Description
The Lost Crusader is a holy warrior that doesn't rely on magic, but instead uses it to augment and protect him/herself. Defeating the guilty as a Blue Knight, or helping others as an heir, this warrior is made with combating magic in mind.
Stats
| Starting Class | Cleric |
|---|---|
| Level | 150 |
| Vigor | 35 |
| Endurance | 25 |
| Vitality | 25 |
| Attunement | 20 |
| Strength | 32 |
| Dexterity | 24 |
| Adaptability | 8 |
| Intelligence | 4 |
| Faith | 30 |
Weapons
Grand Lance or Heide Greatlance/Sun Sword
Golden Wing Shield or Rebel's Greatshield/Idol's Chime
Equipment
Full Insolent Set (You may mix and match some parts. I know a lot of people don't like the look of the pants, for example.)
Clear Bluestone Ring
Chloranthy Ring
Third Dragon Ring
Lingering Dragoncrest Ring/Dispelling Ring
Spells
Great Magic Barrier
Great Heal
Lightning Spear
Perseverance/Emit Force/Whatever you want
Tips
This build makes a warrior with the ability to take more from mages, pyromancers, and hexers. The Great Magic Barrier and Dispelling Ring will help you overcome these attacks and close in for the kill.
This is a basic build I threw together. It focuses on a theme and fashion more than anything. If you want to change some aspects, or make an adjustment in gear, go right ahead!
I personally would have faraam boots over the insolent but otherwise i like
You can use whatever you want, really. I like the insolent set, except for the boots, because they look like ripped sweatpants, but I kept them for the small faith boost. If you want to wear another set of boots, go for it!
Hi, I'm trying to follow your build, it seems very nice and I personally like the "theme/fashion > mere stats" thinking.
I have a question about a weapon: the great lance. It may looks silly but I'm not a lance/spear user.. so the question is: by great lance do you mean the grand lance which can be found in the memories of orro? or do you mean the heide greatlance which can be found on heide's knight in ng+?
By the way I'm already having fun with this build, it seems very versatile to me both in pve and in pvp.
keep up the good work
Hey, glad you're having fun with the build! I DID mean the Grand Lance from the Memories of Orro. You can use the Heide Lance if you want, because I think it looks way better, but I've found the Grand Lance to be more effective and put out more damage. I'm actually gonna move a few things around with this build. The Dispelling Ring may be more helpful than the Dark Quartz Ring, for example. Thanks for following!
Hello, I'm starting to follow this build from SL100 and would like to know if it's still viable after changes in the latest patch? Mainly the changes to spell uses, only a few Lightning Spears instead of 10+ per spell slot.
Stats: VGR 15, END 15, VIT 15, ATN 20, STR 20, DEX 18, ADP 8, INT 14, FTH 30. Started as a pure caster build (Sorcerer) but got bored because they nerfed the lovely Lightning Spear way too hard.
Gear: Lightning Heide Knight Sword +8, Lightning Heide Lance +1, Lightning Priest's Chime +4 (or such), Alva set +4 inc. Saint's Hood. Stamina and HP Regen rings, Evil Eye ring, Ring of Blades. Archdrake Shield +3.
It's not much probably but hopefully something to start with or check on when you are following this build in the middle of 1st playthrough (NG).
The miracle nerf was really a big let down for me. Now there's even less incentive to do faith builds. I still enjoy using this build though. If you want an extra cast, you could switch to emit force, switch to wrath of the gods for one powerful attack, soul appease…or if you want, you could forgo offensive miracles entirely and go for more heals. You could also sacrifice an extra slot for more spears.
Awesome work with the mid game gear by the way. Thanks for following this build!
Hi Sir :)
Well…. some question:
1)Dragon Chime is better than the Idol Chime, why you use this?
2)Why you use this shield?
3)Some alternative to the Sun Sword?
4)The Insolent Set is for "fashion souls" or for other things?
Hovewer , awesome build Sir ;)
Dragon chime would need another 20 points in faith, thats pretty much on that level.
golden wing shield probably due to fashion souls and rebel greatshield can have 100% resistance to one element if infused.
by alternative do you still mean the same weapon class or a completely different? maybe could try a greatsword then.
Hey! Thanks for the questions, I'll answer them as best I can.
1) 30 faith is just enough to effectively use the Idol's Chime. This build does not have enough Faith to use the Dragon Chime (50 Faith)
2) Magic resistant, and it looks awesome. It's physical defense is bad, but it can reflect spells with a well timed parry. I've never seen anyone do the spell parry, so trying it out could be great practice and turn out to be deadly. If you want awesome magic resistance with some solid physical defense as well, I would recommend the Rebel's Greatshield. Fully maxed it has 92.5% elemental resistance across the board (except for dark res being slightly lower I think), so you can tank mages as you please.
3) Grand Lance pre-nerf was awesome and able to be used by this build so I included it. You may swap to the Heide Greatlance if you want, the stats are about as good as the GL's now, and it looks fantastic in action (plus the backstab damage is insane). Just something I thought I'd point out. The Sun Sword was intended as either a backup or as a means for faster attacks. It also has A rank str and dex scaling, a great benefit to this build since it has high str and good dex. Perhaps the longsword, broadsword, or a mace of some kind may suit you better?
4) Insolent Set is indeed for Fashion Souls, as well as going with the theme of the build. It looks exactly like what a crusader would wear, no? It's a very underrated armor set.
Hope that helps!
Yes, good armors for crusaders are:
Creighton Set
Heide Set
Insolent Set
Sun Sword is the best choise, in alternative an Heide Sword because have a lighting damage that scaling with faith (same for Heide Lance / Heide Great Lance / Heide Spear)
Spell Parrying is a suicide XDD ,is more easy avoid the magic with a fast rolling and use a 100% Physical DEF shield with the Old Leo Ring, use the Great Lance when you are defense (Rrebel Greatshield is good for this)
however, Crusaders are badass ;)
PS: and for Soul Level 150+ ???
Spell parrying has been updated via the recent patch. Apparently it's much easier to do now and can be viable.
If you're going to keep leveling after 150, I'd recommend faith and attunement first and foremost. The greatly increased speed and damage of the dragon chime is just too good, plus with the faith needed to use it you can also incorporate Sunlight Spears, Soothing Sunlight, and other powerful miracles. After that I'd go with more Vigor and Endurance.
Hey Again,
I really like the idea of a crusader build in DS2, and I'd like to give it another try now when I have reached the end on NG and just started on the DLC's.
Items I plan to use:
Grand Lance+10
Rebel's Greatshield+10
Dragonrider Bow+5
Lightning Priest's Chime+10
Alva set +10
Third Dragon Ring
Chloranthy Ring+1
Ring of Blades
Ring of Life Protection
Spells:
Lightning Spear
Great Lightning Spear
Sunlight Blade
Sacred Oath
Any ideas what kind of stats this build would require? I'm SL160 currently. I'd like to dodge most attacks, use melee on most enemies and spells on bosses, have enough LS/GLS casts and they should also do mediocre amount of damage, if not I would just be better off with full melee build. Any ideas how to improve the equipment for this build? I made this template up rather quickly though. I'm kind of worried that the requirements of 42+ Faith for GLS and 43+ Attunement for casts will drag other stats too low, I'll end up having around 20-25 at most of them at max, and eventually end up having too low Strength for weapons or Vigor for survival..
Use heide knight armour instead. With greathelm not iron mask. Looks more like crusader armour.
Wear the faraam boots or the imperious leggings.
i know people will hate me for doing this but i am new at making biulds and athogh i have been playing ds2 for awhie i have never posted one of my builds before so i anyone would like to cheach it out my builds name is the great saint
Personally I replace the Insolent helm with the Heide Knight helm since it has that classic "Bucket Helm" look. Other than that it's a great build.