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D4 WHIRLWIND BARBARIAN BUILD

This D4 Whirlwind Barbarian build is the king of simplicity. We take Whirlwind and skills that buff our whirlwind. After that we spin to win! This guide will cover everything you need to know about making a Diablo 4 Whirlwind Barbarian build. Use the Build index to jump right to the information you’re looking for!

WHIRLWIND BARBARIAN BUILD INDEX

Whirlwind Barbarian

WHIRLWIND BARB BUILD PROS / CONS

  • Great AOE Damage
  • Easy to set up
  • Easy Rotation
  • Melee, so it actually has to get close

D4 WHIRLWIND BARB VIDEO GUIDE

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WHIRLWIND BARBARIAN SKILLS & PASSIVES

BASIC ABILITY

The first ability your D4 whirlwind barbarian will unlock, used to generate resources and damage the enemy. Grab this ability and these two passives.

Lunging Strike
Lunging Strike
Basic
Generate Fury: 9
Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Lunge forward and strike an enemy for 30% damage.
Physical Damage
Requires any complete Arsenal weapon
Enhanced Lunging Strike
Enhanced Lunging Strike
Lunging Strike deals x30% increased damage and Heals you for 2% Maximum Life 2 when it damages a Healthy enemy.
Combat Lunging Strike
Combat Lunging Strike
Critical Strikes with Lunging Strike grant you Berserking for 1.5 seconds.

CORE ABILITY

Your core ability is usually your D4 Whirlwind Barbarian’s primary damage dealing ability. You generate fury with your basic attack so you can spend it on your core ability. You can always put extra skill points into whirlwind. Grab this ability and these two passives.

D4 Whirlwind BarbarianWhirlwind
D4 Whirlwind Barbarian
Whirlwind
CoreChanneled
Fury Cost: 25 per second
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
Rapidly attack surrounding enemies for 19% damage.
Physical Damage
Requires any complete Arsenal weapon

D4 Whirlwind BarbarianEnhanced Whirlwind
D4 Whirlwind Barbarian
Enhanced Whirlwind
Gain 1 Fury each time Whirlwind deals direct damage to an enemy, or 4 Fury against Elite enemies.

D4 Whirlwind BarbarianViolent Whirlwind
D4 Whirlwind Barbarian
Violent Whirlwind
After using Whirlwind for 2 seconds, Whirlwind deals x30% increased damage until it is cancelled.

DEFENSIVE ABILITY

Defensive abilities will aid your D4 Whirlwind Barbarian in your quest to… not die. Also can be use to break from stuns, snares and other crowd control abilities that are likely to kill you. Grab this ability and these two passives.

Rallying Cry
Rallying Cry
DefensiveShout
Cooldown: 25 seconds
Bellow a rallying cry, increasing your Movement Speed by +30% and Resource Generation by x40% for 6.48 seconds, and Nearby allies for 3.24 seconds.
Physical Damage

Enhanced Rallying Cry
Enhanced Rallying Cry
Rallying Cry grants you Unstoppable while active.

Tactical Rallying Cry
Tactical Rallying Cry
Rallying Cry generates 20 Fury and grants you an additional x20% Resource Generation.

BRAWLING ABILITY

The D4 whirlwind barbarian’s brawling ability will buff him and his allies, making him great to have in groups and at world boss fights. Also Warcry is a great source of the Berserking buff. Grab this ability and these two passives.

War Cry
War Cry
BrawlingShout
Cooldown: 25 seconds
Bellow a mighty war cry, increasing your damage dealt by x15% for 6.48 seconds, and Nearby allies for 3.24 seconds.

Enhanced War Cry
Enhanced War Cry
War Cry grants you Berserking for 4 seconds.

Power War Cry
Power War Cry
If at least 6 enemies are Nearby when you cast War Cry, your damage bonus is increased by an additional x10%.

WEAPON MASTERY

The D4 whirlwind barbarian uses his weapon mastery ability to do decent single target damage, but also to generate resources. Grab this ability and these two passives. Also, toss points into Pit Fighter once you have all your skills and their corresponding passives unlocked

Death Blow
Death Blow
WeaponMastery
Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Attempt a killing strike, dealing 120% damage to enemies in front of you.
Physical Damage
Requires any complex Arsenal weapon

Enhanced Death Blow
Enhanced Death Blow
Death Blow deals x100% increased to Bosses.

Fighter’s Death Blow
Fighter’s Death Blow
If Death Blow damages at least one nemy, gain 20 Fury.

Pit Fighter
Pit Fighter
You deal x3% increased damage to Close enemies and gain 2% Distant Damage Reduction.

ULTIMATE ABILITY

You can only slot one ultimate ability, and this D4 whirlwind barbarian is currently using Call of the Ancients. It provides great single target and Area of Effect damage with one ability.  Grab this ability and these two passives.

Call of the Ancients
Call of the Ancients
Ultimate
Cooldown: 50 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 30%
Call upon 3 Ancients to aid you in battle for 6 seconds.
  • Korlic leaps at enemies, dealing 104% damage and swings his weapon in a frenzy, dealing 39% damage per hit.
  • Talic spins in a whirlwind rapidly attacking enemies for 65% damage.
  • Madawc upheaves the ground, dealing 195% damage.
Prime Call of the Ancients
Prime Call of the Ancients
While Call of the Ancients is active, gain +10% bonus Attack Speed at x10% increased damage.
Supreme Call of the Ancients
Supreme Call of the Ancients
Each of the Ancients gains additional power:
  • Korlic: You gain 10 Fury each time Korlic damages an enemy with his Frenzy.
  • Talic: Enemies are Slowed by 50% for 1 when damaged by his Whirlwind.
  • Madawc: 30% chance to Stun enemies for 3 seconds when using his Upheaval.

WHIRLWIND BARB ARSENAL SYSTEM

Don’t stress on the arsenal system too much right now. For now put on the most powerful weapons you find, regardless of what type of weapon they are. This will be far more useful than the arsenal passives for the D4 whirlwind barbarian until late game.

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Late game setup coming soon

WHIRLWIND BARB BUILD SKILL POINT ORDER

You get one point every time you level. So at level 2 on your first character you will be spending point #1. At level 5 you will be spending point #4. 

When you earn your first renown you will have the same number of skill points as levels. 

Beyond that you will have to do some quick math to know how many points you’ve earned from renown and how many points you have earned from levels to know which part of this you are on.

POINTS 1 - 9

Coming Soon!

POINTS 10 - 19

POINTS 20 - 29

POINTS 30 - 39

POINTS 40 - 49

POINTS 50 - 58

D4 WHIRLWIND BARBARIAN ROTATION

1

Lunging Strike
Lunging Strike
Basic
Generate Fury: 9
Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Lunge forward and strike an enemy for 30% damage.
Physical Damage
Requires any complete Arsenal weapon

Use Lunging Strike to generate fury

2

D4 Whirlwind BarbarianWhirlwind
D4 Whirlwind Barbarian
Whirlwind
CoreChanneled
Fury Cost: 25 per second
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
Rapidly attack surrounding enemies for 19% damage.
Physical Damage
Requires any complete Arsenal weapon

Start Whirlwinding to spend your fury

3

Rallying Cry
Rallying Cry
DefensiveShout
Cooldown: 25 seconds
Bellow a rallying cry, increasing your Movement Speed by +30% and Resource Generation by x40% for 6.48 seconds, and Nearby allies for 3.24 seconds.
Physical Damage

After your fury starts to drop to around 75% pop your rallying cry to get some fury back AND buff yourself. You do not need to stop Whirlwinding to use Rallying Cry

4

War Cry
War Cry
BrawlingShout
Cooldown: 25 seconds
Bellow a mighty war cry, increasing your damage dealt by x15% for 6.48 seconds, and Nearby allies for 3.24 seconds.

Immediately after your Rallying Cry pop your War Cry to massively buff your damage

5

Call of the Ancients
Call of the Ancients
Ultimate
Cooldown: 50 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 30%
Call upon 3 Ancients to aid you in battle for 6 seconds.
  • Korlic leaps at enemies, dealing 104% damage and swings his weapon in a frenzy, dealing 39% damage per hit.
  • Talic spins in a whirlwind rapidly attacking enemies for 65% damage.
  • Madawc upheaves the ground, dealing 195% damage.

If you’re fighting a boss or elite, pop your Call of the Ancients right after your War Cry!

6

Death Blow
Death Blow
WeaponMastery
Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Attempt a killing strike, dealing 120% damage to enemies in front of you.
Physical Damage
Requires any complex Arsenal weapon

When you run out of Fury, use Death Blow to generate a huge amount of fury while doing a good chunk of single target damage. Then start from STEP 1

D4 WHIRLWIND BARBARIAN LEGENDARY ASPECTS

The best aspects and Legendaries will be listed below for the whirlwind barbarian, broken into their different types. You can only benefit from one aspect at a time, so don’t try to wear two of the same aspect.

CODEX OF POWER - DUNGEON UNLOCK

These Legendary Aspects can be target farmed by simply completing the Dungeon they are located in. Once completed the aspect will appear in your codex of power for you to use as any time you want.

Aspect of the Expectant
Aspect of the Expectant
Offensive
Attacking enemies with a Basic Skill increases the damage of your next Core Skill cast by 5-10% up to 30%.
Unlocked by completing Underroot in Scosglen
Every class

Aspect of the Protector
Aspect of the Protector
Defensive
Damaging an Elite enemy grants you a Barrier absorbing up to x damage for 10 seconds. This effect can only happen once every 30 seconds.
Unlocked by completing Lost Archives in Fractured Peaks
Every class

Aspect of the Umbral
Aspect of the Umbral
Resource
Restore 1-4 of your Primary Resource when you Crowd Control an enemy.
Unlocked by completing Champion’s Demise in Dry Steppes
Every class

Eluding Aspect
Eluding Aspect
Utility
Becoming Injured while Crowd Controlled grants you Unstoppable for 4 seconds. This effect has a 40-20 second Cooldown.
Unlocked by completing Caldera Gate in Fractured Peaks
Every class

Ghostwalker Aspect
Ghostwalker Aspect
Mobility
While Unstoppable and for 4 seconds after, you gain 10-25% increased Movement Speed and move freely through enemies.
Progress Campaign in Scosglen
Every class

Rapid Aspect
Rapid Aspect
Offensive
Basic Skills gain 15-30% Attack Speed.
Unlocked by completing Buried Halls in Dry Steppes
Every class

Aspect of Berserk Ripping
Aspect of Berserk Ripping
Offensive
Whenever you deal direct damage while Berserking, inflict 20-30% of the Base damage dealt as additional Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.
Unlocked by completing Mournfield in Dry Steppes
Barbarian

Aspect of Echoing Fury
Aspect of Echoing Fury
Resource
Your Shout Skills generate 2-4 Fury per second while active.
Unlocked by completing Sirocco Caverns in Kehjistan
Barbarian

Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind
Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind
Offensive
Whirlwind’s Critical Strike Chance is increased by 5-10% for each second it is channeled, up to 20-40%.
Unlocked by completing Garan Hold in Scosglen
Barbarian

LEGENDARY ITEMS - RANDOM DROPS

These are the legendary aspect that can only be found as a drop in the game. You must kill enemies and bosses until you get these legendary items to drop.

Aspect of the Crowded Sage
Aspect of the Crowded Sage
Defensive
You Heal for x Life per second for each Close enemy, up to x Life per second.
Random drop
Every class

Aspect of Might
Aspect of Might
Offensive
Basic Skills grant 20% Damage Reduction for 2-6 seconds.
Progress Campaign in Dry Steppes to unlock
Every class

Conceited Aspect
Conceited Aspect
Offensive
Deal 15-25% increased while you have a Barrier active.
Random drop
Every class

Smiting Aspect
Smiting Aspect
Offensive
You have 10-20% increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies. While you are Healthy, you gain 20-40% increased Crowd Control Duration.
Random drop
Every class

Starlight Aspect
Starlight Aspect
Resource
Gain 10-20 of your Primary Resource for every 25% of your Life that you Heal.
Random drop
Every class

Aspect of Berserk Fury
Aspect of Berserk Fury
Resource
You gain x Fury per second while Berserking.
Random drop
Barbarian

Aspect of Grasping Whirlwind
Aspect of Grasping Whirlwind
Utility
Whirlwind periodically Pulls enemies to you.
Random drop
Barbarian

Bold Chieftain’s Aspect
Bold Chieftain’s Aspect
Barbarian
Whenever you cast a Shout Skill, its Cooldown is reduced by 2.7-5.4 seconds per Nearby enemy, up to a maximum of 12 seconds.
Random drop
Barbarian

Dust Devil’s Aspect
Dust Devil’s Aspect
Offensive
Whirlwind leaves behind Dust Devils that deal x damage to surrounding enemies.
Random drop
Barbarian

UNIQUE ITEMS

These are the unique items you should look out for. These won’t start dropping until you reach Tier 3 Difficulty, known as Nightmare.

D4 Whirlwind Barbarian Build

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