Even in 1.0.4 I remember leveling a Witch Doctor and plowing through most of Inferno with most of his leveling gear except for a few pieces and the pieces I did buy I didn't spend more than 50k on in the gold auction house.
Haven't played him since the patch, but I would only assume things wouldn't be that much different. Plus I really do enjoy playing my WD and will probably starting working on his gear again.
I would suggest more armor as well. I still use Seize the Initiative with that I sit at around 4.5k armor. I use the standard Thunderclap/Cyclone build.
You could drop a bit of resistance to grab a couple +armor pieces. I run with 570 all resist and MP2 gives me very few problems unless I'm not paying attention against elites with certain affixes. I also see you are using a spear as an offhand. I'd definitely keep the Echoing Fury as a main hand, but I try for a sword or axe as my offhand. Faster weapons help with LoH.
I've never been able to make the move from Mantra of Evasion to Conviction. I've tried it different times but I just feel like I take a lot more damage without it. I use MoE with the Backlash rune. I like the added AoE for clearing trash clearly. Don't forget to rebuff it when other defensive abilities are on CD the extra dodge has saved me more than a few times.
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Haven't played him since the patch, but I would only assume things wouldn't be that much different. Plus I really do enjoy playing my WD and will probably starting working on his gear again.
You could drop a bit of resistance to grab a couple +armor pieces. I run with 570 all resist and MP2 gives me very few problems unless I'm not paying attention against elites with certain affixes. I also see you are using a spear as an offhand. I'd definitely keep the Echoing Fury as a main hand, but I try for a sword or axe as my offhand. Faster weapons help with LoH.
I've never been able to make the move from Mantra of Evasion to Conviction. I've tried it different times but I just feel like I take a lot more damage without it. I use MoE with the Backlash rune. I like the added AoE for clearing trash clearly. Don't forget to rebuff it when other defensive abilities are on CD the extra dodge has saved me more than a few times.