Witch Doctor Leveling and Fresh 70

[Damien 1,514]

This thread is for comments about our Witch Doctor Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide.

[Guest Digitalzak]

There seems to be an error with the skills listed to use, as there are no listed Primary skills, and there are no listed Terror skills, yet there are 2 Defensive skills and 2 Decay skills.

[Oltier 471]

There seems to be an error with the skills listed to use, as there are no listed Primary skills, and there are no listed Terror skills, yet there are 2 Defensive skills and 2 Decay skills.

Use elective mode.

http://www.ign.com/wikis/diablo-3/Elective_Mode

[Guest benjytibbles]

Will this be updated for 2.4?

[Damien 1,514]

It will, once we're done with the "main" guides, meaning end-game stuff

[Guest Nal]

Hey I just wanted to point out, I started a WD in 2.4.1 Season 6. I got really bad drops (No Mask of Jeram, Tasker and Theo, Tall/Short Finger rings, etc)

 

What I did get a was a Homunculus mojo.

 

I wrapped my whole build around it and took it to T6. The sacrifice ability gives 20% increased damage per stack (there is a counter on the ability) and there is no need to have Summon Zombie Dogs on your skill selection, so it frees up a spot. If you do add the ability you can pick a rune (and change the damage type), but that's the only benefit.

 

Anyway you guys are way better than I am, so I was hoping you'd create a build that capitalizes on that, maybe Legacy of Nightmares. This was the only build in your salvage list for the Homunculus.

 

Thanks

 

 

[Deadset 108]

Anyway you guys are way better than I am, so I was hoping you'd create a build that capitalizes on that, maybe Legacy of Nightmares. This was the only build in your salvage list for the Homunculus.

 

Thanks

 

Congrats on your success and glad we were of help! Legacy of Nightmares set can indeed kickstart many exotic builds, Sacrifice-centric ones included.

[Guest errata]

A small correction:  in section 7 lgems, the 5th 'dot' is about BoP - and the end of the line repeats Bane of the Powerful rather than Bane of the Trapped.

[Guest mykevelli]

I think that for Season 8 there is a typo in the title for 5.2.  Instead of "5.2. Helltooth Harness Starter Build" it should probably say "5.2. Spirit of Arachyr Starter Build".

[Valks 2,375]

7 hours ago, Guest mykevelli said:

I think that for Season 8 there is a typo in the title for 5.2.  Instead of "5.2. Helltooth Harness Starter Build" it should probably say "5.2. Spirit of Arachyr Starter Build".

Will make a note of this and get it updated. Thanks!

[DiscoNinjas 0]

Great guide.  Thank you.  However, I just wasted 3 hours of bounties because of this:

" Envious Blade is an Act II cache dagger with one of the most powerful speedfarming bonuses in the game — a guaranteed Critical Hit against enemies at full health. A well equipped character using this dagger can oneshot entire screens of enemies in a suitable farming difficulty. Since Witch Doctors can not dual wield and their weapon slots are frequently taken by more important legendaries, Envious Blade is not considered a cache priority. "

 

Act III.  Act III! lol  It is listed this way in all of your guides.

Its ok though still had fun and got lots of loots!  Thanks for the guide.

Edited January 25, 2019 by DiscoNinjas

[Guest Arachyr Fresh Build]

This is about:
Witch Doctor Spirit of Arachyr Fresh 70 Starter Build (Patch 2.6.8 / Season 20)

Ring of Emptiness now requires either one of mentioned dots. It feels like the build is built around it requires both of them. So I think it needs to be reworked for Season 20 and onwards.

[solitha 84]

Hey Deadset, was checking this guide and noticed:

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• As a final side note, use  Spite as your weapon (easier to roll well, because it's a craftable ceremonial knife) if you decide to lean into a  Gargantuan-based build, since the free  Humongoid rune is a nice boost to the build.

But Spite is a mojo.