@kindthoughts: of you are still starting. i can give you a tip or two. first, if you want your gladiator to be high in strong when it levels up, just focus on the skill set that you want to upgrade. make the weapon of your gladiator appropriate to the skills that you have placed. also make your dexterity high early in the game, this well help you too decrease the misses of your attacks. like one of my 3 gladiators, i made one a heavy attacker, he's the one that destroys the armor of the enemy so that my other two gladiators can finish the enemy off. and one more thing, don't rely on damage itself, make your gladiator as hard as possible so that in the later progress in the game, your gladiator wont be falling out on a limb. i hope you find this helpful
to this game, ITS AWESOME. one more reason to play again and again in newgrounds.
keep up the good work BERZERK guys.