Build Guide
** This guide is for those of you who do not have SMK and TnT yet!!! In the case that you do have these two, the passives change etc..**** Update on the build answering questions with this video**
**Most recent update below 10-24-14**
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Hey guys MikeyMADZ here, and today I am sharing with you my zdps speed lock WD build. So what is this build good for you may ask? Well lets see!!
Legendary Gems:
- Gem of Efficacious Toxin- This gem is easily a must, at rank 25 it boost party damage by 10%, horrify also procs this it is a must have!
- Moratorium- Not a bad choice, it can help slow damage you take, and improve reaction time with spirit walk! However in higher GR damage becomes so high it really does you no good.
- Bane of the trapped- I know it may seem odd, but through more play testing it provides you with a AOE slow and in turn can proc the dps trapped damage. I would say this is a must have!
- Gogok of swiftness- After more play testing I feel this gem is a must and it procs from Horrify! The cool down allows you to spam more skills. This is a must have!
Last Breath -This weapon is super good for this support build, if you can get 10% CDR and 20 second CD on mass confusion you are set. Being able to spam Mass Confusion-Paranoia is a huge damage boost for you and your party by 20%, and it gives you 12 seconds of confuse on mobs, including elite packs. That means they take more damage and fight for you!
(If you can get a SMK use that, and drop locust and put mass confusion in its place, as well as putting FA in place of the old MC slot. This will allow you to perma voodoo, it works great on boss fights!)
Hwoj - Is really good for putting a 60-80% slow on any enemy hit by locust, in conjunction with the creeping death passive, this will last for 5 minutes! Not a bad cc ability at all it is a very good belt for this build. I like to spam Piranhas-Wave of Mutilation in combo with this slow to allow my self to hit as many mobs as possible to stack the 15% damage boost from piranhas as well as proc the Strongarm Bracers giving each person in the party 20-30% more damage on top of that, and another 10% from toxic gem! ** (If you have SMK and drop locust use Vigalante Belt or Blackthorne's Belt) **
*(Note, sometimes it is better to use piranhado to group the mobs up to make full use of DH immolation arrow!)*
Rechel's Ring of Larceny - Is amazing for boosting your speed when you fear a mob which is all the time, this will allow you to cover more ground allowing you to keep larger packs of mobs locked down for a greater desired time. Just today I kept 3 packs perma locked and removed all elite affixes from the fight by running back and forth. Speed is also great to get to party members to drop Big Bad Voodoo on them. Giving the party 30% more damage and 20% AS and 20% move speed is nothing to laugh about.. Next Storm shield was a nice choice for me because it rolled 10% elite damage reduction, 97 all resist, has high block chance apart from most shields in the game, and rolled a 46.8% melee damage reduction secondary. This shield is huge for damage reduction.
PASSIVES
- Spirit Vessel - Gives you more cool down on spirit walk, and a death save passive. Super good.
- Grave Injustice - Heals you for 1% max life and mana when mobs die, also gives 1 second cool down on all skills.
- Tribal Rites - 25% more CDR on everything that is important in this build... Too good to pass up.
- Creeping Death - Can be changed sometimes I like to use Bad medicine in its place. But the 5 min slow is nice as well as piranhas 15% damage buff lasting 5 minutes.
This build is great for cc and party damage ramp. On the gear guys use anything that has Int, Vit, all resist, or armor as well as CDR. Get % damage reduction in 2ndary if you can. Helm is a must for this build to work, a lot of the other items are optional. I went with the Born's and the Captain Crimson's for the boosted CDR. Gloves can be anything you desire, I strongly suggest the amulet with lightning immune.For regular gems use all resist or vit, I prefer vit.
**(Did some play test with 3 set Blackthorne's and it works great with the 4 set and negating more damage in higher GR!!)**
PARAGON
- CORE -Max % move speed to the desired amount, then boost vit as much as you can.
- OFFENSE - CDR all the way, the rest are whatever, don't really need AS at all boost last.
- DEFENSE- I prefer to do % life, armor, then AR. Life regen last, however do what is needed and whatever you lack.
- UTILITY - Resource cost reduction first, the rest up to you
This build if played right can boost party damage up to 105%!!! That is huge damage boost for a party, if they are using bane of the trapped it is even more considering you perma cc everything.
I hope I covered everything guys, if you have any questions let me know! I play daily, and I have a youtube and twitch!!
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MikeyMADZ
Ignores my question please... i readed the others answers...
I must say that MikeyMADZ has hit the nail on the head with all of his provided information.
1. Asheara's Tik-Tank
A really important build variant I use currently I do want to throw in the mix is Asheara's Set. If you are looking for added toughness with additional support/damage your followers are an excellent resource to this build. I run SMK/Blackthorne/Asheara's with Xephirian Amulet. On my followers I run a mix of ess amulets and Overwhelming Desire amulets too for and additional 35% more damage to confused mobs (when confused by follower) and vortex for parties that don't run a monk/sader. Another note to add is that Overwhelming Desire gets proc'd fairly often on your followers when coupled with the Hellfire Ring's AoE.
2. WD Life Tank
I won't go into too much detail here because this build has already been covered by me on the blizzard D3 forums but to say if you want to run a tik-tank solo with only minor changes try out Blending the Asheara's Tik-Tank with death's bargain pants, Rogar's Huge Stone, insatiable belt and use Ghost Trance BBV. This life tank build can t6 (with patience) but is good for lower torment bounty runs and is getting a major buff with the new upcoming legendary gem 'Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard' which (in current PTR) allows my 3.7 million life WD to hit 700k Life Per Second.
Hope I added some value to those enjoying this playstyle. Much Kudos to MikeyMADZ for not only also running this cool unique build but also spreading the word!
***Assuming you have TnT Gloves, Xeph, Last Breath, RROG***
-Born's Shoulders and Chest
- Blackthorn's Belt, Pants, Boots
***Have Xeph, RROG, Last Breath but no TnT***
- Asheara's Shoulders, Gloves
- Blackthorn's Chest, Pants, Boots
***No Xeph or immunity ammy***
- same as above but use BT Cross
- Vigilante Belt
Must have's IMO
- Rachel's Ring of Larceny + RROG
- Tiklandian
- Last Breath (at a minimum w/ 10% cool down + 20 sec reduction)
- Xeph > Cameo > Mara's or other immunity >BT Cross
- Stormshield
- Strong Arms (re-roll elemental to defensive stat + use max dmg on knock back bonus)
Other important items of consideration:
- Craft (and possibly re-roll) all your gear using a Monk or DH. Don't bother with Intelligence if it can be avoided. You want Dex - even over Strength - since it mitigates against ranged attacks while also adding armor. Strength just adds armor.
- Shoot for armor/AR = 1/10 ratio. Use diamonds and emeralds in gear accordingly to make up what you don't have.
- I don't see a benefit in Bane of the Trapped (especially if you just have Last Breath) since it does nothing for the group except slow down mobs. Best gems in my opinion are Gogok of Swiftness (more attack speed = faster cool down), Toxin (group damage benefit), Moratorium (boosts your survivability).
- In case this was not already obvious, do not roll a socket into your weapon. Chances are that you'll be replacing something with a defensive benefit or wasting a Gift.
- Only offensive stats to shoot for are cool down reduction > attack speed. Max CDR everywhere you can.
- Roll elite dmg reduction on Stormshield and Chest
- Jaunt - Healing Journey might be a better alternative. I'm going to test this a bit.