Loads of good suggestions, liking the differences in summoner builds :).
I know! I'm surprised and happy that we're getting this much turnout for builds. The WD was my first class and is still my favorite. I'm glad that the summoner playstyle is viable now!
P.S. brb, killing Belial with a summoner build.
P.P.S. success on first attempt. Perfect example of summoner viability :-D
+range is cheap, and +health globes is also cheap. With range on all items, you can get around 65 total yards for circle of life, cooldown refresh from grave injustice (though may drop that for PtV for extra sacrifice damage), and constant health refresh from the globes that'll just pop up all over the place.
May switch grave injustice for gruesome feast, on second thought; will still get many of the same benefits while increasing the damage output.
And I just missed out on a treasure imp because RoT is terrible at hitting that kind of fast-moving target. >_< I guess you can never be totally happy, eh? :-P
It seems to work pretty darn well; my only complaint is that I have to get close to cast pestilence. I care less about my pet's life regen, since I can usually just summon another one when the first one dies. I may switch out PtV for Zombie Handler eventually, but I think I really like the damage boost from PtV.
Thanks for the comments! I've read some players suggesting that Spirit Walk is no longer necessary, thanks to the patch. Any thoughts on replacing that with a fire-and-forget spell? Manitou, spider queen, pyrogeist? Not sure on the range of Manitou anymore after the patch; it used to be pretty short.
Any suggestions on ZD / Garg runes?
As for passives, I'm trying to find an optimum combination between Jungle Fortitude, Zombie Handler, Blood Ritual, Pierce the Veil, and Fierce Loyalty. I find that my character can get dead pretty fast when he's hit, so I'm considering jungle fort, but then that limits my further options. I may have to gear for more armor and resist all in the future, but I'm trying to find something to progress through act 2 with.
After 1.0.4 landed, I've decided to go back to my WD after playing a monk in the interim. However, I am trying to fine-tune my spec, and am having some issues. My current WD setup is below.
Given my large amount of health, I like how Blood Ritual works. I'm thinking of incorporating it into my summoner build, but I don't know if Fierce Loyalty works with that (since it's labeled as coming from "items"). I also am not a huge fan of how Spirit Barrage works; it feels too slow and unreliable to be used as a mana dump. I tried Lob Blob Bomb, but I also can't get into that one either.
I'm trying to stay at range, so I don't really like how Mass Confusion works, but Soul Harvest also requires close range; maybe horrify with the armor buff?
Basically, I'm looking to have a constant AoE primary with a good mana dump single-target (when coming across packs), while still maintaining the summoner aspect of the class I really enjoy.
Thoughts on followers for solo play? Been running with Templar, but now I'm trying to use either the scoundrel or enchantress (trying to get them both to 60 first).
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I know! I'm surprised and happy that we're getting this much turnout for builds. The WD was my first class and is still my favorite. I'm glad that the summoner playstyle is viable now!
P.S. brb, killing Belial with a summoner build.
P.P.S. success on first attempt. Perfect example of summoner viability :-D
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+range is cheap, and +health globes is also cheap. With range on all items, you can get around 65 total yards for circle of life, cooldown refresh from grave injustice (though may drop that for PtV for extra sacrifice damage), and constant health refresh from the globes that'll just pop up all over the place.
May switch grave injustice for gruesome feast, on second thought; will still get many of the same benefits while increasing the damage output.
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It seems to work pretty darn well; my only complaint is that I have to get close to cast pestilence. I care less about my pet's life regen, since I can usually just summon another one when the first one dies. I may switch out PtV for Zombie Handler eventually, but I think I really like the damage boost from PtV.
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Any suggestions on ZD / Garg runes?
As for passives, I'm trying to find an optimum combination between Jungle Fortitude, Zombie Handler, Blood Ritual, Pierce the Veil, and Fierce Loyalty. I find that my character can get dead pretty fast when he's hit, so I'm considering jungle fort, but then that limits my further options. I may have to gear for more armor and resist all in the future, but I'm trying to find something to progress through act 2 with.
Modified build I'm thinking of trying out tonight from your comments: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/witch-doctor#WcgXYT!agc!bacYYc
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After 1.0.4 landed, I've decided to go back to my WD after playing a monk in the interim. However, I am trying to fine-tune my spec, and am having some issues. My current WD setup is below.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Jhonka-1267/hero/1610338
Given my large amount of health, I like how Blood Ritual works. I'm thinking of incorporating it into my summoner build, but I don't know if Fierce Loyalty works with that (since it's labeled as coming from "items"). I also am not a huge fan of how Spirit Barrage works; it feels too slow and unreliable to be used as a mana dump. I tried Lob Blob Bomb, but I also can't get into that one either.
I'm trying to stay at range, so I don't really like how Mass Confusion works, but Soul Harvest also requires close range; maybe horrify with the armor buff?
Basically, I'm looking to have a constant AoE primary with a good mana dump single-target (when coming across packs), while still maintaining the summoner aspect of the class I really enjoy.
Also toying with this build, but I'm not sure how my damage would be without PtV: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/witch-doctor#WfUXYT!gac!bYaYYZ
Thoughts on followers for solo play? Been running with Templar, but now I'm trying to use either the scoundrel or enchantress (trying to get them both to 60 first).
Thanks!