Akkhan's Microwave GR80+

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by Angry_Roleplayer last updated Oct 23, 2017 ( Patch 2.6.1 )

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Skills

Shield Glare Divine Verdict
- Shield Glare
Cooldown: 12 seconds

Light erupts from your shield, Blinding all enemies up to 30 yards in front of you for 4 seconds.
Divine Verdict

Blinded enemies take 20% more damage for 4 seconds.
Iron Skin Steel Skin
- Iron Skin
Cooldown: 30 seconds

Your skin turns to iron, absorbing 50% of all incoming damage for 4 seconds.
Steel Skin

Increase the duration to 7 seconds.
Steed Charge Draw and Quarter
- Steed Charge
Cooldown: 16 seconds

Mount a celestial war horse that allows you to ride through enemies unhindered for 2 seconds.
Draw and Quarter

Bind 5 monsters near you with chains and drag them as you ride, dealing 185% weapon damage as Holy every second.
Akarat's Champion Prophet
- Akarat's Champion
Cooldown: 90 seconds

Explode with the power of your order, increasing your damage by 35% and increasing your Wrath regeneration by 5 for 20 seconds.
Prophet

Gain 150% additional Armor while Akarat's Champion is active.

The first time you take fatal damage while Akarat's Champion is active, you will be returned to full health.
Laws of Justice Decaying Strength
- Laws of Justice
Cooldown: 30 seconds

Active: Empower the Law, granting you and your allies 490 increased resistance to all elements for 5 seconds.

Passive: Recite the Law, granting you and your allies 140 increased resistance to all elements.

Only one Law may be active at a time.
Decaying Strength

Active: While the Law is empowered, any enemy who attacks you or your allies will have their damage reduced by 15% for 30 seconds, stacking up to a maximum of 60%.
Heaven's Fury Blessed Ground
- Heaven's Fury
Cooldown: 20 seconds

Call down a furious ray of Holy power that deals 1710% weapon damage as Holy over 6 seconds to all enemies caught within it.
Blessed Ground

The ground touched by the ray becomes blessed, scorching it and dealing 1550% weapon damage over 5 seconds to enemies who walks through.

Finery
- Finery
Gain 1.5% Strength for every gem socketed into your gear.
Holy Cause
- Holy Cause
The amount of damage dealt by your weapon is increased by 10%.

Whenever you deal Holy damage, you heal up to 1% of your total Life.
Heavenly Strength
- Heavenly Strength
You can wield a two-handed weapon in your main hand while bearing a shield in your off hand.

Your damage dealt is reduced by 20%.
Towering Shield
- Towering Shield
Increase the damage of Punish, Shield Bash and Blessed Shield by 20%.

Reduce the cooldown of Shield Glare by 30%.

Items

Helm of Akkhan

Set Helm

Primary Stats

+626–750 Strength
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Armor of Akkhan
Helm of Akkhan
Pauldrons of Akkhan
Breastplate of Akkhan
Cuisses of Akkhan
Sabatons of Akkhan
Gauntlets of Akkhan
Talisman of Akkhan
(2) Set: Reduce the cost of all abilities by 50% while Akarat's Champion is active.
(4) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Akarat's Champion by 50%.
(6) Set: While Akarat's Champion is active, you deal 600% increased damage and take 15% less damage.
Pauldrons of Akkhan

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+416–500 Strength
+91–100 Resistance to All Elements
+4 Random Magic Properties

Armor of Akkhan
Helm of Akkhan
Pauldrons of Akkhan
Breastplate of Akkhan
Cuisses of Akkhan
Sabatons of Akkhan
Gauntlets of Akkhan
Talisman of Akkhan
(2) Set: Reduce the cost of all abilities by 50% while Akarat's Champion is active.
(4) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Akarat's Champion by 50%.
(6) Set: While Akarat's Champion is active, you deal 600% increased damage and take 15% less damage.
The Traveler's Pledge

Set Amulet

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Damage Increased by 51.0–100.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence

Endless Walk
The Traveler's Pledge
The Compass Rose
(2) Set: While standing still, damage dealt is increased by up to 100%.While standing still, damage dealt is increased by up to 100%.
Breastplate of Akkhan

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+416–500 Strength
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Armor of Akkhan
Helm of Akkhan
Pauldrons of Akkhan
Breastplate of Akkhan
Cuisses of Akkhan
Sabatons of Akkhan
Gauntlets of Akkhan
Talisman of Akkhan
(2) Set: Reduce the cost of all abilities by 50% while Akarat's Champion is active.
(4) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Akarat's Champion by 50%.
(6) Set: While Akarat's Champion is active, you deal 600% increased damage and take 15% less damage.
Bracer of Fury

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 2.5–3.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Heaven's Fury deals 150–200% increased damage to enemies that are Blinded, Immobilized, or Stunned.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Gauntlets of Akkhan

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

+626–750 Strength
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties

Armor of Akkhan
Helm of Akkhan
Pauldrons of Akkhan
Breastplate of Akkhan
Cuisses of Akkhan
Sabatons of Akkhan
Gauntlets of Akkhan
Talisman of Akkhan
(2) Set: Reduce the cost of all abilities by 50% while Akarat's Champion is active.
(4) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Akarat's Champion by 50%.
(6) Set: While Akarat's Champion is active, you deal 600% increased damage and take 15% less damage.
Vigilante Belt

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

Reduces cooldown of all skills by 3.0–5.0%.
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+18–23 Dexterity

+18–23 Strength

+18–23 Intelligence
Cuisses of Akkhan

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+416–500 Strength
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Armor of Akkhan
Helm of Akkhan
Pauldrons of Akkhan
Breastplate of Akkhan
Cuisses of Akkhan
Sabatons of Akkhan
Gauntlets of Akkhan
Talisman of Akkhan
(2) Set: Reduce the cost of all abilities by 50% while Akarat's Champion is active.
(4) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Akarat's Champion by 50%.
(6) Set: While Akarat's Champion is active, you deal 600% increased damage and take 15% less damage.
Sabatons of Akkhan

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+416–500 Strength
+416–500 Vitality
+4 Random Magic Properties

Armor of Akkhan
Helm of Akkhan
Pauldrons of Akkhan
Breastplate of Akkhan
Cuisses of Akkhan
Sabatons of Akkhan
Gauntlets of Akkhan
Talisman of Akkhan
(2) Set: Reduce the cost of all abilities by 50% while Akarat's Champion is active.
(4) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Akarat's Champion by 50%.
(6) Set: While Akarat's Champion is active, you deal 600% increased damage and take 15% less damage.
The Compass Rose

Set Ring

Primary Stats

+10–12% Movement Speed
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Endless Walk
The Traveler's Pledge
The Compass Rose
(2) Set: While standing still, damage dealt is increased by up to 100%.While standing still, damage dealt is increased by up to 100%.
Convention of Elements

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Gain 150–200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Fate of the Fell

Legendary Two-Handed Flail

Primary Stats

+(39–47)–(47–59) Fire Damage
+192–245 Strength
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Gain two additional rays of Heaven’s Fury.
Shield of Fury

Legendary Crusader Shield

Primary Stats

+128–163 Strength
+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Each time an enemy takes damage from your Heaven's Fury, it increases the damage they take from your Heaven's Fury by 15–20%.

More Details

Head
- Helm of Akkhan
- Stat Priority: CHC Str Vit
Shoulders
- Pauldrons of Akkhan
- Stat Priority: Skill: Heaven's Fury CDR
Amulet
- The Traveler's Pledge
- Hellfire Amulet
- Stat Priority: Holy % CHD CHC
Torso
- Breastplate of Akkhan
- Stat Priority: Skill: Heaven's Fury Str Vit
Wrists
- Bracer of Fury
- Stat Priority: Holy % CHC Str Vit
Hands
- Gauntlets of Akkhan
- Stat Priority: CDR CHD CHC Str
Waist
- Vigilante Belt
- The Witching Hour
- Stat Priority: CDR
Legs
- Cuisses of Akkhan
- Stat Priority: AR Str Vit
Feet
- Sabatons of Akkhan
- Stat Priority: AR Str Vit Armor +
Rings
- The Compass Rose
- Convention of Elements
- Unity
- Stat Priority: CDR CHD CHC
Weapon
- Fate of the Fell
- Stat Priority: CDR Dmg %
Offhand
- Shield of Fury
- Eberli Charo
- Stat Priority: Skill: Heaven's Fury CDR CHC Str

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Stricken
  Bane of the Stricken
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Each attack you make against an enemy increases the damage it takes from your attacks by 0.80%.
  Gain 25% increased damage against bosses and Rift Guardians. (Requires Rank 25)
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15.00%.
  Gain an aura that reduces the movement speed of enemies within 15 yards by 30%. (Requires Rank 25)
- Bane of the Powerful
  Bane of the Powerful
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Gain 20% increased damage for 30 seconds after killing an elite pack.

Kanai's Cube

Eberli Charo

Legendary Shield

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces the cooldown of Heaven's Fury by 45–50%.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+128–163 Dexterity

+128–163 Strength

+128–163 Intelligence
Eberli Charo
Aquila Cuirass

Legendary Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

While above 90–95% primary resource, all damage taken is reduced by 50%.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+49–60 Dexterity

+49–60 Strength

+49–60 Intelligence
Aquila Cuirass
Unity

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
Increases damage against elites by 12.0–15.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

All damage taken is split between wearers of this item.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Unity

It is possible to switch Eberli Charo with Shield of Fury in cube. But it depends on the stats both items have.

1)Let's assume you have a perfect Shield of Fury (15% heaven's fury, 8% cdr and 9-10% crit chance with 20% heaven's fury ramp up), then, if you cube charo you will have 100% dps.

2) Keep in mind that Eberli Charo is a very old shield and is not considered a CRUSADER SHIELD at all. So it cannot roll Heaven's Fury damage, sadly! Let's assume you have perfect Eberli Charo (10% chc and 8% cdr) and you cube Shield of Fury. This way you will have around 90% dps.

3) Now let's assume you have a mediocre Shield of Fury with 15% ramp up and you are still cubing Eberli Charo. It's around 80% dps.

So, IT DEPENDS. If you have a really good Shield of Fury (with around 20% ramp up), roll HF damage there and equipping it will be around 10% better than cubing it.

THE GEAR:

1) Fate of the Fell is mandatory. Triples your chances to kill things/triple AOE damage

2) Shield of Fury + Bracers of Fury are mandatory. It's those things that do actual damage.

3) Eberli Charo is just for HF spam and no downtime. Without Eberli Charo and even with perfect CDR you will have around 3 seconds of "nothing"(running around like an idiot for example). It's just bad. I tried using Furnace instead of Eberli Charo, but it's terrible.

4) Unity with CDR can be equipped and COE cubed, for potential 15% more elite damage

5) Running Endless Walk set is not 100% mandatory i believe, since it's very hard to be stationary. It's mostly for damage reduction and dps boost. Hellfire amulet is a very good option! However, for now EW is very hard to drop, since it's DPS boost is so massive.

HELLFIRE AMULET SETUP:

5th Passive: Indestructible

RORG in cube.

Possible items to wear:

1) Leoric's Crown. This way we can drop Vigilante Belt and use Witching Hour or String of Ears.

2) Illusory boots. Really good option here.

3) ?

LEGENDARY GEMS:

There are couple of interesting options here.

Bane of the Stricken and Bane of the Trapped are mandatory. Third gem is an option.

1) Bane of the Powerful if you want to kill elites faster (and if you can kill an elite at least every 1-2 minutes to refresh it)

2) Zei's Stone of Vengeance. It's actually a very good DPS option for a more "ranged" play. But i have my doubts it counts damage range from the toon and not from the rays themselves. So, it's a matter of choice and needs to be tested more. Also it's pretty hard to be ranged as you need to blind enemies and cast judgement as well.

3) Esoteric Alteration/Gizzard. More defensive gameplay. Much more toughness. With Esoteric you can also use all rubies in chest/pants for more DPS. This is how i tried to finish 77! 76 was done with BOTP.

GEMS:

All diamonds in chest/legs/pants/helm. Can be switched to Rubies (except helm of cause) if you are tough enough.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Critical Hit Damage
Critical Hit Chance
Attack Speed

Defense

Resist All
Life
Armor
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Life on Hit
Resource Cost Reduction
Gold Find

speed> stat

cdr->chc/chc->ias

allres->life

area damage--> loh

Build Guide

Hey guys!

First of all i would like to thank one of my youtube subscribers, TheLowrien for idea to use Blessed Ground for FOTF build variation. I had my doubts that it will work, but in reality it works even better and smoother than the Fires of Heaven! So, thank you, TheLowrien for this idea!

In fact Blessed Ground was used before, few ptr's ago, when there was a major thorns bug and people were breezing through GR100+ with it. But after the fix, it was completely forgotten again.

What i like about this build is the AOE oriented-damage and very active "run around" gameplay. Also we have a flat damage reduction of Aquilas Cuirass and no wrath spender at all here. So it has much more toughness than the classic "Shotgun" version. Lastly, the gameplay feels really smooth and solid, with all skills alighned well.

GR70 was much easier to finish, than with the classic Shotgun build!

UPDATE 14/09/16: GR71 cleared with zero augments!

UPDATE 15/09/16: GR75 cleared with zero augments!

UPDATE 17/09/16: GR76 cleared with zero augments! https://youtu.be/e1vsVhPoI9A

IMPORTANT INFO:

1) Ascendancy rune does 30% more damage than Blessed Ground. But it's extremely hard to catch mobs in the rays, and also Blessed Ground's AOE is massive. So it's much.. muuuch more reliable and results in more "effective dps".

2) You need classic 56% cdr to have 100% uptime of Akarath's Champion. Loosing 8% cdr on Shield will result in 1,25 seconds downtime of AC.

3) Heaven's Fury rolls on chest, shoulders and SHIELD are BIGGEST DPS boosts that you can have. Even 1% more percent is important.

4) Towering Shield passive is very important. It allows you to have 100% uptime of Shield Glare (with all cdr it's 3,7 cooldown and 4 seconds uptime). Without one 8% cdr roll it's still 100% uptime.

5) I can't understand if Blessed Ground procs Area Damage or not. To be tested. But there's not much spots to roll area damage except shoulders.

6) I believe Bane of the Stricken stacks through the shield glare and judgement, but not with Blessed Ground/rays. I have my doubts that BOTTS is good here at all since it's a completely DOT build. Needs to be tested. I noticed that RG dies faster when he's on lower health though.

7) Stand in Oculus Ring as much as possible!

8) I believe an optimized build can do 80+, maybe even get to 85 with augments. DPS is the only problem. With Esoteric it is possible to survive.

SKILL OPTIONS:

1) Iron Skin - Steel Skin(53% uptime), Flash (30% uptime), Decaying Strength (38% uptime) can all be mixed/changed/vice versa. I prefer Flash.

2) Judgement - Mass Verdict/Debilitate. A little more "pulling" of mobs. Like Vacuum, but worse. Debilitate can be used instead of Decaying Strength/Iron Skin.

3) Condemn - Vacuum, instead of Iron Skin/Laws, for more density.

4) Laws of Valor - Critical, more DPS.

5) Overall, Judgement is not MANDATORY for cc/proccing Bracers of Fury. It's uptime is around 65% and not 100% like Shield Glare. It's like an extra tool for damage reduction and cc.

good CDR calculator here:

http://rerollcalculator.com/CDR

or just load: http://www.d3planner.com/

Thank you!
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