
In legacy versions of the game, this rune word's chance to cast Firestorm on hit used to cause severe lag in multiplayer games, as well as noticeable animation locks and attack interruptions due to a bug causing on-striking skills to trigger their respective effect's casting delays. Thanks to its unusually large amount of enhanced damage if made into a shield, Phoenix is (by a considerable margin) the most damaging shield for most characters specializing in physical damage to use. Project Diablo is an active mod so this information may be out of date. The table can be sorted, try clicking on 'Type' to sort runewords by equipment type, you may find it useful.

The -28% fire resist is also useful for characters who specialize in fire damage. The available runewords will be highlighted automatically. Phoenix is the only way to get enhanced damage on a shield (aside from +x% enhanced damage jewels), and the Redemption aura is very helpful in keeping the character alive. There is a glitch (still) that can cause some of your WW Barb’s attacks to not hit.


This classic uses the ability to ignore unit collision with the Whirlwind attack animation, making your Barbarian a spinning top of death. 1.10–current Phoenix is the rune word ' Vex Vex Lo Jah' for weapons or off-hand armor in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. The Whirlwind Build is probably one of the most famous builds in Diablo 2 from the beginning to now.
