4x WD spec and gear discussion

[MiRai]

There are already plenty of videos online that explain how to effectively play a WD. I don't need to make one myself to explain to someone why stun/freeze gear is next to useless for a WD.. sorta obvious as to why.

Love the software but this forum is full of a bunch of old timers who think EQ/DAOC skills apply to D3. I'm out.

Very helpful. See ya!

[Kicksome]

Whatever you're doing, it's far from optimal. You were already clueless on how MF functioned yet ran here to copy/paste after I had already explained to you. Whatever is fun for you I guess but stacking those stats is a complete and utter waste if your goal is to optimise for item finding. 5 i63's in 40 minutes is proof of this.

Man, I bet you're just the life of the party. Bro, we're sitting here trying to brainstorm different builds and determine drop rates vs time spent on our own. That's fun for some people. It's just a game, some people don't play it as optimally as you think you do. Some people have more fun trying to figure this stuff out than they do farming Act I all day. And I guess some people have more fun being haters.

There are already plenty of videos online that explain how to effectively play a WD. I don't need to make one myself to explain to someone why stun/freeze gear is next to useless for a WD.. sorta obvious as to why.

Love the software but this forum is full of a bunch of old timers who think EQ/DAOC skills apply to D3. I'm out.

Why don't you point out a few Multiboxing videos showing 4x Witchdoctors clearing the hardest content in the game (Act3/4/Whimsyshire). I think you'll probably only find mine at this point. If you actually watched them, you'd see why LoH and Freeze/Stun works so well. Perma stuned bosses is far from worthless.

[candlebox]

I started a forum about the dbags in this community for a reason. Here is some proof. Keep your head up kick. Plenty of people to bring you down.

[tundra622]

wow, i may be misunderstanding but did he just assume that multiboxing 4xWD's is the same as playing 1?

[candlebox]

yeah, just another troll.

[dancook]

There are already plenty of videos online that explain how to effectively play a WD. I don't need to make one myself to explain to someone why stun/freeze gear is next to useless for a WD.. sorta obvious as to why.

What you say could be true for a single Witch Doctor - but this is multi-boxing. If you think 10-20% chance to 'freeze/stun' on a WD is too bad to be relied upon - imagine when all 4 have the same, it becomes very different.

-- forgot to read page 3 before posting

p.s. keep up the good work OP!

And tell me about the your builds now? I'm running with what I originally read in the first post - not really got enough mana regen to make Acid Cloud reliable yet (only level 50 too). Are you still using Vision Quest?

[Kicksome]

And tell me about the your builds now? I'm running with what I originally read in the first post - not really got enough mana regen to make Acid Cloud reliable yet (only level 50 too). Are you still using Vision Quest?

I would suggest you get Mana Regen on Helm, Weapon and Offhand. You really need these, I even have this on my MF only sets. It makes a huge difference. Even if you give up DPS on the paper doll, get all 3 pieces for max mana regen if you run this build IMO.

Here's a decent spec that's pretty much what I use now (I just sub out jungle fort for bad medicine on one guy) - which gives your group 40% damage reduction (except for the mad medicine guy): http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/witch-doctor#iZURTQ!ZVU!aaaZYb

This is a Vision Quest build, so you get 300% mana regen when 4 skills are on CD - which should always be the case in combat. Hex should always be up, it's a GREAT cc, and just keep resummoning your gargs, and use spirit walk whenever it's up.

Your main attack, acid cloud, takes about 172 mana, also use grasp every time it's up. Which leaves you to round robin BBV when you need it for 30% damage and speed - this is the other skill that won't be on cooldown all the time along with Acid Cloud.

So if you don't have ANY mana regen you get:
20 (default) + 0 = 60 + 20 mana a sec
20 (default) + 10 (1x 10 mana regen item) = 90 + 30 mana / sec
20 (default) + 20 (2x 10 mana regen items) = 120 + 40 mana / sec
20 (default) + 30 (3x 10 mana regen items) = 150 + 50 mana / sec
20 (default) + 35 (3x ~10-14 mana regen items) = 165 + 55 mana / sec

So you can see, you can spam Acid Cloud a LOT more often with that nice 200 - 220 mana / sec. That's a LOT more dps, stun procs and LoH procs.

[dancook]

Thanks a lot great info! looking forward to 60

[Ellay]

Ugh, don't want to do it but I think I might end up making a WD combo. Ranged is king in this game sometimes.

[dancook]

Just dinged 60 on my WD...now i need to comb the AH for the 'ultimate' items - it's difficult

actually i bought super cheap items....

choosing

MF on all items

LOH - Amu, Rings Weapon
Chance on Freeze/Stun - Where possible

Int / All res - where I have the options to

Vit items are a bonus

All in all only spent 10mil - wanted to get ~800 damage weapons, and one was almost 4mil

Now I have a base to work from I can upgrade as I need

--- edit

I modified my keymap so when I hit space/shift space it hits keys 1/2/3 and rmb. I have to let up lmb occasionally so that the rmb can trigger - but it's a nice spam in A4 hell with this setup now..

big thanks to Op, this is FUN