Malignant Hearts

Socket your jewelry with a The Barber, Focused Rage, Ignoring Pain.

Season 1 Build

Skills

This D4 Whirlwind Build guide focuses on the Whirlwind, Challenging Shout skills. 48 Points from leveing and 10 points from Renown for total of 58 Skill Points.

Basic (1)
1
1
1
Core (2)
5
1
1
3
Defensive (3)
1
1
1
1
1
1
5
1
1
Brawling (4)
1
1
1
3
3
3
Weapon Mastery (5)
1
3
3
2
Ultimate (6)
1
1
1
Key Passive (7)
1

Paragons

These are the Legendary Boards, Glyphs, and Rare Node Paragons used in the Whirlwind Build.

Weapon Expertise

For the Whirlwind Build we suggest you use the Two-handed Axe Weapon Expertise.

Technique
Two-handed Axe

Gear Build

Unique Weapons, Armor Gear and Aspects you should use based on equipment slot.

Gems

You will socket your gear with a Emerald in the Weapon, Sapphire in the Armor, Diamond in the Jewelry.

Weapon
Jewelry

Stat Priority

You should first prioritize Core Skill damage, and Secondly Basic Skill Damage, after that the next best option is the Fury Cost Reduction stat.

Paragon Board

You will use the Legendary Warbringer Paragon Boards and within those boards, you will use the Disembowel, Territorial (Barbarian), Wrath, Exploit (Barbarian), Imbiber (Barbarian), Marshal Glyphs.

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Warbringer
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Disembowel
BarbarianRare Glyph
A
  • Description:
    For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal +2 - 8% (0.3% Per Level) increased Bleeding damage.
  • Radius Bonus:
    Killing a Bleeding enemy has a 10% chance to reduce the Cooldowns of your Non-Ultimate active Cooldowns by 1 second.
  • Radius Requirement:
    25 Willpower
Territorial (Barbarian)
BarbarianRare Glyph
S
  • Description:
    For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal +2 - 10% (0.4% Per Level) increased damage to Close targets.
  • Radius Bonus:
    You gain 10% Damage Reduction against Close Enemies.
  • Radius Requirement:
    25 Dexterity
Warbringer
BarbarianLegendary Board
A
  • For every 75 Fury you spend, gain 20% of your Maximum Life as Fortify.
Wrath
BarbarianRare Glyph
A
  • Description:
    For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, All damage deal +1.5 - 7.5% (0.3% Per Level) increased Critical Strike Damage.
  • Radius Bonus:
    Skills that Critically Strike generate 3 Fury.
  • Radius Requirement:
    25 Dexterity
Exploit (Barbarian)
BarbarianRare Glyph
S
  • Description:
    For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal +1 - 4% (0.15% Per Level) increased damage to Vulnerable targets.
  • Radius Bonus:
    When an enemy is damaged by you, they become Vulnerable for 3 seconds. This cannot happen more than once every 20 seconds per enemy.
  • Radius Requirement:
    25 Dexterity
Imbiber (Barbarian)
BarbarianRare Glyph
S
  • Description:
    For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal +2.65 - 10% (0.3675% Per Level) increased damage while Healthy.
  • Radius Bonus:
    You gain +30% increased Potion Healing.
  • Radius Requirement:
    25 Willpower
Marshal
BarbarianRare Glyph
S
  • Description:
    Grants +25 - 125% (5% Per Level) bonus to all Magic nodes within range.
  • Radius Bonus:
    After casting a Shout Skill, the active Cooldown of every other Shout Skill is reduced by 1.2 seconds.
  • Radius Requirement:
    40 Strength

Aspects

This map will help you find all dungeon Codex Aspects used in the Whirlwind Build.

Whirlwind Map contents
Location Type Subtype Description Show on map

This build uses 8 Dungeon Codex Aspects, and 2 Regular Aspects which can be found on items at random and then can be extracted.

Aspect of Grasping Whirlwind
BarbarianUtility
C
Whirlwind periodically Pulls enemies to you.
Aspect of Berserk Ripping
BarbarianOffensive
Codex
C
Whenever you deal direct damage while Berserking, inflict [20-30%] of the Base damage dealt as additional Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.
Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind
BarbarianOffensive
Codex
C
Whirlwind's Critical Strike Chance is increased by [3-8%] for each second it is channeled, up to [9-24%] .
Aspect of Ancestral Echoes
BarbarianOffensive
Codex
D
Lucky Hit: Damaging enemies with Leap, Upheaval, or Whirlwind has up to a [50-60%] chance to summon an Ancient to perform the same Skill. Can only happen once every 5 seconds.
Edgemaster's Aspect
AllOffensive
Codex
S
Skills deal up to [10-20%] increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast, receiving the maximum benefit while you have full Primary Resource.
Aspect of Disobedience
AllDefensive
Codex
S
You gain [0.25-0.50%] increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to [25.00-50.00%] .
Aspect of Numbing Wrath
BarbarianDefensive
Codex
C
Each point of Fury generated while at Maximum Fury grants [X] Fortify.
Aspect of Echoing Fury
BarbarianResource
Codex
B
Your Shout Skills generate [2.0-4.0] Fury per second while active.
Bold Chieftain's Aspect
BarbarianResource
S
Whenever you cast a Shout Skill, its Cooldown is reduced by [1.0-1.9] seconds per Nearby enemy, up to a maximum of 6 seconds.
Relentless Berserker's Aspect
BarbarianUtility
Codex
C
Lucky Hit: Damaging an enemy with a Core Skill has up to a [22-40%] chance to extend the duration of Berserking by 2 second. Double this duration if it was a Critical Strike.

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