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
For fire build you want to use dark light (h1 flail) or Maximus if you have that laying aroun, get reapers wraps you'll need it for going all out on 1 spender (FoT or blazing shield (the trow shield skill)) then take firestarter akka, provoke, zileous glare and valor with 50% resource reduction with the cindercoat of ur barb it should be pretty manageable.
It complements your fire damage nicely and Punish increases the damage of Shield Bash, which in turn benefits greatly from your shield. The fourth passive depends on how your survivability is. If you have problems surviving you should go with either Divine Fortress or, if you can survive at least a bit of damage, Hold Your Ground. If your survivability is fine you should go with Towering Shield.
You could also go for Smite instead of Punish, however, it does Holy damage instead of Fire (although your weapon's affix will probably make up for it).
Here again the fourth passive depends on your survivability.
As MonkManiac said, a Maximus would be amazing for your build and a Reaper's Wraps (crafted legendary) helps you refill your Wrath fast enough to keep spamming your spender.
As for your rotation you should keep the buff from Punish up, as it indirectly increases the damage you deal with Shield Bash. Other than that try using Provoke and Falling Sword on cooldown. Akarat's Champion and Laws of Valor are nice cooldowns for Elites, but you shouldn't hesitate to use them when not fighting elites, either.
For Paragon points it's like most classes, fill up movement speed untill you reach 25%, then go for maximum wrath, then Strength. in Offense go for Crit Damage, then Crit Chance, unless your Crit Chance is over 50%, in which case you should go for Cooldown Reduction instead of Crit Chance. in Defense go for Resist All then Life % if your Armor is high enough, otherwise go for Armor. And it Utility go for Resource Cost Reduction, then Life on Hit or Area Damage, depending on your survivability.
With your current gear I would use either this build:http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/crusader#aZdhfQ!ZgS!aYbaYa It complements your fire damage nicely and Punish increases the damage of Shield Bash, which in turn benefits greatly from your shield. The fourth passive depends on how your survivability is. If you have problems surviving you should go with either Divine Fortress or, if you can survive at least a bit of damage, Hold Your Ground. If your survivability is fine you should go with Towering Shield. You could also go for Smite instead of Punish, however, it does Holy damage instead of Fire (although your weapon's affix will probably make up for it). As soon as you find a 2h weapon and a better shield you should go with this build:http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/crusader#bkdhfQ!agS!ZZbaYa Here again the fourth passive depends on your survivability. As MonkManiac said, a Maximus would be amazing for your build and a Reaper's Wraps (crafted legendary) helps you refill your Wrath fast enough to keep spamming your spender. As for your rotation you should keep the buff from Punish up, as it indirectly increases the damage you deal with Shield Bash. Other than that try using Provoke and Falling Sword on cooldown. Akarat's Champion and Laws of Valor are nice cooldowns for Elites, but you shouldn't hesitate to use them when not fighting elites, either. For Paragon points it's like most classes, fill up movement speed untill you reach 25%, then go for maximum wrath, then Strength. in Offense go for Crit Damage, then Crit Chance, unless your Crit Chance is over 50%, in which case you should go for Cooldown Reduction instead of Crit Chance. in Defense go for Resist All then Life % if your Armor is high enough, otherwise go for Armor. And it Utility go for Resource Cost Reduction, then Life on Hit or Area Damage, depending on your survivability.
Thank you so much - I'm swapping out the flail for a devastator so I can keep Punish - unless you think I should keep the flail and use smite - I should mention I also have a strength TF sitting in the bank
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
It complements your fire damage nicely and Punish increases the damage of Shield Bash, which in turn benefits greatly from your shield. The fourth passive depends on how your survivability is. If you have problems surviving you should go with either Divine Fortress or, if you can survive at least a bit of damage, Hold Your Ground. If your survivability is fine you should go with Towering Shield.
You could also go for Smite instead of Punish, however, it does Holy damage instead of Fire (although your weapon's affix will probably make up for it).
As soon as you find a 2h weapon and a better shield you should go with this build:http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/crusader#bkdhfQ!agS!ZZbaYa
Here again the fourth passive depends on your survivability.
As MonkManiac said, a Maximus would be amazing for your build and a Reaper's Wraps (crafted legendary) helps you refill your Wrath fast enough to keep spamming your spender.
As for your rotation you should keep the buff from Punish up, as it indirectly increases the damage you deal with Shield Bash. Other than that try using Provoke and Falling Sword on cooldown. Akarat's Champion and Laws of Valor are nice cooldowns for Elites, but you shouldn't hesitate to use them when not fighting elites, either.
For Paragon points it's like most classes, fill up movement speed untill you reach 25%, then go for maximum wrath, then Strength. in Offense go for Crit Damage, then Crit Chance, unless your Crit Chance is over 50%, in which case you should go for Cooldown Reduction instead of Crit Chance. in Defense go for Resist All then Life % if your Armor is high enough, otherwise go for Armor. And it Utility go for Resource Cost Reduction, then Life on Hit or Area Damage, depending on your survivability.