But for now, the Crusader has earned a spot on the bench for me. If the Crusader could at least hit rank 3 with smite, I'd reconsider.

The Leper suffers from much of the same problems, the higher damage is nice, but his lower accuracy and likewise poor reach and mobility means that he sits rather low on my list. I'd take a Shieldbreaker every time over a Crusader, her ability to hit all ranks means that I can always put damage on targets of opportunity, versus the static nature of the Crusaders skill set. His lack of reach is the real deal breaker. I'd much rather bring a specialist who I can trust to do whatever job is needed in a team, which yields a far more effective turn economy.

His 'jack of all trades' nature means that nearly every other hero will outperform him in some fashion or another. Only being able to stun the front two ranks means that he's often trying to stun the targets with the highest resist. He sucks at DPS, healing, and stress healing. His healing and stress healing is low enough that he rarely can mitigate the damage of even one enemy turn, so using one of those abilities results in a net loss of health or stress, versus the ideal outcome of killing an enemy.īasically he sucks at everything. The fact that he can only hit ranks 1 and 2 from ranks 1 and 2 means that he always fails to deal damage where it is needed the most. However, every time I use him, he sucks horribly and I wish I'd taken any other character. I've heard of high praise for the Crusader, with some people even ranking him S tier.

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