yesterday i came up with a realy unique build that works amazingly well.
think about captain america with anger management issues who never runs out of juice!
the only requirement for this build is the weapon Gyrfalcon's Foote 1h legendary flail.
as a bonus you can try to get the Jekanbord Shield as mentioned by Stiwiz. this will be a godly combo!
it works as followed:
your secondary ability becomes your primary ability because of the weapon,blessed shield now cost 0 wrath! Condemn with unleashed rune for instant cast. 15 sec cd requires 0 wrath heaven's fury with either Ascendancy or Split fury rune has 20 sec cooldown and requires 0 wrath. Bombardment with impactfull bombardment 60 seconds CD requires 0 wrath. (we will use the passive lord commander to bring the cd to 40 seconds) akarath's champion for the extra attackspeed and dps bonus and ofc 1 proc chance. Steed charge for those wtf moments where you need to get out of stuff. (also benefits from the lord commander passive and brings cd to 15 seconds)
so the rotation is as followed: you can spam blessed shield as much as you want and you make a rotation starting with bombardment.
wait 5-8 seconds and spam blessed shield.
now you use condemn. wait 5-8 seconds again while spamming blessed shield.
now its time to cast heaven's fury. again 5-8 seconds of spamming blessed shield and now the cd for bombardment has resetted.
you can do this rotation 4-ever!
this will wipe packs of the map in torment 1 without problem!
make sure blessed shield has shattering throw rune. this is the most effective and cool effect aswell.
here is a link to my build. http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/crusader#SiVQlO!bSZf!YZbYZY
here is a link to my profile. http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Fighter-1441/hero/39197676
you can pretty much choose what passive abilities you like except for the lord commander
what makes this build unique is: no wrath required. playing a better version of captain america is cool. really effective. you can use steed charge in this build! hardcore proof! (im using this on hc)
let me know what you guys think!
I've been wanting to try this out myself, wrath really is a pain in the ass and this 1H flail solves all my problems until Blizzard starts to do something about it. Not that it ever drops.
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Ahh, this was much better, thanks! I remember the first thing I thought when I first got Blessed Shield was, hey, this is a lot like Cap's shield bounce (Marvel Heroes) and it's super fun in that game, no reason it shouldn't be here. It needs some love though, if you don't have this flail it really isn't that superb.
yep.This build only works with this flail.
but having tried it, i never had so much fun playing my crusader and i will NEVER want to go back to hammerdin spec ever again after this!
You forgot to mention this build is terrible and low dmg compared to hammers in every way, also considering you are not even taking full dmg benefits from the fact that you should get more block percentage in talents tells me you are not a very smart player. This is a useless guide and should be ignored.
second of all. your the not so smart one here as the extra damage is not from your total block value but from the block % on your equipped shield.
and third!3.5 milcrit with semi decent gear on the first hit.. then over 3mil crit for 7 more times with just 1 shield!
i just tried torment III and they MELT!
so please go troll somewhere else and stop calling ppl not very smart as you clearly don't know the first thing about spell mechanics.
on topic: blessed shield + combust rune seems to be the better option here. it does allot more dmg and benefits from extra fire dmg % allot. also the aoe explosion is a want to have.
if you cant find the weapon but have a decent block chance this can be used as an alternative build mainly fire focused.... build was given to me on another post but so far has been really fun and no where near as boring as hammer spam my char http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Drevain-1864/hero/43768028 My shield is Lidless wall wont show up for some reason.
Wouldn't "Hold your ground" and "Towering Shield" improve the damage of the build significantly?
Besides that: cool build, too bad it's only viable with the one weapon. Where should I farm it?
Not to steal the thunder of this build, it is a good start. Check out my InfernoSheild Ranged Crusader post. I built it in with Hold you Ground and Tower Shield. I also decided to use the Combust rune and + fire damage for some insane numbers!
I would suggest blood shard farming and gamble and just farm, farm, farm rifts!
forget combust! yes its good. but now that they fixed shattering throw this is what you want. why? simple. attacks bounce between enemies so enemies can be hit more then once.
this does not happen with combust.
i absolutely love my build now. i destroy torment 2 packs in 2-3 seconds. its crazy and fun!
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think about captain america with anger management issues who never runs out of juice!
the only requirement for this build is the weapon Gyrfalcon's Foote 1h legendary flail.
as a bonus you can try to get the Jekanbord Shield as mentioned by Stiwiz. this will be a godly combo!
it works as followed:
your secondary ability becomes your primary ability because of the weapon,blessed shield now cost 0 wrath!
Condemn with unleashed rune for instant cast. 15 sec cd requires 0 wrath
heaven's fury with either Ascendancy or Split fury rune has 20 sec cooldown and requires 0 wrath.
Bombardment with impactfull bombardment 60 seconds CD requires 0 wrath. (we will use the passive lord commander to bring the cd to 40 seconds)
akarath's champion for the extra attackspeed and dps bonus and ofc 1 proc chance.
Steed charge for those wtf moments where you need to get out of stuff. (also benefits from the lord commander passive and brings cd to 15 seconds)
so the rotation is as followed: you can spam blessed shield as much as you want and you make a rotation starting with bombardment.
wait 5-8 seconds and spam blessed shield.
now you use condemn. wait 5-8 seconds again while spamming blessed shield.
now its time to cast heaven's fury. again 5-8 seconds of spamming blessed shield and now the cd for bombardment has resetted.
you can do this rotation 4-ever!
this will wipe packs of the map in torment 1 without problem!
make sure blessed shield has shattering throw rune. this is the most effective and cool effect aswell.
here is a link to my build. http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/crusader#SiVQlO!bSZf!YZbYZY
here is a link to my profile. http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Fighter-1441/hero/39197676
you can pretty much choose what passive abilities you like except for the lord commander
what makes this build unique is:
no wrath required.
playing a better version of captain america is cool.
really effective.
you can use steed charge in this build!
hardcore proof! (im using this on hc)
let me know what you guys think!
Fighter
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but having tried it, i never had so much fun playing my crusader and i will NEVER want to go back to hammerdin spec ever again after this!
its beyond imba! i shall try to make a video this weekend and post it here.
most fun build i have ever played in diablo 1 , 2 and 3.
second of all. your the not so smart one here as the extra damage is not from your total block value but from the block % on your equipped shield.
and third!3.5 milcrit with semi decent gear on the first hit.. then over 3mil crit for 7 more times with just 1 shield!
i just tried torment III and they MELT!
so please go troll somewhere else and stop calling ppl not very smart as you clearly don't know the first thing about spell mechanics.
on topic: blessed shield + combust rune seems to be the better option here. it does allot more dmg and benefits from extra fire dmg % allot. also the aoe explosion is a want to have.
mark my words
I would suggest blood shard farming and gamble and just farm, farm, farm rifts!
forget combust! yes its good. but now that they fixed shattering throw this is what you want. why? simple. attacks bounce between enemies so enemies can be hit more then once.
this does not happen with combust.
i absolutely love my build now. i destroy torment 2 packs in 2-3 seconds. its crazy and fun!