If you have the gear it isnt, if your at 300k dmg as a crusader its pretty good. Hammer builds at the same dmg is significantly slower. Maybe you don't remember what it's like when you fist ding 70 before you get gear? This is a build that's not gear intensive, and does not require any specific legendaries. If you have the gear Im sure you could clear t4/T5/T6 easily enough with this build as well. Im just starting T3 myself now due to the efficient speeds of killing with this build for lower gear levels I've climbed quicker in the last two days than I had in the previous week and a half combined. It may not be for everyone and you may scoff at t1 but when your starting out and have shit gear t1 is slow for most specs, but not for this one.
Could probably stick an annotation on the video which would fix it easily enough I suppose too instead of re uploading :). Anyway, thanks for the amazing build, I love it, and thanks for featuring my video :).
If you ever want to add me and play feel free Zanthyst#1267
Hmm, I hadn't considered that. Prob to late to change the name now.
I can change it in the video guides and reupload later if you'd like me to alter it :). That 22 min guide I have a better quality version coming online in the next hour or so.
When it goes live it's url will be:http://youtu.be/Zf9d7wFmJ_8
you'll want to replace the one in your main post with this one :).
Figured out what went wrong will create a higher rez video.
Different video but much higher resolution for video viewing. First video was better so I'm going to try to salvage that and make it look better and reupload it as well later. For now here's a second better quality video:
Omg it is so much fun I can't even describe! I'm so glad I found this build because wow! Making the video was pretty exciting too as I got some pretty nice loot :), you'll have to watch and see....though I did start rambling a little I think in the middle (long day at work with 3 hours sleep). But I'd love some constructive feedback as well about videos. I made a few minor suggestions about alternative passives to Holy Might, though I do think it's powerful too. Just wish I had a holy weapon to take full advantage of it.
Uploaded and working, see the video, like, comment and click ads if you'd like to show support <3
Not sure why youtube downgraded the video quality so much. I might try to make another video for it later this week and re upload it. Will have more gear at that point too and will show a good comparison between completely undergeared and slightly more geared. EDIT: I have a second video much shorter below, and am reuploading a Hi-Def version of this first one which I will post tonight once it's processed with youtube. Sorry for the annoyance and thanks to those who tried to view the lower resolution one, my apologies. The build is AMAZING and the first run I recorded is actually quite good at spotlighting it (second wasn't quite as good). Hopefully I'll have a higher quality vid for you to put in the title post tonight if you want Vycaus.
It is a ton of fun! I've got about 105 hours on my sader since release and this is by far the most fun. I'd love to put your videos in my guide though! Let me know your thoughts and if there are things you like/don't like.
I'll do my best to keep this updated and perhaps make it look nicer. I think that requires HTML coding skills though, which I lack.
Making a video in a few minutes for it. If you'd like help on formatting and spiffing it up I can help you with that as well since you're willing to feature my video and help out me and my wife :).
Sounds good, the best programs you have to buy. I'm a teacher so I don't make much money and have a pregnant wife at the moment. Trying to earn a few extra dollars getting into streaming this summer when I have some spare time. I figured I'd find some awesome guides people made and offer to make videos for them :). I already purchased software to do it years ago so that helps. There are some free programs available but if you want a really good one you usually have to pay for it. Fraps is good for just recording. Cam studio (which was more expensive) has editing options as well and is good. I'll make a video for the build tonight and post if when I get done with post editing for it :).
This is a really well thought out spec and guide. I look forward to being able to try it out! My gear is much lower than yours, if you'd like I can make a video and showcase how it would work for a lower geared player as well, then maybe you can make one for a more geared player. Might enhance the credibility and let people see it's versatility.
I can see it working very well even without holy dmg. Throw in holy dmg and it will scale incredibly well. I also love that you pointed out some obvious things about CDR and wrath gen that many people seem to miss. Another tip is to try to get wrath gen on weapon or shield as that can help hugely (though it can be hard to find the right weapon / shield to forge into that).
Look carefully into resource regeneration for Crusader. It might not be an issue if the damage is tuned better, but it does feel like the resource globe is on empty more than any of the other 5 classes I play.
I agree with most of what you say. One tip that i recently tuned into helps with wrath gen a TON. Obviously you can use the passive to get more wrath. In single player crusader passively can generate wrath for you as well, but the real key seems to be reforging for wrath generation on your shield and weapon. This can make a HUGE difference and will actually speed up your killing and play style considerably.
Do you have a video of this spec in action? If not I'd be happy to create one and highlight it for you and link it here :). Let me know. Sounds like an interesting spec.
I was messing around the other night and created a fairly unique spec. I'll be creating spec spotlights of the major specs and linking them together into a index over the next month or so, but for now I'm just creating a few specs of my own and sharing them. The spec focuses on using Mirror Images to spam lots of spells. They only do 10 percent of your damage but with 4 of them that's 40 percent. They're main goal is to provide CC and debuffs with cold blooded and the 15 percent fire buff from gale winds. Check out the video please, like and subscribe if you enjoy it. I'd love some feedback or suggestions. I know this is not the most optimal build, but it's something a little different and fun.
Ah my misunderstanding. Well without temporal flux I'd take out the familiar. While he's probably providing you extra aoe trash dmg with your gear and setup it doesn't look like that would be a problem tbh. You could take teleport to get out of nasty situations or better yet you could take mirror image with either mocking demise for that aoe replacement dmg or mirrior mimics (which would be better probably). The mirror image would be great for your surviving as it would provide 2 extra targets and they would cast the spells that you cast which would result in more cc via frost novas etc. What torment are you playing on?
Paralysis - Stun = extra survive -> Synergy with magic weapon rune and Signature Spelll
Cold Blooded - Extra dmg to frozen or chilled -> Synergy Ice armor and Frost nova
Temporal Flux - Extra snare for survival -> Synergy with Death Blossom & Crystal Shell Rune
Skills:
Shock Pulse Power Affinity - Gain back that AP quickly when you run out and CC mobs with stun from paralysis
Death Blossom Cascade - This one could be really good for the aoe potential, power stones might be good too if you find yourself running out of AP.
Frost Nova Bone Shill - CC Survival and Extra dmg on mobs from both Bone Chill and Cold blooded = lots of burst potential.
Magic weapon Electrify - Boosts your dmg and the electric on all attacks can stun with paralysis. With cascade this could result in lots of stunning possibly, not sure
Ice Armor cyrstalize - Adds more chills, snares and frozens to benefit your cold blood, also adds significant armor for surviving. You could go with any armor here and I thought about a lightning armor with a chance to proc cascading lightning for more stun as well, but figured this would synergize very well and provide the survivability and more dmg potential.
Diamond Skin Diamond Shards - Extra survival and on shattering deals arcane dmg for snare (and I assume going arcane you have some +arcane dmg gear--otherwise crystalize might be a better option).
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When it goes live it's url will be:http://youtu.be/Zf9d7wFmJ_8
you'll want to replace the one in your main post with this one :).
Edit: Uploaded and good to go
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Different video but much higher resolution for video viewing. First video was better so I'm going to try to salvage that and make it look better and reupload it as well later. For now here's a second better quality video:
http://youtu.be/XfiNbeYjic8
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Uploaded and working, see the video, like, comment and click ads if you'd like to show support <3
http://youtu.be/1WHFv5h3IYk
Not sure why youtube downgraded the video quality so much. I might try to make another video for it later this week and re upload it. Will have more gear at that point too and will show a good comparison between completely undergeared and slightly more geared. EDIT: I have a second video much shorter below, and am reuploading a Hi-Def version of this first one which I will post tonight once it's processed with youtube. Sorry for the annoyance and thanks to those who tried to view the lower resolution one, my apologies. The build is AMAZING and the first run I recorded is actually quite good at spotlighting it (second wasn't quite as good). Hopefully I'll have a higher quality vid for you to put in the title post tonight if you want Vycaus.
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I can see it working very well even without holy dmg. Throw in holy dmg and it will scale incredibly well. I also love that you pointed out some obvious things about CDR and wrath gen that many people seem to miss. Another tip is to try to get wrath gen on weapon or shield as that can help hugely (though it can be hard to find the right weapon / shield to forge into that).
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http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#beYSfX!VUW!YccaZc
Passives:
Paralysis - Stun = extra survive -> Synergy with magic weapon rune and Signature Spelll
Cold Blooded - Extra dmg to frozen or chilled -> Synergy Ice armor and Frost nova
Temporal Flux - Extra snare for survival -> Synergy with Death Blossom & Crystal Shell Rune
Skills:
Shock Pulse Power Affinity - Gain back that AP quickly when you run out and CC mobs with stun from paralysis
Death Blossom Cascade - This one could be really good for the aoe potential, power stones might be good too if you find yourself running out of AP.
Frost Nova Bone Shill - CC Survival and Extra dmg on mobs from both Bone Chill and Cold blooded = lots of burst potential.
Magic weapon Electrify - Boosts your dmg and the electric on all attacks can stun with paralysis. With cascade this could result in lots of stunning possibly, not sure
Ice Armor cyrstalize - Adds more chills, snares and frozens to benefit your cold blood, also adds significant armor for surviving. You could go with any armor here and I thought about a lightning armor with a chance to proc cascading lightning for more stun as well, but figured this would synergize very well and provide the survivability and more dmg potential.
Diamond Skin Diamond Shards - Extra survival and on shattering deals arcane dmg for snare (and I assume going arcane you have some +arcane dmg gear--otherwise crystalize might be a better option).