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 items 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 (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 the Crusader 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 essence. 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 (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 continual damage on the target it hits. This causes damage over time effects to trigger their full duration instantly instead of just refreshing the damage over time when you hit an 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.
Note: This Shield Glare essence becomes worth it once you add in the Gaze of Wroth helmet 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 - Used to give a holy damage aura to your Crusader horse (when using Draw and Quarter).
Permanent Reproach - Condemn now has an increased radius (when using the Conjuration of Light defensive skill).​
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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 - Your primary attacks give a chance to generate three crackling whips that damage enemies.
2. Wired - Useful for AoE to create a surge of lightning on kill that jumps between enemies on 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 of your auras, increased size (which increases your movement speed), and knockback immunity 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. Maw of the Deep - Used at a high rank to deal damage, gain a damage buff, draw in enemies, and stun enemies.
8. Void Spark (PvM) - Deals AoE damage that's very effective for challenge dungeons, terror rifts, and speed farming.
9. ​Frozen Heart (PvP) - A strong legendary gem for PvP that gives an absorb shield and chills opponents.​
Note: The Mother's Lament two star critical hit chance legendary gem can be used with the new Blood Floe critical hit chance and critical hit damage legendary gem in the place of the Maw of the Deep gem at lower resonance levels.
Best 2 Star Legendary Gems
1. Pain Clasp - Gives high increased damage against enemies that have a continual 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 PvP gem that gives increased damage and reduced damage taken but it'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 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 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 fairly new Specter Glass two star legendary gem is one of the best two star gems for almost every build. 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 continual damage on the target because this build already has plenty of continual 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. 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. A low priority gem like the Fervent Fang gem 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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