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Cold Whirlwind Tempest Build
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This is a Cold Whirlwind Storm Warfare build guide for Titan Quest 2. Check out how the Cold Whirlwind Tempest build works with their skills, equipment, attribute priorities, and playstyle here!
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Cold Whirlwind Tempest Build
Build Summary
| Build Setup | |
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 Cold Whirlwind Tempest Build |
 Storm Nimbus ・Emit an Aura with a 18m radius.
・Aura grants you and allies 20% increased Cold Damage. ・Aura grants you and allies 20% increased Lightning Damage.  Blink ・Instantly teleport to target location.
・While this ability is on cooldown, you can reactivate it once to teleport back to the start location.  Sweeping Strike ・Sweep in a circle dealing 120% Weapon Damage in a 4m radius around you.
・Requires Melee.  Battlefield Awareness ・Emit an Aura with a 18m radius.
・Aura grants you and allies +15 Armor.  Barrier ・Create a Barrier around you that absorbs damage and decays over time.
・Total is determined by your Free Barrier and Energy Barrier. ・On cast, consume 0 Energy to gain up to 105 Barrier. ・Cost is based on Barrier Conversion Rate (1 Energy = 2.3 Energy Barrier)  Arcane Influx ・3% increased Energy Regeneration
・1% increased Energy  Storm Attunement ・8% increased Lightning Cold Damage
・8% increased Cold Damage  Raging Storm ・2% increased Damage
・10% increased Rage Effect  Weapon Proficiency ・6% increased Damage with Weapon Attacks
・4% increased Attack Speed  Combat Rush ・Whenever you hit an enemy with a Melee skill, gain 10% increased Damage and 20% increased movement speed for 1s.
 Battle Rage ・2% increased Damage
・10% increased Rage Effect  Battle Hardened ・+10 Health
・1.5% increased Health ・2% increased Armor  Second Wind ・Regenerate 0.1% Health per second
・5% increased Health Regeneration |
Tier Ranking:  |
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 Can Fast Clear Mobs Excellent Energy Sustainability Low Mobility | |
This Cold Whirlwind Tempest build focuses on gaining consistent Rage stacks while channeling Whirlwind with the help of Storm's energy regeneration passive. Pair this with Storm Nimbus and Battle Awareness sustain abilities and this build can easily clear most of the content you can encounter in the game.
Do note that this build is made until Level 22 so you can achieve max Divinity for both classes once you complete all the quests. Any additional points after that level can be slotted into maxing out Whirlwind or more passive modifiers.
| August 7, 2025 | Removed Cyclone due to high energy cost. Added Ramp Up to Whirlwind and set Barrier Preservation for Battlfield Awareness. Also changed Combat Rush modifier into Damage. |
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| August 6, 2025 | Added Cyclone and Blink active skills, and the Raging Storm passive . |
| August 6, 2025 | Cold Whirlwind Tempest Build was created. |
Equipment and Affixes
| Gear | Affixes | |
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| Head (Ornate Armor) |
・Energy Regeneration
・Might ・Health ・Any Elemental Resistance |
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| Shoulders (Ornate Armor) |
・Increased Attack Speed
・Energy Regeneration ・Health ・Any Elemental Resistance | |
| Torso (Ornate Armor) |
・Health
・Might ・Energy Regeneration ・Any Elemental Resistance |
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| Arms (Ornate Armor) |
・Increased Strike Damage
・Increased Attack Speed ・Might ・Any Elemental Resistance |
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| Legs (Ornate Armor) |
・Increased Movement Speed
・Increased Attack Speed ・Might ・Any Elemental Resistance |
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| Necklace | ・Health
・Health Regeneration ・Increased Critical Hit Chance ・Any Elemental Resistance |
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| Ring 1 | ・Weapon Strike Damage
・Increased Cold Damage ・Increased Strike Damage ・Any Elemental Resistance |
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| Ring 2 | ・Weapon Strike Damage
・Increased Strike Damage ・Increased Cold Damage ・Any Elemental Resistance |
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| Weapon (2h Axe) |
・Weapon Cold Damage
・Weapon Strike Damage ・ ・Increased Attack Speed |
The stats shown above is a sample build of what you want to go for when building your character.
Your equipment mainly consist of Health and Elemental Resistances for survivability, paired with Cold Damage, Strike Damage, and Attack Speed to maximize your damage output with Whirlwind. Alternatively, the Hippokampos Scapula is also a great unique weapon for this build as it provides Weapon Cold Damage, Movement Speed, and Energy Regeneration.
Make sure to always pick up and equip higher level equipment as you progress so you can benefit from the increased base stats they provide.
| List of Weapons | List of Armor |
Abilities and Passives
| Skills | Modifiers |
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Barrier
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 Fast Barrier Fast Barrier ・15% increased global Barrier Conversion Rate. ・-1s Base Cooldown Duration.  Rage Gain Rage Gain ・On use gain 1 Rage. ・For 5s after use, gain 5 Barrier whenever you gain Rage. |
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Sweeping Strike
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 Whirlwind Whirlwind ・Instead Channel to spin dealing 20% Weapon Damage in a 2.2m radius. ・25% less Movement Speed while Channeling.  Rage Gain Rage Gain ・Gain Rage on hit, not more than once every 0.8s. ・1% more Damage per Rage stack. ・+2 Energy Cost. ・Whirlwind: +1 Energy Cost per second.  Ramp Up Ramp Up ・Over 3s while channeling, Damage increases by up to 10% and Area radius increases by up to 10%. ・+1 Energy Cost per second. |
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Storm Nimbus
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 Cold Imbuement Cold Imbuement ・Aura grants you and allies +6 Cold Weapon Damage. ・Grants you 100% Weapon Damage converted to Cold Damage. ・+30 Energy reserved.  Storm Enhancement Storm Enhancement ・Aura grants an additional 8% increased Cold and Lightning Damage. ・+10 Energy reserved. |
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Battlefield Awareness
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 Barrier Preservation Barrier Preservation ・Aura grants you and allies: ・+15 Free Barrier ・+15 Barrier Decay Threshold ・+10 Energy Reserved |
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Blink
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 Repeat Repeat ・For 3s you can reuse the ability 1 times. The cooldown starts afterwards. |
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Arcane Influx
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 Reservation Reservation ・Reserve 10% Energy, gain 2.5% of Reserved Energy as Energy Regeneration  Energy Regeneration Energy Regeneration ・10% increased Energy Regeneration |
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Storm Attunement
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 Weapon Damage Weapon Damage ・10% increased Cold and Lightning Weapon Damage ・4% increased Attack Speed |
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Raging Storm
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 Rage Amount Rage Amount ・+3 Maximum Rage |
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Weapon Proficiency
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 Attack Speed Attack Speed ・8% increased Attack Speed |
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Combat Rush
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 Damage Damage ・While affected by Combat Rush, gain 12% increased Weapon Damage. |
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Battle Rage
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 Rage Overflow Rage Overflow ・Whenever Rage Overflows, heal for 4 Rage Amount Rage Amount ・+3 Maximum Rage |
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Second Wind
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 Rage Rage ・3% increased Health Regeneration per Rage |
As for your abilities, your main skill will be Sweeping Strike paired with a Whirlwind modifier to enable you to keep spinning while also draining your energy while active. As soon as you have your main skill, get Arcane Influx immediately and slot in the Reservation and Energy Regeneration feats to help you sustain your energy while using Whirlwind.
The rest of your abilities will focus on enhancing Whirlwind with more damage, survivability and additional effects to optimize the build. For your Sustain abilities, Storm Nimbus will convert your Whirlwind damage to Cold, while Battlefield Awareness will provide you with additional armor and barrier regeneration.
Do note that Enhanced Regeneration can be swapped with Vitality Drain for lifesteal and more Vitality Damage. Additionally, if you have extra skill points, we recommend slotting in Ramp Up on your Whirlwind to greatly increase its damage and AoE.
Divinity Allocation Points
| Divinity Allocation |
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| Storm ▶ Warfare |
For your Divinity, make sure to unlock Tier 2 of Storm first so you can get Storm Nimbus early and start dealing cold damage. Once you have that, you can start focusing on Warfare to get Battlefield Awareness and the other passives you need.
Attribute Priority
| Attribute Prioritization |
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| Might ▶ Vigor |
Your Attributes mainly consist of Might to help increase your Cold and Strike Damage while also enabling you to equip Heavy Armor. Vigor will further increase health and boost your secondary stats to also help you meet the stat requirements for certain equipment.
Keep in mind that as you progress, you should increase your attributes at a 2:1 ratio where every 2 Might should add in 1 Vigor.
Playstyle and Skill Rotation
The Cold Whirlwind Tempest build revolves around constantly using Whirlwind to clear mobs and proc Rage stacks without any damage cutoffs. The rotation is as follows:
- Activate Storm Nimbus and Battlefield Awareness to boost your damage and survivability.
- Hold Whirlwind to start clearing mobs and deal consistent damage.
- Use Blink to traverse and reposition.
- Spam Barrier whenever you are low.
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Is there any reason why we pick cold over lightning damage?