Chapter 219 - A New Life (1/2)

It didn’t take long before the clip of Chen Mo beating many levels in the Nephalem Rift using Lin Xue’s account was plastered all over the official forums, and many diehard players were analyzing how Chen Mo managed that.

“Anyone else watched Xue’s livestream? Chen Mo joined the stream, and the most horrifying thing was that he managed to beat twenty Nephalem Rifts levels after swapping out her equipment!”

“Really? I don’t buy it, how could their strength be that much different on the same account? Twenty levels? How much stronger do you need to get?”

“The clip is all over the internet, just have a look yourself. There are recordings of the whole thing. The worst part is that Chen Mo looked through all of Xue’s garbage equipment while mixing and matching different ones. He also had a really weird combination of abilities, yet he was incredibly strong!”

“Alright, I’ll take a look!”

It didn’t take long before it became the most popular thread on the official forums, causing an especially large commotion among Crusader players.

Crusader and Necromancer were clearly inferior to other classes in the Greater Rift as the other classes had more developed builds.

Although the expansion pack had been out for quite some time now, the players still haven’t wrapped their head around these classes. Crusader in particular haven’t had a proper build found out yet.

And naturally, Chen Mo’s new build attracted the attention of many.

The players knew that everytime Chen Mo released a new game, he’d introduce a weird playstyle to the players. For example, he pioneered cyclone spam and mass mines in Warcraft.

Chen Mo’s build must also be something worth looking into and was possibly very important to Diablo’s deep and rich playstyle!

Soon, the players finally figured out Chen Mo’s strategy with the help of many players and the recordings.

This strategy was named explosive cavalry and quickly gained popularity among Crusader players.

The idea of this build was to stack thorns and use the set bonus of The Wailing Host and Litany of the Undaunted to best utilize the strength of ancient equipment. The more ancient equipment, the more damage, surpassing the set bonuses of a full suit of equipment using items from different sets.

In terms of abilities, Consecration, Bombardment, Iron Skin, and Steed Charge could be converted into thorn damage through runes, meaning that all these abilities were damage dealing ones.

And Akarat’s Champion provided an incredible strong buff, providing substantial damage increase.

The last ability could either be Shield Glare or Laws of Justice to increase survivability.

The most shocking thing was the equipment that were all from different sets.

Not only did they improve the set bonus of the rings, they also improved the abilities, so these special equipment were incredibly useful for Crusaders.

Leoric’s Crown, increase the effects of gems. With the help of a passive ability gem, the cooldowns of abilities are decreased dramatically with a diamond equipped in the crown.