Whirlwind
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- "WW" redirects here. For the tenth expansion, see World of Warcraft: The War Within.
- For other uses, see Whirlwind (disambiguation).
| Whirlwind | |
|---|---|
| |
| Properties | |
| Class | Warrior |
| School | Physical |
| Cooldown | None/Global Cooldown |
| Radius | 8 yd |
| Other information | |
| Level learned | 9 |
| Improvements |
 [Barbaric Training],  [Fervor of Battle],  [Improved Whirlwind], [Meat Cleaver],  [One Against Many] |
Whirlwind is a warrior ability that deals damage to all nearby enemies.
Trivia
- Whirlwind is...
- An uncommon warrior ability in the Trading Card Game. Its flavor text reads: "All men enter, no men leave."
- A basic Warrior spell in Hearthstone. Its flavor text reads: "The way to tell seasoned warriors from novice ones: the novices yell 'wheeeee' while whirlwinding."
Gallery
In the TCG
In Hearthstone
Patch changes
Patch 11.2.0 (2025-08-05): Damage increased by 10% for Fury. - Hotfix (2025-05-27): Damage increased by 100%.
- Patch 11.1.0 (2025-02-25): Damage increased by 40%.
- Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23):
- Base Rage cost reduced to 20 (was 30).
- Damage reduced by 33%.
Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Damage increased by 10%. - Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Whirlwind no longer shows an incorrect range on the tooltip.
Hotfix (2022-09-09): Whirlwind animations will now appear while moving (was only while standing still). - Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): Whirlwind is no longer maximum target capped and instead deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
- Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09): Fixed an issue that prevented the Whirlwind buff to not be applied to the Warrior if Whirlwind was cast during
[Charge]. - Hotfix (2020-11-10): Additional target damage reduced to 45% (was 50%).
- Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now available to all warriors (was Arms and Fury only). Level reduced from 40 to 9.
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%. Now learned at level 26 (was 36).
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.
Other versions
Classic
Whirlwind 
- Whirlwind
- Level 36 warrior ability
- 25 Rage
- 10 sec cooldown
- Instant
- Requires Melee Weapon
- Requires Berserker Stance
- In a whirlwind of steel you attack up to 4 enemies within 8 yards, causing weapon damage to each enemy.
Properties Class Warrior School Physical Cooldown 10 seconds Radius 8 yd Other information Level learned 36 BC Classic
Whirlwind - Whirlwind
- Level 36 warrior ability
- 25 Rage
- 10 sec cooldown
- Instant
- Requires Melee Weapon
- Requires Berserker Stance
- In a whirlwind of steel you attack up to 4 enemies within 8 yards, causing weapon damage from both melee weapons to each enemy.
Properties Class Warrior School Physical Cooldown 10 seconds Radius 8 yd Other information Level learned 36 Improvements [Improved Whirlwind]Wrath Classic
Whirlwind - Whirlwind
- Level 36 warrior ability
- 25 Rage
- 10 sec cooldown
- Instant
- Requires Melee Weapon
- Requires Berserker Stance
- In a whirlwind of steel you attack up to 4 enemies within 8 yards, causing weapon damage from both melee weapons to each enemy.
Properties Class Warrior School Physical Cooldown 10 seconds Radius 8 yd Other information Level learned 36 Improvements 
[Bloodsurge], [Improved Whirlwind], 
[Unending Fury]Glyphs 
[Glyph of Whirlwind]Cataclysm Classic
Whirlwind - Whirlwind
- Level 36 warrior ability
- 25 Rage
- 10 sec cooldown
- Instant
- Requires Melee Weapon
- Requires Berserker Stance
- In a whirlwind of steel you attack all enemies within 8 yards, causing 65% weapon damage from both melee weapons to each enemy. If Whirlwind deals damage to 4 or more targets with the main-hand weapon, its cooldown will be reduced by 6 sec.
Properties Class Warrior School Physical Cooldown 10 seconds Radius 8 yd Other information Level learned 36 Improvements 
[Meat Cleaver]MoP Classic
Whirlwind - Whirlwind
- Level 26 Arms warrior ability
Level 26 Fury warrior ability - 30 Rage
- Instant
- Requires Melee Weapon
- In a whirlwind of steel you attack all enemies within 8 yards, causing 85% weapon damage to each enemy.
Properties Class Warrior School Physical Cooldown None/Global Cooldown Other information Level learned 26 Improvements [Meat Cleaver], 
[Seasoned Soldier]Glyphs 
[Glyph of the Raging Whirlwind], [Glyph of Whirlwind]
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