I run a tank witch doctor. Although the DPS isn't spectacular, its enough to kill things quickly enough in a4 without a problem if i use bears. I have a DPS and pet CC set on switch but never getting killed is too hard to pass up If i can go against 3 a4 elite packs at once (no deaths) I think i'm doing something right. Surprisingly, the slightly lower attack speed does help with mana issues at times.

Skills - - - http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/witch-doctor#RfQUXd!aXU!acZcYZ

Gear - - - http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Savage-1411/hero/12019376

Running myself a pretty funny Bear build, still wearing plenty of shitty items and haven't bothered upgrading for a while because its so efficient in a2.

Heres my profile:
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Parsa-2474/hero/16445596

The funniest thing is stacking couple of elite packs and alot of normal mobs to same area, running into middle and start nuking and spamming every cooldown when it gets ready, sucking all the healthglobes in the area and getting dps up to ~130k. Need some more survivability to be able to farm like that in a3 though, have to be alot more careful there.

What do you think of my new weapon? Dps is low but int and crit so high!

ide use it

Info on patch 1.04 WD changes: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/6923459/Patch_104_Preview_Witch_Doctor-8_16_2012

Dogs getting improved, vision quest changed (nerfed?) and increases to acid cloud, firebats, firebomb and spirit barrage. How does this change your game plan?

they should improve some other spells, couse only playable build-bears with vq will be nerfed ---> bears will be unusable (playable i mean : killing with the speed similar than other classes !! ).
So I really hope in some changes in other skills, if they dont change: wd<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<all other classes.

I don't get what you are saying.
They are buffing other skills because bears and splinter dart were the only usable skills.
They are making some skills faster and stronger = more options.

And I don't think bear build will be unusable (you might need some -mana cost or more mana regen but that's for without VQ bear spamming)
So more complicated cause you need to throw in another skill to activate it.

I hope big buffs comes for the other skills...
All told wd is now the weakest char, but its not true now, and just becouse of the bears. U can try other builds, some of them can be funny, but i saw the zoo doctor videos, and the zoo doctor are very-very slow - and these wont be change just couse pets get more life.
So now the only build to make wd able to farm fast in a3/a4 is bears, and most in the bear users build, the main thing is the vq. ( and if u wanna survive hits, use shield- no regen, HOC- no regen... so its hard).
Maybe the new legendarys will help this problem, or maybe the other skills will get pimp (and yes it is true to need them pimping, cuz most of them are crap now).
But if the skills change dont will be a real pimp... wd will be really the weakest char.

"To help compensate and open up more build options, we’re buffing a lot of other skills to make them as appealing as Splinters and Zombie Bears."

quoted directly from

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/6923459/Patch_104_Preview_Witch_Doctor-8_16_2012

i love how all u nerds read 1 or 2 changes u dont like, stop reading the WD update page, come here and cry like 5 year old girls, been lots of laughs.

splinters already sucked and zombie bears will suck
so the others skills will be just as appealing as them? gg