Divine Crusader has particularly good synergy with KOTC because of the bonuses to smite: 30% faster regeneration, 1d2/level AoE healing, and +7 smite uses/rest. With Holy Retribution, it effectively means that KOTC will NEVER run out of Smites. (Unfortunately for SF, you get no Holy Retribution, which means at best, you're only regenning 1 smite/minute)
But the Smite bonuses are the only exceptionally good thing about the tree. Mantle is nice, but Grandmaster, Dreadnaught, and Sentinel have very good mantles too. Sentinel in particular gives +15 heal amp and
Rule of Law for 1d6/level AoE law damage that scales with 200% MP. I don't know the exact proc rate of Rule of Law, but I do notice it's REALLY fucking high, to the point that I feel it's the best Melee mantle for DPS, despite ironically belonging in the "Tank Destiny." I'll take that mantle any day over Crusader mantle.
The Primal thing sounds cool, though. I may have to check that out. I can see it having decent synergy with EK.
Edrein wrote on Sep 14
th, 2022 at 10:50am:
Sitting at 43 melee power while buffed at level 20, went into borderlands wilderness to test Incinerating Wave
43 seems kind of low, even for Sacred Fist. You said you're 14 Pal, so: 14 MP Righteous Command + 2 tome + 10 crown of butterflies + 6 GTWF + 10 T5 SF + 10 Saltmarsh or Sands set + 15 ED cores = 67 at least, +5 for exalted smite when that's active, + whatever reaper and mythic bonuses you have.
Regardless, I look at the SF tree and am reminded that it doesn't get Ascendency... oof. That's +45 melee power against reapers/undead/evil outsiders that SF will never have. And the ability to no-fail stun reapers 5% of the time... seriously, how was it possible for them to fuck up SF so badly?