For some background on myself I'm Krakens and I've been playing Paladins for a few years now so I'd figure I start putting my experience to use. I've read many guides over the years for many games so its only right. Barik is one of my personal favorite champions along with the the recent buffs now is a good time for anyone to pick him up. This is all personal opinion and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Barik - The Master Mechanic

Barik is one of the original champions whose play style has for the most part has not really changed since the introduction of Tinkerin, his main goal is to stay alive and be as annoying as possible which his kit allows him to do with ease if utilized properly. First we will go over his abilities.

It helps that you can first pick him at borderline any level of the game nave have a strong influence on who wins or loses. Rarely if ever banned.

Blunderbuss

The recent change has been fantastic for his non Tinkering at close range his shot will do 500 with a minimum damage going down to 250 letting him constantly out putting damage. It has a head shot potential for 750 at close range and is fairly easy to connect. Worth going for if you can manage. Bread and butter, the less you miss the more success you have, always out put damage even if long range, that 250 boop could be the difference in a win or loss.

Barricade

Summoning a 5000 base HP curved shield is very simple, but very effect. This is an ability you will want to focus your attention on because it will be what keeps you alive. A technique you will want to learn and optimize is "dancing" inside of the shield as the enemy team tries to eliminate you, you can keep yourself alive for a VERY long time as your team does back up. You can win 1v1s vs people who try to fight you head on without a plan. Also very good for protecting teammates and cutting off choke points for a brief moment to fall back.

Turret

Now the true reason we all want to play, tiny cute turrets. They're wonderful little mechanical creatures that try their very best to wreck total chaos by death by a thousands boops. 120 damage at base with 144 with Architectonics. Not much but it adds up and as team fights start rolling out the pressure they cause can go unnoticed. Every bit of damage helps. Turret placement is important, try to keep them in firing range and useful as often as possible.

Dome Shield

Bariks Ultimate ability is exactly what it sounds like, a dome shield with 20,000 HP and does 600 damage a second to everything in range. You unleash the absolute fury onto whatever poor soul is inside and force them to attempt to eliminate you or run away. Very good delaying ability that can be utilized defensibly and offensively