I've seen a lot of posts from people talking about how the Foote/Jekangbord/Blessed Shield combo is bad, but I can't find any threads with detail on it. Seeing as I just got these items, can someone please tell me why I shouldn't use it? (Please provide detail, not just "because holy shotgun is better.")
it used to be a very strong combination before akarat rally was nerfed and blessed shield shatter rune dmg was also nerfed.
so the reason why it isnt popular now is because in direct comparison with other weapons/builds its dmg just cant compete. I would rank sader items in this order in terms of dmg/effectiveness. gyrfalt/baleful<maximius<darkflight<fotf
edit* as mentioned below the single target is mainly where blessed shields lacks luster. If you only have one target your shields wont bounce and u will get like 1/8th of ur effective dmg. This was also a problem before they nerfed it. after the changes and shotgun becoming mainstream our single target drastically improved too, so I welcome these changes.
I honestly don't think its "bad," its just not the best crusader build there is. Its a great build to start with imo. Awesome AOE makes lower rifts easy and bounties easier. I have had to tweak my gear alot to do T5-6. Can do T5 solo fine, T6 is doable just slow and have to use the unity trick. Single target sucks badly on this build and that would be my guess as to why people label it as "bad." Dont be afraid to use this build as you gather your Akkahn's set to move into Firelight or holy shot gun.
its bad and its always been bad. not only does it do zero dmg, but it also bombards your allies with needlessly annoying audio and visual spam. the reason why people thought it was good/ok before is because earlier on in the game, people were very content with doing t3/t4 (where this build is viable). but now everyone thinks they are badass, and its t5/t6 or go home.
personally i think fotf build is janky, so i dont play it. darklight's dmg output is pretty meh to me too. my favorite crusader build, despite the nerf, is blade of prophecy/condemn build.
This build is good, it just depends on what torment level you're running... basically I wouldn't take it passed T4... another thing is I used to use this build without the foote, and the damage was pretty Damn nice.. then I got the foote, and since its a 1 hander, I do far less damage but can spam it forever... so that's the trade off... if you do that, then you have better sustained damage but as an above poster said it gets slow... shotgun builds are really fun too and I recently completed the akkhan set and slapped a fire build together and it's comical to play for me so I'll probably take the backlight fire build over everything else
I've found that the damage scales pretty quickly when using firestarter. However, I don't have an Akkans set yet, so the DPS is lacking since I can't keep AC up for long. I think this build would be good if scaled that way with the fire rune and firestarter.
However, I really do hope that I get a FotF or a good darklight (mine's only 1950 dps with no socket or cooldown). I've seen sick single and multi-target damage from shotgun and fire fists.
so the reason why it isnt popular now is because in direct comparison with other weapons/builds its dmg just cant compete. I would rank sader items in this order in terms of dmg/effectiveness. gyrfalt/baleful<maximius<darkflight<fotf
edit* as mentioned below the single target is mainly where blessed shields lacks luster. If you only have one target your shields wont bounce and u will get like 1/8th of ur effective dmg. This was also a problem before they nerfed it. after the changes and shotgun becoming mainstream our single target drastically improved too, so I welcome these changes.
hc sader: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/kawlin-1839/hero/48602348
Enjoy
personally i think fotf build is janky, so i dont play it. darklight's dmg output is pretty meh to me too. my favorite crusader build, despite the nerf, is blade of prophecy/condemn build.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/cying-1239/hero/44058104
However, I really do hope that I get a FotF or a good darklight (mine's only 1950 dps with no socket or cooldown). I've seen sick single and multi-target damage from shotgun and fire fists.