"Fierce and garnered with the weapons of a savage. The Marauder is all energy; brute force mixed with relentless pain. They walk and they glare as they take into sights the next victim of their wrath..."

Do you like being able to destroy anything wearing flowing robes and the like? Then you will love playing a Marauder! The Marauder brings sustainable damage output and pretty good resilience. They shine against any class unable to heal itself or wearing sheet metal for armor.

A great example of how strong a Marauder can be is easily found in RVR (realm vs realm) combat. I entered the RVR battleground at level 2 (gotta love the instant immersion of Warhammer)! So, I figured I would get destroyed, but it would be fun none the less! So, I enter and my first encounter is with a level 9 bright wizard.

The wizard is basically a fire spell user wearing toilet paper armor. So, I engage him and to my surprise and awe...we both die. I figured I would hurt him a little, but I did not think I would kill him as well! I died first, but he was bleeding and that ended his glory shortly after!

To be fair, RVR combat how a slight normalization to it. Simply, when you enter RVR battleground, everyone is granted at least level 8 in health points, to make it fun for everyone. So, the lowbies of the group aren't picked off so easily. So, while the bright wizard had far more of his abilities being 7 levels higher, I had enough health point to fight him long enough.

Ok, all that being said, let me say that Marauder is quite the fun class. If you have seen the cinematic preview for the game, then you have seen the arm mutating Marauder class. Basically you change you arm into a sword, a claw or a mace (thus far anyway). Each mutation is used for different situation. For example, the mace is used when you think you may need to take excessive damage.

The part I enjoy about the Marauder the most is the heavy damage output. After playing "The Chosen" I was shocked at how much harder I could hit now. My best skill at this point ( I am level 8, by the way) is a bleed. The skill cuts my opponent to force him to take damage over 9 seconds. I can amplify this bleed 3 times (a 3 stack) that make them bleed for a lot of damage. It is the staple of my damage output and if I were you, I would fall in love with this attack very quickly!

To summarize, as a Marauder you are a damage dealing machine. You mutate your arm to fit every situation and you pummel things into submission. Definitely lacks the smooth style of "The Chosen" but present you with a true instrument of chaos. You go in, you hurt things, then you go home. Enjoyable for sure, I can only hope the leveling brings even more diversity and utility. Either way, I can see playing this class quite a bit!

As always, if you have questions or want to see me try something, just say so!