Hey guys I'm Debo, I Main the Witch Doctor class, ever since the beta for Diablo 3 Vanilla. Encouraging players to try out the Witch Doctor class, and enjoy Diablo 3 is my major focus. I started to do this by compiling my thoughts in guides, and streaming to provide information to those who seek it.
The gear list can be different between what you have, and what on the list. I've listed the most commonly used end game pieces that most people use in either group, or solo Greater Rift tier play. As long as you have good rolls on your gear, and farm on a semi regular basis obtaining these items isn't to difficult.
However the hardest items to get are as follows:
* 3.Quetzalcoatl
* 2.Hell Fire amulet (With good rolls)
* 1.Furnace
With that being said below here is the item list, with what I believe is the best items for that gear slot:
* 2 Piece Black Thorn set = 10% Increased Elite damage, and 250 vit
Skill build breakdown:
The only really skills that I can see that can be altered are as follow:
Pierce the Veil --> Gruesome feast
* Helps out the the mana problems of Jade Build, damage isn't permanent like Pierce the Veil, However health globes now provide us mana, and a stacking int buff that makes up for the 20% damage lost.
Horrify ---> Zombie Dogs
* This variation occurs when using a one handed weapon, and the off Hand Uhkapian Serpent
* Outside of the Uhkapian Serpent, if you are not using this as your off hand, then you would still take Horrify over it.
Active Skills:
Spirit walk- "Jaunt"
* Extended time in the spirit realm by 3 seconds, sounds, straight forward choice here no surprise
* Will give us the flexibility, when we go against mobs, with jailer, frozen, waller etc.
Soul Harvest- "Siphon"
* 20k HP back on all monsters harvested provides massive life sustain.
Horrify "Frightening Aspect"
* 35% Armor Increase, will provide us additional toughness
* Provides us additional Crowd Control vs Elites, and trash mob packs
* With our CDR, Grave injustice, and Spirit Vessel this skill will be rarely off of cool down
* Triggers out Bane of the Trapped Gem
Piranhas- "Piranhado"
* 15% Damage increase on targets affected by Piranhas.
* Vortexes enemies into one area, enabling our harvest to hit maximum targets
* Also this triggers our Strong Arm Bracers effect, which makes enemies effected by knock back effects take additional damage.
* Triggers out Bane of the Trapped Gem
Haunt- "Resentful Spirits "
* Allows for our haunt to target 2 enemies at a time, as opposed to one
* Triggers out Bane of the Trapped Gem
Locust Swarm- "Pestilence"
* Causes locust swarm to spread to two targets at a time instead of one
* Adds to the total harvested damage on targets
* A good method to trigger "Efficacious Toxin Gem" quickly
Passive Skills
Pierce the Veil
* 20% increased damage, Everyone pretty much runs it,
* The increased mana cost is a pain, but as long as your smart about casting your spells, this really shouldn't be to much of an issue
Grave Injustice
* 1% Hp/Mana restored, and 1 second reduction to all skills, per enemy killed.
* Greatly effects Piranhado, Horrify, and Spirit Walk so we can, get "Instant resets" on our skills cool downs
Creeping Death
* With Quetzalcoatl doubles the damage output of our dots, and extends our dots to 5 minutes.
Spirit Vessel
* Upon our Death, we enter a Spirit walk state, this can occur once ever 90 seconds
* Also reduces the cool down of our Horrify, Soul Harvest, and Spirit walk by 2 Seconds
Legendary Gems
For the gem Selection I will list only the most common Gems that Witch Doctors use with this build.
For the Jade Build the gem variation, everyone pretty much runs the same typical setup:
My Top 3 personal Gems
* 3.Bane of the Powerful
* 2.Bane of the Trapped
* 1.Efficacious Toxin
General Top 3 Gems used by most Witch Doctors
* 3.Bane of the Powerful
* 2.Bane of the Trapped
* 1.Efficacious Toxin
Gem of Efficacious Toxin
* Base Effect: Poison all enemies hit for 2000% weapon damage over 10 seconds.
* Upgrade rank grants: +50% weapon damage over 10 seconds.
* Rank 25 unlocks: All enemies you poison take 10% increased damage from all sources.
Efficacious Toxin gem is as self sufficient as it gets. The dot can be applied by damage you preform, or caused by your pets. The Dot scales with Increase Poison% property items, and since the dot is poison property it auto triggers the secondary effect. For the Jade build the additional dot damage, and 10% increased damage from all sources contributes a lot of additional damage to this build.
Bane of the Trapped
* Base effect: Increase damage against enemies under control-impairing effects by 15%.
* Upgrade rank grants: +0.3% damage.
* Rank 25 unlocks: Gain an aura that reduces the movement speed of enemies within 15 yards by 30%.
Overall If your looking for a good standard gem that works in pretty much all WD builds, this is it. The gem self-activates just by being in close proximity of a monster, in combination with other impairing effects. The damage is ACTUAL damage increase on the target, just as if your using piranhas or Strong Arm bracers, which is pretty awesome.
Skills we have that trigger it
* Haunt - Chill
* Horrify- Fear
* Piranhado- Stun
Bane of the Powerful
* Base effect: Gain 20% increased damage for 30 seconds after killing an elite pack.
* Increase rank grants: +1 second buff duration.
* Rank 25 unlocks: 15% Increased Damage to Elites.
Overall I feel that this gem is the most well rounded out of all gem selections. At rank 25 the duration is extended 55 seconds, at rank 35 65 Seconds, and at rank 50 80 seconds of 20% increased damage. Not mention the secondary effect adds 15% elite damage. Increased Elite damage, 20% Damage buff makes this gem choice a solid one for the Jade build.
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Now that the formalities are out of the way:
Jade Build Patch 2.1:
Gearing list:
The gear list can be different between what you have, and what on the list. I've listed the most commonly used end game pieces that most people use in either group, or solo Greater Rift tier play. As long as you have good rolls on your gear, and farm on a semi regular basis obtaining these items isn't to difficult.
However the hardest items to get are as follows:
With that being said below here is the item list, with what I believe is the best items for that gear slot:
Terminology: Key
Gearing list:
Helm: Quetzalcoatl
Shoulders: Jade Set
Gloves: Jade Set
Ring 1: Unity, or Stone of Jordan
Unity
Stone of Jordan
Ring 2: Royal Ring of Grandeur
Weapon: Sun keeper, Furnace
Furnace
Sun Keeper
Off Hand: Uhkapian Serpent
Boots: Jade Set
Pants: Jade Set
Belt: Vigilante, Black Thornes'
Vigilante Belt
Black Thornes' Belt
Chest: Jade Set
Bracer: Strong Arm Bracers
Necklace: Hell Fire Amulet, Black thornes'
Hell Fire Amulet
Black Thornes
Skill build breakdown:
The only really skills that I can see that can be altered are as follow:
Pierce the Veil --> Gruesome feast
Horrify ---> Zombie Dogs
Active Skills:
Spirit walk- "Jaunt"
Soul Harvest- "Siphon"
Horrify "Frightening Aspect"
Piranhas- "Piranhado"
Haunt- "Resentful Spirits "
Locust Swarm- "Pestilence"
Passive Skills
Pierce the Veil
Legendary Gems
For the gem Selection I will list only the most common Gems that Witch Doctors use with this build.
For the Jade Build the gem variation, everyone pretty much runs the same typical setup:
My Top 3 personal Gems
General Top 3 Gems used by most Witch Doctors
Gem of Efficacious Toxin
Bane of the Trapped
Skills we have that trigger it
Bane of the Powerful
Video of build in action:
Jade 2.1 Guide Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZulR9fTqY
[Jade 2.1 Guide Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GstYtZi42dQ
[Jade 2.1 Guide Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWNuDF-7Qyk
These Videos are outdated, but interesting to see if you want to see pre-patch 2.1 Builds of Jade Build
Jade End Game Build (Out dated): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MOg07m5QEI
Jade Guide (Out dated): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWEBhkKzlY8