This is my summon Witch Doctor, I loved the Necromancer in D2 and he was the character I got furthest with.
The enjoyment for me was sitting back and watching my minions destroy the hordes of hell! This is my plan with this Witch Doctor build as well as a few defensive spells to avoid danger and also an escape/mana regen spell ready for emergencies.
Kamikaze
This is a just a fun, half-baked build idea for anyone wanting to play a wizard as an up close and personal fighter. The idea is to be in the center of it all and unleash an insane amount of AoE damage but maintaining the defenses to stay alive.
Frost Nova - Crimson
Enemies take 110% more damage while frozen or chilled by Frost Nova.
Wave of Force - Indigo
Enemies hit have a 100% chance to cause a smaller Wave of Force that does 46 - 53 physical damage and knocks back enemies caught in its wake.
Explosive Blast - Alabaster
8 consecutive explosions cascade off you that each cause 50 - 67 physical damage.
Arcane Orb - Obsidian
Create 4 Arcane Orb(s) that orbit you, exploding for 162 - 222 Arcane damage when enemies get close.
Slow Time - Crimson
Enemies caught in the bubble of warped time take 140% more damage.
Defenses - I'd argue Diamond Skin would provide the most amount of defense, but the Offensive skills would require extensive AP reserves. It's a toss up here...what do you think? Diamond Skin - Golden - Reduce Arcane Power cost of all spells by 14 while Diamond Skin is active.
Diamond Skin - Indigo - Increase duration to 21 seconds.
Energy Armor - Indigo - Rather than reducing your maximum Arcane Power, it is increased by 40 while Energy Armor is active.
Passives
Galvanizing Ward - (If Energy Armor is utilized) Increases the duration of your armor spells by 120 seconds. As long as an Armor spell is active, you gain 32 Life per second.
Evocation - to 'explode' often Reduces all cooldowns by 20%.
Astral Presence - Increases your maximum Arcane Power by 20 and Arcane Power regeneration by 2 per second
-OR- Power Hungry - (Depending on health globe drop rate) Gain 30 Arcane Power whenever you are healed by a health globe.
While in the middle of a mob, unleashing the Frost Nova will increase damage to monsters by +110%, I'm thinking this will maximize the WoF and ExB. The Arcane Orb seems appropriate for a close-quarters wiz, and with a Slow Time bubble, any enemies within take +140% damage. Again, this might be a tedious, difficult build to work with, but a fun one!
DKR
Interesting build but would be nice to link a b-net calculator
I'm thinking if you combine the Hex and Mass Confusion +dam% then it would really ramp up the damage of 4 exploding dogs. The Gargantuan is there to keep any other mobs/boss busy whilst I re-summon the dogs and Firebomb seems to be the most fun damage skill, or the one that appeals to me the most.
I'm still playing around with the build and this will no doubt change in an hour or so
Oh snap, that is one hell of a build, I quite like what you've done, seems a little similar to a body explosion build for necro (which isn't a bad thing). I can just imagine mobs going crazy fighting each other, your big guy taking on the ones not confused and then your dogs exploding and respawning everywhere!
Really Like Mine Too, much like a necro-poison support one!
Sweet build, similar to my all poison bomber I made but didn't save. Gotta love watching the zombies fall one by one in front of you seconds after casting
I was just on another thread that was talking about this, there was a video and it looks like your physical body stays where you cast and then will tele to your spirit after the time is up, maybe it doesn't tele if your physical body takes too much damage?
It will be interesting when the game comes out how different the builds will end up, due to how difficult runes will be to level and your experience as you play the game
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This is my summon Witch Doctor, I loved the Necromancer in D2 and he was the character I got furthest with.
The enjoyment for me was sitting back and watching my minions destroy the hordes of hell! This is my plan with this Witch Doctor build as well as a few defensive spells to avoid danger and also an escape/mana regen spell ready for emergencies.
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Goodluck everyone!
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Interesting build but would be nice to link a b-net calculator
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Oh snap, that is one hell of a build, I quite like what you've done, seems a little similar to a body explosion build for necro (which isn't a bad thing). I can just imagine mobs going crazy fighting each other, your big guy taking on the ones not confused and then your dogs exploding and respawning everywhere!
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Sweet build, similar to my all poison bomber I made but didn't save. Gotta love watching the zombies fall one by one in front of you seconds after casting
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I also don't see the runes or the passives
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http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#dZbiUk!YfX!accYYb
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I quite like the DH build
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Just thought it would be cool to have a "general discussion" about your class build.
Just a little fun
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Check out everyones build and then discuss!