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Everyone's favorite spinning, multi-hitting tornado of a skill returns in D3. As it did in D2, Whirlwind lands multiple hits The Barbarian uses his weapons and body mass to anything in the barbarian's path, and it can strike multiple monsters per use. The whirling graphic is much improved in D3, with the weapon visible tracking swing around in a circleviolently, leaving to a glowing light as it spins and pausing an instant when it makes contact with a hapless enemywhirlwind of pain for anyone crossing his path.
* Weapons with high damage will make this skill much stronger, especially at higher levels (assumed).
==Development==
''Whirlwind'' was revealed 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 had whirlwind, the development team found out that the Dune Dervish's whirlwind is much better looking than the Barbarian's. 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.
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'''Whirlwind''' is a tier Tier V [[skill]] in from the [[Barbarian]]'s [[Berserker Skill Tree]], doing damage to enemies in close proximity to the [[Barbarian]].
{{Skillbox
|game= Diablo III
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|active= Active
|user= Barbarian
|tree= Berserker
|description= Become Swirl in a cyclone, delivering multiple hits attacks to everything in your his pathwith each hit doing X% of weapon damage.
|type= Direct Damage
|quantity= % of weapon dmg./sec
|school= Physical
|resource= Fury
|cost= 1 Fury Orb
|cast-time= Instant
|cooldown= Unknown
|synergies= Berserker Skill tree, High Dmg. Weapons
}}
==Skill Design==
Everyone's favourite spinning, multi-hitting tornado of a skill returns in D3. Once the player activates the skill, the Barbarian starts spinning for a limited duration of time, damaging anything that comes into close proximity with the Barbarian. The Barbarian is able to move while this skill is active, making this skill very good for killing masses of monsters.
Just like the D2 skill, Whirlwind lands multiple hits to anything in the barbarian's path, and it can strike multiple monsters per use. The whirling graphic is much improved in D3, with the weapon visible tracking around in a circle, leaving a glowing light as it spins and pausing an instant when it makes contact with a hapless enemy.
==Synergies==
===General Synergies===
==[[Rune|Skill Rune]] Effects==
* None known.
==Development==
[[Image:Barb-ww1.jpg|thumb|100px|The old Whirlwind.]]
[[Image:New_Whirlwind.png|thumb|100px|The new Whirlwind.]]
''Whirlwind'' was revealed 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.
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* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/ Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures]
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=all&si=Whirlwind Whirlwind-specific gallery contents]
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Image:Barb-ww1.jpg|The old Whirlwind.]]
Image:New_Whirlwind.png|The new Whirlwind.]]
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==References==
* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-barbarian-skill-trees-and-stats1/ Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats]* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHnnc9P5Wbk&feature=related BlizzCon 2009, Diablo 3 Heroes and Monsters panel.]
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