Talk:Battle Formations/@comment-162.201.112.133-20131224200528/@comment-24477712-20140128142810

simple as this

soldier has higher boost on melee cards than Barb gives you on all your cards, while on the other hand barbarian has a higher realm captain bonus (13% opposing to 10%) that means that the more cards of one realm you have in your deck, the stronger barb is and the weaker soldier is

a 4/3/3 deck would want soldier while a 7/2/1 deck wants barb for example

for general use barb is way better either way, because it works in guild wars with a better bonus and barb also works after your personal MOD melee hype dies down