Diablo Immortal: The Best Aura Damage Crusader
"Aura" Crusader Guide
This "Aura" Crusader is a strong Crusader build for AoE encounters like dungeons, challenge dungeons, the open world, and terror rifts because of its high AoE damage. It uses the Sacred Fire primary skill along with Judgment, Condemn, Consecration, and Draw and Quarter or Conjuration of Light. With the recommended legendary items Judgment causes fire to rain down around you, Condemn causes a condensed lightning storm to follow you that damages enemies, Consecration deals a minor amount of damage to yourself and higher damage to nearby enemies, and Draw and Quarter gives a holy damage aura. The self damage of Consecration is negligible and deals very little damage. This build also gives three rings around you that damage nearby enemies which is similar to having multiple damage auras. Most of the damage on this build comes from the damage rings, the Sacred Fire primary, and damage over time effects. Your damage over time effects will also be instantly consumed by Condemn with the Torrential Refrain off hand equipped. This allows you to repeatedly instantly consume damage over time effects instead of just refreshing their duration each 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 a life shield, movement speed, and for moving unhindered through enemies.
5. Survivor is the recommended paragon for Vanguard so that deaths take you to one life instead of killing you.
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 Sacred Fire Crusader Skills and Equipment:
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Skills
1. Sacred Fire (primary skill)
2. Condemn
3. Judgment
4. Consecration
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
Resplendent Mane - Sacred Fire now also increases primary attack speed stacking up to three times.
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Helmet
Anointed Brimstone - Consecration now deals damage to nearby enemies, deals a minor amount of self damage, and makes you immune to Chill and Freeze effects.
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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
Cuisses of Storm - Condemn now deals increased damage for each harmful effect on the enemy.
Galloping Brilliance - This offensive PvM option gives mobility and makes Draw and Quarter give a holy damage aura.​
Leggings of the Consigner - This defensive PvP option makes Conjuration of Light give a shield based on your damage.
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Recommended Sets
1. Feasting Baron's Pack (2 Set) - This set is important to increase the duration of harmful effects by 30%.
2. Angmet's Conflaguration (4 Set) - Causes primary attacks to attach an Ignite status that deals damage over time.
3. Vithu's Urge (2 Set) - Increases the duration of beneficial effects on you or your party members by 30%.
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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 a ranged wind attack 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 - Useful for PvP to deal damage and stun 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 a damage increase and a significant boost to movement speed. It's the lowest priority 5 star gem here at low levels and becomes one of the highest priority gems at high levels.
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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. Fervent Fang (PvM only) - Gives enemies a stacking damage taken increase when they are hit by an attack.
4. Igneous Scorn (PvM only) - Can be combined with critical hit chance legendary gems to deal damage on critical hits.​
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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 can be replaced at higher levels with a strong 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 eventually be replaced with higher resonance five star gems.
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Best Familiars
1. Savior Duskprowler - Look for a 170+ Resilience legendary Duskprowler that has Savior which provides a cheat death. The 170+ Resilience lowers the cooldown for Savior but can be lower to make it more affordable.
2. Rare Duskprowler - Relentless Strikes is the next best skill and gives a chance to cast the Duskprowler shield twice in 3 seconds. Innervate which gives a chance at resetting the player's skill cooldown, Steel Hide which gives a chance to block, Precision which gives the shield critical hit chance, and Tenacity which lowers the cooldown of the shield are also desirable.
3. Magic Duskprowler - Duskprowler shields are hard to replace so a rare ability or magic Duskprowler is the budget option.
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Regular Gems
Prioritize Tourmalines for added damage in red sockets and Citrines for Potency which increases harmful effects duration in yellow sockets. You should also socket your highest refinement Aquamarines and Sapphires which give increased armor and armor penetration in blue sockets. You can optionally combine all of your Rubies which give life and Topazes which give resistances into one Ruby and one Topaz and use one of each in your equipment for higher refinement. Refinement is determined by the quality of the gem and increases the main stats of the gear the gem is socketed in.
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Gem Notes
The Pain Clasp legendary gem shouldn't be used on this build because it requires damage over time on the target and your damage over time is instantly triggered with the Torrential Refrain offhand. This means you also won't need the Viper's Bite, Everlasting Torment, or Seeping Bile legendary gems to trigger Pain Clasp. Golden Firmament is a strong new 5 star gem that has wind damage, increased evasion, and triggers Firestorms when mixed with burning damage. Roiling Consequence and Mother's Lament should be used to give increased critical hit chance and can be combined with Igneous Scorn for more damage on critical hits. You should also consider rolling critical hit damage on every piece of gear with Reforge Stones when using both of these crit gems. You should eventually replace Igneous Scorn with a high level Blood-Soaked Jade which starts off weak at low levels and then becomes one of the best legendary gems at high levels.​ Fervent Fang is a nice legendary gem but it should be replaced with Frozen Heart in PvP for a life shield and to chill enemies.​
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And that's all for the Aura Damage Crusader Guide. You can also view the home page here Diablo Immortal Home Page.​
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