ChilLoN SweePhalanx

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by episode63 last updated Oct 31, 2018 ( Patch 2.6.1 )

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Skills

Sweep Attack Blazing Sweep
- Sweep Attack
Cost: 20 Wrath

Sweep a mystical flail through enemies up to 18 yards before you, dealing 480% weapon damage.
Blazing Sweep

Enemies hit by the attack will catch on fire for 120% weapon damage over 2 seconds.
Laws of Hope Wings of Angels
- Laws of Hope
Cooldown: 30 seconds

Active: Empower the Law, surrounding you and your allies in a shield for 5 seconds that absorbs up to 124128 damage.

Passive: Recite the Law, healing you and your allies for 10728 Life per second.

Only one Law may be active at a time.
Wings of Angels

Active: Empowering the Law also increases movement speed for you and your allies by 50%, and allows everyone affected to run through enemies unimpeded.
Phalanx Bowmen
- Phalanx
Cost: 30 Wrath

Summon powerful avatars who charge forward to the targeted destination. Enemies caught in the charge path take 490% weapon damage.
Bowmen

The summoned avatars no longer march forward, but will wield bows and attack enemies, dealing 185% weapon damage. These bowmen follow you as you move for 5 seconds.

The Bowmen can only be summoned once every 15 seconds.
Steed Charge Endurance
- Steed Charge
Cooldown: 16 seconds

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

Increase the duration to 3 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.
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%.
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.
Lord Commander
- Lord Commander
The cooldown of Steed Charge is reduced by 25% and Bombardment by 35%.

Damage dealt by Phalanx is increased 20%.
Finery
- Finery
Gain 1.5% Strength for every gem socketed into your gear.

Items

Warhelm of Kassar

Legendary Helm

21 - 24 Armor

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Secondary Stats

Reduce the cooldown and increase the damage of Phalanx by 45 - 60%.

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Death Watch Mantle

Legendary Shoulders

240 - 252 Armor

Secondary Stats

25 - 35% chance to explode in a fan of knives for 750-950% weapon damage when hit.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Hellfire Amulet

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

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

+626–750 Intelligence

+626–750 Dexterity

+626–750 Strength
Cindercoat

Legendary Chest Armor

Primary Stats

Fire skills deal 5–10% more damage.
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces the resource cost of Fire skills by 23–30%.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Lacuni Prowlers

Legendary Bracers

221 - 261 Armor

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%
+8 - 9% Movement Speed
+316 - 464 Thorns Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Tasker and Theo

Legendary Gloves

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 5.0–6.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increase attack speed of your pets by 40–50%.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence
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
Swamp Land Waders

Legendary Pants

Primary Stats

+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Sacrifice deals 300–400% additional damage against enemies affected by Locust Swarm or Grasp of the Dead.
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+160–179 Dexterity

+160–179 Strength

+160–179 Intelligence

One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

Physical skills deal 10–15% more damage.

Lightning skills deal 10–15% more damage.

Cold skills deal 10–15% more damage.

Fire skills deal 10–15% more damage.

Arcane skills deal 10–15% more damage.

Poison skills deal 10–15% more damage.

Holy skills deal 10–15% more damage.
Illusory Boots

Legendary Boots

30 - 35 Armor

Primary Stats

+416 - 500 Strength
+416 - 500 Dexterity
+416 - 500 Intelligence
+91 - 100 Resistance to All Elements
+10 - 12% Movement Speed

Secondary Stats

You may move unhindered through enemies.

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
Litany of the Undaunted

Set Ring

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Legacy of Nightmares
The Wailing Host
Litany of the Undaunted
(2) Set: While this is your only Item Set bonus every Ancient item you have equipped increases your damage dealt by 100% and reduces your damage taken by 4%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
The Wailing Host

Set Ring

Primary Stats

Sockets (1)

Legacy of Nightmares
The Wailing Host
Litany of the Undaunted
(2) Set: While this is your only Item Set bonus every Ancient item you have equipped increases your damage dealt by 100% and reduces your damage taken by 4%.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Golden Flense

Legendary Two-Handed Flail

8.8 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

Sweep Attack restores 6 Wrath for each enemy hit and has its damage increased by 225 - 300%.
One of 2 Magic Properties (varies)
+66 - 132 Minimum Damage
+88 - 176 Maximum Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Unrelenting Phalanx

Legendary Crusader Shield

9 - 10 Armor

Primary Stats

+10 - 20% Chance to Block
0 - 0 Block Amount

Secondary Stats

Phalanx now casts twice.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties

More Details

Head
- Warhelm of Kassar
- Stat Priority: Str Vit Socket Skill: Phalanx
Shoulders
- Death Watch Mantle
- Stat Priority: Str Vit CDR Skill: Phalanx
Amulet
- Hellfire Amulet
- Stat Priority: Str Socket CHD CHC
Torso
- Cindercoat
- Aquila Cuirass
- Tyrael's Might
- Stat Priority: Str Vit Socket Fire %
Wrists
- Lacuni Prowlers
- Nemesis Bracers
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AS Physical %
Hands
- Tasker and Theo
- Stat Priority: Str AS CHC CHD
Waist
- The Witching Hour
- Belt of the Trove
- Stat Priority: Str Vit AS
Legs
- Swamp Land Waders
- Pox Faulds
- Stat Priority: Str Vit Socket Physical %
Feet
- Illusory Boots
- Fire Walkers
- Ice Climbers
- Stat Priority: Str Vit Skill: Phalanx
Rings
- Litany of the Undaunted
- The Wailing Host
- Stat Priority: Str Socket AS CHD
Weapon
- Golden Flense
- Stat Priority: Str Socket AS Life per Fury
Offhand
- Unrelenting Phalanx
- Stat Priority: Str Vit CHC Life per Fury

Legendary Gems
- 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)
- Enforcer
  Enforcer
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
- Pain Enhancer
  Pain Enhancer
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Critical hits cause the enemy to bleed for 2500.0% weapon damage as Physical over 3 seconds.
  Gain Blood Frenzy, granting you 3% increased Attack Speed for each bleeding enemy within 20 yards. (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

Denial

Legendary Shield

320 - 383 Armor

Primary Stats

+10 - 20% Chance to Block
0 - 0 Block Amount

Secondary Stats

Each enemy hit by your Sweep Attack increases the damage of your next Sweep Attack by 100 - 125%, stacking up to 5 times.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Denial
Nemesis Bracers

Legendary Bracers

8 - 10 Armor

Secondary Stats

Shrines and Pylons will spawn an enemy champion.

+ 4 Random Magic Properties
Nemesis Bracers
Convention of Elements

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 3.5%
Sockets (1)

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.

+ 2 Random Magic Properties
Convention of Elements

Items are for LoN and should be all ancient + caldesaan for maximum effect with this build. Some items can be swapped based on what you have/personal preference. Items such as lacuni bracer and witching hour help to increase attack speed so that phalanx bowmen hits the 2.40001 attack speed breakpoint w/ tasker and theo. If you aren't going to hit this breakpoint, feel free to change these items out as you wish

Phalanx Attack Speed Breakpoints (include +40-50% from TnT)

0.98361 60f
1.09091 54f
1.22449 48f
1.39535 42f
1.62163 36f
1.93549 30f
2.40001 24f
3.15790 18f

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Maximum Resource
Primary Stat
Vitality

Offense

Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed
Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage

Defense

Resist All
Armor
Life
Life Regeneration

Utility

Area Damage
Resource Cost Reduction
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Paragon is pretty standard

Build Guide

Yo I heard phalanx bowmen was pretty cool, but it doesn't seem to do well against density. Yo, I heard sweep attack was pretty cool, but it doesn't seem to do well single target. Yo, what if we combine them ...

This is a LoN sweep + phalanx build for crusader. The reason it works is the items fit perfectly (helm+shield for phalanx, weapon+shield for sweep) as well as the fact that bowmen are great single target and sweep is great multi target. so they cover each other's weaknesses. Akarat Champion is not needed to receive damage/toughness bonuses either, and wrath generation is a non-issue. As such, cooldown is not as needed as something like Akkhan's set would require. I find keeping cooldown ~33% is all that's needed with this build, as opposed to 56%+ with Akkhan.

Everything is used for pretty obvious purposes. If you aren't gonna hit the 2.4 phalanx breakpoint, feel free to swap out lacuni prowlers and witching hour for other things. Additionally, you can change the sweep rune to another element, thus changing out cindercoat. You can fit leorics in if you really want more cooldown, but it's unnecessary. Swamp land waders should have physical% on them and should be ancient. If you don't have a witch doctor feel free to use something different. Hellfire should have Indestructible or whatever you prefer. If playing hardcore swap out Holy Cause with indestructible. You can also use Long arm of the Law for +5 seconds on Wings of angel duration.

Law of Hope wing of angel is used simply for speed, if you need the extra 8% attack speed use Law of valor. Iron skin can be swapped out for a different rune or skill altogether. Candidates include Condemn vacuum, consecrate any rune, and Falling Sword any rune.

Overall play is just running around with phalanx cast on cooldown, if there's a group of enemies start sweeping. If you're taking damage pop iron skin or akarats, try to stagger them if possible for maximum damage reduction uptime. This build is best used at T13 if fully geared, and below. As such it is a fun build for chilling with, not a GR push build.

Have fun!

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