Changes

Whirlwind benefits directly from the following [[traitBarbarian traits]]s:

'''Note:''' The current [[trait ]] list is very out-of-date and will no doubt be overhauled before game release.

* No The following [[rune]] effects for Whirlwind are known:* Unknown rune: The Barbarian leaves a trail of dust devils in his wake that damage enemies passing through them. (Seen in video [[Gameplay: Blizzcon 2010|here]].)

'''Whirlwind''' was revealed debuted in Blizzard's [[WWI 2008| World Wide Invitational]] in Paris, along with the announcement of Diablo 3. It is pretty much identical to the Diablo 2 Whirlwind, except requiring [[Fury]] to use.

During the [[BlizzCon's 2009 ]] Diablo 3 panel, the development team showed off visual changes to the skill. With the creation of the [[Desert Dervish]], who also use a form of whirlwind, the [[D3 Team]] found out that the Dune Dervish's whirlwind is much better looking than the Barbarian's. In order to rectify this, they improved the Whirlwind animation with more blur, and more Barbarian copies in it.

The team showed off the new Whirlwind for the Barbarian, with a demonstration of him slaughtering multiple farm animals with it (Secret Cow Level?). The new Whirlwind is much more intense and as the barbarian spins, dust and sand is seen being around him, also, the whirlwind seems more vicious, giving a feeling of "weight of the weapon + the speed of spinning = very hard hits" to the player. At [[BlizzCon 2010]], Whirlwind was one of the Barbarian's skills available in the [[Battle Arena]]. According to [[Flux]], however, it might not be the best skill for [[PvP]]:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvp-arena-report/] <blockquote>''To my surprise, about his least useful skill was Whirlwind. It was damaging, and I saw it used well a few times in short spins, but FSM help you if you tried to do a long WW in a crowded screen. The odds of getting stuck by a [[Slow Time]] or [[Grasp of the Dead|GotD]], or both, or spinning into a wall, or just taking about fifty spell attacks on you way, were very high.</blockquote>

This skill is an updated version of [[Diablo II]]'s [[{{iw|Barbarian]] Barbarian}} skill {{iw|Whirlwind Whirlwind}}, which also improved the Barbarian's [[Attack Rating]].

* [[BlizzCon_2009_Panel:_Diablo_3_Heroes_and_Monsters|BlizzCon 2009 Heroes and Monsters Panel on this wiki]]