Like many builds that operate in high Torment levels, this one requires a hefty amount of gear to support.ĭeadset is running a Fist of the Heavens build in this image, but you can see some of the shared pieces of gear he uses for his "Leapquake" build above. Should replace Holy Cause if added to the build.Synergizes with Akarat's Awakening, Punish (Roar), Provoke (Hit Me), and Hold Your Ground.Ideal gear will include seven sockets, which provides a substantial amount of additional Strength.Block is an important component of minimizing downtime.Synergizes with Akarat's Awakening, Punish (Roar), and Provoke (Hit Me).Note: While this doesn't take advantage of the Holy/Healing component, you can swap this skill out for Renewal for an additional synergistic source of healing.Necessary in order to make use of both Cam's Rebuttal and Akarat's Awakening.Damage over time from this ability doesn't overwrite and stacks, offering excellent sustained damage.Both Consecration and Falling Sword stack up the deadly damage over time from this rune to a large number of targets.The last piece of the damage puzzle, dealing the majority of damage.Increasing Block Chance and forcing enemies to attack you further takes significant advantage of the Akarat’s Awakening affix, allowing more frequent skill rotations.Wrath generation is a perk, but not the focus of this choice.While the damage on its own isn’t too substantial, it plays well with the Akarat's Champion (Fire Starter) rune.Bonus life regeneration is helpful when you’re getting into the thick of large packs.Secondary damage component of the build.Crowd control provided by Frozen in Terror allows you to better group enemies to capitalize on the damage from Consecration and subsequent uses of Falling Sword.Increased Attack Speed provides a natural buff to damage.Superheated rune synergizes with the Akarat’s Champion (Fire Starter) rune, providing hefty damage over time.Cam's Rebuttal and supplemented Cooldown Reduction allow you to work around this ability’s naturally long cooldown.
The main active damage component of the build.Increase Block chance in order to get the most out of Akarat's Awakening in between skill rotations.Matches the elemental theme (Fire) of the rest of the build.
Bear in mind this is an item-heavy build and that those items play a big part in supporting the skill set below.
The focus and primary damage dealers of this build are AoE-centric and require some items to truly make them shine. The conventions of this build might not be what you expect from a Falling Sword-oriented build, but the result remains devastatingly effective. While you'll find some familiar Crusader skills and items in this build, the combination and emphasis lie outside the norm. "I was jealous of the Barbarian Leapquake playstyle the moment I laid my eyes on it," he writes in, explaining that while this is admittedly an end-game spec with a lot of gear requirements, it's a lot of fun and provides a very different flavor of gameplay than other, more popular Torment VI Crusader builds.ĭ eath from above! Like, High Heavens above. After stumbling on a Cam's Rebuttal and Akarat's Awakening, Deadset took a look at one of the most popular Barbarian builds and set out to emulate it on his devout follower of Akkhan. Like many experimental builds, this started with a stroke of inspiration from a pair of important drops. Let's take a look at his Zakarum-inspired take on Leapquake in this week's Play Your Way Thursday! Video creator and regular livestreamer Deadset#2627 found his Crusader growing jealous of this fun and unique build, and when a Cam's Rebuttal came his way, he knew he had to give it a try. Just about any Barbarian with their hands on a pair of Lut Socks and a few pieces of the Might of the Earth set will use the drop opportunity (droppertunity?) to experiment with the popular " Leapquake" build, which capitalizes on the synergy between those items.
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