Lets Get the Party Started!!! (WD AD Pet build for 2.3)

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by Jonathan_Dion last updated Sep 6, 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.
Piranhas Wave of Mutilation
- 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.
Wave of Mutilation

Turn each cast into a wave of piranhas that crash forward dealing 475% weapon damage and causing all enemies affected to take 15% increased damage for 8 seconds.
Summon Zombie Dogs Chilled to the Bone
- Summon Zombie Dogs
Cooldown: 45 seconds

Summon 3 Zombie Dogs from the depths to fight by your side. Each dog deals 120% of your weapon damage as Physical per hit.
Chilled to the Bone

Enemies who hit or are hit by your Zombie Dogs are Chilled for 3 seconds.
Fetish Army Legion of Daggers
- Fetish Army
Cooldown: 120 seconds

Summon an army of 5 dagger-wielding Fetishes to fight by your side for 20 seconds. The Fetishes attack for 180% of your weapon damage as Physical.
Legion of Daggers

Increase number of dagger-wielding Fetishes summoned by 3.
Big Bad Voodoo Slam Dance
- Big Bad Voodoo
Cooldown: 120 seconds

Conjure a Fetish that begins a ritual dance that increases the attack speed and movement speed of all nearby allies by 15% for 20 seconds.
Slam Dance

The Fetish increases the damage of all nearby allies by 15%.
Gargantuan Humongoid
- Gargantuan
Cooldown: 60 seconds

Summon a Gargantuan zombie to fight for you. The Gargantuan attacks for 450% of your weapon damage as Physical.
Humongoid

The Gargantuan gains the Cleave ability, allowing its attacks to hit multiple enemies for 585% of your weapon damage as Cold.

Fierce Loyalty
- Fierce Loyalty
While you have a Gargantuan, Zombie Dog, or Fetish summoned, your movement speed is increased by 15%.

This bonus is increased to 30% while a Gargantuan, Zombie Dog, or Fetish is not in combat.

Additionally, you may have 1 additional Zombie Dog summoned at one time.
Midnight Feast
- Midnight Feast
The damage of your Zombie Dogs and Gargantuan is increased by 50%.

Additionally, you may have 1 additional Zombie Dog summoned at one time.
Zombie Handler
- Zombie Handler
Your Life, and that of your Zombie Dogs and Gargantuan are increased by 20%.

Additionally, you may have 1 additional Zombie Dog summoned at one time.
Pierce the Veil
- Pierce the Veil
All of your damage is increased by 20%, but your Mana costs are increased by 30%.

Items

Helltooth Mask

Set Helm

Primary Stats

+626–750 Intelligence
+4 Random Magic Properties
Empty Socket

Helltooth Harness
Helltooth Mask
Helltooth Mantle
Helltooth Tunic
Helltooth Leg Guards
Helltooth Greaves
Helltooth Gauntlets
(2) Set: Enemies hit by your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, or Wall of Death are afflicted by Necrosis, becoming Slowed, taking 1500% weapon damage every second, and taking 20% increased damage from your attacks for 10 seconds.
(4) Set: After applying Necrosis to an enemy, you take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.
(6) Set: After casting Wall of Death, gain 1400% increased damage for 15 seconds to your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, and Wall of Death.
Helltooth Mantle

Set Shoulders

Primary Stats

+416–500 Intelligence
Reduces cooldown of all skills by 5.0–8.0%.
+4 Random Magic Properties

Helltooth Harness
Helltooth Mask
Helltooth Mantle
Helltooth Tunic
Helltooth Leg Guards
Helltooth Greaves
Helltooth Gauntlets
(2) Set: Enemies hit by your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, or Wall of Death are afflicted by Necrosis, becoming Slowed, taking 1500% weapon damage every second, and taking 20% increased damage from your attacks for 10 seconds.
(4) Set: After applying Necrosis to an enemy, you take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds.
(6) Set: After casting Wall of Death, gain 1400% increased damage for 15 seconds to your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, and Wall of Death.
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
Zunimassa's Marrow

Set Chest Armor

Primary Stats

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

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Zunimassa's Haunt
Zunimassa's Vision
Zunimassa's Marrow
Zunimassa's String of Skulls
Zunimassa's Pox
Zunimassa's Trail
Zunimassa's Finger Wraps
Zunimassa's Cloth
(2) Set: Your Fetish Army lasts until they die and the cooldown of your Fetish Army is reduced by 80%.
(4) Set: You and your pets take 3% less damage for every Fetish you have alive.
(6) Set: Enemies hit by your Mana spenders take 2500% increased damage from your pets for 8 seconds.
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
Tasker and Theo

Legendary Gloves

Primary Stats

Attack Speed Increased by 5.0–6.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Increase attack speed of your pets by 40–50%.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+330–524 Dexterity

+330–524 Strength

+330–524 Intelligence
Belt of Transcendence

Legendary Belt

Primary Stats

+85–108 Vitality
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Summon a Fetish Sycophant when you hit with a Mana spender.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Zunimassa's Cloth

Set Pants

Primary Stats

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

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Zunimassa's Haunt
Zunimassa's Vision
Zunimassa's Marrow
Zunimassa's String of Skulls
Zunimassa's Pox
Zunimassa's Trail
Zunimassa's Finger Wraps
Zunimassa's Cloth
(2) Set: Your Fetish Army lasts until they die and the cooldown of your Fetish Army is reduced by 80%.
(4) Set: You and your pets take 3% less damage for every Fetish you have alive.
(6) Set: Enemies hit by your Mana spenders take 2500% increased damage from your pets for 8 seconds.
Zunimassa's Trail

Set Boots

Primary Stats

+220–349 Vitality
+4 Random Magic Properties
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Zunimassa's Haunt
Zunimassa's Vision
Zunimassa's Marrow
Zunimassa's String of Skulls
Zunimassa's Pox
Zunimassa's Trail
Zunimassa's Finger Wraps
Zunimassa's Cloth
(2) Set: Your Fetish Army lasts until they die and the cooldown of your Fetish Army is reduced by 80%.
(4) Set: You and your pets take 3% less damage for every Fetish you have alive.
(6) Set: Enemies hit by your Mana spenders take 2500% increased damage from your pets for 8 seconds.
Zunimassa's Pox

Set Ring

Primary Stats

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

+220–349 Dexterity

+220–349 Strength

+220–349 Intelligence

Zunimassa's Haunt
Zunimassa's Vision
Zunimassa's Marrow
Zunimassa's String of Skulls
Zunimassa's Pox
Zunimassa's Trail
Zunimassa's Finger Wraps
Zunimassa's Cloth
(2) Set: Your Fetish Army lasts until they die and the cooldown of your Fetish Army is reduced by 80%.
(4) Set: You and your pets take 3% less damage for every Fetish you have alive.
(6) Set: Enemies hit by your Mana spenders take 2500% increased damage from your pets for 8 seconds.
The Short Man's Finger

Legendary Ring

Primary Stats

Critical Hit Damage Increased by 15.0–16.0%
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Gargantuan instead summons three smaller gargantuans each more powerful than before.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+85–108 Dexterity

+85–108 Strength

+85–108 Intelligence
Starmetal Kukri

Legendary Ceremonial Knife

Primary Stats

+128–163 Intelligence
Critical Hit Damage Increased by 31.0–35.0%
+2 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Reduce the cooldown of Fetish Army and Big Bad Voodoo by 1 second each time your fetishes deal damage.
One of 7 Magic Properties (varies)

+(32–39)–(39–49) Arcane Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Poison Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Lightning Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Holy Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Cold Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Fire Damage

+(32–39)–(39–49) Damage
Zunimassa's String of Skulls

Set Mojo

Primary Stats

+(94–118)–(95–142) Damage
+330–524 Intelligence
+330–524 Vitality
Critical Hit Chance Increased by 6.0–10.0%
Increases Fetish Army Damage by 20–25% (Witch Doctor Only)
+2 Random Magic Properties

Zunimassa's Haunt
Zunimassa's Vision
Zunimassa's Marrow
Zunimassa's String of Skulls
Zunimassa's Pox
Zunimassa's Trail
Zunimassa's Finger Wraps
Zunimassa's Cloth
(2) Set: Your Fetish Army lasts until they die and the cooldown of your Fetish Army is reduced by 80%.
(4) Set: You and your pets take 3% less damage for every Fetish you have alive.
(6) Set: Enemies hit by your Mana spenders take 2500% increased damage from your pets for 8 seconds.

More Details

Head
- Helltooth Mask
- Stat Priority: Int CHC
Shoulders
- Helltooth Mantle
- Stat Priority: Int AD
Amulet
- Hellfire Amulet
- Stat Priority: Int CHC CHD AD
Torso
- Zunimassa's Marrow
- Stat Priority: Int
Wrists
- Strongarm Bracers
- Nemesis Bracers
- Stat Priority: None
Hands
- Tasker and Theo
- Stat Priority: Int CHC CHD AD
Waist
- Belt of Transcendence
- Stat Priority: Skill: SS
Legs
- Zunimassa's Cloth
- Stat Priority: None
Feet
- Zunimassa's Trail
- Stat Priority: None
Rings
- Zunimassa's Pox
- The Short Man's Finger
- Stat Priority: Int CHC CHD AD
Weapon
- Starmetal Kukri
- Stat Priority: Int CHD AD
Offhand
- Zunimassa's String of Skulls
- Stat Priority: Int CHC AD

Legendary Gems
- Enforcer
  Enforcer
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Increase the damage of your pets by 15.00%.
  Your pets take 90% less damage. (Requires Rank 25)
- Bane of the Trapped
  Bane of the Trapped
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Increase damage against enemies under the effects of control-impairing effects by 15.00%.
  Gain an aura that reduces the movement speed of enemies within 15 yards by 30%. (Requires Rank 25)
- Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  Gem of Efficacious Toxin
  
  Gem
  
  Primary Stats
  
  Poison all enemies hit for 2000% weapon damage over 10 seconds.
  All enemies you poison take 10% increased damage from all sources and deal 10% less damage. (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

Bovine Bardiche

Legendary Polearm

Primary Stats

+(39–47)–(47–59) Lightning Damage
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Chance on hit to summon a herd of murderous cows.
One of 3 Magic Properties (varies)

+192–245 Strength

+192–245 Intelligence

+192–245 Dexterity
Bovine Bardiche
Mask of Jeram

Legendary Voodoo Mask

Primary Stats

+128–163 Intelligence
+3 Random Magic Properties

Secondary Stats

Pets deal 75–100% increased damage.
Empty Socket
Mask of Jeram
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

The Idea behind the build is just to get the maximum pets you can (23 fetish,6 dogs,3 garg,4 cows) Theo and Tasker/Jeram passive are awesome together and everybody already know that!! ZuniAlready made is proves and is ready for War the new Helltooth Set Worth trying it!!!

But whats have changed the most since the past Season is the fact that since 2.3 EVERY PET CAN PROC ARENA OF DAMAGE!!!!

Haunt Is used for both the 20% added damage from all your pets And for the fact its a mana spender and will let you get full fetish Without the passive because of the belt!!

Piranhas are a good source of damage multiplier for you pet and goes well with your bracers

Big bad Voodoo is here for damage output as well

Dogs are here to apply both the 10% damage from all source And for the new helltooth 2 pieces set Debuff

Garg are mainly here for the Helltooth set Debuff (Cleave ROX especially with 3 Garg Cleaving)

Fetish Are your Main source of DPS Since they are Reducing ALL YOUR CD everytime they hit and will procs a LOT of AD

For the hellfire amulette I would try to get Some more DPS With confidence Ritual!!

Gems Are Easy Enforcer (pet build) Bane of trapped (curse from Helltooth) Efficacious (10% from ALL source)

Actually the Priority Is to get the maximum of AD from all the gear that can get some (Still try to get around 40-50% crit chance and some crit damage) but AD will give you way more then crit cant give you against packs elite or not!!!

Paragon Priorities

Core

Primary Stat
Vitality
Movement Speed
Maximum Resource

Offense

Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Damage
Attack Speed
Cooldown Reduction

Defense

Resist All
Life
Life Regeneration
Armor

Utility

Area Damage
Life on Hit
Resource Cost Reduction
Gold Find

Intel Intel Intel (damage)

Crit chance (but nothing over 50% I normally play 40ish) > Crit Damage Everything you can once you reached around 40% crit > Speed (just throw some extra point here since CD reduction is totally useless in that build (SMK give all the CD you need)

You gonna be a lot in Melee to stand in your BBV and cast Piranahs Just be aware your not a tank so try to fit your defense with what you lack the most

ARENA DAMAGE (Your build is all about AD so all you can throw there) > Life on hit is really nice cause it adds some Survival to the build Since your gonna be on melee range most of time > RCR really nice to get after the 2 others to help with the mana problem you can get from spamming non stop!!

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SonicTMP
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Posted Sep 5, 2015
Hey man, been using this build as a base and I'm really enjoying it but struggling around GR40. Think you need to tweak some stuff.

1) Toxic gem: I don't beleive pets proc this. Bane of Powerful for glass cannon or gizzard/esoteric for defence. I'm still trying to figure out the better.

2) Hex is kinda iffy. I've been having success with Piranhas: Wave of Mutalation. Combined with Strongarm bracers makes for a a decent double damage increase.

3) Bracers want to have physical damage. Both types of fetish and most dog runes do physical as default. You can opt to change garg rune as well to take advantage of it.

4) That said, fetish army damage on shoulder/chest/offhand.

5) Furance in the cube. Cows are fun but you need the extra damage on elites. More so with how spread out pets can get vs enemy horde.

I need some ancient upgrades but pure pets AD is alot of fun if not top tier. The biggest problem is being squishy if a ranged looks at you or something like winged assasins wants to jump on you. Condicer switching dogs into life link and running unity solo instead of short man's finger. Need to iron out a good defence so pets can do their job.

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Posted Sep 6, 2015
Quote from SonicTMP »

Hey man, been using this build as a base and I'm really enjoying it but struggling around GR40. Think you need to tweak some stuff.

1) Toxic gem: I don't beleive pets proc this. Bane of Powerful for glass cannon or gizzard/esoteric for defence. I'm still trying to figure out the better.

2) Hex is kinda iffy. I've been having success with Piranhas: Wave of Mutalation. Combined with Strongarm bracers makes for a a decent double damage increase.

3) Bracers want to have physical damage. Both types of fetish and most dog runes do physical as default. You can opt to change garg rune as well to take advantage of it.

4) That said, fetish army damage on shoulder/chest/offhand.

5) Furance in the cube. Cows are fun but you need the extra damage on elites. More so with how spread out pets can get vs enemy horde.

I need some ancient upgrades but pure pets AD is alot of fun if not top tier. The biggest problem is being squishy if a ranged looks at you or something like winged assasins wants to jump on you. Condicer switching dogs into life link and running unity solo instead of short man's finger. Need to iron out a good defence so pets can do their job.

Thx a lot for your comments.
They are really apreciated and even if I actually didnt even tough somebody would base himself on a build I made for Fun, I'm glad you enjoy it.

I actually know that this build is far from perfect and I really like all the change you mention in your text. I wasnt really planning on upgrading anything in it yet, Since people like you who love the base idea can just change what they dont like and still feel like they made something unique without copy paste the whole build. (I will change the Hex for piranah and the bracers) I'm actually using spirit walk instead of hex too cause Ilike the survival it give me in HC!!

1. I actually know Furnace is way greater then the cows but the build was just about getting the most pet possible to feel a bit like a summon necro in D2, this is also why I was using that passive and the garg ring. (you could also use the off-hand that split damage between you and your dogs instead of Furnace if your playing HC)

2. have you thinked about changing your Fetish army for the 1 with cold damage instead of changing both garg and dogs for physical? With SMK you can almost permanently cast your army again and again dealing tons of damage everytime you cast them!!!! and over all, its not really hard to change your bracer physical damage for cold damage (I would also recommand you to dont remove the little man finger since its proc alot of helltooth Debuff with cleave) (For people who dont have SMK a poison build is really nice to I was running T8 with ease Before getting my SMK using both dog army and garg with poison rune)

3. For the Legendaries gems I,m sorry if my choice sucks but Beside Enforcer I normally dont really mess with those (I normally prefer raw stats like intel>crit chance>crit damage>attacks speed on my amulette and rings over a socket for legendary gem, from there the gems are your choice, ty for pointing other choice tough ^^

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