Posted by Member nuhertz on 2/10/13 06:20 AM
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I'm starting to put together a power leveling witch doctor. His only job will be to take characters from level 1-60.
The build needs to do the following: Do as much DPS as possible in a very short time Have massive amounts of minions to shield low level characters Have no movement speed or skills to keep him with the low levels I'm taking all suggestions for skills/runes/gear I have already decided on some ice climbers, and am using acid cloud for my main attack. |
Witch Doctor - Made for power leveling
Posted by Member douvinsky on 2/10/13 08:30 AM
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What is the context? Are you going to sell some power leveling service?
My two cents: Acid Cloud / Acid Rain for AoE Passives (the more pick up radius the better): 1) Gruesome Feast - for mana regain 2) Grave Injustice - for mana regain I think you should also keep some + movement speed gears/ skills, in case you need to move fast to save him/ her from some backstabbing monsters. That means horrify/ stalker and Spirit Walk/ Jaunt........if you still have space for active skills, just leave them there. |
Posted by Member douvinsky on 2/10/13 08:34 AM
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For higher level eg Hell Azmodan, might consider adding or switching to
Spirit Barrage Poison Dart / Flaming Dart |
Posted by Member alyu314 on 2/10/13 08:54 AM
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no movement speed...
I would never do runs of a1-4 over and over without 24ms + jaunt + stalker + angry chicken but you can use rot to proc fetish, I think for swarms of them. I think I saw a build that used azurewrath for super fast attacking to proc the fetishes. like 20 at a time, which easily makes up for lower dps (they do quite a bit). I think it was combined with a zdogs build (which can be pricy) but I dont think it is necessary. fetish swarms + AC should be enough, so I dont think you need gargantuan or dogs (unless you are doing zdogs as well) edit: also, why ice over zuni trail? |
Posted by Member nuhertz on 2/10/13 01:30 PM
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The more I look at this, the more I think I should be doing an Archon Wiz.
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Posted by Member Khan on 2/10/13 01:51 PM
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Posted by Member alyu314 on 2/10/13 02:32 PM
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yeah, archon moves slow but still melts packs. but Im not sure how you would protect the lvler then (besides the obvious "kill everything", because the same can be said for every class). personally, my friends leveled 3 of my guys to 60 with dh's multishoting everything.
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Posted by Member douvinsky on 2/10/13 03:56 PM
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I have not power levelled someone before, but I would think that the key is clear things fast in front, while maintaining the XP shared distance with the subject. Hence I guess any geared player class who could farm fast can fulfil this role.
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Posted by Member nuhertz on 2/10/13 04:57 PM
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So when I say power level, I mean either running Whimsyshire or Level 2 of the Keeps over and over to get to NM, Hell and Inferno, and hit level 60 as fast as possible. The only quests I'd ever complete are killing Diablo 3 times to advance to the next difficulty.
I did some playing with an Archon Wizard doing this today, and it went rather well. I just find my mana eventually runs out with my WD, but Archon keeps going strong. |
Posted by Member ninjax on 2/11/13 02:08 AM
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WD is all about mana, so you need to get a lot of regen and use passives that also give it back. You don't have any WD specific items apart from ToTD :)
You should try get regen on: Offhand Helm (see visage of giyua for example) Weapon (ceremonial daggers) OR get 4 zuni set pieces and a couple of above. Look at using Grave Injustice as well, it's extremely OP. Mana and life back plus reduces cooldown? Yes please. It's extremely good when using Thing of the Deep as it's more effective with a big pickup radius. Just my 2 pence :) |