Diablo 2 Barbarian Builds Whirlwind

The Whirlwind Assassin is a unique build that revolves around the the Chaos Rune Word to unlock Whirlwind, which is normally a Barbaric skill. By nature, it is extremely gear dependent and limited in its overall playstyles, but can be fun due to its novelty factor. It has some apply in PvP but by and large is not used very ofttimes in PvE. By mixing in Traps, this build can get more viable overall and clear more than areas and at a faster pace.

The Cyclone Assassin does not exist until you obtain Chaos. Typically, once yous are in the position to use this item, y'all take already completed the game, so the Whirlwind Assassin is an endgame build. That beingness said, being able to Cyclone as an Assassin is something every player should try at to the lowest degree once in their life, as it is quite unique.

Whirlwindsin Skill Build

The following section shows the default skill build for the Whirlwind Assassin. For a detailed breakup of all core and optional skills as well every bit the recommended gild for allocating skill points, refer to the Skills page of this guide.

Notation that since Chaos is not available for use until late game, playing as a Whirlwind Assassinator from the start of the game is non possible. For a smoother leveling experience, we recommend using a generic Assassin Trap build. For more information, refer to the Early on Leveling section of this guide.

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Whirldwind Assassinator Stat Points and Attributes

Forcefulness	Dexterity	Vitality	Energy
Enough for gear; about 100	Enough for gear; well-nigh 100	Everything else	None

You can read more details about the stats and attribute requirements for this build on our Skills page.

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Whirlwind Assassin Gear

The post-obit section shows some of the nearly of import Items for the Whirlwind Assassin. For a detailed per-slot breakdown of all Whirlwind Assassinator Items and alternative builds, refer to the Gear page of this guide.

MrLlamaSC's Cyclone Assassin Video Guide

We likewise take a video guide that goes over the build, if you adopt that instead of or in addition to our written guide.

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Whirldwind Assassin Breakpoints

In Diablo 2, stats that affect activeness speed (known as frames) for attacking, casting, blocking, and recovering from a hitting can almost never be taken literally. For case, gaining 10% Increased Attack Speed from an item volition not necessarily interpret into 10% faster attacks. To achieve faster actions, certain breakpoints must be reached, which vary for every form. The tables below list how much of a given stat is required to actually improve the action speed of the course for the stated action.

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Faster Hitting Recovery Breakpoints

Hit Recovery Breakpoints
Frames to perform action	nine	8	7	6	5	4	iii
Faster Hit Recovery required to reach frame	0%	7%	fifteen%	27%	48%	86%	200%

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Faster Cast Rate Breakpoints

Faster Cast Rate Breakpoints
Frames to perform action	sixteen	15	14	thirteen	12	11	10	nine
Faster Cast Rate required to reach frame	0%	8%	xvi%	27%	42%	65%	102%	174%

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Faster Block Rate Breakpoints

Faster Block Charge per unit Breakpoints
Frames to perform action	v	iv	3	ii
Faster Block Rate required to reach frame	0%	xiii%	32%	86%

MrLlamaSC's Whirlwind Assassin Video Guide

We also have a video guide that goes over the build, if you prefer that instead of or in addition to our written guide.

Whirldwind Assassin Mercenary

You can either hire a Defensive (Holy Freeze) or Offensive (Might) Desert Baby-sit Mercenary in Human activity ii, Nightmare difficulty, depending on whether you want to slow monsters for added safety or ameliorate the overall damage of your Mercenary.

The following section features a generic Trap Skill Point progression meant to make leveling towards condign a Whirlwind Assassin smoother.

4 points to Fire Boom
1 point to Claw Mastery at level 5
v points to Burst of Speed from level vi to 10
1 indicate to Fire Blast at level 11
All points to Wake of Burn until ready to switch to Lightninght Traps (recommended around level 37)