Diablo Immortal: The Best AoE 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 items Judgment causes fire to rain down around you, Condemn causes a condensed lightning storm to follow you that damages nearby enemies, Shield Glare will automatically attack and blind nearby enemies (which allows you to use the Gaze of Wroth helmet for high damage over time which is instantly consumed on hit), and Draw and Quarter can optionally be used in a full offensive setup to give a holy damage aura. This build gives three to four damage rings around you that damage nearby enemies which is similar to having multiple damage auras. Your damage over time effects will also be instantly consumed with the Torrential Refrain offhand. This allows you to repeatedly instantly consume damage over time effects instead of just refreshing their duration every time you hit an enemy.
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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:
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Skills
1. Sacred Fire (primary skill)
2. Condemn
3. Judgment
4. Shield Glare (offensive with essences)
5. Draw and Quarter (offensive) or Conjuration of Light (defensive)
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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 continual damage on the target it hits. This causes damage over time to trigger its full duration instead of just refreshing the damage over time when you hit the enemy.
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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.
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Helmet
Gaze of Wroth - Causes Shield Glare to burn enemies which will instantly be consumed on hit with this build.
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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
Permanent Reproach - Condemn now has an increased radius (when using the Conjuration of Light defensive skill).
Galloping Brilliance - Can be used to give a holy damage aura for your Crusader horse (when using Draw and Quarter).​
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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 or 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 - Using your primary attack gives a chance to generate three crackling whips that damage enemies.
2. Atrophied - Continual damage causes a dark field to appear under enemies that deals damage over time.
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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. Maw of the Deep - Can be used at a high rank to deal damage, gain a damage buff, draw in enemies, and stun enemies.
4. Starfire Shard - Used for PvP to deal damage and stuns enemies inside the Maw of the Deep legendary gem effect.
5. Frozen Heart (should be switched to for PvP) - Gives a life shield with a medium duration and chills enemies.
6. Void Spark - Deals AoE damage that's extremely effective in dungeons and the new PvP map.
7. Blood-Soaked Jade - Gives increased damage, reduces damage taken below 50% life, and increases movement speed.​
8. Colossus Engine - Gives increased skill damage, increased area of effect of your auras, increased size (which also increases your movement speed), and knockback immunity for a medium duration with a 20 second cooldown.
Best 2 Star Legendary Gems
1. Mother's Lament - Increases your critical hit chance and causes a blood spike that makes enemies bleed.
2. Power & Command - Alternates between increased skill damage and increased primary damage and sometimes dispels.
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 increases your damage and deals damage but it's drop disabled.
6. 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 5 star gem.
7. Crimson Behelit (PvP) - Great PvP two star legendary gem for increased damage and reduced damage taken.
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Best 1 Star Legendary Gems
1. Misery Elixir - Important for this build to increase damage over time durations which are consumed instantly.
2. Entropic Well - An excellent 1 star gem for skill damage that should eventually be replaced with a leveled 5 star gem.
3. Berserker's Eye - Increases your damage and critical hit chance but also increases your damage taken.
Note: Entropic Well and Berserker's Eye should be replaced first with higher resonance two or five star gems.
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Best Familiars
1. Savior Duskprowler - Look for a 170+ Resilience legendary Duskprowler with the Savior skill which provides a cheat death. The 170+ Resilience is used to lower the cooldown of Savior but can be lower to make the familiar more affordable.
2. Broodtalon/Skitterwight - Look for Savior which provides a cheat death and Lingering Wounds for increased damage.
3. 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 the player's skill cooldown, 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.
4. 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 both important for this build. You can optionally combine all of your Rubies which give life and use one or two in red sockets for higher refinement. Refinement is determined by the quality of the gem and increases the attributes of the gear it's socketed in. You can use one or two of your highest refinement Topazes for resistances in yellow sockets 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 new 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 new Specter Glass two star legendary gem is one of the best two star gems for almost every build. You also won't need the Viper's Bite, Everlasting Torment, or Seeping Bile legendary gems to trigger the Pain Clasp legendary gem. Pain Clasp isn't needed because it requires damage over time on the target and your damage over time is instantly triggered with the Torrential Refrain offhand. Golden Firmament is a strong fairly new 5 star legendary gem that has wind damage, increased evasion rating, and it triggers Firestorms when mixed with burning damage. Roiling Consequence and Mother's Lament give increased critical hit chance and can be combined with Igneous Scorn for damage on critical hits. You should also consider rolling critical hit damage on every piece of gear with Reforge Stones when using these crit gems. Fervent Fang is a nice legendary gem but it should be replaced with a Frozen Heart 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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