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Diablo IV · Barbarian

Ashlyn

Whirlwind Barbarian

Spin to win. It has never once stopped being true.

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Ashlyn, a barbarian in a horned skull helm and red and teal wraps, with wings of fire
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Records

Ashlyn's Achievements

Highest Pit and Tower120My deepest run on any character
Season 14 ladderTop 100Barbarian

The build

The Human Blender

Whirlwind is the oldest trick in the series and still one of the best. Keep moving, keep spinning, let the Dust Devils knock everything over, and keep the shouts rolling so the Fury never runs dry.

Rotation

  1. Always be spinning: keep moving with Whirlwind.
  2. Use War Cry, Challenging Shout and Wrath of the Berserker on cooldown.
  3. Cast Iron Skin if your Barrier gets low or you get stunned.
  4. Use Rallying Cry as the last one is about to run out. It also extends Wrath of the Berserker.

Wrath of the Berserker and Rallying Cry uptime is everything here. Lose them and Ramaladni's Magnum Opus eats your Fury.

Core Gear

  • Gohr's Devastating GripsThe core of any Whirlwind build
  • Aspect of Anger ManagementTransfigured onto the amulet
  • Ramaladni's Magnum OpusMythic
  • InsightRune crafted polearm, huge stats
  • EnigmaRune crafted, adds Teleport
  • InfinityRune crafted multiplier
  • Locran's TalismanMythic, once crit chance is covered
  • Tibault's WillMythic, keeps Fury flowing

Runes: Bac and Que for a constant Barrier, Igni and Gar for extra crit.

Stat Targets

  • Cooldown Reduction60%
  • Critical Strike Chance100%
  • Attack Speed48.8% or more
  • Maximum Resource200 or more
  • Skill Ranks35 or more
  • Strength2,500 or more

Why It Works

Great clear, very fast, and comfortable whether you are speedfarming or pushing the Pit. The price is resource: it wants high Fury sustain and a lot of cooldown reduction, so the shouts are not optional.

Whirlwind

The build. Everything else exists to keep this running.

Wrath of the Berserker

On cooldown, and kept up with help from Rallying Cry.

Rallying Cry

Full uptime. This is what stops the Fury running out.

War Cry

On cooldown.

Challenging Shout

On cooldown.

Iron Skin

For when the Barrier gets low or something stuns you.

Shouted, mid-spin

“Spin to win!”

Run It Yourself

The full build, with skills and paragon, is in the Maxroll Whirlwind Barbarian guide.

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