Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Build Discussion Best build for fighting initialization (via initiative) / face?

Thanks for the quick response @DumbleDorf, i will consider ALERT feat. But i checked in fextralife wiki and nowhere i saw that Barbarians get an initiative bonus. Where is this stated and how high is it?
And is the 1 char only approach benefitial for battle outcome (you risk more but then have the advantage of sneak / hidden attacks from other companions who are then still outside of round based attack and can enter when its my front char*s turn - or was there a reroll of initiative when a new companion enters battle? Cant play the game now to test it as im on holiday).