Diablo Immortal: The Best AoE Damage Barbarian

Whirlwind Barbarian Guide

The Whirlwind Barbarian uses the Frenzy primary attack along with Whirlwind, Wrath of the Berserker, Chain Spear, and Undying Rage (defensive), or optionally Cleave (offensive). Whirlwind is endless as long as you are alive with this build and Wrath of the Berserker is permanent with the recommended set items and essences. Chain Spear will summon a Spirit of the Ancient to repeatedly cast Chain Spear, heals you with its damage, deals damage to enemies, and draws enemies into your Whirlwind. I recommend changing Chain Spear to Ground Stomp with the Pit of Ursus legs essence if you want to PvP as a Whirlwind Barbarian. It makes Ground Stomp create a ring of rock that keeps enemies from entering or exiting it and helps single out opponents while also increasing your damage and lowering your opponents damage. You can then switch to The Gathering chest to repeatedly draw enemies into your Whirlwind. Undying Rage is one of the strongest defensive skills in the game but you can also use Cleave instead with the Frigid Grin weapon essence to deal more damage.

Paragons & Legendary Skills: Whirlwind Barbarian Build

1. Vanquisher is the best damage paragon for this build because it increases your damage and attack speed on kills.

2. Gladiator is the best PvP paragon tree for this build because it gives another cheat death and helps with loss of control.

3. Vanquisher is the best paragon tree for increased magic find and has increased damage and attack speed on kills.

4. Harbinger can be used in Erebban for an absorb shield, movement speed, and to move unhindered through enemies.

5. Survivor is the recommended paragon for Vanguard because it gives a cheat death that works in Vanguard.

6. The best legendary skill for this build is Lightning Rod which deals damage after hitting an enemy 10 times in 3 seconds.

7. Below you can find an image for the best paragon for damage and the second image is the best paragon for PvP.

Whirlwind Barbarian Skills and Equipment:

Skills

1. Frenzy (primary skill)

2. Whirlwind

3. Wrath of the Berserker

4. Chain Spear (PvM) or Ground Stomp (for a ring of rock in PvP)

5. Cleave (offensive) or Undying Rage (defensive)

Main Hand

Fallowed Field - Whirlwind now can channel as long as you are alive, causes low self damage, and moves at full speed.

Off-Hand

Bergbreaker - Wrath of the Berserker now causes you to retaliate when you take damage and increases movement speed.

Note: This essence is triggered by the self damage of Whirlwind when using the Fallowed Field weapon essence.

Main Hand 2

Frigid Grin (with Cleave) - Cleave now causes two axes to orbit you for a few seconds that cause chilled enemies to freeze.

Riddlerue (with Undying Rage) - When Frenzy deals a critical hit your attack speed is increased for a short duration.

Off-Hand 2

Steel Lamprey (PvM) - Chain Spear now heals you for 5% of the damage it causes when it hits an enemy.

Oncoming Brutality (PvP) - Frenzy now also gives a stacking damage increase with a short duration.

Helmet

Lasting Hate - Wrath of the Berserker now also has a greatly increased duration.

Shoulders

Weight of War - Whirlwind now also gives a stacking increase to your critical hit chance.

Chest

Shackled Fate (PvM) - Chain Spear now summons a Spirit of the Ancients that repeatedly casts Chain Spear.

The Gathering (PvP) - Whirlwind now also repeatedly draws in nearby enemies causing loss of control.

Legs

Buried Talons (PvM) - Chain Spear now also increases your damage for a duration every time it hits an enemy.

Pit of Ursus (PvP) - Causes Ground Stomp to create a ring of rock that prevents enemies from entering or exiting it while also increasing your damage and lowering enemies damage inside the ring of rock.

Recommended Sets

1. Grace of the Flagellant (4-6 Set) - Increases your channeled skill damage (2 set), deals damage every time you hit an individual enemy 5 times (4 set), and gives a 4% chance to damage and stun enemies with a 40 second cooldown (6 set).

2. Vithu's Urges (2-4 Set) - Increases beneficial effects durations by 30%. This gives full uptime on Wrath of the Berserker without The Coming Storm shoulders which allows you to use the Weight of War shoulders for increased damage.

Best Curse

1. Atrophied - Continual damage causes a dark field to appear underneath enemies that deals damage over time.

2. Wired - Creates a surge of lightning on kill that jumps between enemies with a medium length cooldown.

3. Ghosted (PvP) - Summons a minion to take damage for you and can increase your attack and movement speed.

Best 5 Star Legendary Gems

1. Roiling Consequence - Increases your critical hit chance and causes critical hits to burn enemies.

2. Golden Firmament - Causes ranged wind damage attacks and increases your evasion rating.

3. Colossus Engine - Gives increased skill damage, increased area of effect, increased size (which also increases your movement speed), and knockback immunity for a medium duration with a 20 second cooldown.

4. Starfire Shard - Deals AoE damage and stuns enemies in PvP inside the Maw of the Deep legendary gem effect.

5. Blood Floe - Lower priority 5 star gem that increases damage, critical hit chance, critical hit damage, and causes bleed.

6. Maw of the Deep - Used at high ranks to deal damage, gain a damage buff, draw in enemies, and stun enemies.

7. Void Spark (PvM) - Deals AoE damage that's very effective for challenge dungeons, terror rifts, and speed farming.

8. Seeping Bile (PvP) - Gives a 4% chance to deal high damage over time (great for fast hit rates in PvP).

9. Frozen Heart (PvP) - A strong legendary gem for PvP that gives an absorb shield and chills opponents.

Note: When using the new Blood Floe critical hit chance and critical hit damage legendary gem the Mother's Lament two star critical hit chance legendary gem can take the place of one five star legendary gem at lower resonance levels.

Best 2 Star Legendary Gems

1. Pain Clasp - Gives high increased damage against enemies that have a continual damage effect on them.

2. Viper's Bite - Poisons enemies on cooldown and triggers the damage increase on Pain Clasp (same with Seeping Bile).

3. Mother's Lament - Increases your critical hit chance and causes a blood spike that makes enemies bleed.

4. Specter Glass - Increases the damage taken by enemies after critical hits and increases your critical hit chance.

5. Fervent Fang - Gives enemies a stacking damage taken increase when they are hit by an attack.

6. Mourneskull - This legacy gem increases your damage and deals damage but it's currently drop disabled.

7. Igneous Scorn (PvM) - Can be used with Roiling Consequence and Mother's Lament to deal damage on critical hits.

8. Crimson Behelit (PvP) - Strong PvP gem that gives increased damage and reduced damage taken but it's drop disabled.

Note: Igneous Scorn is the lowest priority 2 star gem on the list and should be the first to be replaced with a 5 star gem.

Best Starter 1 Star Legendary Gems

1. Berserker's Eye (PvM) - Increases all of your damage and critical hit chance but also increases your damage taken.

2. Entropic Well - A great budget one star legendary gem that increases your skill damage and attack speed.

3. Everlasting Torment - This budget gem deals damage over time which triggers the damage increase on Pain Clasp.

Note: Everlasting Torment should eventually be replaced with a 5 star Seeping Bile gem which also triggers Pain Clasp.

Best Familiars

1. Savior Duskprowler - Look for a Duskprowler with 170+ Resilience and the Savior passive skill which provides a cheat death. The 170+ Resilience lowers the cooldown for Savior but can be skipped to make the familiar more affordable.

2. Broodtalon/Skitterwight - Look for Savior which provides a cheat death and Lingering Wounds for increased damage.

3. Any Savior Familiar - Look for any familiar with great passive skills and Savior which gives a cheat death. Savior can be used to buy time for other cheat deaths like the Undying Rage Barbarian skill and the Gladiator paragon.

4. Rare Duskprowler - Relentless Strikes is the next best skill because it gives a chance to cast the Duskprowler shield twice. Innervate which gives a chance at resetting the player's skill cooldown, Steel Hide which gives a chance to block, Precision which gives the shield critical hit chance, and Tenacity which lowers the cooldown of the shield are also desirable.

5. Magic Duskprowler - Duskprowler shields are hard to replace so the budget option familiar is a magic Duskprowler.

Note: Broodtalons and Skitterwights have status effects over a duration which increases the duration of Lingering Wounds.

Normal Gems

Prioritize Tourmalines for added damage in red sockets and Citrines for Potency which increases harmful effects durations in yellow sockets. You should use your highest refinement Aquamarines and Sapphires which give increased armor and armor penetration in blue sockets. You can also combine all of your Rubies which give life and Topazes which give resistances into one Ruby and one Topaz and socket one of each into your equipment for higher refinement. Gems give refinement based on their quality and refinement increases the attributes of the equipment the gems are socketed in.

Gem Notes

The Blood Floe gem is a great option when it's combined with multiple sources of critical hit chance and critical hit damage. The Viper's Bite and Seeping Bile legendary gems can be used to deal continual damage which triggers the large damage increase on the Pain Clasp legendary gem. You can also use Everlasting Torment for damage over time on critical hits as a budget option until you can afford a Seeping Bile. Golden Firmament is a very strong 5 star legendary gem that deals wind damage, increases your evasion rating, and triggers Firestorms when combined with burning damage which increases your wind damage. When using the Roiling Consequence and Mother's Lament critical hit chance legendary gems you should also consider rolling critical hit damage on every piece of gear with Reforge Stones. One of your lowest priority gems should also be switched to a Frozen Heart for PvP for an absorb shield and to chill opponents which helps your tanking.

That's all for the Whirlwind Barbarian Guide. You can view a strong PvP Barbarian build here PvP Demoralize Barbarian.