https://youtu.be/hLZDURIF0Mc Video here! Sader solo with Fist of the Heavens build using Aegis of Valor set.

Hi all,

I'd like to share my season 29 journey on how I got into the top 13 overall for Crusader (using fist of the heavens build) and rank 2 for Invoker on Xbox.

I have an Xbox One X with a SSD but using the Diablo 3 (D3) disc; D3 runs great on it (no lag, load times pretty good). I also have an elite 2 controller (https://www.xbox.com/en-AU/accessories/controllers/elite-wireless-controller-series-2).

I did the usual thing of doing the challenge rift at level 1 to get mats. The mats were used to:

1. Get a shield and bracers from Kadala using blood shards.
2. Upgrade a rare flail to cube it later.
3. Craft a 2-handed rare weapon and re-roll it for reduced level requirement (I got something like -26 level requirement).

I can't remember exactly what shield, bracers, and flail I got. But they were luckily all ones related to the hammerdin build. So I levelled up using rifts until I got my pony skill (Steed Charge).

Once I got my pony skill, I got the Horodric Cube and did some bounties.

Then I levelled up till around level 44 using regular rifts. I then equipped my reduced level 2-handed level 70 weapon. I increased the difficulty to Master and breezed through to level 70.

I did the season journey and got my 6-piece Invoker set. Since both the Aegis of Valor (AoV) and Invoker builds require the Royal Ring of Grandeur, I kept running bounties. Admittedly, running Invoker for bounties is painful as the AOE is lacking.

While doing bounties, there's heaps of Visions of Enmity portals. I had a tough time surviving without the proper gear early on, but the rewards were awesome, like multiple greater rift (GR) keys, heaps of death's breaths (DBs), and lots of legendaries.

After many GRs/bounties, I finally got my basic builds set up for Invoker and AoV. I used the Icy Veins builds:

• https://www.icy-veins.com/d3/crusader-invoker-thorns-build
• https://www.icy-veins.com/d3/crusader-aegis-of-valor-heavens-fury-build

I had 4 builds altogether.

1. Gold farming AoV build (for bounties, Cow Level, Visions of Enmity) using Goldwrap and Boon of the Hoarder
2. AoV GR Speed farming build (skills and equipment that enhances speed e.g., the Iron Skin rune that increases speed and Rachel's ring of larceny)
3. Invoker push build
4. AoV push build

Since not many people push with Invoker, I decided to do so as it's easy to get a high rank. I dedicated all my upgrades to Invoker at the start. I only had one decent ancient on my Invoker build, so I augmented that using an Echoing Nightmare gem. The push to rank 2 was pretty easy. After rank 2 for Invoker, I focused on how far I could push AoV.

My elite controller 2 was a huge help. I can't remember what I binded for my Invoker build, but for my AoV build I bound the underside paddles as such:

• Upper left paddle: alternative to right bumper = Iron Skin
• Lower left paddle: Akarat's Champion
• Upper right paddle: pony
• Lower left paddle: laws of hope

Basically I would simultaneously use the 3 paddle defensive cooldowns then use pony. When pony stopped, I would click all 3 defensive cooldowns then ride pony again. Rinse, repeat.

I did speed GRs to level up my gems.

For mats, I used Cow Sticks, ran puzzle rings, and ran bounties (easily get Vision portals). (Funnily enough, I never got an Avarice Band.)

Through farming, I got 4 primals, dusted them, and upgraded my 2-hand weapon to a primal. I made the mistake of upgrading a Convention of Elements to primal and then not being able to equip the ring. Apparently you can only wear 1 primal-upgraded item at any one time.

Eventually, I had everything except 1 ring and my amulet as ancient. I augmented everything with strength using Echoing Nightmare gems. (Note, for echoing nightmares, I used the AoV push build, waited till level 110, the popped all pylons; you only need to get level 125 since the max tear gem level is 125.)

For my follower, I chose the Templar, even though guides (e.g., Maxroll) say to use the Enchantress. (I was too lazy to level up legendary gems for her.) On the Templar, I put nemesis bracers, flavour of time, gloves of worship, homing pads, wyrdward, thunderfury, oculus ring, and freeze of deflection; for his skills, I chose heal, loyalty, onslaught, and guardian.

Since it's so easy to get GR keys through Vision portals, I could easily "farm" GRs with wide open spaces. (If I got a crap dungeon I would quit and start again.) That's how I got to rank 2 for Invoker and rank 13 for AoV. For reference of time spent in game, my paragon was around 900.

I found my season 29 journey very fun and satisfying. I posted this mainly to share with the hope that it might act as a guide or to help someone simultaneously progress and have fun with the Crusader.

Been trying my best to finish the curses conquest on demon hunter(solo) but been stuck at 280-290 kills. Iv checked a youtube video and turns out its much easier on crusader than it is on demon hunter. If anyone got a link for a build ill be more than thankful

Like the title says I'm playing the story again since d4 drops in like 2 weeks and wanted to know what build is the most fun for story mode crusaders I enjoy big hits and just never dying

Does anyone have a good boss build I am level 70 paragon 600

Hey folks, just getting back into diablo 3 and been looking that people are running some phalanx with akky sets for condemns.. got me thinking.

Do phalanx ghosts crit from your crit % and then in turn crit dmg? Since they are a skill OR is it like thorns and these skills hold no sway over the dmg?

Seen a post and they were talking about attack speed, so that seems to apply to phalanx ..? Right?

I'm thinking I'll put 10% of my paragon points into vitality, but i'm not sure if that's the right move if I'll lose a lot of strength too much. What should I do?

Edit: I'm absolutely terrible at this game so I'd like to have a lot of life lol

I just got to paragon 200 and I have many set pieces. But I don’t know which ones I should reroll in kanais cube. Any ideas?

Which is better or has higher ceiling? I’ve always heard A6I2 has higher damage output but it seems squishier and has to face tank more.

Have had much more success with LOD Awakening shield block build but want to know the math.

Is there a guide for this? I’ve looked on the top builds of Maxroll but I can’t find a guide on this. Seems super chill to play and I’m curious what kinda rifts lvls this can run up to

My damage has been scaling great I'm about para 600 right now and can kill groups mostly fine in t16 but i'm getting absolutely clapped. What's the main defense that I'm missing?

Wondering why everyone seems to be slotting enforcer? It seems as though the majority of your damage comes from Condemn, but is the condemn applied by the pets increased by pet damaged, or only calculated from your damage?

Edit: Same question goes for attack speed!

Found an ancient Gyrafalcon. Should I reroll Vitality or Chance to Deal Area DMG?

I’m playing the Invoker Build and it’s has incredible damage with the Season 26 upgrade. I have an ancient pig sticker for maximum damage and an ancient swiftmount for speed and alternate those depending upon whether I’m pushing or grinding. The Swiftmount gives me enough speed to stay with the fastest players and I can farm a regular rift in minutes. The damage stats are always low because the damage comes from the build and not the weapon. I measure the growth from the amount of thorns damage under details or the level of Torment I can solo. Currently, at paragon 1560, I can solo a 110 GR rift. I’m not certain about the chest piece. I wear Aquila Cuirass physically, but have Heart of Iron in the cube for additional thorns damage. If I pick up an ancient heart of iron I might just wear that because the build resists damage so well while I’m fighting. Then i can cube omnislash again.

Looking for help, and thanks in advance!

Does the effect of the 'Thou shall not pass' rune (Heaven's Fury) satisfy the condition of the Bracers of Fury, so that HF gets the bonus damage?

Couldn't find a direct answer in google, and so I thought to ask. Thank you!

(On console so here is a list) Ancient The Mortal drama Thorns of invoker set Ancient Chaingmail Ancient Eye of Etlich Unrelenting Phalanx Eternal Union with Simplicity's strength Bul-Kathos's Wedding Band with Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard Belt of The Trove

Skills Slash with Crush Iron Skin with Explosive skin Phalanx with Bowmen Laws of Valor with Critical Bombardment with Mine field

Passive Heavenly Strength Indestructible Fervor Wrathful

Powers Sky splitter Spaulders of Zakara Puzzle ring

Paragon almost maxed out Anything is helpful ty!

So I main a monk, and seldom play other classes. However, I've been eyeballing my crusader and am wondering what the best build is. From what I gather, bombardment with the one belt and with akarats shield is the go to. I found an icyveins guide and my impression is that thorns build with those items/skills is the way to go, but I'm not entirely sure.

What is that best build for a crusader?

For bombardment builds, most guides (on YouTube, Maxroll.gg, and Icy Veins) recommend very high CDR. Is this only for the manual casting of bombardment, or does it affect the auto-cast by Belt of the Trove?

Thank you!

Does anyone have a pic of the PTR leaderboards?

The 2.4 d2 patch made me want to play the FoH crusader in D3 next season again, since it's my favorite class and build of all time. What GR can I reasonably expect to do speeds on with +-1000 paragon?

What is the best Gem to add to the Compass Rose for a Crusader At lvel 70 Paragon 152?

I've been hearing about a build called Hammeredin recently, so i decided to make my own called HammerDown. Rate 1-10, and give some advice as i'm only Paragon 250 and not very knowledgeable in how some stuff works in Diablo III.

INVENTORY

M. Hand: Arthef's Spark Of Life (Ancient) | O. Hand: Hellskull (1 Flawless Royal Ruby) | Hands: Gauntlets of Akkhan (placeholder until i find another legendary) | Shoulders: Pauldrons of the Skeleton King | Chest: Shi Mizu's Haori (3 Flawless Royal Rubies) | Head: Mempo of Twilight (1 Flawless Royal Ruby) | Neck: Squirt's Necklace (Teardrop of the Starweaver Rank 0) | Wrists: Custerian Wristguards | Ring 1: Justice Lantern (Simplicity's Strength Rank 4) | Ring 2: Oculus Ring (Legacy of Dreams Rank 25) | Boots: Foundation of Light (Ancient, placeholder) | Pants: Hammer Jammers (2 Flawless Royal Rubies) | Belt: Blessed of Haull | Potion: Bottomless Potion of Regeneration |

SKILLS

Justice - Hammer Of Pursuit | Blessed Hammer - Limitless | Judgement - Mass Verdict | Falling Sword - Flurry | Laws of Valor - Answered Prayer | Heaven's Fury - Split Fury | Passive 1 - Heavenly Strength | Passive 2 - Holy Cause | Passive 3 - Finery | Passive 4 - Blunt | Cube/Weapon - Jace's Hammer of Vigilance | Cube/Armor - Sacred Harness | Cube/Ring - Puzzle Ring |

Started out with seasons a few days ago, and I'm currently stuck at GR 136 atm. I feel like my gear is pretty good, but I'm having a hard time staying alive and doing enough DPS, and I'm having a really hard time killing elites.

I see people with about the same gear tearing through GR 145s and I'm not really sure what I am doing wrong.

Gear:

https://eu.diablo3.com/en-us/profile/Mirvus-2312/hero/151870783

Never played Crusader, going to level one up now. What's the best way/skills/gear for leveling one?

I'm playing the bombardment build with 6 pieces of Akkhan's. I've played with this set for a while now, the variation with vacuum and what not... I'm trying to find a proper level for a speed GR for myself and my problem is I keep dying with Akarat's Champion - Prophet active. I can't understand what is going on, anybody have any idea what I'm doing wrong?

basically title, if I want to get rolling at the beginning of a season as efficiently as possible, should I go for the 6-piece set via Haedrig's Gift, or should I go straight for LoD?

So currently I've gotten my block to 100% and damge reduction to about 97% is it worth putting more into damge reduction or instead putting it into their stats, ( this is a custom bulid I've out together ) and idk how to put a photo on here

I am playing classic LoN through In-geom + Akarat's Awakening with 'The Mortal Drama', 'Aquila Cuirass' and 'Convention of Elements' ring in the Kanai’s Cube.

My Build

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#1. How many Thorns should I have to be able to run fast 105-110 GRs?

• For now I have ~334,500 Thorns with the Boyarsky's Chip and trying to roll it in every item include jewelry.

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#2. Where to Invest my Paragon in? Strength or Vitality?

• Strength gives me basic main Damage but Vitality gains more Thorns because of 'Heart of Iron' which Gains Thorns equal to 300% of my Vitality.

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#3. How many Area Damage should I have for more balanced damage?

• For now I have +110% Area damage.

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#4. How many Physical damage increase should I have? What will be better, +n% to Physical damage OR +n% Bombardment Damage?

• For now I have +50% Physical damage (+20% from Neck, +20% from Bracers and +10% from Enchantress skill) and +15% Bombardment Damage in Off Hand.

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My core goal is run fast rifts/Grifts ONLY. I do not plan to conquer the Ladder.

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Any thought from experienced crusaders will be appreciated. Thanks!