[2.4] GR87+ Invoker Punish
Skills
Items
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Head
- Crown of the Invoker
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR Socket
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Shoulders
- Burden of the Invoker
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR CDR
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Amulet
- The Traveler's Pledge
- Stat Priority: Physical % Str Vit Socket
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Torso
- Aquila Cuirass
- Heart of Iron
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR Socket
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Wrists
- Shackles of the Invoker
- Stat Priority: Physical % Str Vit LOH
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Hands
- Pride of the Invoker
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AS
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Waist
- Belt of the Trove
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR Thorns
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Legs
- Renewal of the Invoker
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR Socket
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Feet
- Zeal of the Invoker
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AR LPS
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Rings
- Justice Lantern
- The Compass Rose
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AS CDR
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Weapon
- Pig Sticker
- Doombringer
- Hack
- Stat Priority: Str AS CDR AD
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Offhand
- Akarat's Awakening
- Vo'Toyias Spiker
- Lidless Wall
- Stat Priority: Str AD
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Legendary Gems
Kanai's Cube
*This build is BASED on Thorns, so you want as much THORNS DAMAGE as possible!,
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Good Information about HOW THORNS WORKS:
- Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo3Crusaders/comments/41psfg/invoker_interactions/
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There is multiple good setups for Weapon/Shield, I'd recommend:
a) T10: DB + LW or AA
Solo Push: PS + AA
c) Grift Speeds: DB + AA
d) Grift Push: PS + VS or AA
* Having correct stats is the most important thing! So if your LW is perfectly rolled and ur AA is junk, then use ur LW.
** LW = Lidless Wall (shield) --- BTW a tip for all, if you need a better Lidless Wall, then craft it on a barbarian. Your 8 times more likely to get a Lidless Wall on a barbarian from blood shards and upgrading rares to legendaries with Death Breaths than on a crusader.
** DB = DoomBringer (weapon)
** PS = Pig Sticker (weapon)
** AA = Akarats Awakening (shield)
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SKILL ROTATION: Law/Prophet > Iron Skin (Phys CoE) > Consecration > Punish
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Great Tips / Suggestions for the build:
1. Use Iron Skin and Consecration / Bombardment when you have +200 % Physical dmg from CoE.
2. In order for Belt of Trove to use "Barrels of Spikes" rune you must have Bombardment equipped.
3. Most important part of Belt of Trove, is to keep up the 50 % DMG Reduction from (4) set bonus.
4. ... (make comment if u got suggestions)
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Needs to be Tested (feel free to help test):
A) Sanguinary vambracers if they work with (2) piece invokers
B') Hack, if it works multipliactive with strg and how much % dmg increase it is
C) Omnislash belt, see if it makes Punish deal AOE dmg. Maybe even procs Hack.
D) Slash, use rune Zeal. Reaching 3 attack per second, might work with Hack!
E) Voy'Toyias Spiker, See if it works multipli- or additive. Works with skills or not? Better than arats awakening?
F) Iron Skin, if you use it before Consecration, does it work for 4 seconds or all 10 seconds?
G) Snapshot, is Iron Skin / Thorns dynamic or static?
H) Blood Brother vs. The Mortal Drama, which one is the best?
I) Block cap? Do we go way above block cap with Blood Brother?
H) ... (make comment if u got suggestions)
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To See MORE DETAILED Item-Stats: http://www.d3planner.com/641665986
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Paragon Priorities
Movement Speed |
Primary Stat |
Vitality |
Maximum Resource |
Cooldown Reduction |
Attack Speed |
Critical Hit Chance |
Critical Hit Damage |
Resist All |
Armor |
Life Regeneration |
Life |
Life on Hit |
Area Damage |
Gold Find |
Resource Cost Reduction |
Here is how the game-play of an Invoker Punish Crusader looks like:
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Very good build just went from a blessed shield build doing t7 now doing t10 with ease.
Couple noob questions - hopefully someone has the patience to answer
I just started playing Diablo 3 this season, I'm following the build and so far I have:
6 piece invoker
Heart of Iron
Belt of the Trove
Justice, Compass, Traveler's - only one slot among the three tho, so waiting for luck on the reroll.
Pig Sticker
Some random shield (waiting for something good)
I also just got Aquila Cuirass which brings me here with questions. I'm a bit confused between what the build says and what the video said. In the video, the build here and the vid seem to contradict on what to wear vs what to put in the KCube. Should I wear Iron or Aquila? and how come?
My rolls were:
Iron: Str, Vit, 11% reduced damage from elites, 6k thorn dmg, 259% of vit to thorns (1 socket)
Aquila: Str, 94% resist all elements, increase condemn dmg 10%, +XP from monster kills, while above 92%... (3 sockets)
From that Iron seems like the better one to wear, and put Aquila in the cube, but on the vid he says to *always* put Iron in the cube.
Thanks for your help in advance! This noob appreciates it!
Thanks!
is there a reason to cube cuirass over heart of iron? I got a ancient cuirass so i cubed my heart of iron because it wasnt perfect and then rolled thorns on the cuirass. I feel like my damage is terrible compared to demon hunters right now, wondering if my gear needs to be modified more. anyone mind taking a look? Should I bother with hack cubed, I have 73% block and have not yet got a blood brother, just curious if going over 75% even does anything.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Zumwanna-1880/hero/65280665
oh and regarding convention of elements, there has to be something better, 200% damage every so often just seems like a waste compared to have damage increase all the time. maybe i am missing something.
Are you sure that thorns dont crit? Because i just stand still, getting hit by some skel archer, and the thorns hit for 25m, then sometimes hit 50-60m... thorns dont work like firebird dot (white crit)?
How much is each chunk of thorns (per item) worth as far as our overall damage goes?
I'm only asking to see if you've considered Nailbiter as a viable weapon.
Yes, the attack speed is slower ( 1.20 ) BUT it's as far as I know, one of the only weaps with thorns dmg on it...
Would the extra thorns dmg negate the loss in attack speed? Any theorycrafters out there want to crunch the #'s?
Also, Omnislash does NOT make punish do AOE dmg. It only applies when using the 'Slash' primary.
However it does seem that the hack passive does apply to it.
If you want to use provoke/spiker, what would you replace for Provoke? Law of Justice? Also what rune would be best for provoke?
so it looks like spike with provoke might actually be the way to go, i am finding stuff dies quite a bit faster. I did however replace steed for it because i felt like i was rarely using it or when I would I wouldnt get to do much with it.
How important is for the weapon to be ancient? I got a decent non-ancient Hack and I was wondering whether I should use a Ramaldini's Gift on it to grab some more ATT speed.
I'm curious about running Gogok of Swiftness with this.
RUnning Gogok would be a rather massive gain to AS and CDR wouldn't it? Which would increase survivability and clear speed assuming you can keep it up. Unless 4 seconds is just too short for us? I would think we would replace trapped, but I'm not sure how helpful it's slow aura is in catching enemies to smack.
Hello, Im failry new to Diablo 3 and Crusader. If I am to use Bombardment as active skill, which one should I drop, and should I even use that and where?
i prefer to use leoric crown (it helps i found a perfect one) instead of coe -> perma all skills
Here's my profile : http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Madmartigan-2545/hero/71713751 (the profile is not yet updated, but i cubed the akarat and aquila, and provoke -bloch chance instead of bed of nails).
with provoke, you have 100% block chance. since i have 100% block chance no need for hold your ground
I still haven't found a good amu.
I prefer to use laws of valor for +23% as., same with akarat champ (you got already a cheat death passive)
only thing i'm wondering, would gogok be bettter than striken ?
The notable difference between hack and other weapon is you can have loh or sth else
That's becasue of GEM, you can't taunt (provoke) already taunted enemy. I tested it on RG and then it works because our GEM can't taunt it but provoke still applys debuff on the target.
I did some testing on sanguinary vambraces but I don't fully understand the results.
http://imgur.com/fdKBu2I
The first tile is a single hit from the Risen showing the 2-piece Invoker bonus hitting all 3 for 11.1M. The second tile shows what I assume is the Sanguinary proc, but I can't explain all the numbers. All 3 get hit for 11.1M, 29.2M, and two of the 3 also got hit for 5548K.
This was tested with only the 2 and 4 piece Invoker bonuses active.
I also showed my gear and cube slots to help understand what is going on. I have Krede's Flame in the cube just to have a jewelery slot that wouldn't affect this test.
I also took a ton of screenshots while attacking with the 6-piece bonus active and could not see any evidence of Sanguinary affecting the 6-piece bonus damage.
Would you want to try and get a socket in the Pig Sticker for a Topaz Gem for more thorns?
Oh great, it looks like AA is the number one rarest Cru shield in the game.
Also, wouldn't you want Hack in the cube so 80 something percent of Thorns is applied to your attacks?
Can anyone explain why we should be using str gems rather than vit? I've not been able to find any info on the matter beyond people just saying that STR is better.
I just got an ancient pig sticker that is way better than my hack and got good rolls so should I use that instead of hack because you lose the thorns bonus so I am not sure? Can someone help? thanks!
Hey Draqhue, seems like you glossed over my previous question. For HC< what legendary gem would you drop for a survival one, and which survival one? Thanks!