Many of the Crusader skills require Shields to be equipped before these skills can be used.Īlmost all Crusader skills are damage dealing, or can be enhanced to deal damage over area of effect, hitting more than one enemy with a single cast. The Crusaders focus on Physical and Holy Damage, but can use Fire or Lightning Damage as well, along with a few Cold runes prior to patch 2.4 (items with bonus Cold damage do not smart-drop for Crusaders). Many of these skills also have potent Crowd Control effects, mostly Stun, Blind and Slow. Most of them are used either in melee or at medium range, as opposed to Barbarians who are almost exclusively fighting in melee. There are three types of Crusader class items: Flails, Two-Handed Flails and Crusader Shields. Thorns of the Invoker (70 full set, 6 items).Seeker of the Light (70 full set, 6 items).Armor of Akkhan (70 full set, 7 items, 6 are required to complete it).Norvald's Fervor (70 minor weapon set, 2 items).The Crusader's story is retroactively included in Diablo III- NPCs will question and interact with the Crusader as readily as other classes. Crusaders are also incredibly proficient with Shields, in fact being the only class to use those as a real tool of protection, many skills increasing the potency of Blocks. Moreover, being masters of retribution, Crusaders are the only class that can make Thorns truly shine, turning the mediocre reflection of damage into a powerful offensive weapon.Īlthough it was not initially put in place, a patch has provided the Crusaders with a +30% built-in damage reduction, to help ease the dangerous nature of melee combat. He/she is better suited to simply standing there and soaking up dangerous boss attacks than any other class, and can enable other players to waste less time running away instead of doing damage. With skills that force attackers to focus on them while punishing them for doing so and mitigating or eliminating the incoming damage, the Crusader is the definitive tank class. Crusaders are the only class with a passive skill, Heavenly Strength, that allows them to equip Two-Handed weapons with Shields.

The Crusader uses Wrath as his/her energy resource, and uses battle magic to strengthen allies and weaken foes.

The Crusader has mid-ranged spells at his/her disposal. The class is based on the Paladin from Diablo II. The Crusader is a mid-range hybrid caster/melee class wielding a flail/ sword and a shield.

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