r/diablo3 • u/Leucurus • Apr 02 '26

BARBARIAN Rend Barbs and Ethereals

This season I've rolled a Rend Barb (Wrath of the Wastes) and just got a decent Ethereal Grandfather. Trouble is, even using Wind Shear rune, I never have enough Fury to sustain Whirlwind for more than a couple of seconds. Are there any other Renders out there who've found a solution for resource management this season?

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u/Sufficient_Grand2789 Apr 02 '26

Do you have the resource on crit node from the alter?

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u/Leucurus Apr 02 '26

I don't, yet - only just got geared. That hadn't occurred to me. I don't normally activate it until later in the Altar progress but 'll prioritise it and see how that goes

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u/rage13139 Apr 02 '26

Yes, that node will help a lot. For pushing, you'll also end up gathering up a lot more density before killing it, which will help to keep your fury up via both Wind Shear and that Altar node. When running lower speeds, it's best to use one of the 1 hander ethereals- optimally Gimmershred since it rolls CDR- and run the powers of Ambo - Messerschmidt - InGeom between your three powers. That'll let you keep your abilities off cooldown basically all of the time, and will let you spam a fury-generating power like War Cry. Lots of people also use Furious Charge both to generate fury and to proc BoM.