Barbarian Boss

Barbarian Boss
The Barbarian Boss is the first boss fight in Castle Crashers. It also ends missions with only Barbarians as enemies, and afterwards there is still some but mostly there is now Theives.

First a cutscene plays of the Beefy Barbarian, seen in Castle Keep, jumping down and roaring. But then he is flattened by the door and out steps the real Barbarian Boss.

Attack Pattern
The Barbarian Boss' attack pattern is easy to learn and defeat. First, he will slam his spiked sheild into the ground. If it hits you, you will be knocked into the ground while he laughs and must wiggle the joystick back and forth to get out of the ground. Next he will block himself with it, and the spikes will shoot  forewards. This can easily knock you back and deal a ton of damage, but can be blocked with your sheild if facing the way he uses it. If your back is facing the spikes, if you block it will knock you over. There is a glitch that this will not happen sometimes, but only about 1/5 times.

When on low health, he will drink some Barbarian Alchohol (probablly intense wisky), and then belch fire, being knocked back while doing this for about 5 seconds. The empty bottle will explode on contact and can also harm you. If you get close to him while jumping and attacking, he will throw a slow yet powerful punch. This, however, can be blocked by your sheild.

When slightly low on health, one Barbarian at a time will jump out from the crowd and fight for him. When more than half-way damaged, two Bararians will fight for him. But they are easy to kill and can be harmed by the Barbarian Bosses attacks.

When Winning
When winning, all normal Barbarians will take 1000 hit damage and a chest will apppear. When opened, gold and rubies and coins and loot will rain down, and can be picked up. The princess must be cut down from the stake to win the mission properly.

The Barbarian Boss can then be repeated later on, when you have better stats and weapons and easily defeated. This is a good way to get cash/coins fast.

Trivia

 * There is a small child Barbarian who can be seen in the crowd.
 * Whenever the Boss hits you or a Barbarian with the popping out spikes, the crowd will jump up and block half the screen, making it hard to see.
 * This is the first boss battle.
 * For a boss battle, it is very early as it is only the third mission.