Set up a pet heavy spec.. goofing off in Act 1 inferno right now with it, but eagerly look forward to the buffs to take it further...
Left Click - Dire bats
Right click - Locust Swarm - Devouring rune for mana return
1 - Zombie dogs - burning dogs rune for the aoe ticks
2 - Garg - Big stinker, again aoe ticks
3 - Sacrifice - next of kin, big dmg shot with a common respawn so you can blast 1-3 shots of it off before burning the CD re-spawning all the dogs
4 - Open (i personally use Corpse spider - spider queen for another aoe with fire and forget aspects
Passives - Jungle Fortitude, the reduced dmg will be handy with no defensive CDs for ya and the pets wont mind even less dmg
Fierce Loyalty - bonus regen for the pets, and some thorns dmg dont hurt
Blood ritual - extra regen for the pets and yourself and little easier to keep the dire bats going
Pretty straight forward play, locust swarm on big groups, and then dire bat, on bosses it is dire bats with swarm and pets doing the majority... It is really a more lazy man's play style.. if you do not want to spend all the time running around and hiding and kiting and just wanna kick back and collect loot then it will be ideal for you.
Gearing for this will be not that bad, you will look more raw stats, and less crit/crit dmg.. so tons of Int, Vit, and resists... Add in regen and thorns where possible for an extra fluff and you will do good. Now the key thing that will make it a bit nicer.. proc effects... the pets can trigger them and so you will want them.
Try for some freeze or stun (stun can be pricey on some items) get around 4-6% and yours pets will take even less damage since most the things will not be moving much.. add in some Life Steal on the weapon and you are getting tougher.
of the legendaries i have seen procs listed the Gidbinn looks quite promising for this kind of spec since it procs the fetishes and would give you even more pets to keep things away from you
Any suggestions would be much appreciated, and please do remember this is for post 1.04
*** changed out Dire bats with rain of toads and Locust swarm rune changed to searing
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Left Click - Dire bats
Right click - Locust Swarm - Devouring rune for mana return
1 - Zombie dogs - burning dogs rune for the aoe ticks
2 - Garg - Big stinker, again aoe ticks
3 - Sacrifice - next of kin, big dmg shot with a common respawn so you can blast 1-3 shots of it off before burning the CD re-spawning all the dogs
4 - Open (i personally use Corpse spider - spider queen for another aoe with fire and forget aspects
Passives - Jungle Fortitude, the reduced dmg will be handy with no defensive CDs for ya and the pets wont mind even less dmg
Fierce Loyalty - bonus regen for the pets, and some thorns dmg dont hurt
Blood ritual - extra regen for the pets and yourself and little easier to keep the dire bats going
Pretty straight forward play, locust swarm on big groups, and then dire bat, on bosses it is dire bats with swarm and pets doing the majority... It is really a more lazy man's play style.. if you do not want to spend all the time running around and hiding and kiting and just wanna kick back and collect loot then it will be ideal for you.
Gearing for this will be not that bad, you will look more raw stats, and less crit/crit dmg.. so tons of Int, Vit, and resists... Add in regen and thorns where possible for an extra fluff and you will do good. Now the key thing that will make it a bit nicer.. proc effects... the pets can trigger them and so you will want them.
Try for some freeze or stun (stun can be pricey on some items) get around 4-6% and yours pets will take even less damage since most the things will not be moving much.. add in some Life Steal on the weapon and you are getting tougher.
of the legendaries i have seen procs listed the Gidbinn looks quite promising for this kind of spec since it procs the fetishes and would give you even more pets to keep things away from you
Any suggestions would be much appreciated, and please do remember this is for post 1.04
*** changed out Dire bats with rain of toads and Locust swarm rune changed to searing