Iron Maelstrom

Iron Maelstrom is a Barbarian skill from the Ultimate skill tree. Its features are:

Iron Maelstrom Cooldown: 45 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: [24% Activate three times to attach chains to each of your weapons and perform an attack: • First, your Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon slams into the ground, dealing 60% damage and Stunning enemies for 2 seconds. • Next, your Two-Handed Slashing weapon swipes in front of you, dealing 20% damage and inflicting 120% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. • Finally, your Dual Wield weapons swing around you, dealing 32% damage per hit. Damage: Physical Damage Requires a Full Arsenal of weapons Tags: Ultimate, Bludgeoning, Dual Wield

Upgrades

Prime Iron Maelstrom Iron Maelstrom gains 30%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance and deals 40%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage.

Supreme Iron Maelstrom Dealing direct damage to an enemy after swapping weapons reduces Iron Maelstrom's Cooldown by 1 second.

Other Skills that work with Iron Maelstrom

The following skills either:

• Create a condition Iron Maelstrom can exploit
• Exploit a condition Iron Maelstrom creates

Defensive Tree
Strategic Ground Stomp Reduce the Cooldown of your Ultimate skill by 5 seconds per enemy damaged by Ground Stomp, up to 15 seconds. Skill
Weapon Mastery Tree
Hamstring Your Bleeding effects have a 15% chance to Slow (CC) Healthy and Injured enemies by 70% each time they deal damage. Passive
Cut to the Bone Your Bleeding effects deal 5%[x] increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Prerequisite: Can also reach Cut to the Bone via Rupture. Passive
Ultimate Tree
Heavy Handed While using Two-Handed weapons you deal 6%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage. Passive
Brute Force Your Overpowers deal 8%[x] increased damage when using a Two-Handed weapon. Passive
Wallop Your Skills using Bludgeoning weapons deal 5%[x] increased damage if the enemy is Stunned (CC) or Vulnerable. Tags: Bludgeoning Passive
Concussion Lucky Hit: Skills using Bludgeoning weapons have up to a 10% chance to Stun (CC) enemies for 2 seconds, or up to a 15% chance when using a Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon. Tags: Bludgeoning Passive
Key Passives Tree
Walking Arsenal Casting a Skill with a Two-Handed Bludgeoning, Two-Handed Slashing, or Dual Wielded weapons grants x15% increased damage for 15 seconds. While all three damage bonuses are active, you gain an additional Unstoppable and 45%[+] Attack Speed. Tags: Dual Wield, Bludgeoning Passive
Gushing Wounds When causing an enemy to Bleed, you have a chance equal to your Critical Strike Chance to increase the Bleed amount by 70%[x], and also increased by 100%[+] of your Critical Strike Damage bonus. Overpowering a Bleeding enemy creates an explosion that inflicts 150% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Passive

Items that work with Iron Maelstrom

The following items either:

• Grant a bonus when using Iron Maelstrom
• Create a condition Iron Maelstrom can exploit
• Exploit a condition Iron Maelstrom creates

Legendary Aspects

There are no Legendary Aspects that affect Iron Maelstrom.

Unique Items

There are no Unique Items that affect Iron Maelstrom.

Changes to Iron Maelstrom

Patch 2.0, October 8, 2024

• Can now add up to 5 skill points to Ultimate skills.

Patch 1.0.3, June 27, 2023

• Cooldown reduced from 60 to 45 seconds.
• Prime Iron Maelstrom - Bonus Critical Strike Chance increased from 10% to 30%.
• Prime Iron Maelstrom - Bonus Critical Strike Damage increased from 20% to 40%.