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Thanks both, that's really helpful. Much appreciated.

Hello Seeking some advice for a Noob. I'm on my first run through PoE II, having gone all the way through PoE I once. I've just got Serafen as a companion and I spec'd him as a barbarian because my main character is a cipher. I can't work out how to make him do anything useful! I never played a barbarian in PoE I and that's probably part of the problem, but I'm pretty confused. * He comes with a battle axe and a blunderbuss as his first set of weapons. When I try to send him into melee he just shoots the blunderbuss. What's up with that? How can you have a ranged weapon and a melee weapon in a dual-use setup? * If I take the blunderbuss away and make him go into melee with the battle axe he seems really useless and gets flattened really fast. I could give him a shield and a suit of better armour but I read that barbarians are best without... Any advice? How can I make him worth keeping around?