Phalanx - Shieldbearer

General Discussion
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Is there a patch note or nerf for Phalanx - Shieldbearer?
Last weekend, I can fill my entire screen with a lot of shieldbearers, now this afternoon, I’m trying to push GR and I noticed I can only summon 1 set and the Phalanx disappear if I press the skill again.
I did not change anything from my gear and skills.

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Guess it was a ninja fix?

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More likely a hotfix as the skill didn’t work as it should.

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At a minimum, they should wipe the Akkhan leaderboards after implementing such a fix – and have the decency to formally notify players because it was the top performing build.

Let’s look at what Season 27 is for Crusaders now:

  • Akkhan set rework that went from S-tier to A-tier.
  • No Angelic Crucible effect that is compatible with the reworked set.
  • Leaderboard is filled with unbeatable clears from pre-nerf Akkhan’s, must farm at least 5k paragon to compete with GR142-144 post nerf.
  • The Fists of the Heaven’s Crucible effect, while good for speeds, completely lags multiplayer games, only good for < 4 minute clears.
  • Archangels is terribly weak – I mean the scaling on Archangels is SO BAD. It doesn’t clear trash in T16.
  • Hammers does about 1/20th of the damage of the already weak blessed hammer attack. How is this even called a power? It is a downgrade… it’s faster to rely on the standard 640% weapon damage spiraling hammer (Limitless Rune) and clear the rift without the linear attack.

This whole outcome is disappointing. I personally warned them about Shield Bearers on August 1st.

To their credit, they did implement other parts of the feedback, restoring Enforcer, Phalanx % and Condemn % multipliers. I understand this patch scope was large, specifically making all of the Angelic effects… but really… why can’t they at least make the Archangels and Blessed Hammer effects decent for pushing?

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Its still pretty good. I did 140 with prophet (so no extra shield buddies). You need less paragons with the extra life every 10 seconds

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Yes, non-season I cleared GR146 post nerf… but there is no single crucible effect that truly benefits it. Hence no incentive to play season if you solely want to play A6 Phalcon.

LoN Bombardment - GR146 at 5k paragon (No crucible)
A6 Phalcon - GR146 at 5k paragon (No crucible)
AoV Fists of the Heaven - Estimated at GR145-146 at 5k paragon (Has Crucible)

Do you do see how lame the season theme is for the Crusader? It’s practically Season 26 all over again. I can’t even take AoV Fists into a group – it lags the whole game, even with 3 zDPS it lags hard. What’s the difference between Shield Bearer and FotH Crucible lag?

Meanwhile, almost every other class can GR150 solo:

  • Barb: 2500 paragon
  • DH: 4894 paragon
  • Monk: 1682 paragon
  • Necro: 1898 paragon
  • Wizard: 2930 paragon

Crusader is at GR140 w/ AoV @ 2766 paragon. WD is at GR145 with Mundunugu and Arachyr’s @ 3271.

If we don’t see blue text by the end of next week I will just delete my S27 Crusader and do something else.

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I am very aware of how lame crusader is this season. The closest I am coming to playing one is gambling for shields on my demonhunter.

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Next season hope:1.Plz give FoTH some movement speed bounus to improve performance at fast clear low GR or Key farming. Since Norvald was nerfed to 200%, Blizzard has given the definition of “FoTH is devoted to fast clear low GR and key farming”, so it should compensate for its movement speed.(The theme of this season is very good, which makes FoTH the most efficient way to fast clear in D3. Unfortunately, the theme of this season is not permanent).For example: Double the active law effect of all laws in AoV 4p bounus. If the player chooses to use the Wings of Angels rune, it can get 100% movement speed reward.2.Buff Invoker set 3 tiers(As a rework set it has been completely forgotten by players because it is not powerful enough).3.Buff Magic Missile of DMO at least 20 tiers(Ya,DMO set is not attractive at the last patch,for the Wizzard, everyone is paying attention to Tal Rasha).4.It is very expected that the Frozen Orb will explode behind the enemy instead of the current explosion point about 40 yards away from the character. This setting makes the Frozen Orb the most difficult to operate in this game.5.Players have to always pay attention to the release of Blizzards. It’s not easy. Please increase the reward of Winter Flurry from 125~150% to 225~300%, which is about 3 tiers buff.

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Two Asian players said that helmet of Kasar can normally increase the damage of Bowmen runes and Shield Bearer runes after this hotfix. Is this true?

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Phalanx % is restored, so it does work. d.163.com just didnt read patch notes correctly

  • “Increases Phalanx Damage” affixes and the Enforcer Legendary Gem can now benefit Phalanx Condemns.
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He is referring to Warhelm of Kassar’s legendary power which is a separate multiplier different from phalanx skill damage bonus that was fixed.

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Quote:“Increases Phalanx Damage” affixes and the Enforcer Legendary Gem can now benefit Phalanx Condemns
The above is the patch content when the patch 2.7.4 was released. It means that phalanx skill takes effect in head and shoes, but it does not mean that Karsar’s 60%
Phalanx in Kanai take effect.After this days hotfix,two players report that Kassar 60% skill damage now affect in Kanai for Bowmen and Shiled Bearer,is that true?

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I will check… looks like the best build will become Strongarms + Kassar again — though I do like Aughild because it helps keep the trash alive longer.

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As a quick follow up, Kassar DOES NOT buff Condemn damage. It didn’t on the release of 2.7.4, and it still doesn’t after the recent hotfix.

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I agree,I use Aughild kill boss in 125GR,it costed 20 seconds,and I use Strongarm and Kassar,it costed 26 seconds.

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Disappointing. I was excited when they announced for PTR.

Hopefully they buff it next patch.

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i dont have the same experience. i run 4 at the same time. who lags, you or them or everyone or the server itself?

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They all lag at once. Perhaps I can post video showing what happens with basic pulls in GR125?

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Someone reported kassar buff condemn damage in patch 2.7.6,include bowman and Shieldbearer. plz test and confirm, thank you.

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Yes! Warhelm of Kassar actually does buff damage. This is new as of 2.7.6.

Shield Bearers can be played a few extra ways:

  1. Standard Aughild + CC3 + Stone Gaunts (cube)
  2. Trash Focused: Strongarms + Kassar’s + CC3 + Stone Gaunts (cube)
  3. Damage Focused: Aughild + CC3 + Kassar’s (cube)

#1 the build we played in 2.7.5 is still very good.
#2 technically deals more damage, but offers less defense. It’s the better option.
#3 this requires a support for defense, I was able to do GR130 in ~6 min

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