Questions tagged [diablo-iii-witch-doctor]
Witch doctors are spiritual warriors who summon dead souls and crawling creatures to do their bidding. By surrounding themselves with conjured zombies and vermin, witch doctors are free to assault their enemies with exploding skulls, acrid poison clouds, and wasting curses.
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What is that item's rarity in Diablo 3?
I just found this weapon in a build in challenge rifts and I don't understand what is the rarity of this weapon. Is it legendary? And how do you get one of those?
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Strategy for Arachyr's set dungeon
I want to Master the Arachyr's set dungeon but I'm having trouble getting the following objective:
Kill every elite while it is webbed by Spider Queen and being bitten by Piranhas, 5 Elites
I have ...
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Do Demon Hunter sentries benefit from Big Bad Voodoo?
Do the attack speed and damage buffs from a Witch Doctor's Big Bad Voodoo spell (Slam Dance rune) affect the sentries of a Demon Hunter?
I have never heard a clear answer on whether or not sentries ...
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Poisoned Spirit + Chilled to the Bone
I am experimenting with the combination of Haunt (Poisoned Spirit) which causes enemies to take 20% more damage from all sources and Summon Zombie Dogs (Chilled to the Bone) which also causes enemies ...
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Should I rapid-cast the spider queen?
The "Spider queen" is an attack/spell of the Witch doctor character in Diablo III.
It says "You may have one spider queen summoned at a time". And as soon as I cast a second one, the old one ...
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Is Homunculus working when using The Tall Man's Finger?
I recently found the item Homunculus while using The Tall Man's Finger on my 70 pet doc.
Is there any way to tell if those stack? I do not see any Zombie Dogs summoned to my side, but they could be ...
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How exactly does Hwoj Wrap work with Bane of the Trapped?
As I understand it Locust Swarm snapshots on cast, meaning it takes your stats and buffs at the time of cast and will not update new changes until the next cast.
If I have a Hwoj Wrap, this makes my ...
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Does Big Bad Voodoo stack?
If there are multiple WDs in party and they all use the Big Bad Voodoo skill:
1) If they have the same rune, does the bonus stack?
2) If they have different runes, do I get bonus from all runes ...
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Why does Haunt (Consuming Spirit) Slow?
I am using Haunt with the Consuming Spirit rune. When I cast this on an enemy, the word "Slowed" appears next to the enemy. Why is this?
Character profile on battle.net is here.
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Knockback on Hit with Witch Doctor [duplicate]
I have a Rare Ceremonial Knife (Witch Doctor) with 2.0% Chance to Knockback on Hit. Is this effect triggered by non-melee attacks, such as Firebomb and Firebats? I have not seen any evidence in-game ...
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Carnevil losing DPS of my fetishes?
I just found a Carnevil http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/carnevil
My issue is that I think I'm losing the "dagger" dps of my fetishes. Does anyone know the damage is the same as their daggers when ...
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Do the fetishes spawned from Fetish Sycophants match elements with the skill?
Fetish Sycophants randomly spawns fetishes when I attack, do those fetishes match the element of the Fetish army skill? I am using Tiki Torchers since I have + fire element gear.
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Diablo 3 Witch Doctor Base Intelligence difference
I have two level 60 witch doctors. I'm playing the console version. One of them has about 16k intelligence with no gear, and the other has about 7k, also with no gear. Why? Is it because I leveled ...
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Do the mimics of the Grin Reaper Mask do any damage?
I recently got my hands on one of these from Kedala. Here is the link to the mask: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-grin-reaper
It's a cool mask. But does the mimics actually do any damage at all?
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How does Quetzalcoatl's legendary ability interact with Creeping Death?
Quetzalcoatl has an interesting legendary ability:
Locust Swarm and Haunt now deal their damage in half of the normal duration.
Creeping Death is a new Witch Doctor passive that also affects ...
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Jungle Fortitude damage reduction not appearing on Details window
The witch doctor passive skill Jungle Fortitude reduced damage taken by 15%.
However, when this skill is selected, the "Damage Reduction" value on the "Details" information window does not increase. ...
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Does Soul Harvest "Siphon" steal life?
Is the Life the Witch Doctor gains from the "Siphon" rune of Soul Harvest taken from the enemy? Does the enemy's life decrease? Or does the Witch Doctor just gain the Life, without the monster losing ...
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Does Grave Injustice reduce the cooldown on Spirit Vessel?
Is there any evidence, stated by Blizzard or others, that the cooldown of Spirit Vessel is reduced whenever Grave Injustice is triggered?
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How can I increase my maximum mana?
I've been playing on Inferno for a while now, and I constantly feel like I'm running out of mana during fights. I understand that mana will never be unlimited and I'll have to use some conservation ...
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Witch Doctor pets, Fierce Loyalty and LOH
I am wondering if the LOH of the player is naturally transfered to the Witch Doctor pets (patch 1.0.4). If yes, is there restriction (like a reduced proc or reduced amount), and if not, does Fierce ...
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What proc values do the witch doctors skills have?
What are the proc values (effect probability, e.g. for crowd control damage) for the different skills of the witch doctor?
Some are given in the Patch 1.0.4 notes:
Firebomb - Fire Pit: 0.067
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Do Witch Doctor pets mitigate damage with armor and resistances?
Have you seen the new changes done to the Witch Doctor pets?
They basically gave them a shield that limits the maximum damage they can take per hit, and this max damage is based on the player's armor ...
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Does Phantasm Stack?
The rune for Spirit Barrage, Phantasm, deals damage over time in a small area of effect. If I overlap them and an enemy is standing on 2 or more at once, does it take double, triple, etc. damage? Or ...
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With Witch Doctor Mass Confusion, do elite affixes still affect you?
When using the Witch Doctor "mass confusion" ability, it is possible to confuse elites into fighting on your side. Many of them have AoE affixes like fire chains, arcane enchantment, mortar, etc. I ...
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Is there an onscreen way I can tell gruesome feast is working?
I recently unlocked the passive ability gruesome feast. It states:
Whenever you are healed by a health globe, you gain 10% of your maximum Mana and 10% Intelligence for 10 seconds. The ...
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Honestly, is there anything better than Zombie Bears? [duplicate]
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Witch Doctor build for Inferno?
I've been playing a Witch Doctor for a while now, and have just reached Act II of Inferno. Needless to say, ever since I unlocked it I've been ...
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Strategy for Iskatu Nightmare/Hell - Witch Doctor
I have a been trying to solo farm Iskatu for experience to get my levels up to a point where playing Hell is less "squishy". For some reason I am not finding the right build for the Witch Doctor to ...
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How many Fetishes are summoned with Fetish Army
I can't find how many Fetishes are summoned when you cast Fetish Army.
Is it random each time they're summoned?
Does it depend on the caster level?
Do they actually have limited life, or are they ...
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Is Locust Swarm ranged or melee
Is the Witch Doctor's skill Locust Swarm ranged or melee? Can I hit someone across the screen if my pointer is on them, then the swarm goes to that spot or do I need to be right in front of the ...
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"Hotdogging" achievement, what are the parameters?
The achievement in question is to summon 3 zombie dogs at once, without using the summon zombie dog skill.
I tried using "Circle of Life", which took a while, but when I finally got 3 dogs, no ...
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Does Locust Swarm stack? [duplicate]
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Do damage over time effects stack?
I'm playing Diablo 3 as a Witch Doctor and go for Aoe-Dmg at the moment. Therefore I use Locust Swarm a lot. Because there seems no debuff/...
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What stats are best for casters (Wizard/Witch Doctor) doing Inferno?
Both my witch doctor & wizard are just about level 60 and I am preparing to go try out inferno. I like the casters so much I can't decide which one should be my main. My friends (all melee ...
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Are Flash Fires bad?
The Diablo 3 Witch Doctor skill FireBomb does 85% of your weapon damage in an 8 yard radius.
The Flash Fire rune for said skill changes it from an AOE to a single target bouncing attack with a ...
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When is Pierce the Veil counted in your damage?
Pierce the veil offers a 20% boost to my damage, which seems interesting. But I don't know when it is counted. If this is on my base damage, it is pointless because I get 1200% from intelligence. If ...
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Does "Big Stinker" count as "Bad Medicine?"
I'm currently using the "Big Stinker" rune on my Gargantuan:
Big Stinker
The Gargantuan is surrounded by a poison cloud that deals 15% weapon damage as Poison per second to nearby enemies.
I was ...
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Does Attack Speed % affect Acid Cloud Spamming? [duplicate]
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Does weapon speed affect animation speed?
Working on my gear for my Witch Doctor and unsure about using Attack Speed increase weapons for AOE acid cloud spam.
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What is the best Witch Doctor build against vampiric bosses?
My level 36 Witch Doctor is relatively effective against big groups of monsters, but I have problems defeating some vampiric bosses. The problem is made worse by the gargantuan which is delivering ...
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Do multiple casts of Haunt on the same target stack?
I would generally assume they don't as dots in every other game blizzard has created have not stacked when cast by the same player, only I just fought a mini-boss with haunt and it being my first time ...
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What are tactics for a Witch Doctor to use against Invulnerable Minion packs? [closed]
Invulnerable Minion packs have been very challenging for me while soloing Hell.
Generally I've been using Haunt and Poison Darts with Splinters for my single target damage, but Splinters tends to ...
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Is Plague of Toads as unhelpfull as it seems? [duplicate]
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Why does my Plague of Toads make me croak?
So far I've been using the Witchdoctor's Corpse Spider skill as my bread-n-butter kill-stuff spammer, and it has worked very well.
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Does Rain Dance have an effect on other classes?
The Witch Doctor's Big Bad Voodoo can be runed to Rain Dance (The ritual restores 122 Mana per second while standing in the ritual area.). Does this extra effect of Big Bad Voodoo affect other classes ...
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Witch Doctor build for Inferno?
I am in the beginning of Inferno and I am having a bit of trouble some places, I have been using the zombie bears build (this or a variant of it), while the damage is very nice and it is a very good ...
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What skills complement the Toad of Hugeness?
I just unlocked this skill, but can't fathom how to use it in conjunction with my other skills. Since the giant toad sits there doing damage to one enemy, it seems rather useless when large crowds of ...
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How does the Zombie Dogs rune Life Link work?
I'm uncertain on some of the details of Life Link, specifically:
Is it 10% damage reduction, or 10% damage reduction for each dog?
How is the absorbed damaged divided amongst the dogs? (evenly, one ...
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How do corpse spiders interact with on-hit properties
How does the corpse spiders skill (witch doctor) interact with on-hit properties of gear.
Is there some reduction? Does it proc at all? What about on-hit properties with chance?
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How can I detonate my chicken?
The Witch Doctor "Hex" skill as a rune "Angry Chicken" where I can temporarily transform my corporeal form into that of a deadly exploding chicken. Fun, right?
However, I can't seem to figure out ...
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How often does a Gargantuan with the Bruiser rune stun?
The level 56 Witch Doctor rune for Gargantuan called "Bruiser" has the following effect:
Bruiser
The Gargantuan gains the ability to periodically slam enemies, dealing 100% of your weapon damage ...
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Is a summoning Witch Doctor build viable in Hell and Inferno?
Summons are fun, however they do not seem viable in Hell or Inferno
We recently started Hell, and none of my summons survive more than a hit or two, even the Gargantuan, which is supposed to be the ...
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Are there end-game tactics viable for Witch Doctors that don't require Spirit Walk?
As I near the end of Nightmare, I have come to realize that the single most useful skill I have is Spirit Walk.
I use it constantly, and it has saved my life more times than I can count.
It is also ...
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What unlisted effects does Spirit Walk have?
The tooltip for Spirit Walk hints at a single effect:
"While in the spirit realm, your movement is unhindered"
Which I believe references the fact that you can use it to break effects like "jailed....
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