Sure, the first thing you should look into is crafting the aughild shoulders and bracers. Those are great items with amazing set bonuses, especially if you have the Royal ring of Grandeur from act 1 bounty bags. Also rerolling attack speed on your neck to critical hit damage, but that might be what you are trying to do atm. I also like using the String of Ears belt for some extra survivability. Since you only get 3.7 magic find from the gem in your helm I would rather put something else in there like an amethyst or if you have an andariel's lying around I would switch to that. Rerolling life on hit to crit or crit dmg on your stone of jordan is also something to look into. Other than that it's just waiting for better legendaries to drop and use the forgotten souls to craft and reroll the gear you are currently using.
Love those Theories.... stop bashing the OP please?
We are also trying to figure out how the whole Loot Thing works
Our Theory looks a bit different though.
How do you keep players who dont have much Time to play entertained?
We believe there is a invisible Rested Bonus for Loot in Place.
If you dont play much, your Pool is high... and you loot better.
We've been watching this for Weeks now, the Casuals log in...and loot exceptionally better as the people who play a lot and every day. Anybody else watching this phenomenon in their Clan?
Ofc its all Stuff for Tinfoil Loves, really no need to get angry about it
This is true for my Clan aswell, we are only RL friends in the clan and the casuals always just pop in and get instant legandaries while me and another guy that plays the most in the clan usually sit for quite some time before we find anything. The quality of the loot that drops for the more casual players seem higher aswell. It might be RNG but after 3 weeks, it sure doesn't feel like it anymore. Gotta love some conspiracy theories.
After using a holy build most of the time since launch and getting tired of the boring hammers I wanted to try out a fire build to see how it works, hammers weren't really performing like I wanted them to in t3 and above partly because they only hit the same target once and partly because of the very weak single target damage. After I found Maximus I decided to try my hand at a fire crusader cause the weapon made up for the lack of single target damage that I had with the hammer build. I can currently farm t5 comfortably and also do some t6 althought it is slow and uneffective.
Abilities Generator: Punish
Im using Punish with the Roar rune for the fire synergy. This gives me some more block and does quite a bit of damage on everything around my when im in the middle of huge packs. You can also use Slash if you prefer that over the extra block.
Main spender: Sweep
This is going to be your main wrath spender and it does high fire damage infront of you, this skill will also get a damage increase with the upcoming patch and should be even more viable then. If you still enjoy the hammers you can switch this out for the fire hammers.
Secondary spender: Falling Sword
Here the only choice for a fire crusader is the Superheated rune, this does high damage in a pretty big area and works really well in combination with the other skills but more on that later.
Utility 1: Judgement
Here i'm using the Resolved rune this helps lock packs in place and gives you some extra damage on the initial attacks. This also works great in group play where you will melt packs extremly quickly with this combo.
Utility 2: Laws of Valor
This is a great damage buff for you or the group if you're playing with friends. I go with the critical rune for the higher crits that work great in combination with Judgement. This can be changed out for a more defensive Law of you are in need of more toughness on t4 or higher difficulties. I usually farm in t3 and t4 so I usually stick with Valor.
Extra dmg/Survivability: Akarat's Champion
I go for Akarat's Champion here since I like to use it as a safety measure when I meet packs with nasty affixes that are hurting me badly. At the moment im using the fire starter rune but I usually use Prophet for the extra toughness since damage isn't really a problem for me.
Passives Wrathful
This is obviously for the healing, this is very important to stay alive and it heals pretty well with the wrath cost of sweep.
Heavenly Strength
Again obviously for the 2handers.
Long Arm of the Law
This is a great passive for group play as it gives a few extra second of damage to burn down rift bosses quicker. In higher torments and solo play this can be switched out for a more defensive passive like Divine Fortress if you have a shield with high block % or Hold Your Ground if you want the extra block chance.
Finery
This can also be swapped out for a more defensive passive if necesarry but I find this one to be a good mix of defense and offense for this build.
Gameplay
What you want to do with this build is initiate packs with Judgement to lock them in place, then pop Laws of Valor and use Falling Sword. This should guarantee a crit and massive initial damage to the pack. I have critted for 50 mill+ on this skill and it is great for solo and group play. In groups the Judgement + Laws of Valor will make everyone love you for their big numbers and insane burst it gives you. The 4man group I usually run with kills t4 rift bosses in the 10 seconds Laws of Valor last most of the time. When you land from Falling sword just start using Sweep if the demon from Maximus hasn't spawned. If he spawns you should focus on positioning the firechain and then sweeping after getting them in the firechain.
Gear
I currently have most of the gear I want for the fire build but none of my items are perfect and can be improved, I would like to get a good pair of Aeshara gloves so I can replace Andariels and my boots for Akkhan. In the long term I will probably replace all of the Aeshara pieces with Akkhan, but the bonus is to good to drop at the moment.
Final Statement
This is a really fun build to play with and it works very well in groups. If you're tired of using the boring holy or lightning hammers and have some fire gear laying around try it out and see how you like it. I enjoy this build immensly and hopefully someone else out there already does or will do in the future. The build got slightly buffed in the last patch and still works really well. Hopefully they will fix the damage over time effect on sweep in the future to improve this build even more. Feel free to comment with any constructive criticism or suggestions to improve the build. Have fun with the game and enjoy the hunt for the legendaries
My question is why did you people that are whining about this even start a crusader ? Did you not see the class? its a huge guy with a shield where did you get the idea that he would be some sort of nimble speed freak ballerina ? I think Blizzard said that they wanted him to feel like a wall or something similar to that. If you don't like the class it takes a couple of hours to level up another one and you're free to do that or accept the crusader for what it is. They are slightly reducing the horse cooldown in the next patch so if you want to waste a skill on the horse feel free to do that.
I only have + fire damage on my 2h weapon, and can get it on my bracers if needed for a total of +36% Damage to Fire Skills. I currently run a lightning hammer build (http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Moltres-1908/hero/44882667) with only +28% Damage to Lightning/Blessed Hammer.
I can easily run T1 rifts, and am a bit slower on T2 right now. Do you think with my current gear (if I re-roll bracers to fire damage) that this build would work? I want to get an Andy's Visage and a new neck (for fire damage) if RNG will let me.
I'm not completely sure if you will be able to do T3 yet but you should be able to do atleast what you are doing now and get some better synergy with your Maximus. You should also look into replacing your boots with a pair that has Sweep damage aswell if you're going to try this build out. I don't see any reason for you currently to stick with lightning damage since you still have more fire damage.and it should mean an overall dps increase for you.
If im gonna watch a stream it has to be someone that isnt in it only for the money, I hate watching people that sit there thanking people all the time and practically begging for money. They hardly play the game sometimes and just sit there trying to whore themselves out for donations. it's fine to do it as a job but don't make your stream about money instead of gameplay. Just play the game, be knowledgeable and be yourself. Oh and for me personally don't listen to dubstep. Good luck with your future streaming career. Oh and one last thing don't make 100 new threads on forums with a topic that tricks people into the thread only to put in a youtube or twitch link.
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Abilities
Generator: Punish
Im using Punish with the Roar rune for the fire synergy. This gives me some more block and does quite a bit of damage on everything around my when im in the middle of huge packs. You can also use Slash if you prefer that over the extra block.
Main spender: Sweep
This is going to be your main wrath spender and it does high fire damage infront of you, this skill will also get a damage increase with the upcoming patch and should be even more viable then. If you still enjoy the hammers you can switch this out for the fire hammers.
Secondary spender: Falling Sword
Here the only choice for a fire crusader is the Superheated rune, this does high damage in a pretty big area and works really well in combination with the other skills but more on that later.
Utility 1: Judgement
Here i'm using the Resolved rune this helps lock packs in place and gives you some extra damage on the initial attacks. This also works great in group play where you will melt packs extremly quickly with this combo.
Utility 2: Laws of Valor
This is a great damage buff for you or the group if you're playing with friends. I go with the critical rune for the higher crits that work great in combination with Judgement. This can be changed out for a more defensive Law of you are in need of more toughness on t4 or higher difficulties. I usually farm in t3 and t4 so I usually stick with Valor.
Extra dmg/Survivability: Akarat's Champion
I go for Akarat's Champion here since I like to use it as a safety measure when I meet packs with nasty affixes that are hurting me badly. At the moment im using the fire starter rune but I usually use Prophet for the extra toughness since damage isn't really a problem for me.
Passives
Wrathful
This is obviously for the healing, this is very important to stay alive and it heals pretty well with the wrath cost of sweep.
Heavenly Strength
Again obviously for the 2handers.
Long Arm of the Law
This is a great passive for group play as it gives a few extra second of damage to burn down rift bosses quicker. In higher torments and solo play this can be switched out for a more defensive passive like Divine Fortress if you have a shield with high block % or Hold Your Ground if you want the extra block chance.
Finery
This can also be swapped out for a more defensive passive if necesarry but I find this one to be a good mix of defense and offense for this build.
Gameplay
What you want to do with this build is initiate packs with Judgement to lock them in place, then pop Laws of Valor and use Falling Sword. This should guarantee a crit and massive initial damage to the pack. I have critted for 50 mill+ on this skill and it is great for solo and group play. In groups the Judgement + Laws of Valor will make everyone love you for their big numbers and insane burst it gives you. The 4man group I usually run with kills t4 rift bosses in the 10 seconds Laws of Valor last most of the time. When you land from Falling sword just start using Sweep if the demon from Maximus hasn't spawned. If he spawns you should focus on positioning the firechain and then sweeping after getting them in the firechain.
Gear
I currently have most of the gear I want for the fire build but none of my items are perfect and can be improved, I would like to get a good pair of Aeshara gloves so I can replace Andariels and my boots for Akkhan. In the long term I will probably replace all of the Aeshara pieces with Akkhan, but the bonus is to good to drop at the moment.
Links to build and my current gear
Build:http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/crusader#achRfQ!aegV!aaaYba
Character profile:http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/frankthetank-2614/hero/38454881
Final Statement
This is a really fun build to play with and it works very well in groups. If you're tired of using the boring holy or lightning hammers and have some fire gear laying around try it out and see how you like it. I enjoy this build immensly and hopefully someone else out there already does or will do in the future. The build got slightly buffed in the last patch and still works really well. Hopefully they will fix the damage over time effect on sweep in the future to improve this build even more. Feel free to comment with any constructive criticism or suggestions to improve the build. Have fun with the game and enjoy the hunt for the legendaries
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