Whirlwind barb question

how do i know which weapon is used for whirlwind?

since the skill is able to use any kind of weapon i was wondering how i can set up which one it uses.

is it the weapon equiped with highest base stats, highest dps, highest item lvl?

if im specced into bleed or bludgeoning dmg its a solid question

Either A) it auto selects the most powerful weapon.
or B) If you hit *button (S I think?) you bring up a list of skills you have active. You can select Whirlwind (or whichever skill) and manually select which weapon you use.

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you can manually select which weapon to use? i played all betas but that mechanic totally passed by me

Correct. I didn’t play a lot of Barb, but I discovered it durring the server slam. I was unaware of it previously.

well thats helpful to know. thanks

Whirlwinding Bard… that’s something we don’t see around here every day. :beers:

Combination of the Whirlwind Barb, and the Singing Barb. Makes sense to me lol.

Whirlwind bard

a whirlwind bard ?

he would use a guitar and whirlwind whimsically in tune :stuck_out_tongue:

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well i highly apologize for my slandering abuse of the english language

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Was just a funny typo. :beers:

no worry it was fun to read, it wasn’t to make fun of you or anything :slight_smile:

as for the question itself i sincerely don’t know i apologize.

Like others have said, as a Barbarian you can pre-select which weapon will be used for EVERY skill that has a choice. This enables you to play around with 2H blunt weapons for more opportunity to proc bonuses on that, or with a slashing for maybe a bleed build or something similar. Litrally any skill that CAN use a different weapon can be selected, some of them are locked into 2 handers, for example the double attack in front of you can only be done with Dual weild. I believe Whirlwind can even be done on 2 x 1Handers. Combined with the Barbarian weapon techniques there can be some interesting combos.