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by lancemavric last updated Apr 14, 2015 ( Patch 2.2 )

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Skills

Rend Lacerate
- Rend
Cost: 20 Fury

A sweeping strike causes all enemies within 12 yards to Bleed for 1100% weapon damage as Physical over 5 seconds.
Lacerate

Increase damage to 1350% weapon damage as Lightning over 5 seconds.
Whirlwind Wind Shear
- Whirlwind
Cost: 10 Fury

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

While whirlwinding, you move at 100% movement speed.
Wind Shear

Gain 1 Fury for every enemy struck.

Whirlwind's damage turns into Lightning.
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.
War Cry Impunity
- War Cry
Generate: 20 Fury
Cooldown: 20 seconds

Unleash a rallying cry to increase Armor for you and all allies within 100 yards by 20% for 120 seconds.
Impunity

Increase resistance to all elements by 20% while affected by War Cry.
Call of the Ancients The Council Rises
- Call of the Ancients
Cooldown: 120 seconds

Summon the ancient Barbarians Talic, Korlic, and Madawc to fight alongside you for 20 seconds. Each deals 270% weapon damage per swing in addition to bonus abilities.

Talic wields a sword and shield and uses Whirlwind and Leap.
Korlic wields a massive polearm and uses Cleave and Furious Charge.
Madawc dual-wields axes and uses Weapon Throw and Seismic Slam.
The Council Rises

The Ancients deal 540% weapon damage as Fire with each attack.
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.

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.
Unforgiving
- Unforgiving
You no longer degenerate Fury. Instead, you generate 2 Fury every 1 second.
Rampage
- Rampage
Increase Strength by 1% for 8 seconds after killing or assisting in killing an enemy. This effect stacks up to 25 times.
Superstition
- Superstition
Reduce all non-Physical damage by 20%. When you take damage from a ranged or elemental attack, you have a chance to gain 2 Fury.

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%.
Xephirian Amulet

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

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

Secondary Stats

Prevent all Lightning damage taken and heal yourself for 10–15% of the amount prevented.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence
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%.
Lamentation

Legendary Mighty Belt

Primary Stats

+220–349 Strength
+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Rend can now stack up to 2 times on an enemy.
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 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: None
Shoulders
- Pauldrons of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: None
Amulet
- Xephirian Amulet
- Blackthorne's Duncraig Cross
- Stat Priority: None
Torso
- Cuirass of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: None
Wrists
- Lacuni Prowlers
- Reaper's Wraps
- Warzechian Armguards
- Stat Priority: None
Hands
- Gauntlet of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: None
Waist
- Lamentation
- Pride of Cassius
- Blackthorne's Notched Belt
- Stat Priority: None
Legs
- Tasset of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- Sabaton of the Wastes
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Focus
- Restraint
- Stat Priority: None
Weapon
- Bul-Kathos's Solemn Vow
- Bul-Kathos's Warrior Blood
- Stat Priority: None
Offhand
- Stat Priority: None

Legendary Gems
- Wreath of Lightning
  Wreath of Lightning
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  15% chance on hit to gain a Wreath of Lightning, dealing +1250% weapon damage as Lightning every second to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
- Esoteric Alteration
  Esoteric Alteration
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain 10.0% non-Physical damage reduction.
  While below 50% Life, your resistances to Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, and Arcane are increased by 75%. (Requires Rank 25)
- Pain Enhancer
  Pain Enhancer
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Critical hits cause the enemy to bleed for +2500% weapon damage as Physical over 3 seconds.

Full Wrath of the Wastes, no RoRG. I feel like the bonus from Focus and Restraint would be overall more beneficial. If I were to use RoRG, it would probably be with belt and boots of IK for the permanent 50% damage sink. Since WotW gives 40% damage reduction while whirlwinding (all the time except for rend casts) I don't think it is quite as crucial as it normally would be for HC. After some further research, it turns out Whirlwind Windshear does not count as a resource generating attack, which makes FnR a little less awesome. They might be swapped out for RoRG and SoJ or something and use the IK set too. I would like to test this myself, though, should I ever be fortunate enough.

Dust Devil tornadoes spawn rate now scales with attack speed, so that makes Xephirian even more valuable. I choose that anyway because Electrified is terrifying.

There are a lot of +% movement speed abilities in here that I hope will stack. I haven't been able to find conclusive evidence one way or another. Should be easy enough to find out though. If they do stack then I should be able to fly around the Grift pretty quickly, with 25% base, +30% from Bul-Kathos, +25% from Wreath of Lightning. The massive number of tornadoes left in my wake plus Pain Enhancer should clean up most of what is left from the initial WW pass, excepting elites. If you aren't worried about survivability quite as much (farming rifts, for example), Taeguk would make for a good replacement to Esoteric Alteration.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Attack Speed
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Cooldown Reduction

Defense

Resist All
Armor
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Life on Hit
Gold Find
Resource Cost Reduction

Core/Defense/Utility are pretty self explanatory

Offense:

Attack speed for more Dust Devil spawns. The general guide on CHC/CHD was 1/10 ratio for best DPS. I have not done and don't really plan on doing my own testing for this. However, since I am using Pain Enhancer, I think CHC is more valuable than normal, so I would bump it to maybe a 3/10 ratio. This build doesn't really stack CDR, so it drops to the bottom. Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients are the only major cooldowns here, and perma-Ignore Pain is nearly unattainable without leoric's crown, which would require RoRG to work. I am not convinced it is worth it.

Build Guide

This would work as a standard spin-to-win type build. Spam whirlwind through mobs, and try to keep rend stacked up. Rend is especially important on RG and elite packs. With the Lamentation belt, you can stack it twice, and will hopefully be able to get off two casts without much trouble before resuming WW. Rend does break WW, unlike say, Overpower. Rend shouldn't be necessary for white mobs. Ignore Pain should be used on Fire Chains for sure, or as a general Oh No! Button. WotB should be used on any elite pack, but be certain to have it up for RG, at which point use it on cooldown, of course. If you are taking a terrifyingly large amount of damage while WWing around, put some points into Vitality, maybe do a 5:2 ratio from STR:Vit. You could also take the Bloodthirst passive instead of one of the offensive passives. Sockets can be Diamonds for better survivability. If you feel invincible, start exchanging them for Rubies. Helm can be an amythest if you need the bonus health, otherwise it should be a diamond.

What I plan to run in S3 for end game to try for GRift pushing. I ended season 2 at GRift 32 using a Raekor build. I am very interested to see how this stacks up to Raekor, which I loved. This is not set in stone by any means, and will largely be experimental. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. If you would like to watch me die a bunch on HC Barbarians this season, you can find me at Braxxisstreaming on Twitch.

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