Whirlwind

This guide is work in progress and more updates are coming in as we get more information closer to the Lord of Hatred launch.

Barbarian loot drops at the bottom of the planner

The Whirlwind Barbarian relies only on the damage from Whirlwind It does not get damage from Lucky Hit or Earthquakes. The Earthquakes are only used to buff Whirlwind Damage. It is designed to clear Torment 4 overworld activities such as Helltides, Nightmare Dungeons, The Undercity and more.

Arsenal Selection

The variants other than Overpower will be running on a Dual wield set up for their Arsenal selection. You will need one One-handed Axe and one One-handed Sword. This will be selected for Whirlwind . This will allow you to take advantage and the Two-handed Polearm expertise. We are running Ambidextrous and Cleaver in the paragon board which is why we run this set up.

For the Overpower variant, your Arsenal selection will be Two-handed Mace.

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

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Leveling guide: Whirlwind Leveling Guide

Whirlwind Rotation

• Cast Rallying Cry
• Hold down Whirlwind
• Use War Cry, Challenging Shout and Call of the Ancients at the same time
• Cast War Cry and Challenging Shout on cooldown
• Cast Call of the Ancients every 6 seconds

Overpower Rotation

• Throw Throwing Frenzy to use your Dual-wield weapon.
• Cast Whirlwind to use your Two-handed weapon.
• • This activates Earthstriker's Aspect
• Cast Rallying Cry
• Use War Cry and Challenging Shout on packs of monsters or bosses
• Cast Call of the Ancients once every 6 seconds

Build Overview

This build runs relies on Rallying Cry to give us insane amounts of movement speed and Fury Generation. All the damage we use to increase Whirlwind also increases Tornado Whirlwind. We gain those damage increases from Mighty Roar War Cry, Damage Bonus Challenging Shout and Attack Speed and Damage Bonus Call of the Ancients. All of this combines together for some massive damage!

Arsenal Selection

This build will be running on a Dual wield set up. You will need one One-handed Axe and one One-handed Sword. This will be selected for Whirlwind . This will allow you to take advantage of the Two-handed Polearm expertise. We are running Dual-wield for Ambidextrous and a One-handed Axe for Cleaver in the paragon board which is why we run this set up.

For the Overpower variant, your Arsenal selection will be Two-handed Mace.

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

Ultimate Selection

We are using Highlander Call of the Ancients because of the significantly reduced cooldown. This allows you to cast Call of the Ancients once every 6 seconds to maintain the attack speed and damage buff.

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

Aspect Interaction

Battle-Mad Aspect give you a damage bonus without swapping weapons. You just need to have the Berserking buff on to activate the second half of the aspect.

Fury Management

Affixes

• Resource Generation will help increase the amount of Fury you gain and pairs really well with Rallying Cry.
• Fury Regeneration needs to be added onto the Helmet, Chest piece, Pants and Boots.
• Do not spam Whirlwind if you are not near monsters if you can't maintain Fury.

Early post 70 loot filter (All 850 items, in T1):

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Mid game loot filter (Torment 4 to 8):

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Late game Loot Filter (Torment 8 to 12):

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• Gohr's Devastating Grips - Grigs
• Mantle of Mountain's Fury - Urivar
• Paingorger's Gauntlets - Grigs
• Might of Qual-Kehk - Grigs
• Shard of Verathiel - Varsh
• Overkill - Varsh
• The Relentless Heart - Beast
• Fields of Crimson - Lord
• Twin Strikes - Lord
• Dark Stalker's Medallion Duriel
• 100,000 Steps - Duriel
• Emblem of Staalbreak - Andy
• Ancients' Oath - Andy
• Hellhammer - Andy
• Ramaladni's Magnum Opus - Butcher
• Razorplate - Duriel
• Nomad's Longing Heart - Harbinger
• Ring of the Ravenous - Beast
• Ugly Bastard Helm - Harbringer
• The Third Blade - Asteroth
• Tuskhelm of Joritz the Mighty - Bartuc
• The Open Eye of Gorgorra - Bartuc
• Arreat's Bearing - Bartuc / Astaroth
• Hooves of the Mountain God - Astaroth
• The Third Blade - Astaroth
• Crown of Lucion - Astaroth
• Battle Trance - Astaroth
• Ugly Bastard Helm - Astaroth
• The Butcher's Cleaver - Butcher
• Ring of the Ravenous - Beast
• Signet of Pelghain - Beast
• X'Fal's Corroded Signet - Lord
• Unbroken Chain - Urivar
• Yen's Blessing - Urivar
• Godslayer Crown - Andy
• Chainscourged Mail - Butcher

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10-Mar-2026 updated and optimized for Season 12

30-Apr-2026 updated all tempers changed Ire to Cleaver, one handed weapon set to Axe / Ramaladni's Magnum Opus

1-May-2026 removed Crown of Lucion and replaced with Tuskhelm of Joritz the Mighty in Mythic variant

2-May-2026 updated all weapon tempers. Swapped Empowered Call of the Ancients to Highlander Call of the Ancients

3-May-2026 updated affixes and tempers across each variant. Added half diamonds to weapons for gems. Optimized all paragon boards across all variants for more damage and survivability.