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Skull Grasp

Skull Grasp

Legendary Ring

  • Legendary
  • Level 70

Properties

Primary Attributes

  • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6%

Secondary Attributes

  • Increase the damage of Whirlwind by 300–400% (Barbarian Only)

Random Affixes

  • +416–500 Strength
  • +416–500 Dexterity
  • +416–500 Intelligence

Ancient & primal values

Ancient

  • +550–650 Strength

Primal

  • +650 Strength

Fixed properties of the ancient form; primal items roll the top value of the ancient range. Game files, version 2.8.0.

All possible random properties (17 primary, 12 secondary)

Besides its fixed properties, this item rolls 2 primary and 1 secondary properties at random from these lists.

Primary

  • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6%
  • Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26–50%
  • Reduces cooldown of all skills by 5–8%.
  • Reduces all resource costs by 5–8%.
  • +10–15% Life
  • Attack Speed Increased by 5–7%
  • Regenerates 6,448–7,678 Life per Second ancient 8,445–10,000
  • Chance to Deal 10–20% Area Damage on Hit.
  • +91–100 Resistance to All Elements ancient +110–130
  • +416–500 Strength ancient +550–650
  • +416–500 Dexterity ancient +550–650
  • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
  • +416–500 Vitality ancient +550–650
  • +(40–60)–(80–120) Damage ancient +(88–105)–(168–210)
  • +373–397 Armor ancient +436–516
  • +7,737–9,214 Life per Hit ancient +10,135–11,975
  • Sockets (1–1)

Secondary

  • +32–35% Extra Gold from Monsters
  • Monster kills grant +140–200 experience. ancient +220–260
  • Reduces duration of control impairing effects by 20–40%
  • Health Globes and Potions Grant +20,001–29,713 Life. ancient +32,684–38,625
  • +141–160 Physical Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Fire Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Cold Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Lightning Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Poison Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Arcane Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +2,401–2,880 Thorns Damage ancient +2,881–3,500
  • +4,252–5,942 Life after Each Kill ancient +6,536–7,725

Pool of the item type from the game files, version 2.8.0. Skill damage bonuses only carry weight for their class. All properties of this slot

Unscrupulous merchants have often duplicated this much sought-after ring to sell to the unwary.

Skull Grasp

This ring is the signature pick for Whirlwind Barbarians: it massively increases that skill's damage, turning it from a solid clear tool into a full-fledged main damage skill. Since Whirlwind runs continuously anyway, Skull Grasp acts like a constant multiplier on your entire core throughput.

The Skull Grasp is all but mandatory in any Whirlwind build and suits the highly mobile, perpetually spinning playstyle the Barbarian is known for. My tip: since the bonus is tied to Whirlwind, it pays to keep the skill truly active at all times and plow through enemy groups, rather than firing it only in bursts. Pair the ring with additional Whirlwind boosters to exploit the multiplier fully.

The Whirlwind roll

The damage bonus rolls between 300–400% - on a ring whose sole purpose is Whirlwind, that is the key value when comparing two drops. Whirlwind costs 10 Fury, deals 340% weapon damage to everything in your path and lets you move at full running speed while spinning.

The flavor text fits: unscrupulous merchants have often duplicated this much sought-after ring to sell to the unwary. So always check the actual roll rather than trusting the name.

Which rune suits the ring

  • Blood Funnel: Critical Hits restore 1% of your maximum Life - the ring's fixed Critical Hit Chance feeds straight into this.
  • Wind Shear: 1 Fury per enemy struck, Lightning damage - helps keep Whirlwind running.
  • Hurricane: pulls enemies from up to 35 yards away, Cold damage.
  • Volcanic Eruption: a torrent of magma dealing 400% weapon damage as Fire.
  • Dust Devils: tornadoes dealing 180% weapon damage.

Properties

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6% is fixed, and a primary attribute rolls at 416–500 - Strength for the Barbarian. The power only works for the Barbarian, even though your follower can wear the ring.

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