My roommate plays a decently high level Barb and he out DPS every Hoplite we came across. I understand that Hoplite is supposed to be a tankier version, but honestly, the high dex Barb build is already ridiculously tanky; do you really need to be any tankier than that?
I want to make an alt and give swordman a try, are there any builds out there that are competitive without needing to take Barb?