Diablo Immortal: The Best Aura Damage Crusader
"Aura" Crusader Guide
This "Aura" Crusader is one of the strongest Crusader builds for AoE encounters like dungeons, challenge dungeons, the open world, and terror rifts because of its high AoE damage while still maintaining strong single target damage. With the recommended legendary essences Judgment causes fire to rain down around you, Condemn causes a condensed lightning storm to follow you that damages nearby enemies, Shield Glare automatically attacks and blinds nearby enemies (allows you to use the Gaze of Wroth helmet essence for more damage over time which is instantly consumed on hit), and Draw and Quarter can be used to give your horse a holy damage aura. Your damage over time effects will also be instantly consumed when using the Torrential Refrain offhand essence. This allows you to repeatedly instantly consume your damage over time effects on enemies instead of just refreshing their duration every time you hit them.
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Paragons & Legendary Skills: Aura Damage Crusader Build
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1. Slayer is the highest damage paragon because it increases the damage of your primary skills and continual damage.
2. Gladiator is the best PvP paragon tree for this build because it gives a cheat death and helps with loss of control.
3. Vanquisher is the best paragon tree for increased magic find and gives increased damage and attack speed on kills.
4. Harbinger can be used in Erebban for an absorb shield, movement speed, and to move unhindered through enemies.
5. Survivor is the recommended paragon for Vanguard because it has a cheat death that works in Vanguard.
6. The best paragon legendary skill for this build is Death's Release which causes explosions with continual damage.
7. Below you can find an image for the best paragon for damage and the second image is the best paragon for PvP.
Aura Damage Crusader Skills and Equipment​:
Skills
1. Sacred Fire (primary attack)
2. Condemn
3. Judgment
4. Shield Glare (offensive with essences)
5. Draw and Quarter (PvM) or Conjuration of Light (PvP)
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Main Hand
Horn Splitter - Sacred Fire now ignites enemies burning them over two seconds causing damage over time.
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Off-Hand
Torrential Refrain - Condemn now instantly triggers all continuous damage on the target it hits.
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Main Hand 2
The Bristle - Sacred Fire now also hurls waves of flames that damage enemies.
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Off-Hand 2
Lofty Light - Shield Glare now automatically attacks and blinds nearby enemies.
Note: Lofty Light becomes worth it once you add in the Gaze of Wroth helmet essence for more damage over time.
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Helmet
Gaze of Wroth - Shield Glare now also burns enemies over time which will be instantly consumed on hit with this build.
Note: Shield Glare becomes worth using once you also have the Lofty Light offhand essence with this helmet essence.
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Chest
Heart of Grandeur - Condemn now conjures a lightning storm that follows you and damages nearby enemies.
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Shoulders
The Yawning Rose - Judgment now calls down bolts of fire to rain down in an area around you.
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Legs
Galloping Brilliance - Draw and Quarter now gives increased damage and a holy damage aura around your horse.
Cuisses of Storm - Condemn deals increased damage for each harmful effect on the enemy (use with Conjuration of Light).
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Recommended Sets
1. Angmet's Conflagration (4 Set) - Causes primary attacks to attach an Ignite status that deals high damage over time.
2. Feasting Baron's Pack (2 Set) - This set is important to increase the duration of harmful effects by 30%.
3. Vithu's Urges (2 Set) - Increases the duration of beneficial effects on you and your party members by 30%.
Note: The high stacking damage over time from the Angmet's Conflagration set is consumed instantly on this build. The Feasting Baron's Pack set increases the duration of the damage over time before it's consumed instantly.
Best Curses
1. Lashed - Use at least four items with this curse to make primary attacks generate three damaging whips on cooldown.
2. Wired - Optional to create a surge of lightning on kill that jumps between enemies with a medium length cooldown.
3. Ghosted (PvP) - Optional for PvP to summon a minion to take some of your incoming damage.
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Best 5 Star Legendary Gems
1. Roiling Consequence - Increases your critical hit chance and causes critical hits to burn enemies.
2. Golden Firmament - Causes ranged wind attacks and increases your evasion rating.
3. Blood-Soaked Jade - Gives increased damage, reduces damage taken below 50% life, and increases movement speed.
4. Colossus Engine - Gives increased skill damage, increased area of effect, knockback immunity, and increased size (which increases your movement speed) for a medium duration with a 20 second cooldown.
5. ​Starfire Shard - Deals AoE damage and stuns enemies in PvP inside the Maw of the Deep legendary gem effect.
6. Blood Floe - Lower priority 5 star gem that increases damage, critical hit chance, critical hit damage, and causes bleed.
7. Wulfheort (PvM) - After damaging enemies 5 times you slash them and increase attack speed for you and your allies.
8. Maw of the Deep (PvP) - Used at a high rank to deal damage, gain a damage buff, draw in enemies, and stun enemies.
9. Void Spark (PvM) - Deals AoE damage that's very effective for challenge dungeons, terror rifts, and speed farming.
10. ​Frozen Heart (PvP) - A strong legendary gem for PvP that gives an absorb shield and chills opponents.​
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Best 2 Star Legendary Gems
1. Pain Clasp - Gives high increased damage against enemies that have a continuous damage effect on them.
2. Mother's Lament - Increases your critical hit chance and causes a blood spike that makes enemies bleed.
3. Specter Glass - Increases the damage taken by enemies after critical hits and increases your critical hit chance.
4. Fervent Fang - Gives enemies a stacking damage taken increase when they are hit by an attack.
5. Mourneskull - This legacy gem can be used to increase your damage and deal damage but it no longer drops.
6. Power & Command - Lower priority two star gem that alternates between increased skill damage and primary damage.
7. Igneous Scorn (PvM) - Can be combined with critical hit chance legendary gems to deal damage on critical hits.​ Igneous Scorn is the lowest priority 2 star gem and should be the first to be replaced with a ranked up five star gem.
8. Crimson Behelit (PvP) - Strong legacy PvP gem for increased damage and reduced damage taken that's drop disabled.
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Best 1 Star Legendary Gems
1. Misery Elixir (PvM) - Important for this build to increase damage over time durations which are consumed instantly.
2. Berserker's Eye (PvM) - Increases all of your damage and critical hit chance but also increases your damage taken.
3. Entropic Well - A great budget one star legendary gem that increases your skill damage and attack speed.
Note: Misery Elixir and Berserker's Eye are powerful gems for this build and require ranked up 5 star gems to match them.
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Best Familiars
1. Savior Duskprowler - Look for a 170+ Resilience legendary Duskprowler with the Savior passive skill which provides a cheat death and temporary damage immunity. The 170+ Resilience on the familiar lowers the cooldown of Savior.
2. Broodtalon/Skitterwight - Look for Savior which provides a cheat death and Lingering Wounds for increased damage.
3. Any Savior Familiar - Look for any 170+ Resilience familiar with Savior for a cheat death and great passive skills.
4. Rare Duskprowler - Relentless Strikes is the next best skill because it gives a chance to cast the Duskprowler shield twice. Innervate which gives a chance at resetting one of the player's skill cooldowns, Steel Hide which gives a chance to block, Precision which gives critical hit chance, and Tenacity which lowers the cooldown of the shield are also desirable.
5. Magic Duskprowler - Duskprowler shields are hard to replace so a rare or magic ability Duskprowler is the budget option.
Note: Broodtalons and Skitterwights have status effects over a duration which increases the duration of Lingering Wounds.
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Normal Gems
Prioritize Tourmalines for added damage in red sockets and Citrines for potency which increases harmful effects duration in yellow sockets which are important for this build. You can combine all of your bound Rubies which give life and use one or two in red sockets if they give higher refinement. Refinement is determined by the quality of the gem and it increases the attributes of the gear the gem is socketed in. You can use one or two of your highest refinement Topazes for resistances early on but you will eventually want to make the switch to just Citrines for higher potency. The full duration of your damage over time will be instantly consumed on this build so potency is a major damage increase. You should also socket your highest refinement Aquamarines and Sapphires which give increased armor and armor penetration in blue sockets.
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Gem Notes
The Blood Floe five star legendary gem is a great option when it's combined with multiple sources of critical hit chance. The Colossus Engine legendary gem is great for builds that need increased area of effect, has knockback immunity, and gives increased movement speed from its size increase which is a nice quality of life improvement. The Viper's Bite and Seeping Bile legendary gems aren't needed to trigger the damage increase on the Pain Clasp legendary gem from there being continuous damage on the target because this build already has plenty of continuous damage. Golden Firmament is a very strong 5 star legendary gem that has wind damage, increased evasion rating, and it triggers Firestorms when mixed with burning damage which increases your wind damage. When using multiple increased critical hit chance legendary gems you should also consider rolling increased critical hit damage on every piece of gear using Reforge Stones. A low priority gem should also be replaced with a Frozen Heart five star legendary gem in PvP for an absorb shield and to chill enemies.​
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That's all for the Aura Crusader Guide. For another Crusader build you can also click here Sacred Fire Crusader Guide.​
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