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Most of the other classes are ranged and have movement abilities to avoid leap. Where do you think a Barbarian will be, 1-5 in pvp?

Barbs have a lot of mobility control at their disposal, including some that seem to be designed to specifically counter ranged attackers:

Weapon Throw: Throwing Hammer Rune
Ancient Spear: Any rune really but especially Grappling Hooks/Harpoon
Leap: Call of Arreat/Death From Above
Furious Charge: Again any rune but especially Merciless Assult/Bull Rush/Dreadnought
Seismic Slam: Stagger
Sprint: Marathon/Forced March

That doesn't even take into account their ability to impair movement on enemies once they're within reach... and the barb has more of that than I care to mention...

Yeah i really forgot about the Ancient Spear, that seems to have a lot of potential. It seems that i have overlooked a lot of aspects of them, i was only going by what I was watching on streams.

VERY viable,

stuns
leap
that trow/drag back spear
seismic slam (oh you get away... like it matters lol)
survivability skills

they are gonna own pvp, but then again, so can anyone its more about build & skill

I've got a post on these forums somewhere for what I've labeled as the PITA (Pain In The Ass) Barb build. It's not really designed to kill anyone so much as just showcase how much control the Barb can have over the field of play. If you locate it just keep in mind some of the runes have changed since that post so it might not make as much sense as it used to - but for the most part I think you'll agree that the Barb has plenty at his/her disposal to stay competative.

In my opinion the Barb probably has more control than anyone.

Barb will be good don't worry

They may very well be a primary target though they can probably take the extra heat from always being a target (melee) regardless.

Not to sound biased but I would rank Barbarian number 1. Based on what I've seen, of course I haven't played any arena because that's impossible.

He'll do fine - since the game is online only I believe blizzard will try to balance all characters equally.

the five class will be op. The millions of spell combo u can pick, it all depends on you. How you make your build and how you act.

Every class will be viable.. duh

this is a serious question? like they would only make 4 out of 5 viable? o.0

Barb will be on top until Arena's begin and they get nerfed like Warriors did

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Most of the other classes are ranged and have movement abilities to avoid leap. Where do you think a Barbarian will be, 1-5 in pvp?

When I look at barbarians, I think of the Hulk, we all need those that want to smash things.

"Get Over Here!"

Will enrage will be pretty hard to kill =S

I hope either barbarians will be op, spending all my gold atm on my barb, otherwise I'll have to roll my wizard.

let's just hope pvp releases before i die of old age

Yes I think every class will be viable.