Diablo Immortal: The Best Single Target Crusader

Sacred Fire Primary Crusader Skills and Equipment:

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Skills

1. Sacred Fire (primary skill)

2. Condemn

3. Judgment

4. Holy Banner

5. Conjuration of Light (defensive) or Draw and Quarter (offensive)

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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 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

Resplendent Mane - Sacred Fire now also increases primary attack speed stacking up to three times.

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Helmet

Arrant Ignition - Holy Banner now attaches to your back and makes primary attacks from you and your allies burn 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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Chest

Akarat's Rebuke - Condemn now causes primary attacks to unleash lightning bolts that damage nearby enemies.

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Legs

Cuisses of Storm - Condemn now deals increased damage for each harmful effect on the enemy.

Leggings of the Consigner - This defensive option makes Conjuration of Light give a life shield when you deal damage.

Lightstriders - The pure offensive option requires you to replace Conjuration of Light with Draw and Quarter to summon two horses that charge enemies which deals significant single target damage and multiple target damage.​

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Recommended Sets

1. Angmet's Conflagration (4 Set) - Causes primary attacks to attach an Ignite status that deals 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 damage attacks and increases your evasion rating.

3. Echoing Shade (PvM only) - Gives 1-3 minions that use your primary attack and they're also buffed by Holy Banner.

4. Maw of the Deep - Used at a high rank or in PvP to deal damage, gain a damage buff, draw in enemies, and stun.

5. ​Starfire Shard - Useful in PvP to deal damage and stuns enemies inside the Maw of the Deep legendary gem effect.

6. Frozen Heart (switch to for PvP) - Gives a life shield with a medium duration and also chills enemies.

7. Void Spark - Deals AoE damage that's extremely effective in dungeons and the new PvP map.

8. Blood-Soaked Jade - Gives increased damage, reduces damage taken below 50% life, and increases movement speed.​

 

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 can be used to increase your damage and deal damage but it no longer drops.

6. Igneous Scorn (PvM) - Can be combined with critical hit chance legendary gems to deal damage on critical hits.

7. 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 - Important for this build to increase damage over time durations which are instantly consumed.

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 1 star legendary gem that increases your skill damage and attack speed.

4. Ca'Arsen's Invigoration - Increases your primary attack speed but this one star gem should eventually be replaced.

Note: Misery Elixir and Berserker's Eye are both powerful gems for this build and require high rank 5 star gems to replace.

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Best Familiars

1. Savior Duskprowler - Look for a 170+ Resilience legendary Duskprowler with the Savior passive skill for 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 isn't recommended on this build because it would take about rank 8 until it would be a damage upgrade over more easily accessible options and it also doesn't affect primary skill damage. The Pain Clasp legendary gem shouldn't be used on this build because it requires damage over time on the opponent and your damage over time is triggered instantly with the Torrential Refrain offhand. This means you won't need Viper's Bite, Everlasting Torment, or Seeping Bile to trigger the damage increase on the Pain Clasp legendary gem. Golden Firmament is a fairly new strong 5 star gem that has wind damage, evasion rating, and triggers Firestorm for more wind damage when mixed with burning damage. Roiling Consequence and Mother's Lament both give increased critical hit chance and work well with Specter Glass which increases enemies damage taken on critical hits. You should also consider rolling critical hit damage on every piece of gear with Reforge Stones when using these crit gems. Echoing Shade which summons one to three clones that use your primary attacks is a strong choice in content where your clones can stay alive for their full duration like raids because their primary attacks will also be buffed by Holy Banner. Fervent Fang is also a nice legendary gem but it should be replaced with a Frozen Heart in PvP once you can get it to rank 4+ for an absorb shield and to chill opponents.​

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And that's all for the Sacred Fire Primary Crusader Guide. You can also view the home page here Diablo Immortal Home.​

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