This page documents a variety of recommended Crusader Builds. In order to match these builds, you should enable Elective Mode.
For information on the Crusader's skills, check out the sections on their active and passive skills.
Crusader Builds Build Purpose Summary Creator Leveling This build is fun to use and great for leveling. Darkartiste Farming / Torment This build is tanky and sustainable, while still allowing for the player to deal plenty of damage. A well-rounded build, this will enable Cruaders to take on hordes of foes without giving up an inch. P0rtl Farming / Torment This build focuses on the spammer Blessed Hammer, using its OP damage to overcome all the enemies! Focuses on Lightning damage. Papertankz Farming / Torment This build uses Lightning hammers to kill bad guys! Good for solo and group builds. Saucy Farming / Speed Runs This build is for quickly plowing through enemies, farming as much as possible, moving as quickly as possible. P0rtl
Crusader Leveling Build
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Darkartiste's Crusader Leveling Build
Build proposed by Darkartiste
Skill Slot Skill w/ Rune Mouse Skill 1 [Left] Justice [Hammer of Pursuit] Mouse Skill 2 [Right] Fist of the Heavens [Fissure] Action Skill 1 Blessed Hammer [Icebound Hammer] Action Skill 2 Akarat's Champion [Prophet] Action Skill 3 Falling Sword [Part the Clouds] Action Skill 4 Heaven's Fury [Split Fury] Passive Skill 1 Heavenly Strength Passive Skill 2 Indestructible Passive Skill 3 Holy Cause Passive Skill 4 Finery
This build is intended to be fun and enjoyable for players leveling a Crusader up to level 50. It is far from a scientific, min-max approach, but it certainly gets the job done. For more insights on the Crusader, check out this extended coverage of the Cruasder.
Casual Monster Slayer
Casual Monster Slayer Build
Build proposed by P0rtl
Skill Slot Skill w/ Rune Mouse Skill 1 [Left] Smite [Shatter] Mouse Skill 2 [Right] Blessed Shield [Staggering Shield] Action Skill 1 Provoke [Charged Up] Action Skill 2 Judgment [Conversion] Action Skill 3 Laws of Valor [Critical] Action Skill 4 Consecration [Bathed in Light] Passive Skill 1 Heavenly Strength Passive Skill 2 Divine Fortress Passive Skill 3 Finery Passive Skill 4 Divine Fortress
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Hammerdin Build
Papertankz' Hammerdin Build
Build proposed by Papertankz
Skill Slot Skill w/ Rune Mouse Skill 1 [Left] Justice [Burst] Mouse Skill 2 [Right] Blessed Hammer [Thunderstruck] Action Skill 1 Provoke [Charged Up] Action Skill 2 Bombardment [Impactful] Action Skill 3 Laws of Valor [Unstoppable Force] [Critical in group] Action Skill 4 Akarat's Champion [Rally] Passive Skill 1 Blunt Passive Skill 2 Long Arm of the Law Passive Skill 3 Hold Your Ground Passive Skill 4 Finery
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Lightning
Spam bless hammer
Champ packs bosses: bomb laws akarats spam bless hammer, lowers cd's on other skills
provoke to get wrath back
finery- many sockets 80 str per socket
reduces damage, buffs laws, blunt- bless hammer fits type
bombardment over horse for more dmg over utility, could be traded out
Lightning Hammers
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Crusader Lightning Hammers
Build proposed by Saucy
Skill Slot Skill w/ Rune Mouse Skill 1 [Left] Justice [Burst] Mouse Skill 2 [Right] Blessed Hammer [Thunderstruck] Action Skill 1 Steed Charge [Endurance] Action Skill 2 Bombardment [Impactful Bombardment] Action Skill 3 Condemn [Vacuum] Action Skill 4 Condemn [Resolved] Passive Skill 1 Blunt Passive Skill 2 Lord Commander Passive Skill 3 Heavenly Strength Passive Skill 4 Finery
Speed Run Build
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Speed Run Build
Build proposed by P0rtl
Skill Slot Skill w/ Rune Mouse Skill 1 [Left] Slash [Electrify] Mouse Skill 2 [Right] Blessed Hammer [Thunderstruck] Action Skill 1 Consecration [Bathed in Light] Action Skill 2 Steed Charge [Ramming Speed] Action Skill 3 Laws of Hope [Wings of Angels] Action Skill 4 Akarat's Champion [Rally] Passive Skill 1 Heavenly Strength Passive Skill 2 Divine Fortress Passive Skill 3 Finery Passive Skill 4 Long Arm of the Law
Level 70 Crusader - Casual Playthrough
Fun With Friends
Build proposed by HopscotchChampSP aka TwinSnakesSP
Skill Slot Skill w/ Rune Mouse Skill 1 [Left] Slash w/ Zeal Mouse Skill 2 [Right] Blessed Hammer w/ Thunderstruck Action Skill 1 Falling Sword w/ Part the Clouds Action Skill 2 Akarat's Champion w/ Rally Action Skill 3 Condemn w/ Vacuum Action Skill 4 Provoke w/ Cleanse Passive Skill 1 Vigilant Passive Skill 2 Blunt Passive Skill 3 Finery Passive Skill 4 Wrathful
Just a casual tank build to use when doing rifts and such with friends.
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I like to use Slash - Zeal for faster attack speed, since I like to stack life on hit for increased sustainability. Blessed Hammer - Thunderstruck is my main bread 'n' butter move; it does pretty solid damage, plus the lightning streaks ensure that damage is still dealt if either the target or yourself moves, or if the target falls in between the hammer's path.
I use Akarat's Champion - Rally to increase my attack speed even further, increase wrath regeneration for more hammer spamming, plus it increases survivability, as it fully restores health upon taking fatal damage while active.
For more damage, I equip Falling Sword - Part the Clouds because it makes for a nice engage [it covers a decent distance and it can be used to jump over gaps and such, much like the barbarian's leap], and the rune stuns enemies caught in the impact. If you prefer, you could substitute this out for Bombardment [any rune you please, my preference being Impactful Bombardment], but I chose Falling Sword because of its shorter cool down.
I prefer to play the tank role with my crusader, so I run Condemn - Vacuum to pull mobs to me, and Provoke - Cleanse to hold their attention onto me. Furthermore, the rune Cleanse increases my life on hit for the duration of provoke, which increases my sustainability.
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For passives, I use Vigilant for health regeneration and reduced physical damage taken. Next, I use Blunt to increase my hammer damage. Finery increases my damage even more because it gives me 70 strength for every gem I socket into my gear. And last, I use Wrathful because it gives me health for every point of Wrath that i spend. As a result, I'm healing myself back up to full as I spam hammers.
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