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The Crusader is a new class for Diablo III that was introduced in the expansion Reaper of Souls. Diablo III is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment.

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How should I evaluate the suitability of acquired equipment in Diablo 3?

I am having trouble figuring out which equipment is worth using when playing the main story line of D3. I found a shield for my Crusader character which looks much better than the one I was using: ...
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Do Phalanx Bowmen proc slow/freeze/stun on hit?

When you have say 3% chance to freeze on hit, will enemies hit by Phalanx Bowmen get frozen? I'm mostly curious for interactions with Bane of the Trapped for enemies outside the slow radius.
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Where can I see the bonus of Warhelm of Kassar?

I found a helmet the other day called Warhelm of Kassar, which has a great bonus to Phalanx. I've since 'cubed' this item to get it's power, and have the bonus of "Reduce the cooldown and increase ...
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How can I see the effect of Angel Hair Braid?

Recently I started playing Season 5, and I found an Angel Hair Braid. It has an interesting legendary power. Punish gains the effect of every rune. How can I tell that this effect is being ...
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Can the chance to block limit of 75% bypassed?

Provoke increases the change to hit by 50%. If I have already 50%, will I get 100%? Or will it be clipped to 75%?
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Does the Crusader skill Consecration stack?

The legendary flail Inviolable Faith casts Consecration under all my allies too. If my allies and I are standing close together, so that the Consecration casts overlaps: Will each receive bonus ...
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How does Indestructible interact with Akarat's Champion Prophet?

Indestructible When you receive fatal damage, you instead become immune to damage, gain 35% increased damage and gain 107284 Life per Kill for 5 seconds. This effect may occur once every 60 seconds. ...
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Is phalanx damage affected by critical hit chance or damage?

This reddit post suggests that critical hit chance carries over to your WD pets but critical hit damage is fixed at 50%. Is this the case for 2.1 Phalanx bowmen? I noticed some Lord Commander Phalanx ...
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Is 2h+shield still viable for crusaders in 2.1?

With the change to -20% damage with 2h+shield to crusaders, I know they upped the amount of damage 2h do so there should theoretically be slightly more damage than before, but it just feels wrong to ...
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Does "Holy Cause" only work if my equipped Weapon deals Holy Damage?

I am talking about this passive skill: Judging from the description, it should increase my weapon damage by 10%, no matter which weapon I wield. The heal should only happen if my weapon has a holy ...
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How does Firestarter work?

The tooltip for Akarat's Champion - Firestarter states: Dealing damage burns enemies with the power of Akarat, dealing 460% weapon damage as fire over 3 seconds. What sources of damage trigger ...
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How best to maximise a Thorns-based Crusader build?

After looking at this question after looting a level 70 adjusted Hack, I was thinking a thorns based Crusader build might work (although I've never played Crusader). Along those lines, I have a couple ...
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Which follower to use for Crusader? [duplicate]

Hello I am new to D3 and I am wondering what the best choices would be as to followers. Should I be changing them constantly depending on the situation? Should I be changing them depending on the ...
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How does Shield Bash (Shattered Shield) work?

Shield Bash (Shattered Shield) states that it hits "for 325% weapon damage plus 300% of your shield's Block Chance as damage." I'm not exactly clear on what this means. If I have a block chance of 20%,...
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what crusader skills benefit from health globe bonus affix?

I heard that some skills (Wrathfull passive for example) benefit from the Health Globe Healing Bonus affix. How can I know which skills benefit from that stat? Is there any rule?
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Does Paragon Run Speed bonus overcome Heavenly Strength

The Crusader has a passive called Heavenly Strength, which allows the player to equip a 2h weapon in one hand, but reduces max run speed by 15%. This means that the player's runspeed is limited to ...
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What does Iron Maiden do?

The Iron Maiden skill description is...lacking. Gain Thorns. How much thorns? What exactly does this passive do?
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How big is Finery bonus?

Basically as topic says: how big is Finery bonus? Battle.Net description: Finery Gain Strength for every gem socketed into your gear. How much Strength do you get from it? Is it equal to the ...
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What armor and weapons do Crusaders use?

Every class in Diablo 3 has its own specialized weapons and armor. Some of those are really unique, like the quiver or voodoo doll, while others look almost the same as every other piece of armor, ...
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When is the Crusader class unlocked?

I've found several crusader-specific flails and shields, but when I wanted to start a Crusader, I wasn't able to. I have the expansion pack pre-purchased already. Is the Crusader unlocked upon pre-...
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