2.3 updated Harvester WD for Grifts

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by Loganauer last updated Sep 14, 2015 ( Patch 2.3 )

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Skills

Haunt Poisoned Spirit
- Haunt
Cost: 50 Mana

Haunt an enemy with a spirit, dealing 4000% weapon damage as Cold over 12 seconds. If the enemy dies, the spirit will haunt another nearby enemy.

An enemy can only be affected by one Haunt at a time.
Poisoned Spirit

Haunted enemies take 20% more damage from your attacks.

Haunt's damage turns into Poison.
Soul Harvest Soul to Waste
- Soul Harvest
Cooldown: 12 seconds

Feed on the life force of enemies within 18 yards. Gain 3% Intelligence for 30 seconds for each affected enemy. This effect stacks up to 5 times.
Soul to Waste

Gain 5% increased movement speed for each enemy harvested.
Horrify Frightening Aspect
- Horrify
Cooldown: 10 seconds

Don a spectral mask that horrifies all enemies within 18 yards, causing them to tremor in Fear and be Immobilized for 3 seconds.
Frightening Aspect

Gain 50% additional Armor for 8 seconds after casting Horrify.
Spirit Walk Jaunt
- Spirit Walk
Cooldown: 10 seconds

Leave your physical body and enter the spirit realm for 2 seconds. While in the spirit realm, your movement is unhindered.

This ability does not start its cooldown until after its effects expire.
Jaunt

Increase the duration of Spirit Walk to 3 seconds.
Piranhas Piranhado
- Piranhas
Cost: 250 Mana
Cooldown: 8 seconds

Summons a pool of deadly piranhas that deals 400% weapon damage as Poison over 8 seconds. Affected enemies will also take 15% increased damage.
Piranhado

The pool of piranhas becomes a tornado of piranhas that lasts 4 seconds. Nearby enemies are periodically sucked into the tornado.

Increases the cooldown to 16 seconds.
Hex Jinx
- Hex
Cooldown: 15 seconds

Summon a Fetish Shaman for 12 seconds that will hex groups of enemies into chickens. Hexed enemies are unable to perform offensive actions.
Jinx

Hexed enemies take 15% additional damage.

Spirit Vessel
- Spirit Vessel
When you receive fatal damage, you automatically enter the spirit realm for 2 seconds and heal to 50% of your maximum Life.

This effect may occur once every 60 seconds.
Creeping Death
- Creeping Death
Your Haunt, Locust Swarm and the damage amplification from Piranhas last almost forever.
Swampland Attunement
- Swampland Attunement
You and your pets gain 120 Physical, Poison, Fire, and Cold Resistance for every enemy within 20 yards.

The range of this effect is increased by your gold pickup radius.
Grave Injustice
- Grave Injustice
Gain 1% of your maximum Life and Mana and reduce the cooldown of all of your skills by 1 second when an enemy dies within 20 yards.

The range is extended by items that increase your gold pickup radius.

Items

Quetzalcoatl

Legendary Voodoo Mask

Primary Stats

+128–163 Intelligence
+4 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Locust Swarm and Haunt now deal their damage in half of the normal duration.
Jade Harvester's Joy

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+91–100 Resistance to All Elements
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Raiment of the Jade Harvester
Jade Harvester's Wisdom
Jade Harvester's Joy
Jade Harvester's Peace
Jade Harvester's Courage
Jade Harvester's Swiftness
Jade Harvester's Mercy
(2) Set: When Haunt lands on an enemy already affected by Haunt, it instantly deals 120 seconds worth of Haunt damage.
(4) Set: Soul Harvest gains the effect of every rune and has its cooldown reduced by 1 |4second:seconds; every time you cast Haunt or Locust Swarm.
(6) Set: Soul Harvest consumes your damage over time effects on enemies, instantly dealing 300 seconds worth of remaining damage.
Hellfire Amulet

Legendary Amulet

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+626–750 Intelligence

+626–750 Dexterity

+626–750 Strength
Jade Harvester's Peace

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Raiment of the Jade Harvester
Jade Harvester's Wisdom
Jade Harvester's Joy
Jade Harvester's Peace
Jade Harvester's Courage
Jade Harvester's Swiftness
Jade Harvester's Mercy
(2) Set: When Haunt lands on an enemy already affected by Haunt, it instantly deals 120 seconds worth of Haunt damage.
(4) Set: Soul Harvest gains the effect of every rune and has its cooldown reduced by 1 |4second:seconds; every time you cast Haunt or Locust Swarm.
(6) Set: Soul Harvest consumes your damage over time effects on enemies, instantly dealing 300 seconds worth of remaining damage.
Strongarm Bracers

Legendary Bracers

Primary Stats

+220–349 Vitality
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Enemies hit by knockbacks suffer 20–30% increased damage for 6 seconds.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence
Jade Harvester's Mercy

Set Gloves

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8.0–10.0%
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+626–750 Dexterity

+626–750 Strength

+626–750 Intelligence

Raiment of the Jade Harvester
Jade Harvester's Wisdom
Jade Harvester's Joy
Jade Harvester's Peace
Jade Harvester's Courage
Jade Harvester's Swiftness
Jade Harvester's Mercy
(2) Set: When Haunt lands on an enemy already affected by Haunt, it instantly deals 120 seconds worth of Haunt damage.
(4) Set: Soul Harvest gains the effect of every rune and has its cooldown reduced by 1 |4second:seconds; every time you cast Haunt or Locust Swarm.
(6) Set: Soul Harvest consumes your damage over time effects on enemies, instantly dealing 300 seconds worth of remaining damage.
Haunting Girdle

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

+85–108 Vitality
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Haunt releases 1 extra spirit.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Jade Harvester's Courage

Set Pants

Primary Stats

+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Raiment of the Jade Harvester
Jade Harvester's Wisdom
Jade Harvester's Joy
Jade Harvester's Peace
Jade Harvester's Courage
Jade Harvester's Swiftness
Jade Harvester's Mercy
(2) Set: When Haunt lands on an enemy already affected by Haunt, it instantly deals 120 seconds worth of Haunt damage.
(4) Set: Soul Harvest gains the effect of every rune and has its cooldown reduced by 1 |4second:seconds; every time you cast Haunt or Locust Swarm.
(6) Set: Soul Harvest consumes your damage over time effects on enemies, instantly dealing 300 seconds worth of remaining damage.
Jade Harvester's Swiftness

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+416–500 Vitality
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+416–500 Dexterity

+416–500 Strength

+416–500 Intelligence

Raiment of the Jade Harvester
Jade Harvester's Wisdom
Jade Harvester's Joy
Jade Harvester's Peace
Jade Harvester's Courage
Jade Harvester's Swiftness
Jade Harvester's Mercy
(2) Set: When Haunt lands on an enemy already affected by Haunt, it instantly deals 120 seconds worth of Haunt damage.
(4) Set: Soul Harvest gains the effect of every rune and has its cooldown reduced by 1 |4second:seconds; every time you cast Haunt or Locust Swarm.
(6) Set: Soul Harvest consumes your damage over time effects on enemies, instantly dealing 300 seconds worth of remaining damage.
Broken Promises

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Reduces all resource costs by 4.0–6.0%.
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

After 5 consecutive non-critical hits, your chance to critically hit is increased to 100% for 3 seconds.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Ignores Durability Loss
Reduces cooldown of all skills by 4 - 7%.
Attack Speed Increased by 5 - 6%
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5 - 6%
Reduces all resource costs by 5 - 7%.

Secondary Stats

Reduce the remaining cooldown of one of your skills by 1 second when you hit with a resource-spending attack.

+ 1 Random Magic Properties
Sacred Harvester

Legendary Ceremonial Knife

11.2 Damage Per Second

Secondary Stats

Soul Harvest now stacks up to 10 times.
One of 2 Magic Properties (varies)
+66 - 132 Minimum Damage
+88 - 176 Maximum Damage

+ 3 Random Magic Properties
Thing of the Deep

Legendary Mojo

Primary Stats

+(15–19)–(16–23) Damage
+240–269 Intelligence
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 5.0–10.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

+90–104 Maximum Mana (Witch Doctor Only)
Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 20 yards.

More Details

Head
- Quetzalcoatl
- The Grin Reaper
- Tiklandian Visage
- Stat Priority: Socket Int Vit
Shoulders
- Jade Harvester's Joy
- Profane Pauldrons
- Stat Priority: Int Vit CDR Life
Amulet
- Hellfire Amulet
- Rondal's Locket
- Xephirian Amulet
- Stat Priority: Socket CHD Poison % CDR
Torso
- Jade Harvester's Peace
- Stat Priority: Socket Int Vit Reduced Elite Dmg
Wrists
- Strongarm Bracers
- Stat Priority: Poison % Int Vit
Hands
- Jade Harvester's Mercy
- Stat Priority: CHD Int CDR
Waist
- Haunting Girdle
- Hwoj Wrap
- String of Ears
- Stat Priority: Int Vit Life
Legs
- Jade Harvester's Courage
- Stat Priority: Socket Int Vit
Feet
- Jade Harvester's Swiftness
- Stat Priority: Int Vit LPS
Rings
- Broken Promises
- Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac
- Stat Priority: Socket CHD
Weapon
- Sacred Harvester
- Stat Priority: Int Dmg % AS CDR
Offhand
- Thing of the Deep
- Henri's Perquisition
- Homunculus
- Stat Priority: Int Vit

Legendary Gems
- Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Poison all enemies hit for 2000% weapon damage over 10 seconds.
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Secondary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15%.
- Esoteric Alteration
  Esoteric Alteration
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Gain 10.0% non-Physical damage reduction.
  While below 50% Life, your resistances to Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, and Arcane are increased by 75%. (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

Wormwood

Legendary Staff

Primary Stats

+(180–220)–(216–274) Poison Damage
Poison skills deal 20–25% more damage.
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Locust Swarm continuously plagues enemies around you.
One of 2 Magic Properties (varies)

+360–404 Intelligence

+360–404 Dexterity
Wormwood
Hwoj Wrap

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

+11–20 Resistance to All Elements
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Locust Swarm also Slows enemies by 60–80%.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Hwoj Wrap
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 2.0–3.0%
+27–60 Life per Hit
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduces the number of items needed for set bonuses by 1 (to a minimum of 2).
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+24–29 Dexterity

+24–29 Strength

+24–29 Intelligence
Ring of Royal Grandeur

Everything is chosen to complement Jade Harvester + Creeping Death + Quetzalcoatl.

Beings as DoT effects can't crit but their damage scales with crit chance/damage, having Broken Promises is highly favorable with this build.

With Creeping Death, Hwoj Wrap can permaslow enemy creatures.

Bane of the Trapped can be swapped with Moratarium for more protection

Note on The Grin Reaper
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/13140803953

Paragon Priorities

Core

Movement Speed
Maximum Resource
Primary Stat
Vitality

Offense

Critical Hit Damage
Cooldown Reduction
Attack Speed
Critical Hit Chance

Defense

Life Regeneration
Life
Armor
Resist All

Utility

Resource Cost Reduction
Area Damage
Life on Hit
Gold Find

Build Guide

Abilities

Haunt (Poisoned Spirit) should not be swapped out
Locust Swarm is fine on any rune, and may be swapped out for anything depending on your build if you have Wormwood (Mass Confusion, Hex, Horrify Pirahnas, Summon Zombie Dogs)
Soul Harvest is essential to the build. This rune isn't essential, but complements Sacred Harvester.
Spirit Walk is essential for keeping you safe
Pirahnas increase your damage, group up enemies, and deal some extra damage, but can be swapped with Mass Confusion, Hex, or Horrify if you prefer.
Hex helps with crowd control and gives more increased damage.

If you use The Grin Reaper, you'll want to work in Spider Queen, Pyrogeist, and/or Acid Blob. The mimics will not cost locust swarm or hex.

Passives

Spirit Vessel is standard for any hardcore Witch Doctor
Creeping Death is vital to the harvester setup here
Grave Injustices is not essential, but it reduces cooldowns so you can keep casting your cooldowns

Alternatives

Jungle Fortitude may be viable for damage reduction
Pierce the Veil may be viable for 20% damage increase
Tribal Rites may be viable if you use a lot of cooldowns other than Big Bad Voodoo

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