Tactics for playing as/against Barbarians.

Among the advantages, one can mention the resilience of ogres and trolls (which also have regeneration), the speed of wolves, and their attack power.
Among the disadvantages is a rather weak higher-tier monster.

although this also depends on the situation... Cyclops attack like dragons - hitting two squares away, and they can also paralyze, which must be taken into account, and they also have sufficient growth, and besides, cyclops are mainly used for defending archers (at least, that's how I used them)...