This was the first character I ever made in diablo 2 resurrected and it was tough luckily my dad was a veteran zealot and helped me gear and we recently got our enigmas it's awesome
I will say zealot is a rough build, but that was before I started loading accounts and chanting myself. I would hella play a zealot again but chanted, it would 100% slap
As someone who has played single player self found whirlwind bard I would suggest using 3 piece immortal king set. The maul, belt and boots. You will get huge bonuses and if you pair this with laying of hands you get 550 ed to demons. Apart from the body armor the other pieces are super easy to get. Save your runes till you can make grief and enigma, don't make a kingslayer or beast, the 3 piece immortal king is better.
any tips on farming them? i read you can get the set in act 1 and 3 on nightmare but not too sure if i should go for it or just forget it (i leveled up 10 lvls just from the farming and coudnt get one piece)
@@cyrax6616 The boots and belt can drop from nighmare mephisto, diablo and baal. The weapon only drops in hell. Normally hell mephisto has good odds of dropping it. Hell quest bugged andariel or the pits are the earliest options. Alternatively if you want a cheap weapon you could make an obediance. You can get the runes from the countess.
I found the IK chest very early on in ladder and then the rest of the set pretty soon after, decided to give IK whirlwind a go and it slaps, very happy with it.
Weird...He says WW Barb is a lot of fun...I was on a website yesterday reading up on the Assassin and whoever wrote the piece said "the Assassing, along with the Barbarian, is the least played class in D2". Really? Ever since I started playing D2 in the early 00's I have always been drawn to the Barb. I always thought the Barb was one of THE classic characters in D2. Whoever wrote that obviously doesn't like the Barb and they interjected their personal preferences as objective truth.
The problem with raven frost on a WW barb is that it has cold damage on it, and WW barbs tend to be used mostly for farming trav. And if you freeze enemies and they die while frozen you can't hork their body anymore. Best to not have any cold damage on your WW barb.
I have fond memories of being 13 years old doing cow runs with my ww barb in d2 classic using my bramble barb, and bramble scythe execution swords. Good times.
I had never played a game on the internet before.. My friends invited me in grade 5 to their house where they had multiple computers (which i thought was insane lol) and they had diablo 2 lord of destruction. They told me to pick a character and I chose the barbarian (whirlwind) who I named Leandermith. It became not only my first every online character on ANY game but my introduction into online gaming and rpgs in general online. I used the same name all through world of warcraft and every other game I ever played. I will always have a soft spot for the WW barb and I just rolled another one on D2R for the stalgia!
When you go to fastest leveling guide it takes you to sing barb, since it's faster than the other leveling builds. Use it until you get the gear for ww.
tal rasha helmet, smoke runeword and insight runeword, gave me biggest boost in dmg and other stats at beggining of hell difficulty also i use axe barb with rare double upgraded giant axe +to barb skills and mana leach (life leach would be great also)
ias on eq is pointless since ww does only use your weapons ias - at least thats what ive read anywhere , so you want to hit 30% more ias with the two sockets to get the fastest breakpoint, either 2 x shael or jewels
Ok ... now ... How you can make WW guide without mentioning attack frames. And the fact, that ias usefull only on weapon. For fastest attack you need -34 for one hander and -60 for two hander. The difference is huge as fastest speed is 6 attacks per second and speed before is just 4 attacks per second. Might merc with Reapers toll is absolute best for the build, nothing can even compare to that. Best 2 one-handers are two berserker axe griefs with at least 34ias (as base speed of BA is 0) For armor you go Fortitude for sure (or enigma lol) For IK set, you have to socket 2 shaels into maul (or 15ias jewells, but good jewell is worth more than whole set). Base speed of IK maul is 10. For jewellry with IK set you just go with angelics and ravenfrost anything else makes no sense. Well equiped dual grief has like 4 times more damage than IK barb. Have a nice Day.
@@LGauche hello, i would say eBoTD great poleaxe, but perf would be like 650 average base damage .. two perf griefs ba are 900 average damage.. before all multiplication that is
@@Delgrodel hello, well grief on phaseblade has 2 disadvantages a bit lower damage and shorter range than berserker axe, which is actually important .. advantage would be that any ias is enough and you can share your grief pb with smiter, you can also trade grief pb faster i believe.. only other sword which could qualify is Collosuss Blade, which has almost as much damage as ba and the same range as ba, but base speed is 5 so you would need 39 or 40 ias on it, and i would never burn Lo runes into such project as ba is better anyway
If you are a Sword barb using Grief PB, do you need to use a Sword in your other hand? In this video he use a axe as second hand and I was wondering why... a sword barb should use two swords, or am I missing something?
what i did was i just leveled as frenzy until i was level 76 (level to use IK armor & weapon) when i hit level 76 is when i respecced to Whirlwind build
@@Shadozzy24 Just want to correct for anybody reading this later: it is wrong. Both weapons are calculated independently and both hit. Llama is using an axe in the video because he was too lazy to make sword versions of the runewords.
Just started d2r. 20 Diablo vet returning and it’s IK & WW for me. Literally from the start offline. Solo. 🤓🤓. The challenge is something else haha no gear to kick start
How does the damage work out with Whirlwind and dual wielding? Does the hit frequency go up if you use 2 weapons, and if so Is it more effective to have a high damage weapon like a Grief in your off hand, or is it better to just use a stat stick?
Hey Llama, this sounds stupid BUT** lesser known fact about battle command// can't remember if 1 skill @ lvl 30 is a minute or not, but it last for just so long// bark BC first and it goes out, but if you bark it TWICE it does actually last an extra 10 seconds or so [exactly 1 level higher benefit] but obviously doesn't keep restacking as it's capped @ 1 lvl boost... but the benefit IS there// timed it before & it gives the same few seconds boost with 2 barks at gear boosted levels as well [I know, I'm a nerd] have a great day
I don't understand why should I have IOS on other items than weapons. Increased attack speed from items outside of the weapon does not affect Whirlwind. Or was it changed?
I understand that whirlwind only does physical damage (without IK set). I wonder if attributes like "adds x-y cold damage" or some other elemental damage affect total whirlwind damage. I mean, is this elemental damage converted to physical damage or is it just ignored?
If you have items that add extra cold damage (or any elemental damage) it add the damage as the element it is on each successful hit. Very straightforward.
I just started using whirlwind on nightmare because I found a bloodletter sword. And noticed a wierd glitch . When the animation of whirlwind starts if i hit an enemy midway the fps drops the animation stops , and the character just glides for the rest of the animation doing nothing. It even happens on the original graphics mode. I used to play a lot with whirlwind barb but never saw that. Does anyone know why this is happening??
When I get drunk at parties I like to turn into a whirlwind barbarian! I drop my pants and start yelling! Then I start spinning wildly in a circle smacking my enemies with my giant meat sword!
Iirc, on-weapon IAS (from Shael Rune or Jewel of Fervor) helps the IK maul hit a better Whirlwind breakpoint. If I'm not mistaken, after reviewing the IAS charts, factoring in the 40 on-weapon IAS that's already there, 30 more will bring you to 4-frame hit-checks instead of 6-frame hit-checks.
I truly need to push my barb forward...I have an almost komplete IK-Set gathering dust in his stash (can't wear it yet, he's just level 21)...I am just missing the fracking armor :(
Found a lightsaber and a stormrider axe, will those be sufficient until grief? Also, the resistance skill..does that not help enough to not dump extra points in? Provided gear doesn't cover it
definitely max mace mastery if you're using full IK and save a respec for when you get grief. You might as well go for the highest dmg you can at any given point since barb really relies on that extra dmg
How would you play the ww barb mechanically in d2r? I made a ww barb but i have been finding that ww suddenly stops in the middle of combat randomly in d2r which never happened in d2lod. I play with ww as my right mouse button and hold it down to ww constantly but like i mentioned earlier it keeps interupting and stopping randomly in combat
hold alt and avoid mousing over enemies i think, works for me most of the time. i have it on left button and switch between strikes there. have a teleport amulet so i change between shouts, leap and teleport on right button
Does having an axe off hand with sword mastery have any negative effects? I also notice when I have grief phase blade in main hand it still shows me swinging my botd axe 🤣
I've got 2 swords with +3 whirlwind im thinking would be fun for a ww barb....some unique Gladius ive somehow found several of so far on other chars. Lol. Yah those! Bloodletters! I wonder if I up those if they'll carry me through hell... they already have nuts stats, and +4 sword skill with +3ww is...a lot especially dual weilded.
Good ol IK Barb my favorite goto, I would take some points from Shout and max out Concentrate and mix WW 👌 or redirect all points from Shout and into Berserk for those xtra pesky PI
phase blade dont have durability so they cant be broken cuz grief cost a shiit load of money to repair but honestly i prefer using 2x grief phase blade or 2xebotdZ
well with my mf sorc i found all ik set except of the armor ,and by chance i had angelic ring and amu combo and2 bloodletter right now, i buyed the armor for a gul and was happy that i did everything right when i saw the video
That's a tough call. I'd personally say mid-late 40's. Whirlwind is terrible until you have a lot of points invested into it and the gear to support it. I haven't run a WW barb in over a decade tho, so take my advice with a grain of salt.
You can start at lvl 30 if you have dual bloodletters, otherwise mid 40s. I am saying this because I just got my whirlwind barb into the mid 40s and WW only just started to become a useful skill.
All barbarian shout buffs work simultaneously, so you should use Battle Command first to increase the level of your other shouts, then use Shout and Battle Orders.
@@codycigar6542 ah you want to know in which sword type the runeword should be built? In that case i misunderstood you. For grief you should use a phase blade, because you have max attack frames and its indestructuble, which prevents you from repairing every few minutes. Thats why oath or botd (both made in ethereal bases) or second grief are the best off hands as well. For botd you should use colossus blades both 1h and 2h. Hope i got you right now. If you wanted to know how to make a rune word in general, llama should have a guide for that
@@randiflagg6954 Ah I see! Thanks man! So do stats really matter (like damage and such) with a sword? I'm only level 24 right now so i doubt I'll get a phase blade soon lol. Really appreciate the response man it helped a lot. So you can get ethereal phase blades? That seems slightly OP lol.
How about a video on the mechanics of WW? like what is the significance of the second weapon? or main weapon? i noticed my second hand weapon doesnt show up on the advanced character stats window. does first hand really only matter? and put a MF on the second hand? ETC
Hello my friend, love most of your videos. Do you have any video with gear progression for the builds? I am struggling a little with my hammerdin because I got to level 70 doing nm ball runs since D2R released and now I am trying to start hell and I can't survive even the act 1 mobs. I have Nadir, Spirit sword and Spirit Shield and Stealth armor. The rest is all rare or green equips that dropped during my journey to this point. All guides I find only show the end game gear, which is impossible to farm in hell right now for obvious reasons. So what I'd like to know is what is available and where to farm in normal before going to nightmare and same from nightmare to hell. I don't know if you already have those for the builds, but it would be a great help for all the newbies all there like me. Hope you read my comment and answer me, I am anxious to play in hell so I will try to farm some stuff in The pit, Andariel and Mephisto nightmare to see if I can find something useful there. Thanks a lot
Get a few points into Holy Shield and put points into Dexterity to max out your shield block chance. Then, check the vendors for items with high resistances to cap out all your resistances, or get as close to 75 as possible. Also items with high life will help you out. That should make you tanky enough to survive a few hits. As a caster, you should still try to spin the hammers and move out of the way of enemy attacks until you're well geared. Hope this helps!
Drop stealth and get Smoke instead for the resistances. Without good resistance you just won’t last in hell. Also get rid of Nadir and get Lore instead for better damage and some extra light res (light and fire are the worst killers in hell). All other gear just make sure it has some resistance, faster cast, faster hit recovery, etc. make sure rings have either good all resistance and/or faster cast, and ammy should have all resistance and faster cast or plus to skills
yeah honestly sounds like you just need to do some farming for better gear. hopefully by now, 5 months later, you dont have these problems anymore. if you do, mephisto in nightmare can drop some really great gear to get you to a point where you can at least start farming in hell for the best gear. there are many good guides on farming spots, llama has one of the better ones, but there are others too.
I'm literally at Baal in Hell with my very 1st Hammerdin. I've been using Skin of the Vipermagi for my armor almost the entire time because I lack the correct runes for Enigma (Jah and Ber). SotV gives you + to all resistances, +1 to all skills and 30% FCR. It's probably better suited for Normal and NM, but I've made it this far using it...Also, I literally just found a Herald of Zakarum shield yesterday, so I've started using that instead of Spirit. But I am still using a Spirit sword. My resistances are all still really low...Fire, cold and poison are all 18 and lightning is 33.
Just started playing LOD with D2R. I always played classic. Man was it a pain in the ass to play to level 30 with no useful attack skills because you didn’t have respecs so you couldn’t waste points.
i just hit level 35 and i run out of mana instantly, the whirlwind itself is herky-jerky, doesn't just go everywhere i want. what am i doing wrong? also, i just started nightmare mastery but i only have one respec, should i do maces for IK? aren't swords better later? im really confused, it kinda sucks at 35 i feel like
Humm… am I the only one that used a two handed weapon socket with six perfect skulls for a 24% life leech and 18% mana steal? I never ran out of mana and WW was my standard attack from level 35. Farming the cow level was a breeze.
@@rellyrue18 it's not just a thought: I had that character and he was very efficient in single player. I maxed out hammer mastery and whirlwind around level 50, and it was about that time I finished the game in Hell mode.I used a Marter de Fer with 6 sockets, if not mistaken. If my memory is correct, you usually beat Normal around level 25, nightmare at level 40 and Hell at level 50. I Finished the game with all characters except amazon. I kept playing a little longer with Barbarian and Sorecress up until level 65, but got bored with the repetition and grinding required to level up on later levels (I didn't know at the time that you could simulate a 8 players difficulty in a solo game to increase XP). 'm talking about vanilla Diablo II, of course. I'm getting the impression that most people talking about how hard it is to beat Diablo in hell must be referring to the expansion LoD. When Lord of Destruction came out, I had moved to other games and finished the expansion once just to see the ending. I remember act V being more challenging, but I manage to beat it without much trouble with my level 65 sorceress. I'm not a great player nor did farmed for specific rare/unique itens, I just planned a lot ahead of time and followed guides form game FAQs.At what level do you usually beat LoD in Hell difficulty?
I'm a noob and started as a barbarian with my first play through. Got to act IV and decided I would try to "upgrade" the dozen or so Runes I had collected. I thought putting three of the same Rune in the cube would just upgrade it. Big mistake. My character is currently level 27 and I'm getting destroyed. I put most of my points into Bash and sword skill, a few in concentrate and none in any of the battle cry's. I'm probably going to reset my points and try something else. Any tips would be appreciated.
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This was the first character I ever made in diablo 2 resurrected and it was tough luckily my dad was a veteran zealot and helped me gear and we recently got our enigmas it's awesome
I will say zealot is a rough build, but that was before I started loading accounts and chanting myself. I would hella play a zealot again but chanted, it would 100% slap
The best thing with your guides is that you tell us how to level(skills etc) and not only showing the bis gear. They have been very helpful for me :)
As someone who has played single player self found whirlwind bard I would suggest using 3 piece immortal king set. The maul, belt and boots. You will get huge bonuses and if you pair this with laying of hands you get 550 ed to demons. Apart from the body armor the other pieces are super easy to get. Save your runes till you can make grief and enigma, don't make a kingslayer or beast, the 3 piece immortal king is better.
Well said mate.
Beast is best in slot for dueling as off hand. Main hand grief
Last wish & beast offhand; verdungos and GG boots with FRW omni resist fhr & life
any tips on farming them? i read you can get the set in act 1 and 3 on nightmare but not too sure if i should go for it or just forget it (i leveled up 10 lvls just from the farming and coudnt get one piece)
@@cyrax6616 The boots and belt can drop from nighmare mephisto, diablo and baal. The weapon only drops in hell. Normally hell mephisto has good odds of dropping it. Hell quest bugged andariel or the pits are the earliest options. Alternatively if you want a cheap weapon you could make an obediance. You can get the runes from the countess.
Thanks for these guides man, it's much appreciated. Getting back to D2 after 20 years, and there is much to learn.
I found the IK chest very early on in ladder and then the rest of the set pretty soon after, decided to give IK whirlwind a go and it slaps, very happy with it.
Just made barb yesterday started with full sigons then moved up into double bloodletter triple ik at lvl 31 double manalds for the mana leach
Same here man been hunting those pul tunes to up my blood letters
You forgot to mention dual oath for low cost. Its really strong on a ww and really only beaten by dual grief or grief / botd.
I'm digging around for a token to respec for just this combo. Dual eth oaths. A cryptic sword and conquest sword👍
I do dual eth oath now players 8 TZs in single player. Self found char. Pretty good. Gonna farm Lo runes in trav soon
Weird...He says WW Barb is a lot of fun...I was on a website yesterday reading up on the Assassin and whoever wrote the piece said "the Assassing, along with the Barbarian, is the least played class in D2". Really? Ever since I started playing D2 in the early 00's I have always been drawn to the Barb. I always thought the Barb was one of THE classic characters in D2. Whoever wrote that obviously doesn't like the Barb and they interjected their personal preferences as objective truth.
Ppl sleep on war cry the stun is a 1 pt wonder with controller layout
Just got to 76 And got a barb torch for my IK barb , can’t wait to use it
I don't believe you. Meet me in game and let me hold it or else you're lying.
The problem with raven frost on a WW barb is that it has cold damage on it, and WW barbs tend to be used mostly for farming trav. And if you freeze enemies and they die while frozen you can't hork their body anymore. Best to not have any cold damage on your WW barb.
I have fond memories of being 13 years old doing cow runs with my ww barb in d2 classic using my bramble barb, and bramble scythe execution swords. Good times.
Same.. here I am 20 years later enjoying it just as much on ps4! This game is like crack lol
I had never played a game on the internet before.. My friends invited me in grade 5 to their house where they had multiple computers (which i thought was insane lol) and they had diablo 2 lord of destruction. They told me to pick a character and I chose the barbarian (whirlwind) who I named Leandermith. It became not only my first every online character on ANY game but my introduction into online gaming and rpgs in general online. I used the same name all through world of warcraft and every other game I ever played. I will always have a soft spot for the WW barb and I just rolled another one on D2R for the stalgia!
I'm confused. Why use phase blade on main hand and berserker axe on offhand, while using blade mastery from skills. Why not both swords?
The icy veins link somehow gets me to a Singer Barb Guide
When you go to fastest leveling guide it takes you to sing barb, since it's faster than the other leveling builds. Use it until you get the gear for ww.
tal rasha helmet, smoke runeword and insight runeword, gave me biggest boost in dmg and other stats at beggining of hell difficulty also i use axe barb with rare double upgraded giant axe +to barb skills and mana leach (life leach would be great also)
How does mixing a sword and an axe make any sense?
Because it really doesn't make sense
@MrLlamaSc you mention Treachery @14:48 but whirlwind doesn't work with on striking? I'm playing hardcore so my budget is limited :)
WW barb my favorite, However I have always loved sword and Board.
For those who aren't familiar with the term "sword and board" it simply means to hold a sword in one hand and a 2x4 in the other.
Does offhand IAS effect whirlwind? I thought only the IAS on weapon counts for the whirlwind.
You're right, IAS in his gloves they give nothing for WW.
ias on eq is pointless since ww does only use your weapons ias - at least thats what ive read anywhere , so you want to hit 30% more ias with the two sockets to get the fastest breakpoint, either 2 x shael or jewels
if WW does not benefit from IAS, why would you want even 30%???
I think you linked the wrong written guide in the description. It goes to a guide for a singer barb.
Lvl 30 double bloodletter helps alot with 2x manald silkweave and frostburn so mana wasnt an issue and you are above -dmg of ww
Ok ... now ...
How you can make WW guide without mentioning attack frames. And the fact, that ias usefull only on weapon. For fastest attack you need -34 for one hander and -60 for two hander. The difference is huge as fastest speed is 6 attacks per second and speed before is just 4 attacks per second.
Might merc with Reapers toll is absolute best for the build, nothing can even compare to that.
Best 2 one-handers are two berserker axe griefs with at least 34ias (as base speed of BA is 0)
For armor you go Fortitude for sure (or enigma lol)
For IK set, you have to socket 2 shaels into maul (or 15ias jewells, but good jewell is worth more than whole set). Base speed of IK maul is 10.
For jewellry with IK set you just go with angelics and ravenfrost anything else makes no sense.
Well equiped dual grief has like 4 times more damage than IK barb.
Have a nice Day.
What would the best polearm be if you were set on using that for WW?
@@LGauche hello, i would say eBoTD great poleaxe, but perf would be like 650 average base damage .. two perf griefs ba are 900 average damage.. before all multiplication that is
Thanks for the explanation. I'm just at the point where I can start gearing up in Hell and the IAS can be confusing!
What’s your opinion on Grief phase blades? Thanks!
@@Delgrodel hello, well grief on phaseblade has 2 disadvantages a bit lower damage and shorter range than berserker axe, which is actually important .. advantage would be that any ias is enough and you can share your grief pb with smiter, you can also trade grief pb faster i believe.. only other sword which could qualify is Collosuss Blade, which has almost as much damage as ba and the same range as ba, but base speed is 5 so you would need 39 or 40 ias on it, and i would never burn Lo runes into such project as ba is better anyway
If you are a Sword barb using Grief PB, do you need to use a Sword in your other hand? In this video he use a axe as second hand and I was wondering why... a sword barb should use two swords, or am I missing something?
No you dont miss anything. He tends to be sloppy in his Show showcases sometimes xD
Broken axe. Forces the game 2 calculate that you're using two of the weapon that's in your main hand
So once it's worth using whirlwind at higher levels, is that when you respect for skill tree from double swing/frenzy to whirlwind?
what i did was i just leveled as frenzy until i was level 76 (level to use IK armor & weapon) when i hit level 76 is when i respecced to Whirlwind build
@@e.m.7439 Awesome thanks for the info I'll keep grinding! Only Level 24 lol
Why an axe as an offhand? The masteries are all in sword. Woudnt be better to use a BOTD sword?
It was just an example, ofc youd use double swords or double axes
The extra points should go into stone skin and/or natural resist. The def battle cry will compliment the stone skin, it doesnt work vice versa
Hi, why would you use a sword for main hand but an axe for offhand,
you wouldn't put skills points to both mastery would you?
I think the primary hand only does the hitting during WW. The second hand weapon is just for the stats. I might be wrong here don't quote me.
@@Shadozzy24 Just want to correct for anybody reading this later: it is wrong. Both weapons are calculated independently and both hit.
Llama is using an axe in the video because he was too lazy to make sword versions of the runewords.
Just started d2r. 20 Diablo vet returning and it’s IK & WW for me. Literally from the start offline. Solo. 🤓🤓. The challenge is something else haha no gear to kick start
How does the damage work out with Whirlwind and dual wielding? Does the hit frequency go up if you use 2 weapons, and if so Is it more effective to have a high damage weapon like a Grief in your off hand, or is it better to just use a stat stick?
WW barb was my very first legacy vanilla d2 char on the original bnet.
Hey Llama, this sounds stupid BUT** lesser known fact about battle command// can't remember if 1 skill @ lvl 30 is a minute or not, but it last for just so long// bark BC first and it goes out, but if you bark it TWICE it does actually last an extra 10 seconds or so [exactly 1 level higher benefit] but obviously doesn't keep restacking as it's capped @ 1 lvl boost... but the benefit IS there// timed it before & it gives the same few seconds boost with 2 barks at gear boosted levels as well [I know, I'm a nerd] have a great day
Hello, how much should I put in dexterity to hold the grief on a phase blade? I don't know how much dex I would get from gear/charms. Thank you!
link to the written guide is the wrong link, just FYI :D
what about usig frenzy to charge up your attack/walk speed then you can ww through enemies, its almost as fast as teleporting. also, why no war cry?
I don't understand why should I have IOS on other items than weapons. Increased attack speed from items outside of the weapon does not affect Whirlwind. Or was it changed?
Afaik you're correct
Playing on PlayStation 4 now for Diablo 2 resurrected.
I understand that whirlwind only does physical damage (without IK set). I wonder if attributes like "adds x-y cold damage" or some other elemental damage affect total whirlwind damage. I mean, is this elemental damage converted to physical damage or is it just ignored?
If you have items that add extra cold damage (or any elemental damage) it add the damage as the element it is on each successful hit. Very straightforward.
@@rellyrue18 thank you for the explanation
I use berserk for physical immune
sword mastery but i wear a grief pb and botd axe zerker should i put poiint in axe masteries also?
So I'm making WW assassin, some the mainhand hut first 4 hits of ww? Where did i hear this?
how you get more than 130+ stashes? does plugy works with d2r?
I just started using whirlwind on nightmare because I found a bloodletter sword. And noticed a wierd glitch . When the animation of whirlwind starts if i hit an enemy midway the fps drops the animation stops , and the character just glides for the rest of the animation doing nothing. It even happens on the original graphics mode. I used to play a lot with whirlwind barb but never saw that. Does anyone know why this is happening??
What is the best combination between Grief + Oath // Grief + Lawbringer ? Thanks !
When I get drunk at parties I like to turn into a whirlwind barbarian! I drop my pants and start yelling! Then I start spinning wildly in a circle smacking my enemies with my giant meat sword!
So if I’m using double spirit sword I should level up swords ? Or focus on my off hand weapon and level up ax or flail??
Do battle orders over shout ? Life greater than defense ? Or both ?
Just rolled a 400 grief 34IAS -24 resist for my second... first was for my smiter 397 36ias -20res.
You linked the wrong guide in the description
How do you get the extra bag space in your stash? Is there an add-on?
So what would be the best weapon config? A grief berserker axe in main hand and a beast in the off hand?
Maybe a eth botd zerker axe
Dual grief is best in slot
What's the best runes/jewels/gems for the IK helm and Weapon? While using full set.
40% Enhanced Damage is always good, but
perfect would be 15 max damage and 15 all Res i guess
@@deadlift9360 thank you!!
Iirc, on-weapon IAS (from Shael Rune or Jewel of Fervor) helps the IK maul hit a better Whirlwind breakpoint. If I'm not mistaken, after reviewing the IAS charts, factoring in the 40 on-weapon IAS that's already there, 30 more will bring you to 4-frame hit-checks instead of 6-frame hit-checks.
where did you get all the Shared Pages...?
I truly need to push my barb forward...I have an almost komplete IK-Set gathering dust in his stash (can't wear it yet, he's just level 21)...I am just missing the fracking armor :(
how can you reset your skills and skill points????
Would GRIEF work on a 5socket unique runemaster ettin axe?
what would you socket into the helm and wep of IK set?
Save your jewels or runes for an Arreat's or G-Face instead. If you really want to use the IK set, use a 40% Enhanced Damage + 15 Max Damage jewel.
40-15s are nice but most people are on a budget shaels in the maul and p-topazs or ists in the helm
What is good early game weapons I can use I'm a lvl 73 ww barb and can't so much stuff solo
Does crushing blow Proc with WW?
Isn’t g face better for damage?
Is double upped steeldriver good on this?
would you socket the maul with 2 shaels for an extra 40% ias ?
With full ik set yes you need 2 shaels to reach the 2nd fastest breakpoint
Found a lightsaber and a stormrider axe, will those be sufficient until grief? Also, the resistance skill..does that not help enough to not dump extra points in? Provided gear doesn't cover it
There okay weapons you can get through the game with almost any items lol anything is gonna be just okay until you get the final build weapons.
With + skills late game you should be max but if you have unfortunate luck and have literally no resistance then yeah it’s okay.
if you have to settle for the immortal king stone crusher do ya pump the weapon mastery points for it as well or hold off until you can get a grief?
definitely max mace mastery if you're using full IK and save a respec for when you get grief. You might as well go for the highest dmg you can at any given point since barb really relies on that extra dmg
I want to use tal set for barb is That possible pleze lmk
How would you play the ww barb mechanically in d2r? I made a ww barb but i have been finding that ww suddenly stops in the middle of combat randomly in d2r which never happened in d2lod. I play with ww as my right mouse button and hold it down to ww constantly but like i mentioned earlier it keeps interupting and stopping randomly in combat
hold alt and avoid mousing over enemies i think, works for me most of the time.
i have it on left button and switch between strikes there.
have a teleport amulet so i change between shouts, leap and teleport on right button
Use a controller and enjoy noob-assist
with left over points i always pumped either natural res or iron skin
natural res is the best use for it, when you can go well beyond reduction limits everywhere you're super tanky
Tried doing IK Set barb for Ubert trist, couldn't even kill andy.
Does having an axe off hand with sword mastery have any negative effects? I also notice when I have grief phase blade in main hand it still shows me swinging my botd axe 🤣
thats what im wondering also
So many ppl sleep on Oath. Even endgame Grief+Oath works really well.
Even dual oath is more then enough for good killspeed
I've got 2 swords with +3 whirlwind im thinking would be fun for a ww barb....some unique Gladius ive somehow found several of so far on other chars. Lol. Yah those! Bloodletters! I wonder if I up those if they'll carry me through hell... they already have nuts stats, and +4 sword skill with +3ww is...a lot especially dual weilded.
What do you socket IK helm and IK maul with usually?
Maul with IAS, helm + chest with ED
Good ol IK Barb my favorite goto, I would take some points from Shout and max out Concentrate and mix WW 👌 or redirect all points from Shout and into Berserk for those xtra pesky PI
Shout is a synergy for Berserk; even with just one point in Berserk but with Shout maxed, you'll still kill Physical Immunes in 1-4 swings.
Is stormshield a good choice? Will it lost a ton of damage?
dont use a shield for ww barbs, you want to maximise dmg. you can hit max resistance without a shield easily
If i Use ebotdzerk so I should make grief Zerk also? Idk everybody make grief in Phase blade.
phase blade dont have durability so they cant be broken cuz grief cost a shiit load of money to repair but honestly i prefer using 2x grief phase blade or 2xebotdZ
If you use a Holy Freeze merc, I recommend a Last Wish.
well with my mf sorc i found all ik set except of the armor ,and by chance i had angelic ring and amu combo and2 bloodletter right now, i buyed the armor for a gul and was happy that i did everything right when i saw the video
What about just using a single coloss blade/sword with grief instead of 2 phaseblade grief?
phase blade doesn't need to be repaired
Also, Grief doesn't have ED% so having it in a high base damage weapon barely matters.
does anybody know what a full IK Set is worth atm in D2R? Just cant seem to get any pieces for it :(
the only item thats "rare" in the set is the chest so you can get the other ones quite cheap in trades
id say full set maybe is worth ist or gul maybe not sure
Hey man loved the video it was really helpful, Im new to the game and was wondering what level i should re spec into ww?
That's a tough call. I'd personally say mid-late 40's. Whirlwind is terrible until you have a lot of points invested into it and the gear to support it. I haven't run a WW barb in over a decade tho, so take my advice with a grain of salt.
You can start at lvl 30 if you have dual bloodletters, otherwise mid 40s. I am saying this because I just got my whirlwind barb into the mid 40s and WW only just started to become a useful skill.
Main hand I prefer botd cb with grief on other seems to work better in pvp
How about botd on eth warpike?
Can you use shout and battle commands and have both buffs active? Or only one at any point in time?
All barbarian shout buffs work simultaneously, so you should use Battle Command first to increase the level of your other shouts, then use Shout and Battle Orders.
How do you reset stats?
Do the first quest and clear out den of evil, then Akara will let you respec once. But it only works once per difficulty
Playing this now with full ik set.
Can anybody tell me which sword is best for a WW build? I know Grief added is the best to go, but what sword is best to combine with Grief?
Eth botd zerker.
Dual grief xD or just oath
@@randiflagg6954 how does this work man? Just use any sword and add the word or what?
@@codycigar6542 ah you want to know in which sword type the runeword should be built? In that case i misunderstood you.
For grief you should use a phase blade, because you have max attack frames and its indestructuble, which prevents you from repairing every few minutes. Thats why oath or botd (both made in ethereal bases) or second grief are the best off hands as well.
For botd you should use colossus blades both 1h and 2h.
Hope i got you right now.
If you wanted to know how to make a rune word in general, llama should have a guide for that
@@randiflagg6954 Ah I see! Thanks man! So do stats really matter (like damage and such) with a sword? I'm only level 24 right now so i doubt I'll get a phase blade soon lol. Really appreciate the response man it helped a lot. So you can get ethereal phase blades? That seems slightly OP lol.
I've got one Lo rune to spend. What is the more important gear piece in this build - grief or fort?
grief, it's harder to get a good weapon than to get a decent armor
@@anhey2943 Kind of the direction I was leaning - Thanks!
Llama are you fan of Argentina?
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Can we do a WHIRLWIND BARBARIAN Hardcore guide?
Does IAS benefit Whirlwind?
Only ias on wpns work for ww
How about a video on the mechanics of WW? like what is the significance of the second weapon? or main weapon? i noticed my second hand weapon doesnt show up on the advanced character stats window. does first hand really only matter? and put a MF on the second hand? ETC
Do the stats on your secondary weapons actually contribute to your character when not currently in his hands?
nope, but you can cast buffs with them then switch back to your main hands.
Hello my friend, love most of your videos.
Do you have any video with gear progression for the builds?
I am struggling a little with my hammerdin because I got to level 70 doing nm ball runs since D2R released and now I am trying to start hell and I can't survive even the act 1 mobs.
I have Nadir, Spirit sword and Spirit Shield and Stealth armor. The rest is all rare or green equips that dropped during my journey to this point.
All guides I find only show the end game gear, which is impossible to farm in hell right now for obvious reasons.
So what I'd like to know is what is available and where to farm in normal before going to nightmare and same from nightmare to hell.
I don't know if you already have those for the builds, but it would be a great help for all the newbies all there like me.
Hope you read my comment and answer me, I am anxious to play in hell so I will try to farm some stuff in The pit, Andariel and Mephisto nightmare to see if I can find something useful there.
Thanks a lot
Get a few points into Holy Shield and put points into Dexterity to max out your shield block chance. Then, check the vendors for items with high resistances to cap out all your resistances, or get as close to 75 as possible. Also items with high life will help you out. That should make you tanky enough to survive a few hits. As a caster, you should still try to spin the hammers and move out of the way of enemy attacks until you're well geared. Hope this helps!
Drop stealth and get Smoke instead for the resistances. Without good resistance you just won’t last in hell. Also get rid of Nadir and get Lore instead for better damage and some extra light res (light and fire are the worst killers in hell). All other gear just make sure it has some resistance, faster cast, faster hit recovery, etc. make sure rings have either good all resistance and/or faster cast, and ammy should have all resistance and faster cast or plus to skills
yeah honestly sounds like you just need to do some farming for better gear. hopefully by now, 5 months later, you dont have these problems anymore. if you do, mephisto in nightmare can drop some really great gear to get you to a point where you can at least start farming in hell for the best gear. there are many good guides on farming spots, llama has one of the better ones, but there are others too.
I'm literally at Baal in Hell with my very 1st Hammerdin. I've been using Skin of the Vipermagi for my armor almost the entire time because I lack the correct runes for Enigma (Jah and Ber). SotV gives you + to all resistances, +1 to all skills and 30% FCR. It's probably better suited for Normal and NM, but I've made it this far using it...Also, I literally just found a Herald of Zakarum shield yesterday, so I've started using that instead of Spirit. But I am still using a Spirit sword. My resistances are all still really low...Fire, cold and poison are all 18 and lightning is 33.
Icy veins link takes you to singer barb....gotta proper link for ww
Linda casaca MrLlama! Aguante Argentina
Just started playing LOD with D2R. I always played classic. Man was it a pain in the ass to play to level 30 with no useful attack skills because you didn’t have respecs so you couldn’t waste points.
i just hit level 35 and i run out of mana instantly, the whirlwind itself is herky-jerky, doesn't just go everywhere i want. what am i doing wrong? also, i just started nightmare mastery but i only have one respec, should i do maces for IK? aren't swords better later? im really confused, it kinda sucks at 35 i feel like
Get an act 2 Merc with insight man.
Humm… am I the only one that used a two handed weapon socket with six perfect skulls for a 24% life leech and 18% mana steal? I never ran out of mana and WW was my standard attack from level 35. Farming the cow level was a breeze.
I was thinking this. Ty. I have an extra 5 socket 1 hander
It would need to have astronomically good base damage I.e. ethereal or just plain badass. I dont see you killing much in hell tbr. Nice thought tho
@@rellyrue18 it's not just a thought: I had that character and he was very efficient in single player. I maxed out hammer mastery and whirlwind around level 50, and it was about that time I finished the game in Hell mode.I used a Marter de Fer with 6 sockets, if not mistaken. If my memory is correct, you usually beat Normal around level 25, nightmare at level 40 and Hell at level 50. I Finished the game with all characters except amazon. I kept playing a little longer with Barbarian and Sorecress up until level 65, but got bored with the repetition and grinding required to level up on later levels (I didn't know at the time that you could simulate a 8 players difficulty in a solo game to increase XP).
'm talking about vanilla Diablo II, of course. I'm getting the impression that most people talking about how hard it is to beat Diablo in hell must be referring to the expansion LoD. When Lord of Destruction came out, I had moved to other games and finished the expansion once just to see the ending. I remember act V being more challenging, but I manage to beat it without much trouble with my level 65 sorceress.
I'm not a great player nor did farmed for specific rare/unique itens, I just planned a lot ahead of time and followed guides form game FAQs.At what level do you usually beat LoD in Hell difficulty?
Mr Llama...are you Argentinean? My wife from Argentina would like to know. :-)
I'm a noob and started as a barbarian with my first play through. Got to act IV and decided I would try to "upgrade" the dozen or so Runes I had collected. I thought putting three of the same Rune in the cube would just upgrade it. Big mistake. My character is currently level 27 and I'm getting destroyed. I put most of my points into Bash and sword skill, a few in concentrate and none in any of the battle cry's. I'm probably going to reset my points and try something else. Any tips would be appreciated.
My best advice is to play paladin at least for now. Because u need good items to be able to play in higher difficulty.