Thanks you all, and sorry for my bad English... it's not my mother language but I can read / understand well ^^
I found that in order to put out the damage needed to step from t5 to t6 I had to replace a lot of the utility on my action bar from other damaging cooldown spells. Consider swapping Steed Charge and/or Provoke for Condemn or Falling Sword or Bombardment. Try it out; see if it helps. With your CDR; having 3 hard(ish) hitting spells means the time between them is short(ish) so at least one is often available for whatever you need to smash; all 3 combined on a blinded (+20% dmg) pack can wreck them
I am rather stuck in a rut at the moment, the RNG isn't being a good friend to me on drops or shards ;( I could use a hand in anyway as to what gear I can use or better build. I'm currently running T3 andi'vebeen stuck here for a while now. T4 is a just a move no where grind.
Hey, I actually had a crazy build Idea playing off the Bombardment Annihilate rune.
You need to:
stack CDR everywhere
Use lord commander
Use Akkans 6 Set
Use Rally Akarats Champion rune
Use The Mortal Dram OR A High Base Damage (not high DPS) one hander like a mace, with a one hander use fervor
Use Akarats Awakening shield
Basically, because Annihilate rune for Bombardment is 100% crit chance, there is no need to stack it. leaving you a free slot on anywhere you could have stacked that crit chance.there is also no need for stacking attack speed.
This means you are free to be way more flexible in primaries. as crit chance and attack speed are now negligible. Use RRoG and put an extra Fire Dam item on over the 6th akkans piece (magefist probably best as you could have Fire Damage, Strength, Vit, CDR and Crit Damage) put sockets on non-SoJ ring, ammy and shield (but i recommend block chance, see below) for extra strength from finery! this would bring it up to 9 gems giving you the bonus. 13.5% strength increase.
Your Shield here, Akatat's Awakening, has a 20% chance on blocking an attack to take a second off all cooldowns. To maximize this, using provoke hit me rune and having as close to 35% block chance on shield can mean alot of blocking attacks, and so alot of procs from the shield.
with all the CDR from above, your basically removing enough seconds to have LoV critical most of the time, which leaves you at around 450% crit Damage if you had max crit dam without LoV. The ability to remove 12 seconds of all skills with Akarats champion Rally will be ready most of the time. You could be permanently in Iron skin if you use Steel Skin rune, you even have steed charge rejuvenation ready all the time
want do you think? viable? and up to what torment? This build is purely theoretical, i am yet to obtain allnecessarypieces
I'd be interested in seeing how this works out. It would need to be tested to see if you could enough cool down procs from the shield before you can really see what it will do in higher torments. It'd be fun to try out though. I'll try to farm some pieces when I get home.
Ok, I can swap Steed Charge for a skill with a cooldown that dealing damages. Bombardment seems, to me, too long without the passive Lord Commander but I might be wrong. I will prefer Condemn or Falling Sword for more utility with the Flurry rune. I'll do some test. But for Provoke, I don't know if I could replace it, I find that wrath is a little problem on boss or when the fight is too long. Is it normal? Maybe I don't manage my cooldown of AC and Law very well, that's why I could have some wrath issue in that case.
*edit after some try* : Condemn - Eternal Retaliation doing a great job. Short cd + reduce some seconds, I can Condemn every 4-5sec.
And what about the weapon? Darklight is the best way to go even for T5-T6?
I had wrath issues plenty; although I have never played a FotH build so I can't help there, maybe a crusader here who has can help on that. My Holy Crusader uses Punish - Retaliation and Sweep attack, with Bombardment and Condemn for damagers:
Ok, I can swap Steed Charge for a skill with a cooldown that dealing damages. Bombardment seems, to me, too long without the passive Lord Commander but I might be wrong. I will prefer Condemn or Falling Sword for more utility with the Flurry rune. I'll do some test. But for Provoke, I don't know if I could replace it, I find that wrath is a little problem on boss or when the fight is too long. Is it normal? Maybe I don't manage my cooldown of AC and Law very well, that's why I could have some wrath issue in that case.
*edit after some try* : Condemn - Eternal Retaliation doing a great job. Short cd + reduce some seconds, I can Condemn every 4-5sec.
And what about the weapon? Darklight is the best way to go even for T5-T6?
I had wrath issues plenty; although I have never played a FotH build so I can't help there, maybe a crusader here who has can help on that. My Holy Crusader uses Punish - Retaliation and Sweep attack, with Bombardment and Condemn for damagers:
P.S. Ignore the neck; guess I was fighting Rime most recently *cough*
You could always change to the Embodiment of Power rune on AC. That should pretty much eliminate your wrath issues. I would still keep Provoke though. It's a good wrath generator and in your case the only one you have besides AC. It also provides some cc/damage.
I have The Furnace equipped right now, but I actually do have a well-rolled Darklight in my stash. I've found that on higher torments (especially in a party, where enemy health is increased), The Furnace gives me much higher damage output against elites/rift guardians. That may change once I get 6-piece Akkhan's, of course.
So far I've only been able to get a single piece of Akkhan's (shoulders)... My luck with sets is really crappy. Should I be purely gambling to get more pieces of the set, or any input on something else to grab?
Amulet has been pretty hard to replace...
I feel comfortable farming T5, and have had some limited success on T6, but anything above T4 is too slow to be remotely close to effective for farming.
I have The Furnace equipped right now, but I actually do have a well-rolled Darklight in my stash. I've found that on higher torments (especially in a party, where enemy health is increased), The Furnace gives me much higher damage output against elites/rift guardians. That may change once I get 6-piece Akkhan's, of course.
So far I've only been able to get a single piece of Akkhan's (shoulders)... My luck with sets is really crappy. Should I be purely gambling to get more pieces of the set, or any input on something else to grab?
Amulet has been pretty hard to replace...
Definitely keep gambling for the set pieces. For your ammy, you're going to want Fire%, str, CD, and CHC. You don't have any CDR on your gear either, which should be your major focus. 8% on shoulders, gloves(instead of atkspd), and rings. 10% on wep and shield. Hopefully you'll get lucky and pick some up with the Akkhans you find. Getting a helm with a socket would also be nice for you. Either Akkhans or another Andariels for the 12.5% cdr from gem. The idea with the Fire Starter build is to keep AC up all the time becuase that's where most of your damage will be coming from.
You can try for shoulders to get AR on there instead of the HF damage. Shield to get fire% damage. Gloves to get a better CD roll. Darklight to get 10%CDR instead of the AS that's on there. Maybe even Ammy to get CHC instead of the CDR. Really your gear is pretty good. Really just a matter of maxing the rolls you want.
Hi, it's me again... ^^ http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/drbishop-2116/hero/38677828
But now I have drop a SoJ %Fire, with 6% CDR. I'm trying to have %Fire on Auguild's wrists right now and after 8% CDR on SoJ instead of 6%. But I don't know what's the best weapon for a Fire build. Here is my available weapons in bank :
. 2H Maximus %Fire - 45,8% CDR
. 2H Baleful Remnant - 45,8% CDR
. 2H Mortal Drama with CDR - 50% CDR
. 2H Scourge with CDR - 50% CDR
. 1H Darklight with CDR - 58% CDR
Don't know what to do If someone can tell some tips...
Thanks a lot, and sorry for all that quetions. But it will be, I think, the last thing that I need to know : the choice of weapon.
If I had all tohse options I would simply experiment until I found the one I enjoyed the most. Of course it is hard to judge without knowing how strong each of the weapons is; but unless the Mortal Drama is awful; I'd be rocking that and swap your Falling Sword for Anihilate-Rune Bombardment
But yeah, play about and use the one you enjoy most I can't stand Scourge because the proc from it makes me think a set item has dropped when I'm tired
Hi, it's me again... ^^ http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/drbishop-2116/hero/38677828
But now I have drop a SoJ %Fire, with 6% CDR. I'm trying to have %Fire on Auguild's wrists right now and after 8% CDR on SoJ instead of 6%. But I don't know what's the best weapon for a Fire build. Here is my available weapons in bank :
. 2H Maximus %Fire - 45,8% CDR
. 2H Baleful Remnant - 45,8% CDR
. 2H Mortal Drama with CDR - 50% CDR
. 2H Scourge with CDR - 50% CDR
. 1H Darklight with CDR - 58% CDR
Don't know what to do If someone can tell some tips...
Thanks a lot, and sorry for all that quetions. But it will be, I think, the last thing that I need to know : the choice of weapon.
If I had all tohse options I would simply experiment until I found the one I enjoyed the most. Of course it is hard to judge without knowing how strong each of the weapons is; but unless the Mortal Drama is awful; I'd be rocking that and swap your Falling Sword for Anihilate-Rune Bombardment
But yeah, play about and use the one you enjoy most I can't stand Scourge because the proc from it makes me think a set item has dropped when I'm tired
Well, you are right. I need to try all of these weapons I just wished someone had a little idea about that ^^ But no problem, I'll try it. I was exciting because today was my %Fire day; Maximus - SoJ Fire and I craft Auguild's wrists %Fire
I'll try the Anihilate-rune for Bombardment, it can be very... Mortal. And yes Scourge is tricky with that green proc
Big thanks to you, I appreciate.
Darklight is a pretty good 1h to use. With Heaven's Tempest you can do a lot of free damage. Maximus is obviously a good choice for the extra fire damage, 56% cdr is a pretty big breakpoint though. I would honestly go with the darklight for now just for that.
go with fist build or wif shield bash, falling sword or bombardment
Advice appreciated
Well i had a little luck today, gotten my gyrfalcon's foote and so shield throw build is viable to mi again even more, so what should i go with is a little hard to decide for me
If anyone has some time, I'd appreciate some feedback on my setup. I know rings are lacking, but I haven't had much luck in that area. Anyway, thanks in advance.
I took down Azmodan in t5 yesterday just to see if I could do it (he went down really fast too) but it seems like most of my damage is exceptional burst, but I'm kinda feeling like a glass cannon. Can't survive bounties / rifts on T4, T3 can be challenging to survive on sometimes. Should I drop any of my damage for toughness boosting items?
Currently gambling to find more pieces of Akkan's, but no luck there.
Alright, since I first checked in, I've been lucky. Had Akkhan's shoulders drop and gambled the helm, legs and gloves. I'm now gambling boots. Also had a strong Cindercoat drop. I'm still struggling to get a RoRG to drop, though. Ingame paper-doll stats are 935K dps and 8,409K toughness. Lowest res is ~770ish.
So the big question is - since I'm a brand of fire crusader, should I gamble the chest to pick up the natural 6pc bonus, or should I stick with the Cindercoat and pray an RoRG drops? If the ring drops, which of the 2 do I replace? I'm thinking that I drop the Rogar's, but I really like the allres on it.
I have been EXTREMELY lucky these past 5 days and got like 8 pieces of Akkhan (i had to give 2 of them to a friend i'm playing with ), 3 SoJ, 2 Unity, an awesome RoRG (my first one was sh***y) ... i even got an ok Wand of Woh x)
So ... what to gamble for? I'm currently trying to get Hellskull for the CDR + Heaven's Fury dmg ... Am i correct or would i be better off gambling for another FotF (one with CDR would be really nice too)?
After gearing a marauder DH and an earthquake barb I thought it was time to try something new - I hit 70 with my crusader last night and immediately crafted some gear. I need help getting a spec put together for him and just a quick gear check.
-I have some fire pieces so I think I should probably go fire until I get better gear so if someone could point me to a fire spec that would be great, it would also be nice to have someone explain to me the fire rotation
-I don't know what weapon to use to start off - I crafted the golden scourge but If i'm going fire - I'm thinking a devestator since it has fire % would be a better choice - I don't have any viable 2 hand weapons in the bank
I could use a hand in anyway as to what gear I can use or better build. I'm currently running T3 andi'vebeen stuck here for a while now. T4 is a just a move no where grind.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Archtide-1353/hero/43780374
Thanks.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Aeneas-2115/hero/38721088
P.S. Ignore the neck; guess I was fighting Rime most recently *cough*
Having some real issues deciding what to focus on next, could use some input.Using a fire-based Fist of the Heavens build (with Firestarter).
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/TheFallenOne-1318/hero/43525064
I have The Furnace equipped right now, but I actually do have a well-rolled Darklight in my stash. I've found that on higher torments (especially in a party, where enemy health is increased), The Furnace gives me much higher damage output against elites/rift guardians. That may change once I get 6-piece Akkhan's, of course.
So far I've only been able to get a single piece of Akkhan's (shoulders)... My luck with sets is really crappy. Should I be purely gambling to get more pieces of the set, or any input on something else to grab?
Amulet has been pretty hard to replace...
I feel comfortable farming T5, and have had some limited success on T6, but anything above T4 is too slow to be remotely close to effective for farming.
Here is a link to optimal rolls for Fire Starter crusaders courtesy of Mannercookie.http://i.imgur.com/ZtrqZoV.jpg
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/deathweaver-1939/hero/43761667
go with fist build or wif shield bash, falling sword or bombardment
Advice appreciated
But yeah, play about and use the one you enjoy most I can't stand Scourge because the proc from it makes me think a set item has dropped when I'm tired
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so which direction will be better to go? hope to get some help here =)
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/havrin-1631/hero/44456572
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Vaelic-1413/hero/44412836
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Kintner-1362/hero/43967933
I took down Azmodan in t5 yesterday just to see if I could do it (he went down really fast too) but it seems like most of my damage is exceptional burst, but I'm kinda feeling like a glass cannon. Can't survive bounties / rifts on T4, T3 can be challenging to survive on sometimes. Should I drop any of my damage for toughness boosting items?
Currently gambling to find more pieces of Akkan's, but no luck there.
Alright, since I first checked in, I've been lucky. Had Akkhan's shoulders drop and gambled the helm, legs and gloves. I'm now gambling boots. Also had a strong Cindercoat drop. I'm still struggling to get a RoRG to drop, though. Ingame paper-doll stats are 935K dps and 8,409K toughness. Lowest res is ~770ish.
So the big question is - since I'm a brand of fire crusader, should I gamble the chest to pick up the natural 6pc bonus, or should I stick with the Cindercoat and pray an RoRG drops? If the ring drops, which of the 2 do I replace? I'm thinking that I drop the Rogar's, but I really like the allres on it.
Thanks in advance!
I have been EXTREMELY lucky these past 5 days and got like 8 pieces of Akkhan (i had to give 2 of them to a friend i'm playing with ), 3 SoJ, 2 Unity, an awesome RoRG (my first one was sh***y) ... i even got an ok Wand of Woh x)
I went from this :http://i.imgur.com/EU5pcmu.jpg (past Monday) to this :http://i.imgur.com/oAhtYV4.jpg
Full profile here :http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/hazard-2505/hero/43222179
So ... what to gamble for? I'm currently trying to get Hellskull for the CDR + Heaven's Fury dmg ... Am i correct or would i be better off gambling for another FotF (one with CDR would be really nice too)?
Thanks in advance
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/xKYJellyFish-1506/hero/43880052
After gearing a marauder DH and an earthquake barb I thought it was time to try something new - I hit 70 with my crusader last night and immediately crafted some gear. I need help getting a spec put together for him and just a quick gear check.
-I have some fire pieces so I think I should probably go fire until I get better gear so if someone could point me to a fire spec that would be great, it would also be nice to have someone explain to me the fire rotation
-I don't know what weapon to use to start off - I crafted the golden scourge but If i'm going fire - I'm thinking a devestator since it has fire % would be a better choice - I don't have any viable 2 hand weapons in the bank
-If I could just get a quick gear check (I have yet to craft pants)http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/BlackMamba-1902/hero/49076232
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