Crusader Shield Bash Build with Roland's Set

The Roland's set splits its damage bonuses evenly between a sustain damage and a burst damage skill, boosting Sweep Attack and Shield Bash with equal numbers. This Shield Bash variant is a bursty, single-target-heavy, assassination-oriented build that is geared towards Greater Rift solo progression, but we also have a speed farming variation.

For the Sweep Attack variant of the build, please refer to the link below.

The basic skill setup of the Shield Bash Crusader is displayed below. Read the dedicated Skills page for detailed information on choices, alternatives and build customization.

Active Skills
Shield Bash Pound Steed Charge Endurance 1 Laws of Valor Unstoppable Force 2 Iron Skin Flash 3 Shield Glare Zealous Glare 4 Akarat's Champion Prophet
Passive Skills
Heavenly Strength Towering Shield Finery Long Arm of the Law

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

• Helm: Roland's Visage
• Shoulders: Roland's Mantle
• Gloves: Roland's Grasp
• Chest: Roland's Bearing
• Belt: Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
• Pants: Captain Crimson's Thrust
• Boots: Roland's Stride
• Bracers: Drakon's Lesson
• Amulet: Hellfire Amulet of Strength
• Ring 1: Convention of Elements
• Ring 2: Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac
• Weapon: Flail of the Ascended
• Shield: The Final Witness

Season 27 comes with the theme of Angelic Crucibles — consumable items that empower Legendary items with perfected Ancient-level stats, as well as infuse them with one of three unique, powerful, class-specific abilities at random.

Unfortunately, Roland's set-based builds do not have a great way of utilizing the three Sanctification powers. Thus, you should simply use Angelic Crucibles on an item that crosses over most (if not all) variants of a build, and is also an item that is relatively harder to perfect than other slots (since sanctifying an item maximizes its stats). The Sanctification power outcome does not matter. In the case of this build, good candidates for Sanctification are your weapon ( Flail of the Ascended) and your shield ( The Final Witness), which are present across all variants of this build.

You can read more on Angelic Crucibles and the sanctification process in our dedicated Angelic Crucible Mechanics guide.

• Legendary Gem 1: Bane of the Trapped
• Legendary Gem 2: Bane of the Stricken
• Legendary Gem 3: Gogok of Swiftness

• Weapon Slot: Piro Marella
• Armor Slot: Stone Gauntlets
• Jewelry Slot: Ring of Royal Grandeur