My son just got his Witch Doctor to level 60 and needs some help, but I know nothing about them. I've been looking through some guides, this thread, and a lot of profiles to get an idea of what direction to go in.

This isn't his main character, so I'm thinking just about a 200 million budget to start with. MP6-7 would be a good goal for now.

For skills, I see from somepage that this is most popular:

Firebomb - Ghost Bomb
Gargantuan - Humongoid
Soul Harvest - Soul to Waste
Acid Cloud - Acid Rain
View in the Skill Calculator
Grasp of the Dead - Death Is Life
Spirit Walk - Jaunt

Pierce the Veil
Gruesome Feast
Grave Injustice

So, some questions:

1. Is that a good build, or is there something better for his budget/level?
2. How much attack speed is needed with this build? Any?
3. Is 24% MS needed, or is 12% ok?
4. For gear, so far I'm thinking the Zunimassa's set, Manajuma's Knife, the Witching Hour, Vile Ward's, and he already has some 200+ Int/All Res/9% CC/CD gloves, but the rest of the gear I'm not clear on.

Thanks!

Have you heard of Firebat WD? It's the best spec for WDs in this patch.

Will you be interested in that?

I was just about to post this. I don't have enough information to supply you with the build, but the best and current build is Firebats.

I would PM http://forums.d2jsp.org/user.php?i=360001

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/KimSulki84-1308/hero/21765146

Here's my WD. I didn't spent much on him at all. Hope you get some gearing insights on it.

Thanks guys - changed skills to this:

Firebats - Cloud of Bats
Locust Swarm - Pestilence
Soul Harvest - Vengeful Spirit
Big Bad Voodoo - Slam Dance
View in the Skill Calculator
Mass Confusion - Paranoia
Spirit Walk - Honored Guest

Gruesome Feast
Spirit Vessel
Grave Injustice

Still wondering about attack speed and movement speed. That will determine bracers, pants, 2nd ring, amulet.

Also looking to go 1 handed, so Thing of the Deep or Uhkapian Serpent?

Thanks

12% is enough. I'm always 24% though.

If 1handed, Uhkapian is a good choice.

Try to pick up 2 slots with pick up radius and SOJ bat reduction.

this is a nice one. for some more examples on gearing and skill setups for firebats wds, you can look at my profile:
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/BlackXistenZ-2929/hero/27317449

this is, however, a more expensive version, spent about 2.2 bil on him.

Thanks for all the help.

We ultimately went even cheaper than the 200 million we planned. We spent 70 million on all this including gems.

You can see his profile here:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/mooglejordan-1186/hero/34406851

Think we missed anything important?

moogle for the skills:

gruesome feast, and grave injustice ( LoL english) u need defenitly more pickup radius, otherwise u dont benefit from it!

i dont know what is it in yards? 14 yards + puckup radius u need minimum +++++++ for higher mps mp8 or 10 need minimum 3,4k armor+





try get pickup radius on chest, boots then it will be fine.. because that are the easiest slots

This post was edited by arnie_pvp on Jul 1 2013 03:02pm

hey guys havent posted since my d2 days but im currently leveling up my wd and want some advice for a build. I want to be able to get through mp 10 no problem. Do you think this is possible with a budget of 10 bil.? Want this to be a beast farmer. Any advise on gear to look for would be awesome thx!