Answered Whirlwind Barb tipps

fredkid wrote: 8 months ago

azeroti wrote: 8 months ago

I forgot about Hustle for the merc as a weapon... I need to try it out, thanks!

I tried, but the radius is very short
If you just "play normal" you will rarely get the bonus.
You have to keep seeking your Merc ... which is pretty annoying...

should work with Enigma just

Teleport around and rearrange ur merc ^^

Oooh, I like that question. But as for the answer, that depends on exactly what weapon class you choose to max the mastery for. (

Axe,

Mace, sword, polearms etc)

For polearms I would say ethereal

Tomb Reaver.
Again, it all comes down to taste/personal preference, one hander or two handed.

Still, a good Grief will carry and is widely considered the best weapon in game by a lot of people.

As for clubs, I really like the

Immortal King's Stone Crusher(3pcs od set only to avoid cold damage),

Windhammer is nice too. But others may have their own opinions.

One handed clubs meh, I Havnt as much experience with them. Baranars star maybe? (I'm going to think about that one)

Oops forgot to mention Breath of the Dying.

Eisenbauch wrote: 8 months ago

and what is like THE single best weapon like something that has a low drop chance but is insanely strong ? ^^

Also, the downside to

Whirlwind being no proc cast effects on hit just makes a lot of weapons less desirable, but a few on them are good on their own merits. (Crushing Blow, open wound and deadly strike still work tho)

fredkid wrote: 8 months ago

azeroti wrote: 8 months ago

I forgot about Hustle for the merc as a weapon... I need to try it out, thanks!

I tried, but the radius is very short
If you just "play normal" you will rarely get the bonus.
You have to keep seeking your Merc ... which is pretty annoying...

It makes sense with only Enigma as you explained the short radius of lvl1

Fanaticism.

basicnecromancy wrote: 8 months ago

I use

The Grandfather and

Doombringer but other than that, this is my build, and actually it is far more efficient with double Grief. Charms are not fixed, any 3 max damage + life, attack rating, magic find etc. small charms, 6 max damage and with the same mod large charms or 10 max damage and with the same mods grand charms are good to go. Or near of them.

https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/rj5ca02v#2

could you actually use Beast on the act V merc instead of Hustle ? as a more expensive but stronger version ?

Sadly, I don't think so, however you could just offhand it yourself if you wanted.

I really wish Beast could be put I to

Maul/warclub/

Ogre Maul...

However Beast isn't exactly terrible in its own right as a primary weapon. Sure, Grief is definitely a better choice for the most part. But I just don't really like Grief because of its ubiquity.

However Beast really shines on a

Frenzy barbarian.

Eisenbauch wrote: 8 months ago

basicnecromancy wrote: 8 months ago

I use

The Grandfather and

Doombringer but other than that, this is my build, and actually it is far more efficient with double Grief. Charms are not fixed, any 3 max damage + life, attack rating, magic find etc. small charms, 6 max damage and with the same mod large charms or 10 max damage and with the same mods grand charms are good to go. Or near of them.

https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/rj5ca02v#2

could you actually use Beast on the act V merc instead of Hustle ? as a more expensive but stronger version ?

You can't since act 5 merc use only swords and Beast can't be rolled on swords.

BoringTitle wrote: 8 months ago

Sadly, I don't think so, however you could just offhand it yourself if you wanted.

I really wish Beast could be put I to

Maul/warclub/

Ogre Maul...

However Beast isn't exactly terrible in its own right as a primary weapon. Sure, Grief is definitely a better choice for the most part. But I just don't really like Grief because of its ubiquity.

However Beast really shines on a

Frenzy barbarian.

Nonetheless, Beast couldn't beat eDeath or eBotD on a

Berserker Axe AFAIK.

Ironically, I've had better luck with finding

Zod drops than

Ber. But I definitely agree on that.

Beast in my opinion is a weird runeword. The classes that can make use of it have better things in many cases that they could be using, and ita not that great as an off hand weapon like Call To Arms because the

Fanaticism aura would go down if you do. Plus the weapon selection is wonky. (Can see some use for it on a

Feral Rage barbarian using

Wolfhowl as an offhand weapon or a Dream bear.)

Tried like heck to make it work on a Fury Druid, butnother things are just flat out better for that. (Sort of).

But I definitely agree much better options on a ww barb, especially since he has slower attack speed with axes, and

Scourge doesn't exactly do the most damage with Beast.

basicnecromancy wrote: 8 months ago

Eisenbauch wrote: 8 months ago

basicnecromancy wrote: 8 months ago

I use

The Grandfather and

Doombringer but other than that, this is my build, and actually it is far more efficient with double Grief. Charms are not fixed, any 3 max damage + life, attack rating, magic find etc. small charms, 6 max damage and with the same mod large charms or 10 max damage and with the same mods grand charms are good to go. Or near of them.

https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/rj5ca02v#2

could you actually use Beast on the act V merc instead of Hustle ? as a more expensive but stronger version ?

You can't since act 5 merc use only swords and Beast can't be rolled on swords.

BoringTitle wrote: 8 months ago

Sadly, I don't think so, however you could just offhand it yourself if you wanted.

I really wish Beast could be put I to

Maul/warclub/

Ogre Maul...

However Beast isn't exactly terrible in its own right as a primary weapon. Sure, Grief is definitely a better choice for the most part. But I just don't really like Grief because of its ubiquity.

However Beast really shines on a

Frenzy barbarian.

Nonetheless, Beast couldn't beat eDeath or eBotD on a

Berserker Axe AFAIK.