‍Caged Heart of the Malignant Pact (Wrathful, Super): Cycle through a Malignant bonus every 20 kills:ĭevious: Core and Basic Skills have a 15% chance to fully restore your Primary Resource.īrutal: Every 21 seconds, gain a Barrier absorbing damage.

‍Caged Heart of Tempting Fate ( Vicious, Offensive): You gain % Critical Strike Damage but your Non-Critical Strikes deal % less damage – Excellent synergy with the Caged Heart of Focused Rage listed a bove as well as Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind.

Caged Heart of Focused Rage (Vicious, Offensive): After spending Fury within 2 seconds, your next Non-Basic Skill’s Critical Strike Chance is increased by % – Recast Whirlwind to snapshot this effect until you stop channeling very strong.

Listed below are the best Malignant Hearts for the Whirlwind Barbarian, ranked in order of importance.

Damage Reduction while Fortified: Reduced by ~25%īest Whirlwind Barbarian Malignant Hearts.

Damage Reduction from Enemies that are Bleeding: Reduced by ~25%.

Damage Reduction from Distant Enemies: Reduced by ~20%.Damage Reduction from Close Enemies: Reduced by ~20%.Critical Strike Damage (Inherent on Swords): Reduced by ~50%.Critical Strike Damage: Reduced by ~17%.Strength: 50% Stronger when on Weapons -> 25% Stronger when on Weapons.Aspect of Disobedience maximum stacks reduced from 100 to 60, reducing maximum Bonus Armor % from 25%-50% to 15%-30%.Gohr’s Devastating Grips now explodes every 2 seconds or after it ends, and its hit cap has been removed – This is a small build-specific buff.Its effects can be mitigated by deprioritising the Damage to Crowd Controlled/Slowed Enemies affixes

Hamstring now only Slows Healthy enemies, and Slow amount increased from 10/20/30% to 20/40/60% – This is the only build-specific nerf.Furthermore, Season 1 introduces a new Gem type, the Malignant Heart, which will help recoup some of the lost power. Note that while this patch may appear nerf-heavy at first glance, the majority of the changes apply to most if not all existing builds relatively speaking, the Whirlwind Barbarian is therefore no weaker than before. This section lists the most notable balance changes that have impacted our Whirlwind Barbarian build following the Season 1 patch. To see how this build compares to the other builds on our site, you can check out our build tier list. Needs specific Gear Stats and Aspects to work well.Requires proper Fury and Cooldown management.

Diablo 2 dual wield barbarian build