I personally find Cluster Bombs to be rather weak not necessarily be the way it behaves but by their range (and sentry range for that matter) - you can shoot with LfB, Maelstrom, Shooting Stars roughly 3-5 full screen distances far, if there's nothing blocking your sentry - you can barely get 1 screen with the cluster bombs which makes them subpar imo.
That being said, there are high GR DH that speak highly of cluster bombs and prefer to use them to the other runes, but I didn't understand how they can make it work so well. Maybe because in really high GR you stand for some time in the same area whereas you reposition your sentries constantly in speed-35+?
I usually use LfB for groups and Maelstrom for solo, as I have near perfect SoJ both for fire and cold, but I'd use physical Shooting Stars for both as soon as I got a decent physical SoJ, it's a great compromise between the heavy ST damage of LfB and the AoE-where-you-need-it from the Maelstrom rockets
in season 1 I did GR42 without a torch, just with 4sunwuko, 4innas and an ancient flying dragon (which drained my resources even more). just spam WoL and make sure you have some form of elite, elemental and skill damage on your gear to push it
if one has the lightning and another monk has the fire rune, it goes to a purpleish color for example, and if it didn't stack from different players you'd basically nerf any group that brings 2+ monks... same goes for any kind of dot mechanic that multiple players can have active at the same time, e.g. toxin gem, which does damage for each player individually as it should.
People tend to boost their friends to 70 in less than an hour doing lvl 70 bounties and/or rifts. Thus the leveling process is really fast and barely something someone would still do the old fashioned way.
It's like before RoS for lvl 70 content, you always find people in public games.
Just take your time to lvl 70 and maybe join an active clan?
EDIT: I myself have only played the campaign twice with a friend for the speedrun achievment, other than that didn't touch it at all since RoS (apart from the first 60->70 Act5 run)
the dmg from perma Akkhan + Firestarter is usually more than 50% of your dps, so combustion rune and fire would be advisable to boost both, but you can change it to shattering throw for trash if you want.
I think with the question of perma-Akkhan comes the question how much is it worth losing? e.g. is it worth losing X of stat Y for 8/10% CDR?
I'm pretty sure ~50% CHD on gloves isn't worth losing against the 8% CDR, but what is?
Well, if you want an answer, on gloves you'd want to lose the vitality for it, not the CHD.
Of course, but you won't drop the best rolled items on every slot with the first drop, so maximizing "half-decent gear" is probably the biggest concern for anyone between T4 and T6, before you start outgearing T6
I think with the question of perma-Akkhan comes the question how much is it worth losing? e.g. is it worth losing X of stat Y for 8/10% CDR?
I'm pretty sure ~50% CHD on gloves isn't worth losing against the 8% CDR, but what is?
Nice fire guide mannercookie, one question remains for me:
With the importance of CDR and perma-Akkarat, how much is the CDR worth losing other stats while progressing? I myself just found my 5th piece to go Aughild+Akkhan+RoRG with a SoJ, but currently with a 2h I am around 40% CDR:
is it worth losing ~50CHD (atm 49%) on gloves or ring for 8% CDR? is it worth losing 17% holydmg or 38% CHD for the CDR on rings? how much is 8% or 10% CDR (depending on slot) worth losing other stats(until perma-Akkarat)? Of course you can always say "you have to get better items" but that is only a longterm fix, you can go 100h without a single upgrade if you are unlucky.
I would appreciate any insight to that matter, as I'm running a similar build with holy (far better gear for holy atm).
I'm currently farming on T4 comfortably, but today I had two really lucky drops: the last piece for my Akkhan set (helmet) and a decent Hellskull.
As I am changing a lot of gear today, I wanted to ask you about rerolling some of those items, mainly my two Akkhan pieces that I'll be wearing now (I was using 3 pieces for now, as I had far better pants). I'll stick with a CDR/Holy build, but my main questions are regarding survivability, I see to lack enough healing and I have the choice to reroll Vita or AllRes to Crit on my helmet, as well as two different pants to choose from.
I think I should favor the pants with Life after Kill, but I'm not sure... what are your opinions?
IMO the only real option is Shield Cross as any other runes simply don't hit every mob and you waste a lot of wrath. You can however rely mostly on Condemn or other no-wrath-spells to do your main damage and spend excess wrath with Shield Bash
high torment builds for crusader often rely on certain items, mainly things like Fate of the Fell (build nerfed), Blade of Prophecy, Mortal Drama, Hellskull, Jekangbord, Akarat's Awakening,... and 6-Set Akkhan Bonus.
If you plan on doing higher torments, especially T6 you should aim to get any of those items and 6 Set Akkhan Bonus, the builds depend on those items. There are different builds, I am using the Jekangbord-Build posted by LastZoul iirc, but there are also Condemn-Builds like the one Mannercookie posted with Blade of Prophecy or the Fate of the Fell / Fire's of the Heaven Build which has been nerfed in the recent patch.
Viable in high torment is also different on your definition, do you want to do T6 solo or in a group? Because in a group you can be carried easier as Crusaders have quite a lot of group buffs (Judgment/Resolved, Laws, Shield Glare/Divine Verdict)
I myself was using the Hammerdin Lightning build for some time until I found a Jekangbord and I wouldn't want to go back. Lightning Hammerdings are a bit slower in killspeed, but they still work quite well and I could do T5 without any Akkhan pieces or special weapons.
I have to play around with that, didn't try the CDR builds so far but your idea seems nice, especially <30s Bombardement must be a huge boost- although I'm sure with 6 (5) pieces Akkarat it's going to be changed
interesting build, although I wonder how it's working for you in group play, are you never having issues with keeping up with other players that have 125% or even more movementspeed without steed? Also wouldn't you get more dps with Akarat's Champion instead of one of the many skills?
Are you going over 20% crit chance even though you have Judgement? I'll try that build when I get another 2h wpn and some holy gear, but I'd change Bombardement with Akarat's Champion and the Lord Commander passive with something more tanky, I currently run a lightning crusader in t4 but I seem to lack the required healing, I don't die quickly but over time I slowly lose health until I die, which this build might help with (along with Judgement which is a nice group buff)
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it's a fail-safe so you don't salvage rares that you are already wearing or might actually wear (such as 50CHD, 6CC, 7CDR, socket- rings)
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I personally find Cluster Bombs to be rather weak not necessarily be the way it behaves but by their range (and sentry range for that matter) - you can shoot with LfB, Maelstrom, Shooting Stars roughly 3-5 full screen distances far, if there's nothing blocking your sentry - you can barely get 1 screen with the cluster bombs which makes them subpar imo.
That being said, there are high GR DH that speak highly of cluster bombs and prefer to use them to the other runes, but I didn't understand how they can make it work so well. Maybe because in really high GR you stand for some time in the same area whereas you reposition your sentries constantly in speed-35+?
I usually use LfB for groups and Maelstrom for solo, as I have near perfect SoJ both for fire and cold, but I'd use physical Shooting Stars for both as soon as I got a decent physical SoJ, it's a great compromise between the heavy ST damage of LfB and the AoE-where-you-need-it from the Maelstrom rockets
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in season 1 I did GR42 without a torch, just with 4sunwuko, 4innas and an ancient flying dragon (which drained my resources even more). just spam WoL and make sure you have some form of elite, elemental and skill damage on your gear to push it
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if one has the lightning and another monk has the fire rune, it goes to a purpleish color for example, and if it didn't stack from different players you'd basically nerf any group that brings 2+ monks... same goes for any kind of dot mechanic that multiple players can have active at the same time, e.g. toxin gem, which does damage for each player individually as it should.
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It's like before RoS for lvl 70 content, you always find people in public games.
Just take your time to lvl 70 and maybe join an active clan?
EDIT: I myself have only played the campaign twice with a friend for the speedrun achievment, other than that didn't touch it at all since RoS (apart from the first 60->70 Act5 run)
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I'm pretty sure ~50% CHD on gloves isn't worth losing against the 8% CDR, but what is?
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With the importance of CDR and perma-Akkarat, how much is the CDR worth losing other stats while progressing? I myself just found my 5th piece to go Aughild+Akkhan+RoRG with a SoJ, but currently with a 2h I am around 40% CDR:
is it worth losing ~50CHD (atm 49%) on gloves or ring for 8% CDR?
is it worth losing 17% holydmg or 38% CHD for the CDR on rings?
how much is 8% or 10% CDR (depending on slot) worth losing other stats (until perma-Akkarat)?
Of course you can always say "you have to get better items" but that is only a longterm fix, you can go 100h without a single upgrade if you are unlucky.
I would appreciate any insight to that matter, as I'm running a similar build with holy (far better gear for holy atm).
EDIT: Armorylink for context, but my question is directed at a general answer:
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/rhapso-2688/hero/38468157
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As I am changing a lot of gear today, I wanted to ask you about rerolling some of those items, mainly my two Akkhan pieces that I'll be wearing now (I was using 3 pieces for now, as I had far better pants). I'll stick with a CDR/Holy build, but my main questions are regarding survivability, I see to lack enough healing and I have the choice to reroll Vita or AllRes to Crit on my helmet, as well as two different pants to choose from.
I think I should favor the pants with Life after Kill, but I'm not sure... what are your opinions?
Here the pieces I'd love to get some rerolling advice on:http://i.imgur.com/7okask7.png
And here my Character-link:http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/rhapso-2688/hero/38468157
Thanks in advance!
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If you plan on doing higher torments, especially T6 you should aim to get any of those items and 6 Set Akkhan Bonus, the builds depend on those items. There are different builds, I am using the Jekangbord-Build posted by LastZoul iirc, but there are also Condemn-Builds like the one Mannercookie posted with Blade of Prophecy or the Fate of the Fell / Fire's of the Heaven Build which has been nerfed in the recent patch.
Viable in high torment is also different on your definition, do you want to do T6 solo or in a group? Because in a group you can be carried easier as Crusaders have quite a lot of group buffs (Judgment/Resolved, Laws, Shield Glare/Divine Verdict)
I myself was using the Hammerdin Lightning build for some time until I found a Jekangbord and I wouldn't want to go back. Lightning Hammerdings are a bit slower in killspeed, but they still work quite well and I could do T5 without any Akkhan pieces or special weapons.
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Are you going over 20% crit chance even though you have Judgement? I'll try that build when I get another 2h wpn and some holy gear, but I'd change Bombardement with Akarat's Champion and the Lord Commander passive with something more tanky, I currently run a lightning crusader in t4 but I seem to lack the required healing, I don't die quickly but over time I slowly lose health until I die, which this build might help with (along with Judgement which is a nice group buff)