Xygor's Whirlwind Barbarian Speed Rift GR40+ Setup/Guide (2.2)

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by Xygor last updated May 3, 2015 ( Patch 2.2 )

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Skills

Whirlwind Blood Funnel
- Whirlwind
Cost: 10 Fury

Deliver multiple attacks to everything in your path for 340% weapon damage.

While whirlwinding, you move at 100% movement speed.
Blood Funnel

Critical Hits restore 1% of your maximum Life.
Bash Punish
- Bash
Generate: 6 Fury per attack

Brutally smash an enemy for 320% weapon damage.
Punish

Increase your damage by 4% for 5 seconds after using Bash. This effect stacks up to 3 times.
Ignore Pain Iron Hide
- Ignore Pain
Cooldown: 30 seconds

Reduce all damage taken by 50% and gain Immunity to all control-impairing effects for 5 seconds.
Iron Hide

Increase duration to 7 seconds.
Battle Rage Swords to Ploughshares
- Battle Rage
Cost: 20 Fury

Enter a rage which increases your damage by 10% and Critical Hit Chance by 3%. Lasts 120 seconds.
Swords to Ploughshares

Critical Hits heal you and your pets for up to 21457 Life.
Sprint Forced March
- Sprint
Cost: 20 Fury

Increase movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds.
Forced March

Increase movement speed of allies within 50 yards by 20% for 3 seconds.
Wrath of the Berserker Insanity
- Wrath of the Berserker
Cooldown: 120 seconds

Enter a berserker rage which raises several attributes for 20 seconds.

Critical Hit Chance: 10%
Attack Speed: 25%
Dodge Chance: 20%
Movement Speed: 20%
Insanity

While active, gain 50% increased damage.

Ruthless
- Ruthless
You deal 40% additional damage to enemies below 30% health.
Nerves of Steel
- Nerves of Steel
Fatal damage instead reduces you to 15% Life. For 3 seconds afterward, you take 95% reduced damage and are immune to all control-impairing effects.

This effect may occur once every 60 seconds.
Rampage
- Rampage
Increase Strength by 1% for 8 seconds after killing or assisting in killing an enemy. This effect stacks up to 25 times.
Weapons Master
- Weapons Master
Gain a bonus based on the weapon type of your main hand weapon:
Swords/Daggers: 8% increased damage
Maces/Axes: 5% Critical Hit Chance
Polearms/Spears: 8% attack speed
Mighty Weapons: 2 Fury per hit

Items

Helm of the Wastes

Set Helm

Primary Stats

+626–750 Strength
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Wrath of the Wastes
Helm of the Wastes
Pauldrons of the Wastes
Cuirass of the Wastes
Tasset of the Wastes
Sabaton of the Wastes
Gauntlet of the Wastes
(2) Set: Increase the damage per second of Rend by 500% and its duration to 15 seconds.
(4) Set: During Whirlwind you gain 50% damage reduction and your applied Rends deal triple damage.
(6) Set: Whirlwind gains the effect of the Dust Devils rune and all Whirlwind damage is increased by 800%.
Pauldrons of the Wastes

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+416–500 Strength
+91–100 Resistance to All Elements
+4 Random Magic Properties

Wrath of the Wastes
Helm of the Wastes
Pauldrons of the Wastes
Cuirass of the Wastes
Tasset of the Wastes
Sabaton of the Wastes
Gauntlet of the Wastes
(2) Set: Increase the damage per second of Rend by 500% and its duration to 15 seconds.
(4) Set: During Whirlwind you gain 50% damage reduction and your applied Rends deal triple damage.
(6) Set: Whirlwind gains the effect of the Dust Devils rune and all Whirlwind damage is increased by 800%.
Hellfire Amulet

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+626–750 Intelligence

+626–750 Dexterity

+626–750 Strength
Cuirass of the Wastes

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+416–500 Strength
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Wrath of the Wastes
Helm of the Wastes
Pauldrons of the Wastes
Cuirass of the Wastes
Tasset of the Wastes
Sabaton of the Wastes
Gauntlet of the Wastes
(2) Set: Increase the damage per second of Rend by 500% and its duration to 15 seconds.
(4) Set: During Whirlwind you gain 50% damage reduction and your applied Rends deal triple damage.
(6) Set: Whirlwind gains the effect of the Dust Devils rune and all Whirlwind damage is increased by 800%.
Reaper's Wraps

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

+8 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Health globes restore 25–30% of your primary resource.
Gauntlet of the Wastes

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

+626–750 Strength
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties

Wrath of the Wastes
Helm of the Wastes
Pauldrons of the Wastes
Cuirass of the Wastes
Tasset of the Wastes
Sabaton of the Wastes
Gauntlet of the Wastes
(2) Set: Increase the damage per second of Rend by 500% and its duration to 15 seconds.
(4) Set: During Whirlwind you gain 50% damage reduction and your applied Rends deal triple damage.
(6) Set: Whirlwind gains the effect of the Dust Devils rune and all Whirlwind damage is increased by 800%.
Pride of Cassius

Legendary Mighty Belt

Primary Stats

+85–108 Strength
+11–20 Resistance to All Elements
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increases the duration of Ignore Pain by 4–6 seconds.
Tasset of the Wastes

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+416–500 Strength
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Wrath of the Wastes
Helm of the Wastes
Pauldrons of the Wastes
Cuirass of the Wastes
Tasset of the Wastes
Sabaton of the Wastes
Gauntlet of the Wastes
(2) Set: Increase the damage per second of Rend by 500% and its duration to 15 seconds.
(4) Set: During Whirlwind you gain 50% damage reduction and your applied Rends deal triple damage.
(6) Set: Whirlwind gains the effect of the Dust Devils rune and all Whirlwind damage is increased by 800%.
Sabaton of the Wastes

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+416–500 Strength
+416–500 Vitality
+4 Random Magic Properties

Wrath of the Wastes
Helm of the Wastes
Pauldrons of the Wastes
Cuirass of the Wastes
Tasset of the Wastes
Sabaton of the Wastes
Gauntlet of the Wastes
(2) Set: Increase the damage per second of Rend by 500% and its duration to 15 seconds.
(4) Set: During Whirlwind you gain 50% damage reduction and your applied Rends deal triple damage.
(6) Set: Whirlwind gains the effect of the Dust Devils rune and all Whirlwind damage is increased by 800%.
Focus

Set Ring

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.
Restraint

Set Ring

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.
Bul-Kathos's Warrior Blood

Set Mighty Weapon

Bul-Kathos's Oath
Bul-Kathos's Solemn Vow
Bul-Kathos's Warrior Blood
(2) Set: During Whirlwind you gain 30% increased attack speed and movement speed.Increases Fury Generation by 10

More Details

Head
- Helm of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: Str CHC Dmg % Socket
Shoulders
- Pauldrons of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR Life
Amulet
- Hellfire Amulet
- Mara's Kaleidoscope
- Xephirian Amulet
- Stat Priority: Str CHD CHC Socket
Torso
- Cuirass of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: Str Vit Reduced Elite Dmg Socket
Wrists
- Reaper's Wraps
- Lacuni Prowlers
- Steady Strikers
- Stat Priority: Physical % Str AS CHC
Hands
- Gauntlet of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: Str AS CHD CHC
Waist
- Pride of Cassius
- Chilanik's Chain
- The Witching Hour
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR Life
Legs
- Tasset of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR Socket
Feet
- Sabaton of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR Dmg %
Rings
- Focus
- Restraint
- Stat Priority: AS CHD CHC Socket
Weapon
- Bul-Kathos's Warrior Blood
- Bul-Kathos's Solemn Vow
- Stat Priority: Str Dmg % AS
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Taeguk
  Taeguk
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Gain 2% increased damage for 1.5 seconds when you spend resource on a channeled skill. This effect stacks up to 10 times.
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15.00%.
  Gain an aura that reduces the movement speed of enemies within 15 yards by 30%. (Requires Rank 25)
- Pain Enhancer
  Pain Enhancer
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Critical hits cause the enemy to bleed for 2500.0% weapon damage as Physical over 3 seconds.
  Gain Blood Frenzy, granting you 3% increased Attack Speed for each bleeding enemy within 20 yards. (Requires Rank 25)

Basics:

-Requires the 6 piece Waste set to generate high damage Dust Devils.

-Bul-Kathos weapons allow you to generate fury, travel quickly across the map, and hit high breakpoints with the attack speed bonus.

-You generate and maintain fury with the following: Bul-Kathos weapons, Weapon Master Passives, and Battle Rage/Swords to Ploughshares with Reaper's Wraps. Depending on your group composition, you can drop the Swords to Ploughshares Rune and take Bloodshed instead.

-When grouping, you can go "forward" from your group a little bit to absolutely destroy whites, but make sure to focus on elites and not "strand" Demon Hunters/Wizards.

-You can drop Bash for Furious Charge - Merciless Assault if you prefer it, it will also proc the generator buff from Focus/Restraint.

-The toughest affixes to deal with are Reflect Damage, Electrified, and Fire Chains.

-If you are taking too much damage, you can drop some Rubies for Diamonds in your chest/legs. Use the Ignore Pain for the toughest affixes/elites.

Itemization:

-There is some leeway when it comes to belts, Ignore Pain allows you to drop a lot of other survival.

-Focus/Restraint is key for doing a lot of damage for this build. The best Focus/Restraint rolls are Attack Speed/Crit Hit Chance/Crit Hit Damage. To maximize your damage output, you have to stop the Whirlwind and do your Bash on any enemy every 5 seconds.

-Hellfire Amulet with any of the passives listed or Brawler is very good. If you can't get a Hellfire, a Mara's or Xephirian is very good.

-Bane of the Powerful is a great alternative to Pain Enhancement, and may be flat out better overall.

Stream:

I play this build often on my stream if you wish to see more of the intricacies:

http://www.twitch.tv/xygor

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Maximum Resource
Primary Stat
Vitality

Offense

Critical Hit Damage
Critical Hit Chance
Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction

Defense

Resist All
Armor
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Build Guide

I touch upon the details this build and the following topics in this guide:

Gear, Gems, Abilities/Passives, Paragon, Gameplay

For more of Xygor's guides/videos:

http://www.youtube.com/xytrasx

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