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Hey guys!
The build:

https://youtu.be/Y7WKLhGM1co
First of all i would like to thank one of my youtube subscribers, TheLowrien for idea to use Blessed Ground for FOTF build variation. I had my doubts that it will work, but in reality it works even better and smoother than the Fires of Heaven! So, thank you, TheLowrien for this idea!

In fact Blessed Ground was used before, few ptr's ago, when there was a major thorns bug and people were breezing through GR100+ with it. But after the fix, it was completely forgotten again.

What i like about this build is the AOE oriented-damage and very active "run around" gameplay. Also we have a flat damage reduction of Aquilas Cuirass and no wrath spender at all here. So it has much more toughness than the classic "Shotgun" version. Lastly, the gameplay feels really smooth and solid, with all skills alighned well.

I cannot even predict what GR level i can finish with it. I started in GR65 and finished GR75 already without any problems and first attempt! So it has much higher threshold than the Holy Shotgun.

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For the ring, why not SoJ instead of CoE and CoE in the cube? You said HF can't crit, so you don't need CD/CC and can profit from the Elite Damage AND Holy%. But in your build you take CD and CHC, so I'm a bit confused.

Do you need the reduction from Unity? If yes bc you are too squishy, maybe Esoteric Alteration does the job, which you opted as third gem and you still can take a SoJ.

What about the Holy Gem? No Smiteproccs from HF?

What about BoTT when you move more than 15yds away? Is your Blind still active?

Maybe Zei's alows another playstyle. Like, set HF, maybe proc Flash, blind Mobs, run away and profit from Zei's.

I'm thinking about taking only one movement skill, which means leave the horse out and take Condemn - Vacuum. This would mean Flash - Condemn - HF - Blind (Flash should have procced already) - run away.

And in general, I appreciate your effort, especially for my favourite class after no Mannercookie is around anymore, but nowadays the mass won't watch a video which is that long, either you highlight the most important parts via a in-video-menu/description of the video or you shorten it/create a second summary video.

Thanx for the feedback!
Yeah i double checked my video and HF damage is obviously a dot. But it's hard to say if it crits in white or not (like Jade for example).
Unity is quite mandatory for 70+. Very hard to survive with Akkhan. If you watched the clear you obviously saw how Golgors melted me several times in a row SOJ would be decent with Hellfire though (if no RORG).
I quadruplechecked Mirinae and holy shit. It procs! And i must say it heals for some considerable amount in density! Not many smites, but still nice. The damage it does will be tiny compared to how high HF damage will stack though. 8000% weapon damage every 3 sec is not that much for gr 70+.
BOTT is active most of the time, but still you have to be relatively close for permablind. Like run around... stand on oculus.. reposition. Blind.
Zei's gameplay is exactly like you said. I tried it and listed as an option. it's a much safer gameplay overall but less dps as you don't stand much to get EW bonus. But with Hellfire it will be very decent i think.
I listed Vacuum as well for that purpose. Seems like not a bad option with Flash. Also with HF it will be incredibly smooth to play with RORG and Illusory boots. I want to try that soon.

I will try the Mirinae today during live streaming on twitch. Will try to push 76 and above. Let's see how it goes! Starting in 1 hour.

Quote from ol_baid»

Ok I read a bit so far and digged out an older PTR GR video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrzvfjhwoUM ) and an explanation for crit and dots ( https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/1r4zju/crusader_skill_heavens_fury_blessed_ground_quite/cdjnhhf?st=it7izef4&sh=840efc68 ).

So also for this Crusader skill as for every other dot crits are just shown white, but can crit (or is there still this old division between crit per cast and crit per tick dots in general?).

The combination Condemn Vacuum - Illusory Boots/Flash was also used long long time ago for Condemn Builds. If I remember correctly, Mannercookie managed to do it without Illusory Boots and had a special kind of movement when dragging in the mobs via Condemn (+ Steel Skin). But as this is long time ago my memory may trick me here.

/edit: for additional Toughness, maybe Esoteric Alteration + String of Ears?

Cool video and thanx for the link!
This is really nice. Yeah i remember the time when LON was 800 per item and also how blessed ground procced thorns. That was sick
Anyway, LON setup he used is interesting. No 100% uptime on shield glare though, so it's quite bad. He does not even use Towering Shield. And has not much cdr.
From what i understood, white numbers shown are like "average", calcuted from both regular hits and crits in some very short period.
yeah i used to run Flash with Condemn myself in season 1. This is how Condemn is supposed to be played. But for Vacuum i don't think it will be super good in this build.. Condemn was used when gr45 was a thing. Now mobs in 70 hit like trucks and toughness is still much to be desired even with all gear. So when you are surrounded and trapped with Flash on cooldown it's really bad.
I tested the build for almost 5 hours yesterday and cleared 76. Did multiple runs in 77 but no luck so far. I am already lacking damage.
https://www.twitch.tv/angry_roleplayer/v/89846716
I did 76 with BOTP. But in 77 i started dying more and more and switched to Esoteric + All rubies in chest/legs and it appeared to be VERY GOOD. And i continued to fish for 77s. But no luck. Lacked DPS there.. But surviving was not a very big issue as my toughness was as good as LON version.

76 clear: https://youtu.be/e1vsVhPoI9A