I wanted a build that was high damage(with lower emphasis on DoTs), low downtime, and super mobile.
Horrify / Grasp for CC, kiting, and a bit of dps. I prefer Horrify to Hex and Mass Confusion because:
I'm trying to minimize the utility spells I have in favor of straight up damage, homie. Therefore, my utility spells better kick some serious ass.
I'm not sure how fast the Hexer guy will be Hexing kids.
Mass Confusion is on too long of a CD.
Swarm / Firebomb for AE dps, Dart for a nuke.
Dogs with Life Link and Death Trance to mitigate damage from Blood Ritual, which I got since Pierce the Veil seems pretty amazing.
I think this will do some amazing damage, but my concern is a lack of utility. I will have to kite well to make it work. I may have to grab a Gargantuan or something if this doesn't work well. I also considered Sacrifice with the Obsidian runestone but I can't afford to ever be without my dogs, and I can do more damage with grasp. I'm not really sure whether 12s Horrify or 26 yard range is better, so I could go either way with that. Also, Indigo runestone might be better for Poison Dart, but we shall see.
So, what do you guys think of it?
OK I took another look at my build. I like a lot of things with it, but I just noticed Sacrifice. Am I understanding provoke the pack correctly? +40% damage(for me) per dog(%160 total w/ 4) for 60sec after sacrifice. Cooldown on dogs is 60s... I can just have +160% damage all the time? If so, I'll take it. Also, since I got zombie handler, I figured I should get a cleaving gargantuan. This leaves me without CC, so it might be a little flimsy. Also, I don't really have a heal, but let's see if I can manage without one. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/witch-doctor#ZafSTh!cdX!YZYYZY
Pet/dot based build
3 pets with magic dmg auras, nearly permanent fetish army, arcane dmg type ability (so all in all phys/fire/poison/arcane dmg mix), mass confusion on low cd to keep mobs occupied (if pets will be tanking everything just fine then will swap something else there and get as much thorn items as possible without hurting my attack).
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/witch-doctor#ZafSTh!cdX!YZYYZY
3 pets with magic dmg auras, nearly permanent fetish army, arcane dmg type ability (so all in all phys/fire/poison/arcane dmg mix), mass confusion on low cd to keep mobs occupied (if pets will be tanking everything just fine then will swap something else there and get as much thorn items as possible without hurting my attack).
love the Demon bats from hell