Updated 7 Sep 2026
Abilities/Whirlwind

Whirlwind fills your Special slot. Melee special ability of the physical school. Base damage 16. Cast 8 ticks, cooldown 100 ticks. Reach 5.6, arc 336°, up to 8 targets.

You get it by equipping 15 bases across 6 lines: Atlas Zweihander, Bedrock Zweihander, Leviathan Zweihander, Pyreking Zweihander and Ruin Zweihander and 1 more.

The draft can bend it 7 ways — Echo, Reach, Multiplicity, Area, Force, Duration and Critical — and cards that ask for melee, area, critical, on_hit and repeat will find it.

Between rooms it can be offered 198 cards: 69 written for it specifically, plus the 129 that any ability can take. Those cards can put Chill, Burn and Crumble on it, and attune it to Frost, Fire and Stone.

4 Uniques are built on gear that hands it to you: Gavelfall, The Patient Mountain, The Pyre King's Edge and The Mountain Sire's Spine.

Gear that hands it to you

6 lines · 15 bases
LineSlotTiers, and the item levels they drop atFound in
Atlas Zweihander (as Special, 2H)Main Hand
T6 iLvl 80+
MORTAL
Bedrock Zweihander (as Special, 2H)Main Hand
T4 iLvl 45–59T5 iLvl 60–79T6 iLvl 80+
DEMON
Leviathan Zweihander (as Special, 2H)Main Hand
T6 iLvl 80+
NIGHTMARE
Pyreking Zweihander (as Special, 2H)Main Hand
T6 iLvl 80+
NIGHTMARE
Ruin Zweihander (as Special, 2H)Main Hand
T1 iLvl 1–14T2 iLvl 15–29T3 iLvl 30–44T4 iLvl 45–59T5 iLvl 60–79T6 iLvl 80+
DEMON
Tollbell Zweihander (as Special, 2H)Main Hand
T4 iLvl 45–59T5 iLvl 60–79T6 iLvl 80+
DEMON

How the draft bends it

7 ways to change it
ChangeWhat it does to a melee
Echo
The ability repeats after a short delay at reduced effect.
+1 Repeats
-25% Damage
Reach
The ability reaches farther.
+12% RangeUnits
Multiplicity
More projectiles, targets or summons at reduced individual effect.
+2 MaxTargets
Area
Wider bursts, arcs and impact zones.
+12 ArcDegrees
Force
Harder hits: knockback, shove and stagger pressure.
+0.7 Knockback
Duration
Statuses, buffs, summons and channels last longer.
+20% StatusDuration
Critical
The ability crits more often.
+4 CritBonus

The fine print

the raw numbers behind it
Damage tagsphysical, melee, area
Fires onwindup → release → impact
RangeUnits5.6
ArcDegrees336
MaxTargets8
ComboSteps1
FinalDamagePercent100
FinalArcDegrees336
Knockback0.5
AdvanceUnits0
Teleportfalse

Cards it can be offered

198 cards it can see
Written for this ability (69)
Widened Form
Minor · rare
Echoing Will
Minor · rare
Farcaster
Minor · rare
Manifold
Minor · rare
Widening Gyre
Minor · rare
Forceful
Minor · rare
Lingering Grasp
Minor · rare
Deadly Focus
Minor · rare
Resonant Strikes
Minor · common
Echoing Tempo
Minor · common
Refrain Focus
Minor · rare
Spanning Will
Minor · common
Carried Wind
Minor · common
Distant Precision
Minor · rare
Sharper Shards
Minor · common
Manifold Flow
Minor · common
Pressing Volley
Minor · rare
Blooming Edge
Minor · common
Settling Dust
Minor · rare
Rolling Surge
Minor · common
Weighted Impact
Minor · common
Heftful Arms
Minor · rare
Braced Stance
Minor · common
Lingering Will
Minor · common
Enduring Form
Minor · common
Patient Cycle
Minor · rare
Honed Edge
Minor · common
Brutal Finish
Minor · rare
Killer's Hunger
Minor · common
Focused Burst
Minor · common
Quickened Focus
Minor · rare
Red Recompense
Minor · rare
Echoed Form
Major · rare
Echo Pulse
Major · rare
Crushing Blow
Major · rare
Flamebrand Focus
Major · rare
Rimebound Focus
Major · rare
Stormbound Focus
Major · rare
Venombound Focus
Major · rare
Bloodsworn Focus
Major · rare
Stonebound Focus
Major · rare
Lightsworn Focus
Major · rare
Voidtouched Focus
Major · rare
Wildfire
Major · rare
Storm Lash
Major · rare
Frozen Grip
Major · rare
Septic Focus
Major · rare
Arterial Reach
Major · rare
Stone's Resolve
Major · rare
Radiant Echo
Major · rare
Event Horizon
Major · rare
Distant Null
Major · rare
Endless Refrain
Major · legendary
Manifold Resolve
Major · rare
Vast Form
Major · rare
Rolling Expanse
Major · rare
Forceful Will
Major · rare
Longshot Form
Major · rare
Horizon Form
Major · rare
Lingering Form
Major · rare
Perpetual Will
Major · rare
Slow Burn
Major · rare
Executioner's Eye
Major · rare
Hunter's Rhythm
Major · rare
Fated Edge
Major · rare
Reaper's Toll
Major · rare
Opening Act
Major · rare
Flowing Finisher
Major · rare
War Rhythm
Major · rare
Plus the ones any ability can take (129)

Nothing on these cards narrows the draft, so every ability can be offered them — see all 198 together →

What it can end up carrying

if the draft goes your way
StatusesChill, Burn, Crumble
AffinitiesFrostFireStone

Uniques

built on gear that grants it
Gavelfall
Your Main deals 60% more damage over a 30% larger area, but winds up 35% slower.
The Patient Mountain
Your Special builds Crumble.
The Pyre King's Edge
Your Special spins 5 more times and wreathes every foe in Burn; a full Burn Ignites, but it recharges 25% slower.
The Mountain Sire's Spine
Your Main is attuned to Stone, swings wider and heaps Crumble on every foe; Sunder cracks the ground in a Seismic shockwave, but it winds up 25% slower.