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Crusader Roland's Sweep Attack Build

Last updated on Mar 12, 2020 at 09:00 by Deadset 12 comments

Welcome to our build guide for Roland's Sweep Attack Crusader in Diablo 3. Here, you will learn everything you need to know to play this build at the highest level. This build is updated for patch 2.6.8 and Season 20.

For more information regarding followers, we advise you to read our follower guide, which contains detailed advice on choosing the skills and the gear of your companion.

Pages in this Guide
1 Introduction 2 Skills and Runes 3 Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points
TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE
1.

Introduction

The Roland's Legacy set unlocks the potential of two signature Crusader abilities — Sweep Attack Sweep Attack and Shield Bash Shield Bash — both by boosting their damage and adding cooldown reduction utility to their use. The guide below will focus on the Sweep Attack Sweep Attack build option; this control-heavy, sustain damage build is designed with Greater Rift solo progression in mind, but we also have a speed farming variant, which can be accessed using the link below.

Roland's Sweep Attack Speed Farming Crusader
2.

Roland's Shield Bash Crusader

For the Shield Bash Shield Bash variant of the build, please refer to the link below.

Roland's Shield Bash Crusader Build
3.

Quick Reference

3.1.

Skill Setup

The basic skill setup of the Roland's Sweep Attack Crusader is displayed below. Read the dedicated Skills page for detailed information on choices, alternatives and build customization.

Roland's Sweep Attack Crusader Skills and Runes
Active Skills
Left Mouse Button Sweep Attack Icon Sweep Attack Blazing Sweep Blazing Sweep Right Mouse Button Condemn Icon Condemn Vacuum Vacuum 1 Steed Charge Icon Steed Charge Endurance Endurance 2 Iron Skin Icon Iron Skin Flash Flash 3 Laws of Valor Icon Laws of Valor Unstoppable Force Unstoppable Force 4 Akarat's Champion Icon Akarat's Champion Prophet Prophet
Passive Skills
(diablo3.com link)
3.2.

Gear Setup

The required gear setup for the Rolands Sweep Attack Crusader is listed below. Check the Gear page for detailed information on choices, alternatives, gemming, Kanai's Cube and Paragon distribution.

Roland's Sweep Attack Crusader Gear and Stats
3.3.

Legendary Gems

3.4.

Kanai's Cube

4.

Role in the Current Meta

This build is ranked as a High Tier solo pushing build for its class in the current Season. If high leaderboard position without strict adherence to the meta is attractive to you, consider using this build.

This build is oriented mostly at solo Rifting (Greater and Normal). Due to its mediocre mobility on long distances, it is not recommended for Bounties. It is also not recommended for group Greater Rifts past the point where every party member can handle the content on his own.

5.

Changelog

  • 12 Mar. 2020 (skills page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
  • 12 Mar. 2020 (this page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
  • 12 Mar. 2020 (gear page): No changes necessary for Season 20.
  • 19 Nov. 2019 (gear page): Guide revised and updated for Season 19.
  • 19 Nov. 2019 (this page): Guide revised and updated for Season 19.
  • 19 Nov. 2019 (skills page): Guide revised and updated for Season 19.
  • 22 Aug. 2019 (skills page): Reviewed for Season 18.
  • 22 Aug. 2019 (gear page): Item recommendations have been revised for Season 18.
  • 22 Aug. 2019 (this page): Item recommendations have been revised for Season 18.
  • 15 May 2019 (skills page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
  • 15 May 2019 (gear page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
  • 15 May 2019 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 17.
  • 17 Jan. 2019 (this page): Guide was revised with additional recommendations for Season 16.
  • 17 Jan. 2019 (skills page): Information was reviewed and approved for Season 16 with no changes required.
  • 17 Jan. 2019 (gear page): Added suggestions for the baseline Ring of Royal Grandeur for Seasonal characters.
  • 20 Sep. 2018 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 15.
  • 14 Jun. 2018 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 14.
  • 31 Oct. 2017 (gear page): Changed recommended items for Bracers, Belt, and Ring #1, following the shift of the build towards Fire.
  • 31 Oct. 2017 (this page): Revised the guide to reflect its 2.6.1 shift into Fire.
  • 31 Oct. 2017 (skills page): Blazing Sweep is now the recommended rune for Sweep Attack.
  • 02 Jul. 2017 (this page): Updated for 2.6 and moved to new guide format.
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