Whirlwind

Whirlwind is a Barbarian skill from the Core skill tree. Its features are:

Whirlwind

Fury Cost: 25 per second
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
Rapidly attack surrounding enemies for 52% damage.

Damage: Physical Damage
Requires any complete Arsenal weapon
Tags: Core, Channeled

Upgrades

Enhanced Whirlwind

Gain 1 Fury each time Whirlwind deals Direct Damage to an enemy, or 4 Fury against Elite enemies.

Furious Whirlwind

While using a Slashing weapon, Whirlwind also inflicts 120% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.

Violent Whirlwind

After using Whirlwind for 2 seconds, Whirlwind deals x30% increased damage until it is cancelled.

Tips for using Whirlwind

As it generates Fury based on damage done to each individual enemy Whirlwind would be wasted used on a single target. The bigger the group the more Fury possibly generated.

Add your own advice on using Whirlwind

Other Skills that work with Whirlwind

The following skills either:

Create a condition Whirlwind can exploit
Exploit a condition Whirlwind creates


Basic Tree
Combat Bash After Critically Striking 4 times with Bash using a Two-Handed weapon, your next Core or Weapon Mastery Skill will Overpower. Skill
Core Tree
Pressure Point Lucky Hit: Your Core and Weapon Mastery skills have up to a 10% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds. Passive
Weapon Mastery Tree
Expose Vulnerability Dealing direct damage with a Mastery skill causes your next Barbarian_Skill_Tree#Core\|Core Skill to make enemies Vulnerable for 1 second. Damage: Physical Damage Skill
Key Passive Tree
Unbridled Rage Core Skills deal 45%[x] increased damage, but cost 100%[x] more Fury. Damage: Physical Damage Passive

Items that work with Whirlwind

The following items either:

Grant a bonus when using Whirlwind
Create a condition Whirlwind can exploit
Exploit a condition Whirlwind creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Ancestral Echoes	Offensive	Lucky Hit: Damaging enemies with Leap, Upheaval, or Whirlwind have up to a 45 - 65% chance to summon an Ancient to perform the same Skill. Can only occur once every 5 seconds. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Ancient Reservoir (Map)	Hawezar	Barbarian
Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind	Offensive	Whirlwind's Critical Strike Chance is increased by 3 - 12% [+] for each second it is channeled, up to 9 - 36% [+]. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Garan Hold (Map)	Scosglen	Barbarian
Aspect of Grasping Whirlwind	Utility	Whirlwind periodically Pulls (CC) enemies to you. Helm, Chest, Gloves, Pants, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Barbarian
Dust Devil's Aspect	Offensive	Whirlwind leaves behind Dust Devils that deal 120 - 210 damage to enemies in their path. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Barbarian

* Extraction means the Legendary Aspect can be removed from any found Legendary item at the Occultist. A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.

Unique Items

Gohr's Devastating Grips

"The brutish construction of these gloves belies the strength they bestow. Gohr was clearly no craftsman, but it would be foolish to ignore the triumph of his work." - Barrett's Book of Implements

Type: Unique Gloves
Class: Barbarian

Description: Whirlwind explodes every 2 seconds and after it ends, dealing 50 - 80% of the Base damage dealt to surrounding enemies as Fire damage.

Affixes:

+13.5 - 22.5% Critical Strike Chance Against Close Enemies
+8 - 12.5% Movement Speed
+10.5 - 15% Attack Speed
+3 - 5 to Whirlwind

Changes to Whirlwind

Patch 1.4.3, June 17, 2024

Violent Whirlwind - Damage increased by 15%.