effects for your maul or warhammer.

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