SHIELD BASH GR90+ (Offensive version)

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by Angry_Roleplayer last updated Nov 1, 2017 ( Patch 2.6.1 )

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Skills

Shield Bash Pound
- Shield Bash
Cost: 30 Wrath

Charge at your enemy, bashing him and all nearby foes. Deals 700% weapon damage plus 300% of your shield Block Chance as Holy damage.
Pound

Shield Bash will now deal 1320% weapon damage plus 500% shield Block Chance as damage. The range is reduced to 8 yards.
Punish Fury
- Punish
Generate: 5 Wrath per attack

Strike your enemy for 335% weapon damage and gain Hardened Senses, increasing your Block Chance by 15% for 5 seconds.
Fury

When you block with Hardened Senses active, you gain 15% increased Critical Hit Chance for your next attack.
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%.
Iron Skin Flash
- Iron Skin
Cooldown: 30 seconds

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

If you take damage while Iron Skin is active, your movement speed is increased by 60% for 5 seconds and you can move through enemies unhindered.
Shield Glare Zealous Glare
- Shield Glare
Cooldown: 12 seconds

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

Gain 9 Wrath for each enemy Blinded.
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.

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%.
Finery
- Finery
Gain 1.5% Strength for every gem socketed into your gear.
Wrathful
- Wrathful
Each point of Wrath spent heals you for 1341 Life.

Heal amount is increased by 1% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus.
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

Roland's Visage

Set Helm

Primary Stats

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

Roland's Legacy
Roland's Visage
Roland's Mantle
Roland's Bearing
Roland's Determination
Roland's Stride
Roland's Grasp
(2) Set: Every use of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack reduces the cooldowns of your Laws and Defensive Skills by 1 second.
(4) Set: Increase the damage of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack by 2500%.
(6) Set: Every use of Shield Bash or Sweep Attack that hits an enemy grants 50% increased Attack Speed and 15% damage reduction for 8 |4second:seconds;. This effect stacks up to 5 times.
Roland's Mantle

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

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

Roland's Legacy
Roland's Visage
Roland's Mantle
Roland's Bearing
Roland's Determination
Roland's Stride
Roland's Grasp
(2) Set: Every use of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack reduces the cooldowns of your Laws and Defensive Skills by 1 second.
(4) Set: Increase the damage of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack by 2500%.
(6) Set: Every use of Shield Bash or Sweep Attack that hits an enemy grants 50% increased Attack Speed and 15% damage reduction for 8 |4second:seconds;. This effect stacks up to 5 times.
Hellfire Amulet

Legendary Amulet
Roland's Bearing

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

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

Roland's Legacy
Roland's Visage
Roland's Mantle
Roland's Bearing
Roland's Determination
Roland's Stride
Roland's Grasp
(2) Set: Every use of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack reduces the cooldowns of your Laws and Defensive Skills by 1 second.
(4) Set: Increase the damage of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack by 2500%.
(6) Set: Every use of Shield Bash or Sweep Attack that hits an enemy grants 50% increased Attack Speed and 15% damage reduction for 8 |4second:seconds;. This effect stacks up to 5 times.
Drakon's Lesson

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

When your Shield Bash hits 3 or fewer enemies, its damage is increased by 300–400% and 25% of its Wrath Cost is refunded.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence
Roland's Grasp

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

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

Roland's Legacy
Roland's Visage
Roland's Mantle
Roland's Bearing
Roland's Determination
Roland's Stride
Roland's Grasp
(2) Set: Every use of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack reduces the cooldowns of your Laws and Defensive Skills by 1 second.
(4) Set: Increase the damage of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack by 2500%.
(6) Set: Every use of Shield Bash or Sweep Attack that hits an enemy grants 50% increased Attack Speed and 15% damage reduction for 8 |4second:seconds;. This effect stacks up to 5 times.
The Witching Hour

Legendary Belt

265 - 314 Armor

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26 - 28%
Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Roland's Determination

Set Pants

Primary Stats

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

Roland's Legacy
Roland's Visage
Roland's Mantle
Roland's Bearing
Roland's Determination
Roland's Stride
Roland's Grasp
(2) Set: Every use of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack reduces the cooldowns of your Laws and Defensive Skills by 1 second.
(4) Set: Increase the damage of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack by 2500%.
(6) Set: Every use of Shield Bash or Sweep Attack that hits an enemy grants 50% increased Attack Speed and 15% damage reduction for 8 |4second:seconds;. This effect stacks up to 5 times.
Roland's Stride

Set Boots

Primary Stats

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

Roland's Legacy
Roland's Visage
Roland's Mantle
Roland's Bearing
Roland's Determination
Roland's Stride
Roland's Grasp
(2) Set: Every use of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack reduces the cooldowns of your Laws and Defensive Skills by 1 second.
(4) Set: Increase the damage of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack by 2500%.
(6) Set: Every use of Shield Bash or Sweep Attack that hits an enemy grants 50% increased Attack Speed and 15% damage reduction for 8 |4second:seconds;. This effect stacks up to 5 times.
Focus

Set Ring

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.
Restraint

Set Ring

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Bastions of Will
Focus
Restraint
(2) Set: When you hit with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.
Flail of the Ascended

Legendary Two-Handed Flail

Primary Stats

+41–53 Strength
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Your Shield Glare deals damage equal to up to your last 5 Shield Bash casts.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(8–9)–(10–12) Arcane Damage

+(8–9)–(10–12) Poison Damage

+(8–9)–(10–12) Lightning Damage

+(8–9)–(10–12) Holy Damage

+(8–9)–(10–12) Cold Damage

+(8–9)–(10–12) Fire Damage

+(8–9)–(10–12) Damage
The Final Witness

Legendary Crusader Shield

Primary Stats

+128–163 Strength
+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Shield Glare now hits all enemies around you.

More Details

Head
- Roland's Visage
- Stat Priority: CHC Str Skill: SB Vit
Shoulders
- Roland's Mantle
- Stat Priority: CDR Str Vit Life
Amulet
- Hellfire Amulet
- The Ess of Johan
- Eye of Etlich
- Stat Priority: Physical % CHD CHC
Torso
- Roland's Bearing
- Stat Priority: Reduced Elite Dmg Life
Wrists
- Drakon's Lesson
- Stat Priority: Physical % CHC
Hands
- Roland's Grasp
- Stat Priority: CHD CHC Str CDR
Waist
- The Witching Hour
- Vigilante Belt
- String of Ears
- Stat Priority: AR Life CDR
Legs
- Roland's Determination
- Stat Priority: AR Str Vit
Feet
- Roland's Stride
- Stat Priority: Skill: SB AR Str Vit
Rings
- Focus
- Restraint
- Stat Priority: CHD CHC Str
Weapon
- Flail of the Ascended
- Stat Priority: Dmg % LOH
Offhand
- The Final Witness
- Stat Priority: CHC Skill: SB

Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Stricken
  Bane of the Stricken
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Each attack you make against an enemy increases the damage it takes from your attacks by 0.8%.
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15%.
- Esoteric Alteration
  Esoteric Alteration
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain 10.0% non-Physical damage reduction.
  While below 50% Life, your resistances to Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, and Arcane are increased by 75%. (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

The Furnace

Legendary Two-Handed Mace

Primary Stats

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

Secondary Stats

Increases damage against elites by 40–50%.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+192–245 Strength

+192–245 Intelligence

+192–245 Dexterity
The Furnace
Nemesis Bracers

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Shrines and Pylons will spawn an enemy champion.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Nemesis Bracers
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

There are multiple ways to play Shield Bash with Unity.

1) With and without Piro Marella

2) With and without Furnace in the cube (and with Final Witness equipped)

Without Piro Marella you will be often out of wrath in density and will not be able to reset your skills and laws smoothly, also Life Per Wrath healing will not be very smooth.

Without Furnace you will do less damage to elites, but if you have Piro Marella equipped, the gameplay will be smoother and resets faster.

ADDITIONAL INFO:

1) Few comments about Akarath's Awakening in the cube = it's not worth it. Losing 50% wrath cost for occasional extra cooldown.. No thanx. Shield Bash costs are INSANE if you fight 3+mobs on screen, Without Piro Marella you will be out of wrath very very fast, and no amount of CDR can compensate that. CDR is just utility for Roland, unlike, Akkhan for example, where it's a quality-of-life component of the build.

2) Ancient Parthan Defenders are not worth it IMHO. Iron Skin only lasts 4 seconds and overall a good solid 50% damage reduction proved to be more efficient for me across the rift, than occasional chance to stun during a very short Iron Skin uptime window.

3) Leoric's Crown in the cube will give you smoother cooldowns and +10 sheet CDR.

4) Vigilante Belt is good for extra CDR, but my tests showed me that overall Witching Hour is more essential.

5) All armor gems = diamonds for all res.

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Primary Stat
Vitality
Maximum Resource

Offense

Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed

Defense

Life
Resist All
Armor
Life Regeneration

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Area Damage
Gold Find

move speed->all

CDR-chd-chc-ias

life-allres

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Build Guide

Hello guys!

First of all i am not a big fan of Shield Bash in general, but i know there's plenty of SB players out there who really enjoy the gameplay. So in the absense of optimized SB builds out there, let me help you with this guide.

Credits for this version also go to lotsofbeets , cause i thought the old version of the build is long dead.

This is the high DPS, "offensive" version of the build which is almost 3 years old and it uses all "basic" shield bash things like the Flail of the Ascended, Furnace, Final Witness and also Unity with Focus and Restraint.

Back in the day, we had no Flail of the Ascended, so we used Furnace + Piro Marella instead. It was quite an easy, straighforward setup. Now it's a little more complicated, because if we want to use Furnace we can only select one shield since Flail of Ascended is mandatory.

Overall this setup is an "old" setup and is almost unchanged to what it used to be 3 years ago.

What's the difference with the "Defensive" version?

1) Everything is optimized for damage. Around 25% more damage to trash mobs and 75% more damage to elites.

2) It's very glassy. Much less toughness and as result dying is not uncommon. It's not HC viable.

3) I think it's around +5 grifts stronger than the defensive version, so for pushing on softcore i recommend this build.

4) Overal it's much more clunky since you need to hit Punish/Zeal once in a while to proc F+R (and this is basically a waste of time since primary skills do no damage), and at the same time you need to Bash and watch Shield Bash stacks in order to unleash Shield Glare at 5 stacks.

General information and hints:

1) 5th Passive is Hold Your Ground or Indestructible

2) All healing only comes from Life per Wrath spent (Roll this on weapon, not life on hit! It's unavailable in the builder) on your flail, shield or wrathful passive. Or all of them.

3) You can use Zeal - Guard for extra toughness as well.

4) Gogok can be used instead of Esoteric if you don't die much.

GR89 CLEAR with Offensive version: https://youtu.be/xFPaJlXx-HE

"Defensive" VERSION: http://www.diablofans.com/builds/86738-shield-bash-gr85-defensive-version

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Posted Nov 16, 2017
I can't believe nobody has commented on this. Let me first say that I can't understand why so many players rank crusaders so low on their lists of preferred classes. It is crazy to me because I have geared mine for so many different builds and every one feels like a different character.

- Akkhan Blessed Shield - heavy hitter; as a competitive soft-core solo gamer, I have cleared GR 95 and am probably ready for 98 or 99, I've just been working on other builds and gearing my Wiz.

- Light Hammerdin - up until recently was the pusher but fell behind the Bl. Sh. with the new reworked gear stats

- Akkhan Shotgun - awesome fun, more of a rotational, strategic positioning build

- LoN Bomber - full ancient but not my play style, great for speedfarming though

- Invoker Thorns - the tank

- Rolands Sweep - wicked durable and great damage in density until the Rift Guardian, then pathetic and annoying

And now, Rolands Shield Bash, and I swear, this is exactly what I needed, it is AWESOME. I fly around the screen with my bashes, I surprisingly do not run out of wrath, and while I just set it up yesterday, I am fairly certain that it will very easily be taking down 80s soon, without augments. The build up to the massive shield glare is so cool, and everything just blows up. Seriously fun, zero downtime necessary.

My point is that there are so many really different play style builds for just one class, casting, melee, mobility, standing still, all as a sader. What other class can boast this kind of variety? When Blizz finally realizes what this class could do and gives it the love others have received, it is going to be good times.

I do wish there was a viable Fist of the Heavens build, preferably with the lightning rune. Man I loved being that kind of caster, but there just doesn't seem to be a decent build for it where it can handle any content past T13, and that is sad because I have played around with it and wish there was. I love that spell and there is some gear that accommodates it now but every build I have tried hits a very hard wall and the spell just doesn't do enough damage to make it work.

Thank you again Angry, your builds always seem to get it just right for me. I can't wait to try the defensive version of this too, even more survivability should be fun to try.

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