2.3 Barb Grift 65-70+ Whirlwind Build

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by Chainer88 last updated Jul 21, 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.
Battle Rage Bloodshed
- Battle Rage
Cost: 20 Fury

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

Critical Hits cause an explosion of blood dealing 20% of the damage done to all other nearby enemies.
Overpower Killing Spree
- Overpower
Cooldown: 12 seconds per charge

Deal 380% weapon damage to all enemies within 9 yards. Max 3 charges.

Critical Hits have a chance to reduce the recharge time of Overpower by 1 second.
Killing Spree

Your Critical Hit Chance is increased by 8% for 5 seconds.

Overpower's damage turns into Lightning.
Threatening Shout Falter
- Threatening Shout
Generate: 15 Fury
Cooldown: 10 seconds

Shout with great ferocity, reducing damage done by enemies within 25 yards by 20% for 15 seconds.
Falter

Enemies instead take 25% increased damage for 6 seconds.
Ignore Pain Ignorance is Bliss
- Ignore Pain
Cooldown: 30 seconds

Reduce all damage taken by 50% and gain Immunity to all control-impairing effects for 5 seconds.
Ignorance is Bliss

While Ignore Pain is active, gain 5364 Life per Fury spent.
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.

Boon of Bul-Kathos
- Boon of Bul-Kathos
Reduce the cooldowns of your:
Earthquake by 15 seconds.
Call of the Ancients by 30 seconds.
Wrath of the Berserker by 30 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.
Ruthless
- Ruthless
You deal 40% additional damage to enemies below 30% health.
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%.
The Flavor of Time

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

Reduces cooldown of all skills by 4.0–7.0%.
+10–12% Movement Speed
+4 Random Magic Properties
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%.
Lacuni Prowlers

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 5.0–6.0%
+10–12% Movement Speed
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

+316–1160 Thorns Damage
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%.
Unity

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
Increases damage against elites by 12.0–15.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

All damage taken is split between wearers of this item.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Convention of Elements

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Gain 150–200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Bul-Kathos's Solemn Vow

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 Socket
Shoulders
- Pauldrons of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR CDR
Amulet
- The Flavor of Time
- Hellfire Amulet
- Stat Priority: Physical % CHC CHD CDR
Torso
- Cuirass of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: Str Vit Life Socket
Wrists
- Lacuni Prowlers
- Steady Strikers
- Stat Priority: Str Physical % CHC AS
Hands
- Gauntlet of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: Str Vit CHD CHC
Waist
- Pride of Cassius
- 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
Rings
- Unity
- Convention of Elements
- Stat Priority: CHD CHC Socket CDR
Weapon
- Bul-Kathos's Solemn Vow
- Bul-Kathos's Warrior Blood
- Stat Priority: Str Vit Dmg % Socket
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- 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)
- Taeguk
  Taeguk
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain 2.00% increased damage for 1.5 seconds when you spend resource on a channeled skill. This effect stacks up to 10 times.
  Gain 2.0% increased Armor for every stack. (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)

- Kanai's Cube

#1 The furnace - 50% elite damage

#2 Hexing pants - 25% damage buff

#3 Obsidan Ring of the Zodiac - when hitting with a resource spending attack (whirlwind) reduce a random skills cool down (that is currently on cool down) by 1 second. This will help you keep perma Wrath + Ignore Pain in good density.

- Helm and boots should have whirlwind damage as the 4th stat.

- Flavor of time is really good for 5 stats and getting extra cdr - (str or Physical%) / crit chance / crit damage / cooldown / socket

Hellfire is good and just drop the cooldown and get berserkers rage as 5th passive

- If you have good physical lacuni prowlers add vitality as the 5th passive

- Unity should have elite damage, crit chance, crit damage, socket

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage

Defense

Resist All
Life
Armor
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Life on Hit
Resource Cost Reduction
Gold Find

Build Guide

Hey guys Chainer here from twitch.tv/chainerfails with a Greater Rift Build for the new 2.3 patch.
This build should be final for the offical 2.3 release but if anything changes I will update this post.

Skills:

-Whirlwind
Blood Funnel - 1% of max life heal on crit

-Battle Rage
Bloodshed - extra damage (good with dust devils) you can also spam battle rage to heal with ignore pain Ignorance is bliss and to stack up your taeguk gem faster at the start of Greater Rifts.

-Overpower
Killing Spree - 8% crit chance buff (recast every 5 seconds to keep this buff up but do not spam as it will eat up zodiac procs)

-Threatening Shout
Falter - 30% incoming damage debuff (recast every 6 seconds while fighting packs, again do not spam it will eat zodiac procs)

-Ignore Pain
Ignorance is Bliss - 50% damage reduction w/ some life per fury (Do not spam, only cast 1 second before the buff ends to avoid eating zodiac procs towards wrath of the berzerker) Use Iron hide (+ 2 seconds to Ignore Pain) if you only have 2 or less pieces of cooldown gear.

-Wrath of the Berserker
Insanity - Damage buff - zodaic in cube helps keep this up more often than not if not 100% of the time.

Passives -
-Boon of bul-kathos (reduced cooldown on Wrath of the Berserker)
-Rampage - damage buff
-Ruthless - damage buff
-Weapon master - 2 fury back on hit to maintain fury while whirlwinding

Basically with this build you use pain enhancer to buff yourself to the 10-12 dust devil per sec break point. With the Wrath of the wastes set 6 piece your Whirlwind casts Dust Devils that do 2500% and this is pretty much your main and only source of real damage. In order to cast more tornadoes per second you will have to increase your attack speed (Dust Devil attack speed break points listed below.) The way you do this is #1 fish for a denisty rift on an open map tile #2 group up a large pack/ a few screen of mobs #3 once you got the mobs stacked make sure wrath of the berserker is up and recast whirlwind in the middle of the denisty to get 3% attack speed per mob within 20 yards from the pain enhancer gem #4 as long as you do not let go of whirlwind the attack speed you had from the pain enhancer when you started whirlwinding will not change even tho your sheet attack speed changes, this is called snap shotting. With the right mobs/density hitting the 10-12 dust devil break point is quite easy even w/o attack speed on gear. (*Note this strat will take a bit of fishing for the right greater rift but that is just how the greater rift meta is in 2.3). You will need a conduit for the Grift boss. You can cast threatening shout every 5-6 seconds and overpower every 4-5 seconds. Try to keep all your buffs up 100% of the time including Ignore pain and Wrath. Only cast ignore pain a second before its about to go down so you don't let ignore pain eat up your zodiac ring cool down reduction towards wrath of the berserker. Whirlwind itself will hit very fast and activate zodiac to help keep perma cool downs (the more mobs you have the better)

APS = Attacks Per Second Fully Buffed

APS 1.282053 : 3.53 DD ticks/second - 5.45 WW ticks/second

APS 1.357469 : 3.75 DD ticks/second - 6 WW ticks/second

APS 1.442315 : 4 DD ticks/second - 6 WW ticks/second

APS 1.538469 : 4.29 DD ticks/second - 6.67 WW ticks/second

APS 1.648355 : 4.62 DD ticks/second - 6.67 WW ticks/second

APS 1.775153 : 5 DD ticks/second - 7.5 WW ticks/second

APS 1.923085 : 5.45 DD ticks/second - 8.57 WW ticks/second

APS 2.097907 : 6 DD ticks/second - 10 WW ticks/second

APS 2.307700 : 6.67 DD ticks/second - 10 WW ticks/second

APS 2.564109 : 7.5 DD ticks/second - 12 WW ticks/second

APS 2.884624 : 8.57 DD ticks/second - 15 WW ticks/second

APS 3.296709 : 10 DD ticks/second - 15 WW ticks/second

APS 3.846163 : 12 DD ticks/second - 20 WW ticks/second

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