[GUIDE] Diablo 2 Resurrected - WHIRLWIND BARBARIAN

I had never played a game on the internet before.. My friends invited me in grade 5 to their house where they had multiple computers (which i thought was insane lol) and they had diablo 2 lord of destruction. They told me to pick a character and I chose the barbarian (whirlwind) who I named Leandermith. It became not only my first every online character on ANY game but my introduction into online gaming and rpgs in general online. I used the same name all through world of warcraft and every other game I ever played. I will always have a soft spot for the WW barb and I just rolled another one on D2R for the stalgia!

Thanks for these guides man, it's much appreciated. Getting back to D2 after 20 years, and there is much to learn.

You linked the wrong guide in the description

The problem with raven frost on a WW barb is that it has cold damage on it, and WW barbs tend to be used mostly for farming trav. And if you freeze enemies and they die while frozen you can't hork their body anymore. Best to not have any cold damage on your WW barb.

How does the damage work out with Whirlwind and dual wielding? Does the hit frequency go up if you use 2 weapons, and if so Is it more effective to have a high damage weapon like a Grief in your off hand, or is it better to just use a stat stick?

I'm confused. Why use phase blade on main hand and berserker axe on offhand, while using blade mastery from skills. Why not both swords?

i keep hearing ww barbs sorta blow chunks, i miss the days of killing myself with them with iron maiden XD

I remember the original diabloii when it wasnt destroyed by all the cringe shit politics. Like "respec" token and idiotcratic changes. You put your skill then its it! What now, yeah you can just buy something and retrain from knowing the piano at master level to just be a master violinist in 10 seconds. BS. YOU play piano every day grinding, then you are a master pianist! Not a violonist! Do idiots really understand what im writing bout?

Hey Llama, this sounds stupid BUT** lesser known fact about battle command// can't remember if 1 skill @ lvl 30 is a minute or not, but it last for just so long// bark BC first and it goes out, but if you bark it TWICE it does actually last an extra 10 seconds or so [exactly 1 level higher benefit] but obviously doesn't keep restacking as it's capped @ 1 lvl boost... but the benefit IS there// timed it before & it gives the same few seconds boost with 2 barks at gear boosted levels as well [I know, I'm a nerd] have a great day

Isn’t g face better for damage?

Weapon mastery should just be a single skill.

This was the first character I ever made in diablo 2 resurrected and it was tough luckily my dad was a veteran zealot and helped me gear and we recently got our enigmas it's awesome

Oh im new player and wanted to build whirlwind barbarian on nightmare.... thanks for useless guide

What is the best combination between Grief + Oath // Grief + Lawbringer ? Thanks !

I found the IK chest very early on in ladder and then the rest of the set pretty soon after, decided to give IK whirlwind a go and it slaps, very happy with it.

I wish people would take more about the most expensive most optimal builds for each character and type. I'm tired of seeing people's personal preferences, I want to see the best of the best.

So with that being said, where is the Last Wish phase blade?

how can you reset your skills and skill points????

Weird...He says WW Barb is a lot of fun...I was on a website yesterday reading up on the Assassin and whoever wrote the piece said "the Assassing, along with the Barbarian, is the least played class in D2". Really? Ever since I started playing D2 in the early 00's I have always been drawn to the Barb. I always thought the Barb was one of THE classic characters in D2. Whoever wrote that obviously doesn't like the Barb and they interjected their personal preferences as objective truth.

how you get more than 130+ stashes? does plugy works with d2r?

che boludo

Does having an axe off hand with sword mastery have any negative effects? I also notice when I have grief phase blade in main hand it still shows me swinging my botd axe 🤣

"Not going to count all the crazy extreme rares that the 0.01% of the population have"...... 2nd weapon is a Breath of the Dying, random weapons are all Ber/Ist/Cham/Zod/Gul. I have been playing this game on and off for 20 years and have NEVER EVER not ONCE EVER found a Gul, Ber or a Cham rune... (just saying dude).... and the chances of LEGITIMATELY finding anything remotely coming close to a Zod rune is right up there with discovering rocking horse shit. So count yourself in that 0.01% of players Llama.

would you socket the maul with 2 shaels for an extra 40% ias ?

Just rolled a 400 grief 34IAS -24 resist for my second... first was for my smiter 397 36ias -20res.

Icy veins link takes you to singer barb....gotta proper link for ww

Does crushing blow Proc with WW?

I truly need to push my barb forward...I have an almost komplete IK-Set gathering dust in his stash (can't wear it yet, he's just level 21)...I am just missing the fracking armor :(

The best thing with your guides is that you tell us how to level(skills etc) and not only showing the bis gear. They have been very helpful for me :)

WW barb was my very first legacy vanilla d2 char on the original bnet.

I had to dislike the video as you labeled it as a guide.. this video was just showing us all the cool gear you have and we don't have lol

So I'm new, just made it to hell difficulty.. level 67 frenzy barb about to respect to whirlwind.. I just watched this whole guide and still have literally no idea where to start 🤦 I mean you did say alot about alot but sadly that was very difficult to follow for a new player.. also you showed me like 1000 different pieces of gear to chose from but didn't mention where to find any of them lol I need a legit guide for this shit bro

So I'm making WW assassin, some the mainhand hut first 4 hits of ww? Where did i hear this?

Tried doing IK Set barb for Ubert trist, couldn't even kill andy.

what about usig frenzy to charge up your attack/walk speed then you can ww through enemies, its almost as fast as teleporting. also, why no war cry?

I've got 2 swords with +3 whirlwind im thinking would be fun for a ww barb....some unique Gladius ive somehow found several of so far on other chars. Lol. Yah those! Bloodletters! I wonder if I up those if they'll carry me through hell... they already have nuts stats, and +4 sword skill with +3ww is...a lot especially dual weilded.

sword mastery but i wear a grief pb and botd axe zerker should i put poiint in axe masteries also?

Would GRIEF work on a 5socket unique runemaster ettin axe?

Does IAS benefit Whirlwind?

When I get drunk at parties I like to turn into a whirlwind barbarian! I drop my pants and start yelling! Then I start spinning wildly in a circle smacking my enemies with my giant meat sword!

How about botd on eth warpike?

The extra points should go into stone skin and/or natural resist. The def battle cry will compliment the stone skin, it doesnt work vice versa

I understand that whirlwind only does physical damage (without IK set). I wonder if attributes like "adds x-y cold damage" or some other elemental damage affect total whirlwind damage. I mean, is this elemental damage converted to physical damage or is it just ignored?

Is double upped steeldriver good on this?

Lvl 30 double bloodletter helps alot with 2x manald silkweave and frostburn so mana wasnt an issue and you are above -dmg of ww

Linda casaca MrLlama! Aguante Argentina

Main hand I prefer botd cb with grief on other seems to work better in pvp

So if I’m using double spirit sword I should level up swords ? Or focus on my off hand weapon and level up ax or flail??

Do battle orders over shout ? Life greater than defense ? Or both ?

I don't understand why should I have IOS on other items than weapons. Increased attack speed from items outside of the weapon does not affect Whirlwind. Or was it changed?