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Crusader The Thrill Conquest Build (Season 23 / Patch 2.7)

Last updated on Apr 08, 2021 at 09:00 by Deadset 6 comments

This Thorns Bombardment Crusader build is specifically created for The Thrill conquest (complete a Greater Rift 45 Solo without any Set items equipped).

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Crusader Build for The Thrill

Active Skills
Left Mouse Button Punish Icon Punish Celerity Celerity Right Mouse Button Bombardment Icon Bombardment Barrels of Spikes Barrels of Spikes 1 Condemn Icon Condemn Vacuum Vacuum 2 Iron Skin Icon Iron Skin Reflective Skin Reflective Skin 3 Steed Charge Icon Steed Charge Spiked Barding Spiked Barding 4 Akarat's Champion Icon Akarat's Champion Prophet Prophet
Passive Skills
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The build plays along the lines of popular Thorns Bombardment builds, like those based on Akkhan or LoN sets. You will burst enemies down with a combination of Iron Skin Iron Skin Reflective Skin Reflective Skin and Bombardment Bombardment Barrels of Spikes Barrels of Spikes. Utilize Condemn Condemn Vacuum Vacuum to form massive pulls and maximize your Bombardments, as well as getting resets from your worn Akarat's Awakening Akarat's Awakening. Pop Akarat's Champion Akarat's Champion on cooldown to enjoy its myriad of buffs. Lastly, speed yourself through the rift with Steed Charge Steed Charge.

In your gear, focus on items that provide Thorns damage in their secondary stats; always keep in mind that Thorns cannot crit, and you should completely abandon Crit Chance and Crit Damage in favor of Cooldown Reduction and Attack Speed. The crucial items to pull off this build are The Mortal Drama The Mortal Drama and Belt of the Trove Belt of the Trove. Other high tier recommendations are Akarat's Awakening Akarat's Awakening, Stone Gauntlets Stone Gauntlets and Ice Climbers Ice Climbers. The remaining suggestions are merely helpful, but will not make or break the run.

Properly allocated Kanai's Cube choices and decently leveled legendary gems (most crucially, Legacy of Dreams Legacy of Dreams) will trivialize The Thrill conquest. Do not neglect them.

Slot Pieces Stat Priority
Head
  1. Strength
  2. Socket
  3. Thorns (Important Secondary Stat)
  4. Vitality
  5. All Resistance
Shoulders
  1. Strength
  2. Cooldown Reduction
  3. Bombardment %
  4. Thorns (Important Secondary Stat)
  5. Area Damage
Torso
  1. Strength
  2. 3 Sockets
  3. Bombardment %
  4. Thorns (Secondary Stat)
  5. Vitality
  6. Reduced Damage from Elites
Wrists
  1. Strength
  2. Physical Damage
  3. Thorns (Important Secondary Stat)
  4. Vitality
  5. All Resistance or Life Regeneration
Hands
  1. Strength
  2. Cooldown Reduction
  3. Thorns (Important Secondary Stat)
  4. Area Damage
  5. Vitality
Waist
  1. Strength
  2. Thorns (Important Secondary Stat)
  3. Vitality
  4. All Res
  5. Life %
Legs
  1. Strength
  2. 2 Sockets
  3. Thorns (Important Secondary Stat)
  4. Vitality
  5. All Resistance
Feet
  1. Strength
  2. Thorns (Important Secondary Stat)
  3. Vitality
  4. All Resistance
  5. Armor
Amulet
  • Hellfire Amulet of Strength Hellfire Amulet of Strength
  1. Socket
  2. Physical Damage
  3. Thorns (Important Secondary Stat)
  4. Cooldown Reduction
  5. Area Damage
  6. Strength
Ring #1
  1. Socket
  2. Thorns (Important Secondary Stat)
  3. Cooldown Reduction
  4. Area Damage
  5. Strength
Ring #2
  1. Socket
  2. Thorns (Important Secondary Stat)
  3. Cooldown Reduction
  4. Area Damage
  5. Strength
Weapon
  1. Physical % (if Doombringer Doombringer)
  2. Socket (preferably from Ramaladni's Gift Ramaladni's Gift)
  3. Cooldown Reduction
  4. Area Damage
  5. Strength
  6. Vitality (rerolled from Weapon Damage)
Off-hand
  1. Strength
  2. Thorns (Important Secondary Stat)
  3. Cooldown Reduction
  4. Physical % (if Lidless Wall Lidless Wall)
  5. Increased Damage vs. Elites

To help you with farming the gear you need for your builds, we have two very useful guides that you can access by clicking the links below: a Salvage Guide to help you quickly check whether or not you can safely salvage a piece of gear and a Legendary Farming Guide to help you efficiently farm legendaries and set items.

Legendary Item Salvage Guide Guide to Farming Legendaries and Set Items
Slot Gems
Jewelry
Helm
Torso and Pants
Weapon
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Kanai's Cube

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Changelog

  • 08 Apr. 2021: Revision to accommodate the updates of the game.
  • 09 Nov. 2017: Added guide.
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