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==Skill Design==
Everyone's favourite favorite 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.
<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>
Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Whirlwind became a level 22 skill.
===Previous Versions===
See the [[Barbarian skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Whirlwind and other Barbarian skills.
===In Other Games===
List any links that would be useful for further reading on this particular skill. Try to avoid double links with the "References" section below.
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==References==
* [[BlizzCon_2009_Panel:_Diablo_3_Heroes_and_Monsters|BlizzCon 2009 Heroes and Monsters Panel]]
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