Crash wrote:Arionic wrote:There is also the Hammer of Jholm maul that gives the actual Whirlwind skill.
I've tried it on about 14 different builds/characters though. It sucks.
Pierce wasn’t working properly on the special stats last season, I assume that’s still the big issue
Yeah, you could still get enough pierce to justify using it, but the REAL issue was your hit chance. I'm pretty sure that from d2 1.1 and onward they made it so that Whirlwind hits a set number of times. It use to hit more with a slower weapon. Even using a helm like warmonger with the aoe hit, you don't do enough damage with the weapon itself to kill packs very easily. The procs can decimate packs, but the proc chance, even at 25%, is still low since you don't hit very many times with each WW. This is coming from a fully decked out barb with nearly 19k in stats rocking a 60k WW with 99% chance to hit. It just didn't hit well enough to justify using the maul and other gear over a much faster spec.