In Wardrum, you command a warband of skilled warriors in their quest to destroy the dark sorcery infecting the lands.
In this video, we’re going to deep dive into a few abilities of the Barbarian.
Stoneshoulders carries a large two-handed warhammer and knows exactly how to use it to great effect on his foes, making him a great unit to have in your Warband when you’ve got enemies between yourself and your objectives
Their basic but powerful melee attack, Crushing Blows, lets Stoneshoulders unleash his brutal warhammer twice on his opponent, inflicting great damage in the process. If you are lucky, there is a 50% chance that it will also inflict the unsteady debuff on the enemy for one turn, assuming they survive the swings of the hammer.
With his high HP and defence stats, Stoneshoulders can be a great tank unit for your team if you utilise the Protect ability correctly. With this ability, Stoneshoulders will shield an ally from incoming damage, taking the hit to their own HP bar and preventing the ally unit from any harm. This ability will also provide Stoneshoulders with the Sturdy buff for 1-2 turns. 
Protect isn’t the only ability that Stoneshoulders can use to aid their allies, as they can use the Mock ability against a group of foes to lure their attention towards themselves, instead of other friendly units on the battlefield. Like Protect, this ability will also buff Stoneshoulders with the Sturdy buff for 1-2 turns. 
Stoneshoulders can use their physical might with the Body Check ability and show the enemies they mean business. When using Body Check, they will charge at their foe, dealing physical damage as well as pushing the enemy back up to three tiles, either crashing them into other enemies, or into traps and other hazards on the battlefield to inflict massive damage. 
The Break the Earth ability is a powerful area of effect melee attack that Stoneshoulders can use to eliminate multiple threats. Stoneshoulders will swing down their warhammer into the earth with such force that 1 to 3 enemies in a line of the impact will suffer great pain.
That was just a quick overview of some of the abilities the Barbarian can unlock. They are a powerhouse of a unit, offering a mix of damage-dealing and supporting abilities for your warband to progress through the deadly biomes of the game in their quest to destroy the dark sorcery infecting the lands
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