Witch Doctor

Poison Dart Witch Doctor Build (No Set)

No set · Witch Doctor

  • Tier B in Season 40
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  • 3 variants

Legacy gem build for the Witch Doctor: tier B, Season 40, with gear, cube powers, gems and 3 variants.

As of Season 40 · by eRnstl · updated

Changes since Season 39

  • Tier: C → B
  • New on the skill bar: Sacrifice (Provoke the Pack)
  • Dropped from the skill bar: Horrify (Frightening Aspect)
  • The fourth cube slot is gone (Season 39 only).

Active Skills

  1. L Poison Dart Rune: Spined Dart Physical
  2. R Piranhas Rune: Piranhado Poison
  3. 1 Spirit Walk Rune: Jaunt
  4. 2 Big Bad Voodoo Rune: Slam Dance
  5. 3 Soul Harvest Rune: Languish
  6. 4 Sacrifice Rune: Provoke the Pack Physical

Passive Skills

  • Fetish Sycophants
  • Grave Injustice
  • Pierce the Veil
  • Spirit Vessel

Equipment

2 set pieces · 11 legendary items

  • HelmCarnevilLegendaryAmethyst
  • ShouldersPauldrons of the Skeleton KingLegendary
  • AmuletSquirt's NecklaceLegendaryEnforcer
  • ChestAquila CuirassLegendaryEmeraldEmeraldEmerald
  • GlovesStone GauntletsLegendary
  • BracersLakumba's OrnamentLegendary
  • BeltThe Witching HourLegendary
  • PantsDepth DiggersLegendary
  • BootsIce ClimbersLegendary
  • Ring 1The Wailing HostSetBane of the Stricken
  • Ring 2Litany of the UndauntedSetSimplicity's Strength
  • Main HandThe Dagger of DartsLegendaryEmerald
  • Off HandShukrani's TriumphSanctifiedLegendary

Kanai's Cube

  • WeaponEchoing FuryLegendarySlaying enemies engulfs the wielder into a Frenzy.
  • ArmorMask of JeramLegendaryPets deal 200% increased damage.
  • JewelryConvention of ElementsLegendaryGain 200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This non-static effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison.

Gear Stats

  • Carnevil

    Helm

    Amethyst
    • +626–750 Intelligence ancient +825–1,000
    • +626–750 Vitality ancient +825–1,000
    • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6%
    • Socket
    The 10 Fetishes closest to you will shoot a powerful Poison Dart every time you do.
  • Pauldrons of the Skeleton King

    Shoulders

    • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
    • Chance to Deal 10–20% Area Damage on Hit.
    • Increases Fetish Army Damage by 10–15%
    • +416–500 Vitality ancient +550–650
    • Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1–2 Yards.
    When receiving fatal damage, there is a chance that you are instead restored to 25% of maximum Life and cause nearby enemies to flee in fear.
  • Aquila Cuirass

    Chest Armor

    Emerald Emerald Emerald
    • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
    • +416–500 Vitality ancient +550–650
    • Increases Fetish Army Damage by 10–15%
    • Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1–2 Yards.
    • Socket
    While above 90–95% primary resource, all damage taken is reduced by 50%.
  • Stone Gauntlets

    Gloves

    • Attack Speed Increased by 5–7%
    • Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26–50%
    • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8–10%
    • Chance to Deal 10–20% Area Damage on Hit.
    • Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1–2 Yards.
    Getting hit increases your armor by 50%, but reduces your movement speed by 15% and attack speed by 20%. This effect stacks up to 5 times.
  • Lakumba's Ornament

    Bracers

    • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
    • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6%
    • Poison skills deal 15–20% more damage.
    • +416–500 Vitality ancient +550–650
    • Reduces damage from ranged attacks by 6–7%.
    Reduce all damage taken by 60% if your Soul Harvest stack is at least 1–3, and an additional 2% for each stack of Soul Harvest.
  • The Witching Hour

    Belt

    • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
    • Increases Attack Speed by 5–7%
    • Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26–50% ancient 51–100%
    • Increases Poison Dart Damage by 8–15% ancient 10–15%
    • +141–160 Physical Resistance ancient +176–210
    • Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1–2 Yards.
  • Depth Diggers

    Pants

    • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
    • +416–500 Vitality ancient +550–650
    • +559–595 Armor ancient +654–775
    • Increases Poison Dart Damage by 8–15% ancient 10–15%
    • Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1–2 Yards.
    Primary skills deal 80–100% additional damage.
  • Ice Climbers

    Boots

    • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
    • +416–500 Vitality ancient +550–650
    • +91–100 Resistance to All Elements ancient +110–130
    • +373–397 Armor ancient +436–516
    • Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1–2 Yards.
    Gain immunity to Freeze and Immobilize effects.
  • Squirt's Necklace

    Amulet

    Enforcer
    • +71–80% Extra Gold from Monsters
    • Critical Hit Damage Increased by 51–100%
    • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8–10%
    • Reduces damage from ranged attacks by 6–7%.
    • Chance to Deal 10–20% Area Damage on Hit.
    • Socket
    While not taking damage, damage dealt is increased by up to 100% and damage taken is increased by up to 50%.
  • The Wailing Host

    Ring 1

    Bane of the Stricken
    • Attack Speed Increased by 5–7%
    • Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26–50%
    • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6%
    • +141–160 Physical Resistance ancient +176–210
    • Socket
  • Litany of the Undaunted

    Ring 2

    Simplicity's Strength
    • Attack Speed Increased by 5–7%
    • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 4.5–6%
    • Critical Hit Damage Increased by 26–50%
    • +141–160 Physical Resistance ancient +176–210
    • Socket
  • The Dagger of Darts

    Main Hand

    Emerald
    • +(981–1,199)–(1,175–1,490) Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
    • +6–10% Damage
    • Increases Attack Speed by 5–7%
    • Chance to Deal 16–24% Area Damage on Hit.
    • Socket
    Your Poison Darts and your Fetishes' Poison Darts now pierce and deal an additional 400–500% damage.
  • Shukrani's Triumph

    Off Hand

    • +626–750 Intelligence ancient +825–1,000
    • Critical Hit Chance Increased by 8–10%
    • Physical Damage (Weapon)
    • Increases Fetish Army Damage by 10–15%
    • Chance to Deal 10–20% Area Damage on Hit.
    After the initial duration of Spirit Walk ends, it will continue to last until you attack 3 times or until an elite enemy is within 20 yards of you. Attacks while in the spirit realm deal 75–100% increased damage.
Enchantress

Enchantress

Eirena

Equipment

  • HelmBlind Faith
  • ShouldersHoming Pads
  • Chest ArmorTal Rasha's Relentless Pursuit
  • GlovesGloves of Worship
  • BeltThe Witching Hour
  • PantsCain's Habit
  • BootsIce Climbers
  • AmuletThe Flavor of Time
  • BracersNemesis Bracers
  • Ring 1Bul-Kathos's Wedding Band
  • Ring 2Oculus Ring
  • Main HandThunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker
  • Off HandEmpty
  • Enchantress FocusEmpty

Skills

  1. Level 15
    • Betören
    • Temporaler Impuls
  2. Level 20
    • Verstärkung
    • Prophetische Harmonie
  3. Level 25
    • Energieschild
    • Erosion
  4. Level 30
    • Aufschub des Schicksals
    • Konzentrierter Geist

Gameplay

The configuration

This setup is stored as a complete build — gear, skills, runes and cube powers work together and are not assembled from individual statistics.

  • Set: no class set — Legacy of Nightmares (ring set)
  • Rating: tier B across all classes
  • Kanai's Cube: Echoing Fury, Mask of Jeram, Convention of Elements
  • Skills: Poison Dart (Spined Dart), Piranhas (Piranhado), Spirit Walk (Jaunt), Big Bad Voodoo (Slam Dance), Soul Harvest (Languish), Sacrifice (Provoke the Pack)
  • Passives: Fetish Sycophants, Grave Injustice, Pierce the Veil, Spirit Vessel
  • Variants available: GR push, Speed farming, Torment 16 / Nephalem rifts

The fetishes come from the Fetish Sycophants passive, not from the Fetish Army skill. Fetish Army damage on shoulders, chest and off-hand still boosts them as a separate multiplier — that is why the stat shows up in the affixes and the stat priority.

Use the variant switcher above to move between the versions. What changes between them is spelled out below — read it before you rebuild.

How the variants differ

Measured against the push version. Anything not listed here stays the same:

  • Speed farming: swaps in cube The Ess of Johan; gems Legacy of Dreams.
  • Torment 16 / Nephalem rifts: swaps in skills Spirit Walk (Severance), Summon Zombie Dogs (Life Link), Soul Harvest (Soul to Waste), Horrify (Frightening Aspect); cube The Ess of Johan; gems Boon of the Hoarder, Legacy of Dreams.

Sockets and gems

The 3 legendary gems (Enforcer, Bane of the Stricken, Simplicity's Strength) belong in the jewellery slots (rings and amulet). Urshi can upgrade them after a Greater Rift whether they are socketed, in your inventory or in your stash.

The remaining 5 sockets are filled with regular gems: Emerald (4) and Amethyst (1).

On the season theme

In Season 40, Angelic Crucibles sanctify a legendary item: perfect Ancient-level stats plus one of three powers of your class at random. You can only wear one Sanctified item at a time. None of your class's three powers boosts a skill of this build directly. The Gargantuan / Summon Zombie Dogs / Sacrifice power works regardless of your skill bar. Which item is sanctified depends on the version: Shukrani's Triumph (GR push), Shukrani's Triumph (Speed farming) and The Dagger of Darts (Torment 16 / Nephalem rifts). Since the power is rolled at random, a Sanctified item can be sanctified again with another Crucible. All powers are listed on the Season 40 page.

FAQ

How good is the Poison Dart Witch Doctor build without a set in Season 40?

Solid: it is rated tier B across all classes, behind the strongest builds of the season. It ranks #7 of our 10 Witch Doctor builds this season.

Which skills does the Poison Dart Witch Doctor build without a set use?

The skill bar holds Poison Dart, Piranhas, Spirit Walk, Big Bad Voodoo, Soul Harvest.

What goes into Kanai's Cube for the Poison Dart Witch Doctor build without a set?

Weapon: Echoing Fury, Armor: Mask of Jeram, Jewelry: Convention of Elements.

Which legendary gems does the Poison Dart Witch Doctor build without a set use?

The legendary gems are Enforcer, Bane of the Stricken, Simplicity's Strength.

Which variants of the Poison Dart Witch Doctor build without a set are there?

3 variants: GR push, Speed farming, Torment 16 / Nephalem rifts. Switch between them with the variant selector above; the differences are listed in the gameplay section.

Which follower suits the Poison Dart Witch Doctor build without a set?

Recommended follower: Enchantress, equipped with Blind Faith, Gloves of Worship, Homing Pads, Cain's Habit.

Which stats matter for the Poison Dart Witch Doctor build without a set?

Prioritize these stats: Intelligence, Critical Hit Chance, Vitality, Pickup Radius, Critical Hit Damage, Area Damage.

What are the alternatives for the Witch Doctor?