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Spin2Win (or S2W) is the nickname for a [[cookie cutter]] Barbarian [[build]]. It's was the most powerful and popular build in during [[Diablo 3 through patch v1.07, made famous vanilla]] and was popularized by [[Alkaizer]], the first ever Paragon 100 character.
The All of the skills in this build varies still function in the details depending on which support skills and passives a player needs to cover equipment deficiencies, but it mainly revolves around the [[WhirlwindD3v2]] skill which is paired with and [[SprintReaper of Souls]]: [[Run Like , but the Wind]]overall build is much less effective. Sprint can be used while Whirlwindingand Whirlwind still work fine, enabling but the Barbarian to hit with all support skills that formed the WW damage and Sprint at the same time. The tornadoes emitted by Run Like the Wind deal heavy damage, but also create a steady series backbone of this build were [[procsnerfed]] which trigger [[Fury]] gain thanks to , in the [[Battle Rage]]: [[Into the Fray]] buffopinion of most players.
Thus Sprint: * The tornadoes created by [[Whirlwind]] and [[Run Like the Wind is ]] have much lower [[proc rates]]. * [[Battle Rage]]: [[Into the real key to Fray]] no longer produces massive amounts of [[Fury]].* [[Wrath of the entire build, as that buff allows the Barbarian to move very quickly, deal constant damage (even to targets left well behind and off the screen), and simultaneously regain enough Berserker]] can no longer be extended in duration by earning huge amounts of Fury to pay for the skills he's using.
These changes mean that while players can still enable all the skills in this build, it's much less effective than it was in the old days, and is no longer a popular play style.
The "Spin" refers to the Whirlwind and the tornadoes from Sprint: TLtW. The "win" refers to how powerful and fast this build is, enabling Barbarian who use it to level up very quickly while gaining great item and gold rewards.
==Example Spin2WinBuild Details==
The following refers to the build when it worked very well, during 2012 and 2013 in Diablo 3 vanilla. The particulars of the build varied from player to player, but the essential core was the use of [[Sprint]]: [[Run Like the Wind]] at the same time as [[Whirlwind]]. Sprint provided a movement speed buff to Whirlwind, and emitted tornadoes along with those created by Whirlwind. These tornadoes [[proc]]'ed with [[Battle Rage]]: [[Into the Fray]] buff to generate huge amounts of Fury. These enabled the Barbarian to use Sprint and WW non-stop, and with good enough gear and very rapid movement between groups of monsters, a Barb could remain in the Wrath of the Berserker form full time, granting huge damage bonuses, as well as additional movement speed and immunity to [[CC]]] effects.  ==Example Spin2Win Build== A fairly typical example of the build can be seen below:
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The LMB skill varies by personal preference, as do the passives, mostly depending on the quality of gear. Players without top quality gear (or who are were playing on higher MP [[difficulty]] levels) need needed to use the passives to improve their Fury generation, [[Life Steal]], resistances, defense, etc. Characters in better gear tend tended to focus more on increasing their DPS.  ==An Overpowered Build?==
Most players felt this build was [[overpowered]], as it had no real weaknesses and was not very expensive to equip or complicated to operate. With it Barbarians could move very quickly, kill rapidly, generate almost infinite resource, and ignore almost all enemy attacks. It was a powerful build for farming, but could also be used for high [[MP]] grinding, such as [[key runs]], with high end equipment.
Blizzard clearly agreed with the player consensus, as this build was nerfed to non-functionality by the numerous skill changes implemented in [[Diablo 3 version 2]].
==An Overpowered Build?==
Most players feel this build is [[overpowered]], as it has no real weaknesses and is not very expensive to equip or complicated to operate. With it Barbarians can move very quickly, kill rapidly, overcome resource issues, and avoid most enemy attacks. It's a powerful build for farming, but can also be used for high [[MP]] grinding, such as [[key runs]], with high end equipment.