found a really nice uber amulet :}

Ok.. Farm a stone of Jordan.
I have bulkhathos wedding band but I feel the life drain not so useful. I tried stand beside monster without hit them but their life does not drain.

**how about hell fire ring?

This post has been edited by LeVis_Jeans: Sep 11 2014, 02:35 PM

hellfire ring is some sort of chance on hiot cr8 a pool of lava which enemies stand in it take 200% dmg per tick over how many seconds .... there may be a cap on how long before the pool can reappear again. other than that is has more exp gain versus a leoric.

i think it's better than a leoric, but it's too hard to roll nice stats on it, and considering the effort to farm it, i rather use that time to upgrade the amulet which is infinitely better at having.


if you see my profile, my leoric is near perfect, so to me there is no urgent need for the uber ring.

besides i rather use rorg with a stone of jordan, so why waste time farming uber ring when it's gonna be replaced later anyway.

guys is strength gem better then diamond?

well...... look at it this way...


str= offense + defense (armor = reduces dmg from all sources)


diamond = all resistance = this patches up the defense against magical attacks only. When damage hits you, it first goes through regular armor, before then being reduced further by magical defense aka all res if it's a magical attack. So that is why all res shouldn't be totally ignored, and there should be reasonable a res to help soften the blows from magical attacks.

having said that, when i akarat champion - prophet, my armor sky rockets to dmg reduction of 90% + also remember that armor also negates all sources not merely just physical

for me i did t6 clears by only using strength gems ...... all my all res came from .....

- pants
- boots
- paragorn points (maxed a res)
- shield (ideally though ares would not normally be here ... waiting for a better shield)



my vit/life sources...

- shoulder = doesn't have all res because the 500 vit is rated as better than 100 all res i would think.
- belt (has life %) = rolled out all resistance for life% as other crusaders in the leaderboard had done so, so i tried it and it seems to work.
- helm = also 750 vs 100 all res, what more to say.
- bracer
- shield
-pants
- boots
- paragorn points (has life% after i had maxed all res first)



ranged dmg reduction
- amulet
- bracer
- chest




also for crusaders ranged damage reduction is very beneficial especially when trying to scale up difficulty. i strongly recommend stacking this in secondary stat whenever possible. I'd rate this higher than melee reduction.



for boots i used 12 movement speed, and the remainder 13 from paragorn. the rest i dumped into strength stat. some suggested that instead of str, grab armor or regen. But the way i see it, strength adds toward both offensive as well as defensive stats, so that is why i got strength from paragorn. i'm lv 367 and i get 330 str from paragorn versus having armor or life per sec rolled to replace MS in boots.




in regards to legendary gems i use

- bane of the powerful
- bane of the trapped
- mirinae, teardrop of the star weaver (i switch this out when not doing greater rifts)]


Only bane of the trapped covers the defensive aspect by slowing enemies, then allowing me to kite slightly while i recuperate as in wait for my healing potion or akarat champion cooldown.




amulet i am using uber's which has an extra passive provided which is to me best in slot. however there is eye of etlich which adds in secondary a range reduction stat which is very useful as well. also there are other options like the elemental immunity amulets. Don't forget traveler's pledge if you want more dps and vit. These are the best amulets to get for your crusader.


In total my stats

str = 11,434

armor = 18,339 ( is 45,848 aka 92.91% dmg reduction from all sources .....)


magical resistance range from 550 to 710. this means the lowest 550 all res is reducing magical damage by 61.13, and the highest 710 is reducing by 66.97%


ranged damage reduction = 17.83 %

life % bonus = 34.99

maximum life = 470,767


life per wrath spent = 1618 (i'm using wrathful via my uber amulet)

health globe healing bonus = 27,729

life per hit = 6,596

life per sec = 0



so in summary just from looking at my stats yes all res could definitely help BUT only for Greater Rifts level 33 and above.



Keep in mind i've done 4 person greater rifts successfully on tier 37 max.



Torment 6 regular rifts, and other T6 content (not greater rifts) are all very easy with my defensive stats......



At the end of the day though, even with this defensive aspect covered, it's all meaningly if your damage output sux. Because you want to clear creeps as fast as you can, rather just tanking indefinitely this is why best build at the moment imho is condemn which i am using. I'm nearly perfect in that aspect, just need a holy stone of jordan, a better crusader shield, and a higher dmg bop weapon.


Hope that answers your questions

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Sep 11 2014, 07:18 PM

Finally get my hell skull shield from Kadala!
But.. I change the stats( forget what ardy) to CDR 8%..
Now total CDR is 50% (include paragon 5%)
Should I stick to CDR to my shield or get CHC or CHD?
Confuse la.. Dunno which one better.

SOJ still in monster hands. Dunno which monster wear my SOJ or maybe Kadala keep it

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http://www.twitch.tv/mooglestiltzkin

Okay i've tested 2 builds....


holy condemn.... and... physical phalanks.

I was a bit surprised at how effective phalanks worked in grift. This is thanks to my Furnace with a 49 elite dmg to bonus, which my total elite dmg bonus at 91 XD !

to play the phalanks build, your spaming horse knockback as a range dps of sorts. Which enough dmg modifier stats you can do some serious damage, ontop of being tanky, and not getting close to enemies. The knockback sorts of ministuns as well. Your only enemy is walls.... so kulleaid potion is extremely useful for this build.


Holy condemn on the other hand requires getting close to enemies, and perform slight kiting where when you notice you are starting to take bad hits, you kite slightly along the edges of the group as they are chasing you. I use vacuum so it pulls them to me then explodes, after which 0.5 seconds later i'm already kiting away before they can land enough hits on me.

comparing the 2, condemn is much riskier because you are closer to the enemies. This could be dangerous on a grift. In grift there were some situations where i just could not get close to do anything. So in that sense phalanks could be superior in the longer run.



The phalanks build....




The build is cooldown based, with high elite dmg stacking. Ideally you would also want to stack as much physical, which unfortunately i couldn't do on my amulet just yet xd. Phalanks in helm also might be needed. Shield also needs phalanks. phys stack would be in stone of jordan ring, bracer, amulet.

In regards to CDR with my current gear, i would recommend getting near to zero downtime for recasting akarat's champion for this build. Because with the lack of reaper wraps, you will be screwed during this downtime. For me i have almost 3-4 seconds delay on recast.

i feel the 10cdr on weapon would be more ideal than the max 8 on shield. OR i could try maximizing CDR on gloves, shield, and a 100% leoric crown, to see whether that would be enough to push me into the sweet spot for CDR without having to use CDR on weapon.

The pros and cons of CDR on weapon or shield is.... 1k+ vit 10 CDR on weapon versus 750vit 8cdr on shield. So depending on which you need more, i recommend you enchant accordingly.

For a Grift you want your hp to be above 400k MINIMUM. even then maybe a bit more approaching 500k if possible.



This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Sep 14 2014, 10:58 AM

roland shield bash build
http://www.diablofans.com/builds/1548-holy...nd-in-your-face


tbh i'm not too sure how well this performs, but it's the only one i've seen with a reasonably well thought out build for the new set.

for that build i would suggest the furnace seeing as he isn't using any 2hd crusader skills that would require bop, fotf, baleful etc...

Immortal build...Beat Kripp's monk...LOLLLLLL....

Reduce total damage by 99.8%....for 5 seconds. LOL.

interesting .... but, what is your dps output ? because no point surviving if your going to take ages to kill creeps.

also 5 seconds ? do you mean 5 seconds downtime before can recast, or it only last 5 seconds ? trying the grifts, the higher you go, the more you are going to need that 0 second on recasting akkarat's champion. Mostly due to the fact, prophet reduces your dmg quite a lot, so the moment it goes down, your gonna get 1 shotted in a very high grift.

You got trolled by a build not workable in grifts

i know, i was being sarcastic, and a bit educational at the same time to other readers in regards to crusader builds

anyhow....

found a 2 new amys today so a total of 3 in my collection


haven't enchanted this one. thinking of replacing the str for 100CHD, though not sure yet. but even if i do use it, the only blackthorn i can use to unlock the set bonus would be the belt, because i am using the leoric's crown, so the only non set slot left is belt, but that is being used by vigilante for CDR. So this would mean that both my weapon and shield would have to both have CDR, and this just to unlock that extra 10elite dmg, and some extra vit.


this is probably my best amulet, assuming that i can get an equally good compass rose ring. this can gain high CHD potential, compared to a stone of jordan that would have elite dmg instead.


Ubers amulet good, but the passive is not my first choice. but looking at the secondary, i consider this to be a top affix to have.




This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Sep 16 2014, 10:03 PM

For condemn 2.1 i added a gear enchant pictorial guide.



red box indicates important stats to get.

orange is secondaries i think are legit.

blue box is situational, meaning that if weapon has CDR, i don't think CDR on shield is that necessary, although this is dependent on whether you have a leoric's crown and whether the legendary bonus is higher than 90% Also the other requirement is that CDR in all the slots are maxed. If not, then you had best have CDR on both weapon and shield to compensate.

i also labelled vit in shield as necessary, because i felt it was the only way i could stack my HP to 400-500k in conjunction with maximizing Life % in paragorn points. Though you could alternatively shift Hp to weapon instead, leaving the other to have CDR. though you ought to remember the choices are 10CDR 1kvit, or 8CDR 750 vit when it comes to 2hand weapon vs shield max stats. so you do the math which would make more sense to your situation.

as you may have noticed, CDR is no longer recommended in rings, due to the fact they have been replaced by sockets instead. Also due to the fact that because of leoric's crown and the new revamped vigilante's belt, we are also able to drop CDR in the rings as such.


in boots some people said you could drop the 12MS and instead grab life per sec. Personally i prefer MS, but it's your choice which you feel is better. The way i saw it, i had more points to stack into STR so i kept 12 MS in boots.


now for recommended items....

helm = leoric's crown (bis = best in slot. due to the new legendary affix that would boost diamond CDR gem)

set piece = akkhan's set. everything but the helm is required. although you could use the helm, if your missing leoric's crown.

belt = vigilante belt

rings = ring of royal grandeur is a must ideally because you want to use leoric's crown but keep the max akkhan set bonus. After that you have the choice between either stone of jordan, unity, compass rose, bulkhatos wedding band, leoric's signet

shield = frydehr's wrath is definitely a must for condemn build due to no cooldowns on recast (well a very minor 0.2 seconds or so delay)

weapon = blade of prophecy makes condemn extra potent

bracer = reaper wraps. helps refill your wrath very easily.

amulet = hellfire, traveler's pledge, blackthorne's cross, resistance immunity amulet e.g. mara's kaleidescope etc...




The only thing i haven't yet figured out is the enchants on amulet and rings... for example.....


amulet - holy, strength, chd, chc, socket. I would normally want all of these, but i have to remove 1 of them to make enough room. So the question is, do i keep 750 strength or the 20% holy dmg stack ? But if i do keep holy, the max i would get is 20 amy, 20 bracer which is a total of 40 holy % which is not that high. But when you consider when using legendary gem's like mirinae's teardrop which has large holy damage, could be worth having

rings = RORG no dillema here as the best you can get is STR/IAS/CHD/Socket; the issue lies in the other ring e.g like Unity and SOJ. Do you swap out 500 strength to make room for stats like holy/CHD/CHC/socket ?

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Sep 16 2014, 11:29 PM

managed to clear grift 35 timer ;x

rank #260 for Crusader solo :}

I switched to a phalanks build heavy in elite dmg%, CHD, phalanks dmg%, physical as well as CDR cap for permanent akkarat's champion.

My HP was 420k

I played a barb, regarding rorg, I swapped 500 strength for socket.

attack speed, life per hit, and main stat is fixed on rorg. so only 1 is random ..... so the only real choice is to roll out the LPH for socket/CHD/CHC/or possibly even CDR depending on what you need.

Am loving physical phalanx build... Goes decently with the 1h steed flail for really fast runs

Physical phalanx what gems to put?

sorry mang, I mean to say SOJ not rorg hehehe

I have 2 SOJ, one rolled CHC > soc another rolled strength > socket
I still prefer rolling away mainstat

Got RORG, rolled CHC more than 20 times now, still haven't got socket. Keep rolling?