Crusader - Builds/Discussion - Page 3

Crusader

    Philosophy
        Many of the Crusader's Wrath spenders are below where we would like, while Heaven's Fury - 
Fires of Heaven was over-performing. We are toning back Fires of Heaven while increasing the 
potency of most of the other Crusader spenders to encourage greater build exploration.
        The single-target Wrath generator spells, Punish and Justice, don't feel meaty compared to 
generators that can hit more than one target at a time. As a result, we are increasing the potency 
of Punish and Justice to be more competitive.
        We are making a few adjustments to improve Steed Charge. The cooldown and duration 
of the skill have both been reduced. Overall, this makes the total uptime for the skill slightly 
higher and, more importantly, you'll be able to hit the button more often. We're removing the 
ability for Steed Charge to break stuns, which allows us to focus on Steed Charge being 
primarily a mobility skill that can still get you out of root effects, such as Jailer. We still want 
Steed Charge to be useful in combat, so we're also increasing the damage on damage-focused 
runes.
    General
        Crusaders now take 15% less damage from all sources
    Active Skills
        Akarat's Champion
            Skill Rune - Rally
                Fixed an issue where Rally would not reduce the cooldown of Condemn
        Blessed Hammer
            Skill Rune - Burning Wrath
                Increased radius from 5 to 8 yards
                Increased pool damage from 95% to 150% weapon damage
            Skill Rune - Icebound Hammer
                Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Icebound Hammer wasn't chilling enemies
                Icebound Hammer no longer goes away when exploding
        Blessed Shield
            Increased base skill damage from 280% to 340% weapon damage
            Skill Rune - Combust
                Increased damage from 105% to 270% weapon damage
            Skill Rune - Shattering Throw
                Increased damage from 50% to 333% weapon damage
                    Known Issue: The tooltip for this skill rune does not reflect this change
        Fist of the Heavens
            Increased base skill's impact damage from 250% to 340% weapon damage
            Increased base skill's bolt damage from 210% to 340% weapon damage
            Skill Rune - Divine Well
                Increased damage from 14% to 80% weapon damage
                Increased bolt zap search radius from 12 to 18 yards
            Skill Rune - Fissure
                Increased area of effect damage from 80% to 400% weapon damage over 5 seconds
                Increased Arc capsule damage radius from 3 to 6 yards
            Skill Rune - Heaven's Tempest
                Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Heaven's Tempest was not moving around in its intended 
                pattern
        Heaven's Fury
            Skill Rune - Fires of Heaven
                Reduced damage from 950% to 735% weapon damage
        Justice
            Increased base skill damage from 175% to 240% weapon damage
            Skill Rune - Burst
                Increased damage from 25% to 30% weapon damage
            Skill Rune - Hammer of Pursuit
                Hammer of Pursuit now seeks targets more quickly after cast
                Increased damage from 200% to 300% weapon damage
        Phalanx
            Increased base skill damage from 295% to 380% weapon damage
            Skill Rune - Bowmen
                Increased damage from 85% to 160% weapon damage
            Skill Rune - Bodyguard
                Increased damage from 200% to 285% weapon damage
            Skill Rune - Shield Charge
                Increased damage from 75% to 180% weapon damage
            Skill Rune - Stampede
                Increased Stun chance from 25% to 30%
        Punish
            Increased base skill damage from 200% to 270% weapon damage
            Skill Rune - Retaliate
                Increased damage from 70% to 94% weapon damage
        Shield Bash
            Increased base skill damage from 325% to 370% weapon damage
            Skill Rune - Crumble
                Increased on death proc damage from 550% to 660% weapon damage
            Skill Rune - Pound
                Increased damage from 550% to 740% weapon damage
                Increased bonus damage from shield Block Chance from 150% to 500%
        Steed Charge
            Reduced base skill cooldown from 25 to 16 seconds
            Reduced base skill duration from 2 to 1.5 seconds
            No longer breaks Stun
            Skill Rune - Endurance
                Reduced duration from 3 to 2 seconds
            Skill Rune - Ramming Speed
                Increased damage from 475% to 515% weapon damage
            Skill Rune - Nightmare
                Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the Fire pools were not lasting their full intended 
                duration
            Skill Rune - Draw and Quarter
                Increased damage from 125% to 185% weapon damage
        Sweep Attack
            Increased base damage from 400% to 440% weapon damage
    Passive Skills
        Lord Commander
            Now reduces the cooldown of Steed Charge by 25% and Bombardment by 35%