Whirlwind Earthquake

Whirlwind Earthquake Barbarian build guide will teach you all about the gear, skills, paragon, playstyle and seasonal mechanics you'll need to get this insanely fun Barbarian up and running.

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Warning the Mythic variant is conditional on Sanctification. You can only use this if you have Sanctified the Melted Heart of Selig aspect onto any piece of gear. If you do not meet those requirements use Mythic Variant (No Selig)

Tips for obtaining Sanctification:

• Purchase Boots (cheapest Legendary item in the build)
• Upgrade using STEAM
• • Socket
  • Temper
  • Enchant
  • Aspect
  • Masterwork

Then Sanctify for most chances at obtaining Aspect.

Whirlwind Earthquake Rotation

• Start with Rallying Cry to generate fury from Tibault's Will
• Use Whirlwind and hold down the key-bind for it.
• Use Shouts should not be used all at once. Guttural Yell in your Skill Tree reduces damage that
  enemies do when they are effected by Shouts.
• Use Iron Skin when you take heavy damage.

Whirlwind Earthquake Damage

This build will be running on a Two-handed Mace set up. That means the Arsenal Selection will be your Two-handed Bludgeon Weapons selected for Whirlwind.

• If you would like to learn how to set your weapon selection watch this video: How to Select Weapons video

Defense

If you want to learn how to set your defenses up, watch this video: How to avoid getting one-shot video

Offense

• Earthquakes will be your main source of damage with this build.
• Aspect of Earthquakes will give you additional damage for your Whirlwind when you stand inside of an Earthquake and for 4 seconds after you leave that Earthquake. With Igni sometimes the Earthquake will not be underneath you, so you'll need to Whirlwind over the Earthquake to gain your buff.
• Aspect of Incendiary Fissures will convert your damage to Fire Damage and it will give it increased damage.
• Vehement Brawler's Aspect gives you damage whenever you cast your ultimate skill. This also increases the ranks of the Ultimate which reduces it's cooldown as well.
• Dust Devil's Aspect is used for the increased damage after enemies are hit with Dust Devils. We get Dust Devils from the Force of Nature Legendary Node in the Paragon Board.

If you want to learn the basics about Multipliers watch this video: Additive vs. Multiplicative Damage video.

Defense

If you want to learn how to set your defenses up, watch this video: How to avoid getting one-shot video

Rune Combinations

Overworld Content (Nightmare Dungeons, Helltides, Hordes e.t.c)

• Bac + Tec
• Igni + Tec
• Poc + Tec
• Neo + Tec

Uniques

• Ugly Bastard Helm in combination with the Harlequin Crest give you enough Cooldown Reduction to keep Wrath of the Berserker off Cooldown.
• Chainscourged Mail will add additional damage to any damaging Brawling skill you have on your skill bar. When you use any Brawling skill it disables that skill from being used. When all Brawling skills are disabled it will automatically re-enable them, bypassing any and all Cooldown on your skills.
• Rage of Harrogath has a chance to reset your Cooldowns every time you apply Bleed from Whirlwind.

Mythic Uniques

• Shroud of False Death is probably one of the strongest Mythic Uniques in the game as it adds +1 to every single Passive node in your Skill Tree. That means every offensive, defensive and utility node you now gain.
• Ring of Starless Skies adds damage to all of your abilities after you spend primary resources.
• The Grandfather has a Unique Aspect that doubles your Critical Strike Damage bonus. More importantly for this build it gives very high Maximum Resources. It's a great source of Max Life and the All Stats play a huge role in activating your Paragon Nodes.
• Melted Heart of Selig will add huge amounts of Maximum Resources to your build, which will add massive damage scaling with this set-up.
• Heir of Perdition will give you major increases to Critical Strike Chance, Movement Speed, and BIG Damage!

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Updated and Optimized for Season 11