These powers I’ve highlighted are only about one-tenth of the choices available to a barbarian, but they’re some of the most notable ones. This power becomes only more applicable as you reach higher and higher levels, making it (and superstition) very enticing.
This includes a very large number of monsters as well as any spellcasting villain (even if they only have low-level spells). Witch hunter grants a scaling damage bonus while raging against any foe with spells or spell-like abilities. If there’s any rage power that sets a barbarian apart from all the other martial classes in Pathfinder, it’s this one. Combined with the strength surge power, the barbarian can cleave through spell effects like nobody’s business. With a combat maneuver check, spell sunder lets the barbarian suppress or outright dispel an ongoing effect, which includes powerful things like antimagic fields. This rage power also requires witch hunter (see below), but grants the barbarian an ability no other non-caster can duplicate. Because saving throws often come down to saving or losing at higher levels, having a redo ability that isn’t limited to a particular type of save (as those granted by feats like Improved Iron Will are) can be very powerful. As an added bonus, if you make the second saving throw, you gain temporary hit points based on the power level of the effect’s caster. This power becomes available at 10th level, and gives you a second saving throw against any spell effect or supernatural ability in the event that you fail. The invulnerable rager archetype (mentioned above) works very well with this power, as the increased damage reduction it grants will make the loss of armor class less painful. In effect, this means that the raging barbarian can transfer Power Attack’s normal penalty to attack rolls to his armor class instead, ensuring that he’s hitting as often as possible for as much damage as he can muster.
The power scales with barbarian level at the same rate that Power Attack scales with base attack bonus. While raging, the barbarian can use reckless abandon to take a scaling penalty to his armor class in exchange for an equal bonus on his attack rolls. Just about any barbarian with Power Attack is going to want this rage power. While this rage power shouldn’t take priority over a number of others, if you’re unsure which power to take once you’ve got all the main ones out of the way, quick reflexes has some synergy with come and get me in allowing you to make an additional attack of opportunity per round.
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