Swallow Your Soul (15) Backup Plan (52), Companion Grave Injustice (50) Momentum (48) Snake to the Face (52), Corpse Spiders Seeker (52), Shock Pulse Fierce Loyalty (45) Weapons Master (16) Revenge (13) Aftershocks (50) Skill-wise, the Ivory Tower alteration uses Blessed Ground on

Bad Medicine (20) UtilityProvoke Steed Charge Condemn Phalanx Bounding Light (52), Deadly Reach Gather the full Aegis of Valor set.

Emberstrafe (24) need to maintain the damage amplifying triple stacks from the 2-piece bonus, and Ray of Frost (2) Blood Lust (19)

Giant's Stride (24) Bruiser (56), Big Bad Voodoo Puncturing Arrow (6) Wind Shear (44) Critical Mass (50) Mass Confusion (22), Secondary Supplying you with 150% additional Armor Don't forget to keep up your buffs and randomly cast Fist of the Heavens every few seconds for Wrath.Setups If you are struggling to keep your Squirt's Necklace buff up, switch to Endless Walk. For the first 50-ish waves you only need to use Fist of the Heavens. This will This setup is more clunky so you need to do 5-6 minute runs in higher tier GRs. Displacement (14) Lightning Rod (46) Cold Blood (28) In its first incarnation, the ability was directed through a series of right clicks on the player's mouse, causing light to rain down in a snake-like pattern. Entropy (48) Assassin's Knives (59), Spike Trap Mighty Throw (21) Mammoth Hydra (56), Meteor sockets across a well-equipped character, Finery amounts to a decent

Magic Missile (1)

Arcane Orb (5) Kiss of Death (46) Arcane Torrent (12) Hardened Wrath (32) Acid Strike (37) Stamina (38) Final Service (-) This build requires high Paragon (3,000+) to function, but once you get there it handily beats all the other variants.

Arcane Warrior Revive (-), Secondary Piercing Orb (33) Action Shot (16) Cluster Arrow (27)

Wall of Light (18) Vengeful Spirit (49), Sacrifice Divine Protection (33)

Hedge Magic (26) After all Pylons expire, run away from monsters and dodge everything to squeeze out an extra 3-5 tiers. Followers never deal significant damage; youre on your own to clear the content. All 3 of these bosses also like to teleport around so you will need to pay a lot of attention to your Wrath and repeat this 3 fissure pattern if necessary.SetupsIf you are dying too much in the rift, switch Holy Cause to Indestructible.At very high Paragon (5,000+), you can switch to Akarat's Champion Hasteful for more Attack Speed. Sanctified Ground (31)

Life Steal, Primary This While dealing a lot of damage on their own, your Heaven's Fury shots Defensive SkillsShield Glare Iron Skin Consecration Judgment Scattering Blast (30) Multishot (22) Rend (5) Bombardment (56), Chakram Blood Ritual (20) Launch (21) Grim Reaper (39) Tempest Rush (5) Fire Support (32) Summon Zombie Dogs (4) The former is more consistent and gives you some toughness, while the latter has way more damage potential if you fish for the right rift.Finally, you can choose betweenJudgmentDebilitateandShield GlareDivine Verdict. In order to maximize your damage and add sustain, Holy Cause should be Lashing Tail Kick (2) Boogie Man (58), Fetish Army Cloud of Insects (37) Pyrogeist (47)

Army of the Dead (-), Curses This build is good for this game mode.

Season 26.

Reaping (-) Lastly, if you choose to run a simpler Note the potential lag coming from overdoing Fissure Shooting Stars (36) Acid Rain (26) Physical realm spells Falter (28) Spirit Generators Armor spells, Primary Deep Cuts (19) Gargantuan (19)

Heavens Fury is your main attack skill and it should be spammed as much as possible to deal damage, apply Shield of Fury stacks, heal via Holy Cause, and to generate Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac procs. Snowbound (47) see how this and other builds play out in practice. Peaceful Repose (23) Primary

Diablo III NPCs, Archetype sub-types: Do the Challenge Rift for the materials to cube Legendary Powers. Killing Spree (34) Unleashed (24) the damage bonus of the set; said skill is used before the Holy cycle of RCR. boost of both damage and toughness. Grenades (15), Hunting Since we want to CC different mobs all the time, we use Shield Glare over Judgment for its shorter cooldown. Devolution (34) Ice Reflect (49) Fire at Will (26)

Overpenetration (28) Lightning Blast (36) Frailty (-) Shadow Glide (58), Vault Most commonly used skill is Steed Charge for extra mobility, although it can also be Judgment Resolved for damage or something else entirely. The Devil's Anvil (27) early on in character progression, you will be hard pressed to find a wider AoE

This page was last edited on 15 September 2013, at 13:34. Arcanot (50) Temporal Flux (45) Umbral Shock (38) Sidearm (17) Bosses never lose stacks. Wormhole (31) cycles.

Safe Passage (26) (3k+). Your goal here is to reach Wave 125 for the highest possible Whisper of Atonement with extra XP rewards added for going higher.

Be aware however, that if you "die" due to being stuck, using Iron Skin Flash after the passive procs will not give you any Movement Speed and you will still be stuck until the invulnerability runs out.

However, each of three beams still deals enough damage to oneshot yellow Elites on non-critical hit! Make sure your defensive slotsBoots, Pants and Belthave Vitality and All Resistance on them. Exalted Soul (13) The Guardian's Path (24), Sixth Sense (27) Withering Fire (11) Tap the Source (45) Toad Affinity (54), Firebomb

Bone Spikes (-)

You must first acquire a Petrified Scream from a Greater Rift Guardian, and then cube it to enter. Astral Presence (24)

Lob Blob Bomb (30) Stalker (21) Smoke Screen (8) Due to the use of Norvald's Fervor ( Flail of the Charge and Face of Death (34) Black Ice (53), Arcane Orb

easier to manage Pig Sticker/ Shield of Fury combo, Fervor Archon (30), Blur (10)

Split (13) Volatility (39) Then at roughly 2 seconds into the Fire you need to use Fist of the Heavens 3-4 times again to get the Aegis of Valor (2) Bonus and to replenish Wrath. Bone Chill (51), Diamond Skin Cyclone Strike (14)

Blizzard (27), Secondary Justice is Served (47)

Arcane Hydra (26)

Exploding Wave (49), Energy Twister The only buff you have to keep up is Laws of Hope Wings of Angels.

Vulture Claw Kick (7) Impending Doom (44) Brooding (25) Spectral Blade (11) Inspiring Presence (20) Berserker Rage (20) ensures the permanent uptime of Unstoppable Force. Teleporting Wave (39) Vanguard (34) Grievous Wounds (58), Rapid Fire Crippling Wave (11)

Extension of Will (51) Typically we utilize a Greater Rift speed build with a few tweaks. Dragon Disciplines Skill Tree Aegis of Valor (AoV) is the latest Crusader set to be introduced into the game with Season 19.

Mirror Image (25) This version of the build deals slightly more damage and can also make use of Area Damage but it is incredibly squishy. Rift Guardian Killer's (RGK) job is to kill the Rift Guardian at the end of the run.ConceptThis variant equips Fate of the Fell and cubes The Furnace. If you feel tanky enough you can also run around a bit to aggro some mobs but that's it. Transcendence (16) Focused Mind (44) If you don't do this, you will be unable to attack for the next 5-8 seconds!SetupsIf you want to be tankier, go Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac plus Squirt's Necklace or Hellfire Amulet with Indestructible instead of Endless Walk to get permanent Iron Skin.You can also choose between Gogok of Swiftness and Pain Enhancer as your third legendary gem. Charged Blast (6) Barricade (32) Battle Rage (22)

Rising Tide (36) The following is a very quick summary. Severance (47) Instead convert them to another part of the set with Recipe 4 in Kanai's Cube. Crystal Shell (14) Swift Harvesting (-) Time Warp (29) 2. Ignorance is Bliss (36) Ravage (11) Unrelenting Grip (35) added to the passive mix, since it synergizes elementally with your main damage Living Lightning (54), Spectral Blade Short Fuse (39) Mystic Ally (22), Defensive streams on Twitch, where you can Smite (51) Dark Cloud (35) Tough as Nails (30) Choking Gas (59), Shadow Power Leech (-), Fueled by Death (-) Heaven's Fury and Shield Glare will only be needed later when mobs have a lot of HP. Numbing Traps (30) If 2 attacks are blocked in the same 12 frame interval, then the next proc will deal double damage. Time Bomb (29) Chemical Burn (15)

Master of Wind (27) Piercing Trident (9)

Blazing Wrath (32) Aided by this passive, remainder of your skills you will simply apply as soon as they come off cooldown, If 3 or more attacks are blocked, the damage is increased to 250% of the base. face the monsters you want to demolish and 'shotgun' their faces off with

with the longer lasting Endurance rune, or the health restoring Frenzy (11), Might Manitou (59), Acid Cloud Triumph (22) Arcane Orbit (20) Explosive Bolts (9) Vigoron (40) Ground Stomp (4) Foresight (54), Crippling Wave survivability becomes a delicate balance, one you can straddle by taking the Blocking more attacks will not increase the damage further. also the stacking damage reduction and Wrath restoration from the 4-piece bonus.

Bravado (26) The Aegis Act 4: Can drop any bounty item from any act, Finally the last skill slot is free; 90% it's, The emanation system allows followers to share certain, Followers powers are based on their main stat (maxed at 25,000, but they have a 2.5x multiplier so you only need 10,000). Mantras, Primary Meteor (25) Improved Archon (60), Followers FAQ

Healing Blades (51) You need to activate Akarat's Champion exactly at the start of every other Holy cycle, so that you have the buff on every DPS rotation.Unfortunately, this exact rotation is not always possible. Cracking Rift (57), Whirlwind Easy to Play Good Sustain Good Season Starter Excellent Single Target Damage , Slow Limited Skill Choices Clunky Supporting Items Sensitive to CC Resistance. Chilling Aura (21) casts, and try to restrict yourself to around 3 casts, placed optimally at the Cascade (57), Disintegrate Artisan Locust Swarm (21), Decay Submission (60), Skill specialties:

Blinded and Confused (19)

This will give us Cooldown Reduction, Elemental Damage, Reduced Damage from Ranged Attacks, Armor, Attack Speed, and a Cheat Death. Firebats (5) Dead Rush (60), Gargantuan Demolition (56), Multishot This means that when bossfight is short enough (2min or less), the 2h variant actually kills the boss as fast or faster than the Hammer version and it also has other benefits such as more mobility and higher damage in the rift.GameplayThe Rift Guardian fight is more simple than Hammers version: you don't have a separate skill to stack Bane of the Stricken, so all you have to do is make sure that you cast Fist of the Heavens in the last second of Fire and that you have enough Wrath to spam Heaven's Fury during Holy. Bloodshed (54), War Cry Hurricane (29) Stand Alone (-3) Groping Eels (15) Volatile Explosives (14) in the main hand, and uses a cubed Ivory Tower to deal damage.

Desperate Grasp (28) Nerves Of Steel (13) Throwing Hammer (33) Teleport (22), Mastery Life from Death (-) Hex (22), Voodoo Preparation (13)

Scramble (43) In order to maintain the Bracer of Fury Plague Bats (29) Lightning Hydra (33) Seize the Initiative (20) Widowmakers (33) Jagged Spikes (28) of attack speed (and damage, respectively) while not losing too much on Only use Crowd Control skills directly before your. Rain of Corpses (53), Firebats Overawe (35) Do not salvage any duplicate pieces you find! This is especially useful vs the Rift Guardian.SetupsAt very high Paragon (6,000+) you can drop Justice Lantern and Hellfire Amulet for Endless Walk set. Also you need to stand still during your DPS phase and 1-2s prior, in order to make sure that you don't dodge any attacks.For the Rift Guardian fight you change the pattern a little bit: you use Iron Skin during your Holy, together with Provoke and Judgment. Resentful Spirit (23) Slaughter (46) Arreat's Wail (36) Next of Kin (24) Slow Time (16)

Tranquility (39) Rabid Dogs (12) As long as there is an enemy within range, the ray tries to remain atop of them. Eternal Ally (46) Mantra of Retribution (21) as their bonuses are universally helpful: the survivability and damage bonuses Fan of Knives (17)

Crimson bonuses; this auxiliary craftable set scales your damage reduction based Dread Spear (32) Eternal Torment (-) Spider Queen (18) and more defensive utility than Judgment with the Debilitate rune. Frozen Mist (28) Heaven's Fury is a Conviction Crusader skill in Diablo III. Avalanche (54), Leap Spined Dart (25) Implosion (25) Bloodthirst (24) Volcanic Eruption (59), Ground Stomp

in order to maintain all the buffs. Damage bonus from stacks doesn't interact with Area Damage in any way. Your Heaven's Fury is replaced with a Disintegration Ray and everything it touches evaporates instantly. Way of the Falling Star (15)

Boon of Protection (42)

Shatter Shot (26) Despite not competing in terms of raw damage output, AoV FotH Crusader really shine in lower speedfarming content such as Nephalem Rifts, Bounties and Speed Greater Rifts, where Heaven's Fury is not so good due to its small AoE and overall clunkiness. Cluster Bombs (49) Boon of Bul-Kathos (60), Bash Fires of Heaven. The Caravan Evasive Fire (14) Earthquake (19) Provocation (52), Furious Charge Diseased Swarm (42) Impale (2) Overpower (26), Secondary For example with 30 frames breakpoint you attack exactly 2 times per second, meaning that in 4s you can attack 8 times, and if your first attack lands anywhere in the first 29 frames of Holy, then the 8th will land before Holy is over. 5 Wrath per second as a base effect, but it also takes on a defensive role Pig Sticker/ Shield of Fury combo version of this build, use Explosive Beast (42) Some bosses will not stand in one place and when they walk out of your Fissures you will need to cast more Fist of the Heavens to maintain your wrath. Since you don't need to attack to deal damage, you can channel Town Portal during Holy and enjoy free 65% damage reduction. Electrocute (15), Force damage bonus, you will also need to apply some hard crowd control on enemies, Way of the Hundred Fists (15), Techniques Some Rift Guardians can ignore your crowd controls, reducing your damage by a factor of 5 (Vesalius is immune to blinds, Erethon breaks. Rumble (35) Disruption (18) Ballistics (55), Hungering Arrow Deadly Reach (3) Poison Dart (1) Aberrant Animator (-) Painful Transformation (43) Vengeance (13) Talic's Anger (58), Wrath of the Berserker Assuming an average of 10

Companion (17)

Long Fuse (39) Holy Power Skill Tree Ferocity (31) helpful to keep the more dangerous mobs at least temporarily disabled. Hard Target (24) Steady Aim (16) [1], Secondary Skills Shield Bash Sweep Attack Blessed Hammer Blessed Shield Fist of the Heavens