Whirlwind

For other uses, see Whirlwind (disambiguation).

Whirlwind
Whirlwind Level 40 Arms, Fury warrior ability 30 Rage Instant Requires Melee Weapon Arms Unleashes a whirlwind of steel, striking all enemies within 8 yards for [34.8% of Attack power] Physical damage. Fury Unleashes a whirlwind of steel, striking all enemies within 8 yards for [43.5% of Attack power] Physical damage. Generates 3 Rage, plus an additional 1 per target hit. Maximum 8 Rage. Fury (Level 55) Causes your next 2 single-target attack to strike up to 4 additional targets for 50% damage
Usable by
Class	Warrior
Properties
School	Physical
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Radius	8 yd
Other information
Level learned	40
Improvements	[Meat Cleaver]
Related buff
Whirlwind Your next 2 single-target attacks strike up to 4 additional targets for 50% damage.

Whirlwind is a level 40 Arms and Fury warrior ability that deals damage to all nearby enemies. For Fury warriors it also causes their next single-target attack to strike nearby enemies for additional damage.

Tips and tactics

• Whirlwind is truly AoE, and will also hit targets directly behind the warrior.
• Be careful of crowd control with Whirlwind. You shouldn't be breaking your teammates' sheep, shackle, seduce or bind.
• This attack also has an additional use in PvP - due to the fact it can hit anyone in melee range regardless of where they are attacking you from, it can be used to teach a lesson to that irritating rogue who is constantly backstabbing you.
• This ability is extremely effective against multiple enemies, exceeding [Cleave]'s damage and rage efficiency. If you find that you have excess rage to spend, Cleave can still be used in conjunction with this.
• The slower and harder hitting your weapon(s) are, the more damage Whirlwind will deal.

Trivia

• Whirlwind is a basic Warrior spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "The way to tell seasoned warriors from novice ones: the novices yell "wheeeee" while whirlwinding."

See also

• TCG Card

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): (Fury) Now generates Rage per target hit.
  
• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): (Arms) Whirlwind damage increased to 90% weapon damage per hit, now costs 30 Rage (was 25 Rage).
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-24): The Arms Warrior talent Trauma should consistently apply via Whirlwind, even from maximum range.
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-01): Whirlwind now hits the correct number of extra targets when modified by Meat Cleaver.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer cost Rage for Fury and deals 6.67% more damage.
  
• Hotfix (2014-10-30): Damage has been reduced by 30%.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • [Meat Cleaver]'s effects have been merged into baseline Whirlwind for Fury warriors.
  • Now available only to Arms and Fury warriors.
    
• Hotfix (2013-10-04): Resolved an issue with Whirlwind where polearms equipped in the off-hand slot were not hitting enemies.
  
• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now costs 20 rage (was 30) for Arms Warriors. The cost is unchanged for Fury Warriors.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now only available to Arms and Fury specializations and can be used in any stance. Now cost 30 Rage, up from 25. No longer has a cooldown. Weapon damage increased from 65% to 85%.
  
• Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Now has its cooldown reduced by 6 seconds when it deals damage to 4 or more targets. The Whirlwind effect caused by [Bladestorm] remains unchanged.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Now does 65% weapon damage, down from 75%.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Limitation of 4 targets removed, now only cause 75% of weapon damage.

  Was 100%.
  

• Patch 2.4.2 (2008-05-13): Now has the correct sound associated with it.
  
• Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): This ability now strikes with both weapons when a Warrior is dual-wielding.
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Now uses normalized attack power.
  
• Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Added.
  

External links

Arms	Fury
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