Barbarian Whirlwind PvP Build Guide: Gems, Items, and How to Play

This is a guide to the Whirlwind PvP Build, a PvP Barbarian Build in Diablo Immortal! This build focuses on moving fast and quickly disrupting and eliminating foes with Whirlwind, Sprint, and Hammer of the Ancients, making it a constant threat in PvP. Read on to see this Whirlwind build's gear, skills, preferred gems, tips on how to play this build, and more!

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Whirlwind PvP Build Profile

Build Profile and Rating

Whirlwind PvP
Class	Barbarian
Build Rating
Preference	Party
Build Focus	PvP
Stat Priorities	・Strength ・Vitality ・Movement Speed ・Attack Speed ・Critical Hit Chance

Build Strengths and Weaknesses

Build Gear and Skill Summary

Main Hand		Off Hand
Eager Maelstrom		The Remembered
Head	Shoulder	Chest	Legs
Second Breath	Broken Grasp	The Gathering	Screaming Fury
Set (Grace of the Flagellant)
Neck	Ring 1	Ring 2	Waist
Slit Throat	Broken Palm	Severed Thumb	Open Gut
Hands		Feet
Bloody Hand		Torn Sole
Paragon Trees
Survivor > Vanquisher > Soldier
Skills
Frenzy (Primary)
Whirlwind		Sprint
Hammer of the Ancients		Undying Rage
Charm Priority
1. Whirlwind 2. Frenzy 3. Hammer of the Ancients 4. Undying Rage 5. Sprint

Gem Setup

Normal Gems

Legendary Gems

Gem Name	Effect
Aquamarine x2	+ 8 Armor
Citrine x1	+ 8 Potency
Ruby x3	+ 80 Life
Sapphire x2	+ 8 Armor Penetration
Topaz x3	+ 8 Resistance
Tourmaline x3	+ 8 Damage

Gem Name	Effect
Blessing of the Worthy	When you take damage, you have 20% chance to unleash retribution on all nearby enemies, dealing damage equal to 12% of your maximum Life. Cannot occur more often than once every 20 seconds. For 6 seconds after unleashing divine retribution, you take 4% decreased damage. Unlocks at Rank 3
Blood-Soaked Jade	Increases all damage you deal by up to 8% while at full Life, with a minimum bonus of 4% while at low Life. Increases your Movement Speed by 10%. Take 2% decreased damage while below 50% Life. Unlocks at Rank 3
Everlasting Torment	Your critical hits inflict agony, dealing 16.7% Base damage + 202 every second for 3 seconds. Each enemy can only be affected by this once every 6 seconds. Each nearby enemy afflicted with agony increases your Attack Speed by 1%. Each enemy can only be affected by this once every 6 seconds. Unlocks at Rank 3
Fervent Fang	Each time you deal damage to an enemy, that enemy now takes 0.80% increased from your attacks, up to a maximum increase of 8% at 10 stacks. All damage you deal to Elite monsters increased by 1.5% Unlocks at Rank 3
Power and Command	Power and Command alternates states every 9 seconds. Power increases your Primary Attack damage by 8%. Command increases all other skill damage by 8%. You have a 7.5% chance to dispel a negative effect on you each time Power and Command states alternate. Unlocks at Rank 3
Trickshot Gem	Your Channeled skills consume energy 8.00% slower. Decrease all damage you take by 0.5% while using a Channel skill. Unlocks at Rank 3

Indicated gem effects only display their base effect. Values will be higher depending on the gem's upgrade level.

Whirlwind Focused PvP Build

This build focuses on quickly dispatching your foes using Whirlwind's rapid AoE damage, modified Hammer of the Ancients' AoE utility, and Sprint's incredible mobility. These three abilities are further augmented by their respective Legendary effects, making for a build that turns Barbarians into constant fast-moving threats in PvP.

Legendary Gear Setup

The core Legendary items for this build are Eager Maelstrom and The Gathering. These two augment Whirlwind by increasing its area-of-effect radius and giving it a vacuum effect, making it an incredibly potent skill in PvP.

The Remembered is important for the build as it augments Hammer of the Ancients to summon an allied Spirit that also stuns enemies in a large AoE, increasing your crowd-control ability and improving your single-target DPS.

Second Breath and Broken Grasp are used in the build to make Sprint even more effective. These two items increase the skill's duration and provide Sprint with 20% dodge chance, allowing you to stick to running enemies and reach PvP objectives faster.

While Screaming Fury is not necessary for the build to function, it gives you the option of swapping one of your skills over to Furious Charge mid-match, which provides you with added disruption and mobility when needed.

Set Gear Choice

For this build, Grace of the Flagellant is the set of choice. It directly synergizes with Whirlwind by improving Channeled damage and providing benefits whenever you hit enemies multiple times.

Legendary Gem Setup

Trickshot Gem is core to the build as it increases the channeling duration of Whirlwind.

Blood-Soaked Jade, Fervent Fang, and Everlasting Torment are used in the build as they improve the damage potential of Whirlwind.

Blessing of the Worthy and Power and Command are used in the build for extra utility and survivability, providing a strong AoE attack and damage reduction when hit and potentially removing negative effects every few seconds.

Stats and Paragon Priorities

Attribute Priorities

Paragon Priorities

Prioritize spending points in Survivor early as it provides plenty of survivability with skills like Unyielding and Stalwart. These two abilities reduce the damage you take and improve your block chance as your Life decreases.

Put some points into Vanquisher next to improve your DPS using Damage Nodes while working towards Paragon Level 50.

Once you hit Paragon Level 50, prioritize Soldier next as it is the PvP-focused tree. It provides abilities such as First Aid and Battle Morale, which provide healing and increased damage as long as you stick together with your party to defeat foes.

How to Play

Always Keep Sprint Active Group and Clear Foes with Whirlwind Disrupt Enemies with Hammer of the Ancients Only Activate Undying Rage When Necessary

Always Keep Sprint Active

Always have Sprint active to swiftly move towards objectives and enemies. Broken Grasp provides the ability with increased 20% dodge chance, so it's great to use while channeling Whirlwind as well.

However, note that Sprint can also be used to retreat after Undying Rage goes on cooldown, so while you should use it often, be sure to also use it wisely.

Group and Clear Foes with Whirlwind

Once you've reached your opponents, use Whirlwind to round them up and start dealing massive amounts of AoE damage.

Always have Sprint active and keep moving when using Whirlwind to hit as many targets as possible while dodging attacks and projectiles that come towards you.

Disrupt Enemies with Hammer of the Ancients

After grouping up enemies with Whirlwind, activate Hammer of the Ancients and take advantage of its stun and summoned Spirit. Doing this allows you to continue your pressure and finish enemies off with Frenzy.

Only Activate Undying Rage When Necessary

Undying Rage prevents you from taking lethal damage if it is off cooldown, so never use it unless absolutely necessary. Save it for moments when you lack Bandages or when deliberately taking lethal damage to chase after key targets and objectives.

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