Whirlwind Barbarian Build BiS Gear and Runes for Diablo 2 Resurrected

This is a standard high damage build for the Barbarian.

• Weapon: Grief
• Weapon Offhand: Breath of the Dying, Death, Grief, or Beast
• Weapon Swap: Two +3 Warcries javelins
• Body Armor: Fortitude or Enigma
• Helm: Arreat's Face
• Gloves: Steelrend or Laying of Hands
• Boots: Gore Rider
• Belt: Verdungo's Hearty Cord
• Ring 1: Raven Frost
• Ring 2: Raven Frost or Rare ring with Life, Resistances, and useful stats
• Amulet: Highlord's Wrath
• Charm 1: Barbarian Hellfire Torch
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: Small Charms with Maximum Damage, Attack Rating, and Life (such Charms are commonly known as 3/20/20s)
• Charm 4: Small Charms with Life, Resistances, Mana, or Faster Hit Recovery, depending on needs

This is a build taking advantage of the full Immortal King Set. Great Set for a decent price.

• Weapon: Immortal King's Stone Crusher
• Weapon Swap: Two +3 Warcries Spears
• Body Armor: Immortal King's Soul Cage
• Helm: Immortal King's Will
• Gloves: Immortal King's Forge
• Boots: Immortal King's Pillar
• Belt: Immortal King's Detail
• Ring 1: Raven Frost
• Ring 2: Raven Frost or Angelic Halo
• Amulet: Highlord's Wrath or Angelic Wings
• Charm 1: Barbarian Hellfire Torch
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: Small Charms with Maximum Damage, Attack Rating, and Life (such Charms are commonly known as 3/20/20s)
• Charm 4: Small Charms with Life, Resistances, Mana, or Faster Hit Recovery, depending on needs

This is a variety of cheap gear sets to get you started.

• Weapon: Oath, Kingslayer, Obedience, Bonehew, Insight, or Black
• Body Armor: Duriel's Shell, Duress, Treachery, The Spirit Shroud, or Shaftstop
• Helm: Arreat's Face, Rockstopper, Immortal King's Will, Guillaume's Face, or Tal Rasha's Horadric Crest
• Gloves: Laying of Hands, Bloodfist, or Sander's Taboo
• Boots: Gore Rider, Waterwalk, Infernostride, or Hsarus' Iron Heel
• Belt: String of Ears, Goldwrap, or Nightsmoke
• Ring 1: Raven Frost
• Ring 2: Angelic Halo
• Amulet: Angelic Wings
• Charm 1: Any Hellfire Torch for stats, even if it is not Barbarian-specific
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: Any Charm with Maximum Damage, Attack Rating, and Life
• Charm 4: Any Barbarian Skill Grand Charm
• Charm 5: Small Charms with Life, Resistances, Mana, or Faster Hit Recovery, depending on needs

You can either hire a Defensive (Holy Freeze) or Offensive (Might) Desert Guard Mercenary in Act 2, Nightmare difficulty, depending on whether you want to slow monsters for added safety or improve the overall damage of your Mercenary.

This is one of the best Mercenary gear setups across many characters, including the WW Barb.

• Weapon: Ethereal Insight Infinity
• Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
• Helm: Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune

This is a cheap gear set to get your Mercenary some easy Damage and Survivability.

• Weapon: Obedience
• Body Armor: Treachery
• Helm: Vampire Gaze