How is it possible the Crusader still has hardly any CC immunity, no shields, no speed and no damage, still?
Can we please get something for PVP that is useful. You know, like all the other classes.
How about the Blizzard team that works on the Barbarian please work on the Crusader. Come on, it’s getting painful with how bad these essences are. Is the Crusader team even trying at this point?
And then, no balance for the Crusader too. It’s likeBlizzard is trying to make this the worst class in the game.
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Yeah. When I saw the list yesterday, the first word that came into mind was “BS”
The only thing I can see that may be of use was the Head piece - gain stacking damage reduction. But even then, I doubt it’ll be any better than the BK’s 100% absorb shield.
no anti-cc, no mobility, tankiness still questionable. Again, BS!
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Blizzard doesn’t communicate. Blizzard doesn’t communicate. It feels like the crusader has been abandoned for a long time.
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I really was posting much about the weaknesses of the crusader in hope that a dev would maybe take a look at this forum but i think it is hopeless. Sader always gets the same copy and paste essences from stuff that wasnt working in the past already and it seems nearly AI made for me atm.
Other toons got essences that gives them +40% movementspeed with 100% uptime, some runs around nearly full immune to any cc, some dashes endlessly and another toons heals just every few sec their whole hp. Sader has a big cicle where most people can just dash away from and a tiny 3 sec shield with a cooldown from hell, i really wished the devs would take the new sader essences and play their own bg and see how much fun this is.
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OK, so instead of me complaining about it, here is a suggestion Blizzease.
- Give saders “Lay on Hands” ability similar to Paladins.
- It could be Heal over time for 5-6 seconds
- Or instant full life heal
This will help Sader survivability and can still be countered unlike other classes that are untargetable!
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Would be amazing and maybe safe this class
Crusaders are getting more irrelevant in pvp as years goes by. Theres sporadic period when you can build Saders as damage dealers but that was many moons ago and I10 essences are mediocre. Blizz might as well just have to cancel the class from the game and ill stop playing, save me money
After a few test, i can tell that there is some potential with the new essences.
Falling sword can hit hard on a group under idol. With DoT and AoE, it can proc several times.
New Consecration needs time to adjust but its AoE is huge and make it possible to control a large area in front of idol.
Maxing both essences with several buff (shoulder+chest+off-hand) leaving pants and one main hand for either control or mobility.
I run a full anti-dash build and it gives interesting results to counter some current metas.
Any skill that involves a fixed location is going to be sub-par in most pvp modes.
Exactly, anything fixed is trash.
Also, does any other class need to use an entire essence just to get a skill that moves with you?
The class is getting pathetic, All of our skills should move with us form the get go.
I know that nobody uses debuff anymore in pvp but having ground skills instead of buff prevents from being striped off every thing and instantly die.
Ground skills are used to hold an objective, a bottle neck… They are not here to kill per se. Cruz are not assassins.
Most cruz i see try to play DPS in PvP, trying to chase kills and die miserably. I am not sure we are the best class for that.
Sader has now 2 options, horse build with full cc immunity and speed but tanky like a piece of paper and the old circle build if you want better aoe dps but plays like slow motion and you are 100% dead after every 3 sec attack. I am not sure but atm meta seems really to be the horse but this toon is still lightyears away from the survival and dps necros can bring to the bg, then we got the druid with his insane tank abilities + the healing on top or the insane burst dps and movement of the dh. The question is who should play a sader if there are still so much better options. I have a bad feeling again wirh the new essences, its already a wonder if we can use some at horse without getting dismounted.
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Imho, one play sader to tank/hold a position, not to get a nice KDA.
K: close to 0
D: depends on the team but it can be high due to necessary sacrifice to hold a position long enough to get backup (that oftenly arrive too late to be able to heal).
A: can be high depending on the build (support) but not that much.
To increase sader survivability, one has to sacrifice DPS (e.g. droping Majestic Rose dps to extended CoL, or droping consecration anti-freeze to crown of dispassion or sweep attack perma shueld generator…).
There is a good enough support banner build that heavily buff the team and provide good enough mobility and resistance but it requires teamplay.
Lastly, it is still possible to have an AoE build that control bottlenecks, idols or frontlane with a more risky build. This one lacks of mobility though.
If one wants to make easy kills then sader is currently not the best class. Now i11 essences may change it depending on cd and damage range.
The wind horse / cowboy build is flashy, but the most effective new pvp essences do not involve a horse build at all. I will leave it to you guys to figure it out. I made several new builds using the new essences combined with some older ones that have been forgotten, and these builds have my toon slaying Bear Druids and Barbs toe to toe (if I play it correctly), as well as trapping and destroying DHs and Monks. However, the severely OP Necro is still a problem one on one… but now I can often escape and live to fight on. Haha!