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Summoning the Crusader
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Crusader

Religious warriors committed to expunging evil from the world through discipline, honor, and unswerving vigilance.

ResourceWrath
Primary attributeStrength
Damage reduction30%

The Crusader uses cruel flails and shields to dominate the battlefield and cleanse the world of corruption.

An immovable stone in the middle of any fight, the Crusader stands firm against waves of enemies while annihilating monsters near and far.

The Crusader is imbued with the righteous power of Wrath. Each attack generates more, which in turn allows the Crusader to unleash ever more devastating powers.

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Active skills 26

Akarat's ChampionCooldownExplode with the fury of your order, increasing your damage and Wrath regeneration.
  • Fire Starter
  • Embodiment of Power
  • Rally
  • Prophet
  • Hasteful
Bird of PreySpenderActive: Order the Gyrfalcon to enrage, increasing the damage it deals for a short time.
Passive: Summon a Mystical Gyrfalcon to fight by your side.
  • Immolate
  • Flock
  • Boon
  • Staggering Cry
  • Enrage
Blessed HammerSpenderSummon a blessed hammer that spins around you, damaging all enemies hit.
  • Burning Wrath
  • Thunderstruck
  • Limitless
  • Brute Force
  • Dominion
Blessed ShieldSpenderHurl a celestial shield that smashes into enemies and ricochets between them.
  • Staggering Shield
  • Combust
  • Divine Aegis
  • Shattering Throw
  • Piercing Shield
BombardmentCooldownCall in an assault from afar, raining spheres of burning pitch and stone onto enemies around you for a short duration.
  • Barrels of Spikes
  • Annihilate
  • Mine Field
  • Impactful Bombardment
  • Targeted
CondemnCooldownBuild up a massive explosion, unleashing it after X seconds.
  • Reciprocate
  • Vacuum
  • Eternal Retaliation
  • Shattering Explosion
  • Unleashed
ConsecrationCooldownConsecrate the ground around you. You and your allies heal while standing on the consecrated ground.
  • Aegis Purgatory
  • Bed of Nails
  • Bathed in Light
  • Shattered Ground
  • Fearful
Falling SwordSpenderLaunch yourself into the heavens and come crashing down on your enemies.
This ability does not start its cooldown until after its effects expire.
  • Superheated
  • Part the Clouds
  • Rise Brothers
  • Rapid Descent
  • Flurry
Fist of the HeavensSpenderCall forth a pillar of lightning from the heavens that explodes and splits into multiple bolts, damaging all nearby enemies.
  • Heaven's Tempest
  • Reverberation
  • Fissure
  • Divine Well
  • Retribution
Heaven's FuryCooldownCall down a furious ray of Holy power that burns all enemies caught within it.
  • Ascendancy
  • Blessed Ground
  • Split Fury
  • Thou Shalt Not Pass
  • Fires of Heaven
Iron SkinCooldownYour skin turns to iron, protecting you from most damage for a short duration.
  • Charged Up
  • Steel Skin
  • Explosive Skin
  • Reflective Skin
  • Flash
JudgmentCooldownPass judgment on all enemies in an area, Immobilizing them in place for a short duration.
  • Penitence
  • Mass Verdict
  • Deliberation
  • Resolved
  • Debilitate
JusticeGeneratorHurl a hammer of justice at your enemies.
  • Sword of Justice
  • Crack
  • Hammer of Pursuit
  • Burst
  • Holy Bolt
Laws of FateCooldownActive: Recite a Law, increasing the speed you and your allies move for a short time.
Passive: When you dodge, theres a chance you and your allies will move faster for a short period of time.
Laws of HopeCooldownActive: Recite a Law, increasing resource regeneration rate for you and your allies for a short time.
Passive: Whenever you pick up a health globe, you and your allies' resources will regenerate faster.
Laws of JusticeCooldownActive: Recite a Law, increasing you and your allies resistances for a short time.
Passive: Whenever you block, there is a chance you and your allies take less damage for a short period of time.
Laws of ValorCooldownActive: Recite a Law, increasing the damage you and your allies deal for a short time.
Passive: Whenever you deal a critical strike against an enemy, there is a chance you and your allies will deal more damage for a short time.
  • Invincible
  • Frozen in Terror
  • Cool Down
  • Critical
PhalanxSpenderSummon a ghostly phalanx of ancient avatars to protect you as you move.
  • NYI
  • NYI
  • NYI
  • NYI
  • NYI
ProvokeCooldownTaunt all nearby enemies and instantly generate an additional X Wrath for every enemy taunted.
  • Cleanse
  • Flee Fool
  • Too Scared to Run
  • Charged Up
  • Hit Me
PunishGeneratorStrike your enemy and gain Hardened Senses, increasing your chance to block for a short time.
  • Retaliate
  • Celerity
  • Rebirth
  • Roar
  • Fury
Shield BashSpenderBash all enemies in front of you with your shield.
  • Pulverize
  • Shattered Shield
  • Shield Cross
  • Pummel
  • One on One
Shield GlareCooldownLight erupts from your shield, Blinding all enemies in front of you.
  • Divine Verdict
  • Uncertainty
  • Emblazoned Shield
  • Zealous Glare
  • Subdue
SlashGeneratorIgnite the air in front of you, damaging all enemies caught in the flames.
  • Zeal
  • Electrify
  • Crush
  • Carve
  • Guard
SmiteGeneratorSmite enemies up to X yards away with holy chains that deal a large amount of damage. The chains break off and strike at nearby enemies, dealing lesser damage.
  • Shared Fate
  • Shackle
  • Shatter
  • Reaping
  • Surge
Steed ChargeCooldownMount a celestial war horse that allows you to ride through enemies unhindered for a short time.
  • Spiked Barding
  • Endurance
  • Rejuvenation
  • Nightmare
  • Draw and Quarter
Sweep AttackSpenderSweep a mystical flail through enemies before you, dealing a large amount of damage.
  • Gathering Sweep
  • Blazing Sweep
  • Holy Shock
  • Trip Attack
  • Inspiring Sweep

Passive skills 18

BluntIncrease the damage of Justice and Blessed Hammer by X%.Let your hammer educate the heathens in the error of their ways.Divine FortressYour Armor is increased by a percent equal to your shield's Block Chance.His shield whirled around him, faster than the eye could follow, creating an impenetrable barrier against his foes.FanaticismIncrease the attack speed of Punish, Slash, Smite and Justice by X%.My words are not new. The ancients embraced the Light completely, and it made them mightier than we can even imagine.FervorWhile wielding a one-handed weapon, your attack speed is increased by X% and all cooldowns are reduced by X%.As the wicked fall at your feet, you shall know the power of the crusade.FineryGain X% Strength for every gem socketed into your gear.As you meditate upon those stones that contain the Light, you will find the Light within yourself.Heavenly StrengthYou can wield a two-handed weapon in your main hand while bearing a shield in your off hand.
Your damage dealt is reduced by X%.You must quiet both mind and body in order to feel the Light. Only then shall it unleash your hidden strength.Hold Your GroundYou can no longer Dodge, but your Block Chance is increased by X%.I shall not be moved. Your blows cannot touch me.Holy CauseThe amount of damage dealt by your weapon is increased by X%.
Whenever you deal Holy damage, you heal up to X% of your total Life.Unleash your might upon the wicked that they may be cleansed.IndestructibleWhen you receive fatal damage, you instead become immune to damage, gain X% increased damage and gain X Life per Kill for X seconds.
This effect may occur once every X seconds.As my life drained away, I could no longer feel the blows raining down upon me.InsurmountableBlocking an attack generates X Wrath.Tenacity is measured by one's endurance against overwhelming odds.Iron MaidenYour Thorns is increased by X%.Woe to those who would approach a true crusader while carrying anger in their hearts, for soon, they shall be no more.Long Arm of the LawIncrease the duration of the Active effect of all Laws by X seconds.The Light sustains the law, for without it, the law is naught but empty wordsLord CommanderThe cooldown of Steed Charge is reduced by X% and Bombardment by X%.
Damage dealt by Phalanx is increased X%.You will follow, or you will fall.RenewalWhenever you successfully block, you gain X Life.I say unto you, let not the foul darkness engulf the Light within you. For whosoever hears these words and knows them to be true shall be reborn.RighteousnessYour primary skills generate an additional X Wrath.
Increase maximum Wrath by X.The deeper your belief, the greater your power.Towering ShieldIncrease the damage of Punish, Shield Bash and Blessed Shield by X%.
Reduce the cooldown of Shield Glare by X%.A crusader's shield is one with his body.VigilantIncrease Life regeneration by X.
Reduce all non-Physical damage taken by X%.May Akarat protect me and grant me the faith to allow the Light to heal my soul.WrathfulEach point of Wrath spent heals you for X Life.
Heal amount is increased by X% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus.One clad in the Light absorbs the anger of her foes and then turns it against them.