Armor of Akkhan Set redesigned:
2p: Reduce the cost of all abilities by 50% while Akarat's Champion is active (was 4p)
4p: Reduce the cooldown of Akarat's Champion by 50% (was 6p)
6p: While Akarat's Champion is active, your damage is increased by 450%.
New Crusader Weapon: Akarat's Champion gains the effects of the Prophet and Embodiment of Power runes
May be, but there is still survivability problem+ 450% buff is rather low, considering, what other classes(dh, for example) get.
Need testing on Ptr.
Also, not only comdemn, but also Phalanx, FoH+HF and may be Shotgun can be viable.
AC Prophet is also 100% uptime in Rolands and Seekers sets. But despite of them Akarat doesn't have 100% uptime of Iron Skin/Falling Sword buff, thats the point.
I cleared 2 GR65 with Condemn one after another, I think the 450% damage boost is not enough to beat GR75. Even the RG's melted fast, however, even though I used Esoteric (+Trapped + Stricken) and Unity in cube I felt very squishy. It would be nice if we could get either passive similar to Swampland atunement, a bracer that gives Akkhan set toughness or add toughness to the set.
Besides one ring, amulet and gloves, my gear is 100% ancient, still not with perfect rolls (my leg gems were 70+, from this season):
First run I did with Trapped, Taeguk and Stricken, I was dying left and right, my gear even went red, I had to port to town but I still managed to kill the RG in time.
Second try I did with Trapped, Stricken and Esoteric, only the RG managed to kill me 2-3 times, the rest of the rift was guns blazing. Below 14 min clear.
Then I tried a GR70, with Diamonds in gear, but even white mobs hurt and killed me so much that I gave up. Problem is that with Condemn it s "good for you" to have more enemies around you.
To survive that high might have to ditch Trapped and go Wildebeast Gizzard/Moratorium/Invigorating Gemstone instead. The RG melted fine with Stricken. Less than a minute needed for GR65 boss.
Gr 65 on live isn't that bad, I've got a 67 or 68 down with no unity on my wd. My barb is clearing 65's, too much yolo snapshotting or I'd be equal my wd in clear level. That barb as 17m toughness, no defensive gems of any kind and no defensive passives. Just unity and the 4 pc wastes set with blood funnel for survival.
Gr 65 on ptr with the nerfs should be easier then that no? Not trying to be a jerk I've gotten my character copy done on ptr but thats about it.
Screen shots of your character on ptr Tom? I'm curious as to what your toughness/recovery numbers look like, but it may be better to drop the akkhan set and just use LoN around some condemn/defensive supporting legs.
It was why I was asking about LoN to be honest, if you put the damage from the condemn leg weps together with that set and use the off piece legs to further boost toughness you may be able to get away with not using unity, meaning you could go ORZ or COE in cube for more damage/better toughness than the set is giving currently.
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Hi all!
Armor of Akkhan Set redesigned:
2p: Reduce the cost of all abilities by 50% while Akarat's Champion is active (was 4p)
4p: Reduce the cooldown of Akarat's Champion by 50% (was 6p)
6p: While Akarat's Champion is active, your damage is increased by 450%.
New Crusader Weapon: Akarat's Champion gains the effects of the Prophet and Embodiment of Power runes
Thoughts?
May be, but there is still survivability problem+ 450% buff is rather low, considering, what other classes(dh, for example) get.
Need testing on Ptr.
Also, not only comdemn, but also Phalanx, FoH+HF and may be Shotgun can be viable.
About the survival problems, the AC Prophet rune gives 150% armor and death cheat...
I agree that we must wait for the PTR, but I like to make numbers, calculating CDR and CR now...
AC Prophet is also 100% uptime in Rolands and Seekers sets. But despite of them Akarat doesn't have 100% uptime of Iron Skin/Falling Sword buff, thats the point.
Don't forget it has 35% damage multiply as well. Wonder if 450% is multiplied as well.
Wonder how the Steed Charge set works. Unless it does retard damage on impact, its not worth much.
I would love to be able to play a AC crusader again at comparable GRs than other classes, Condemn or Shotgun would both work for me!
This. I changed to barb and monk, but i miss my old sader char...
Damn, I didn't see this thread.
Crusader shields are also buffed:
http://www.diablofans.com/forums/diablo-iii-class-forums/crusader-the-church-of-zakarum/138747-crusader-shields-seem-to-be-buffed
I cleared 2 GR65 with Condemn one after another, I think the 450% damage boost is not enough to beat GR75. Even the RG's melted fast, however, even though I used Esoteric (+Trapped + Stricken) and Unity in cube I felt very squishy. It would be nice if we could get either passive similar to Swampland atunement, a bracer that gives Akkhan set toughness or add toughness to the set.
Besides one ring, amulet and gloves, my gear is 100% ancient, still not with perfect rolls (my leg gems were 70+, from this season):
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/MadTom-2218/hero/47409923
First run I did with Trapped, Taeguk and Stricken, I was dying left and right, my gear even went red, I had to port to town but I still managed to kill the RG in time.
Second try I did with Trapped, Stricken and Esoteric, only the RG managed to kill me 2-3 times, the rest of the rift was guns blazing. Below 14 min clear.
Then I tried a GR70, with Diamonds in gear, but even white mobs hurt and killed me so much that I gave up. Problem is that with Condemn it s "good for you" to have more enemies around you.
To survive that high might have to ditch Trapped and go Wildebeast Gizzard/Moratorium/Invigorating Gemstone instead. The RG melted fine with Stricken. Less than a minute needed for GR65 boss.
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Gr 65 on live isn't that bad, I've got a 67 or 68 down with no unity on my wd. My barb is clearing 65's, too much yolo snapshotting or I'd be equal my wd in clear level. That barb as 17m toughness, no defensive gems of any kind and no defensive passives. Just unity and the 4 pc wastes set with blood funnel for survival.
Gr 65 on ptr with the nerfs should be easier then that no? Not trying to be a jerk I've gotten my character copy done on ptr but thats about it.
Screen shots of your character on ptr Tom? I'm curious as to what your toughness/recovery numbers look like, but it may be better to drop the akkhan set and just use LoN around some condemn/defensive supporting legs.
Edit: Forgot I had 65 down on the barb.
Akarat set is rather glassy now. And if Blessed Shield and Phalanx are range attacks, Condemn is melee, so we get too much damage. =/
It was why I was asking about LoN to be honest, if you put the damage from the condemn leg weps together with that set and use the off piece legs to further boost toughness you may be able to get away with not using unity, meaning you could go ORZ or COE in cube for more damage/better toughness than the set is giving currently.