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Piranhas

Piranhas

Active Skill · Decay · Witch Doctor

  • 5 Runes
  • From level 61

Effect

Cost: 250 Mana
Cooldown: 8 seconds

Summons a pool of deadly piranhas that deals 400% weapon damage as Poison over 8 seconds. Affected enemies will also take 15% increased damage.

Runes

5 Runes

  • Bogadile

    from level 62 · Physical damage · Proc coefficient 0.03

    A giant bogadile emerges from the pool of water, Stuns, and bites a monster dealing 1100% weapon damage as Physical.

  • Zombie Piranhas

    from level 63 · Poison damage · Proc coefficient 0.025

    Turn the piranhas into zombie piranhas. The piranhas will leap out from the pool savagely at nearby enemies

  • Piranhado

    from level 65 · Poison damage · Proc coefficient 0.05

    The pool of piranhas becomes a tornado of piranhas that lasts 4 seconds. Nearby enemies are periodically sucked into the tornado.

    Increases the cooldown to 16 seconds.

  • Wave of Mutilation

    from level 67 · Poison damage · Proc coefficient 0.4

    Turn each cast into a wave of piranhas that crash forward dealing 475% weapon damage and causing all enemies affected to take 15% increased damage for 8 seconds.

  • Frozen Piranhas

    from level 69 · Cold damage · Proc coefficient 0.028

    Changes the damage dealt to 400% weapon damage as Cold over 8 seconds, chilling enemies for the entire duration.

The proc coefficient scales the chance of on-hit effects (e.g. legendary powers, gems, Life per Hit) for each hit of the skill. Game files, version 2.8.0.

Piranhas

Piranhas summons a swarm of deadly fish in an area that deals poison damage over several seconds and — most valuably — slaps a damage amplifier on every affected enemy. It's precisely this debuff that makes the spell a staple of many builds: you drop it into a group before bursting, then let all your remaining damage land amplified.

The Piranhado rune is the most-played: the swarm becomes a tornado that actively sucks enemies into its centre and holds them tightly together — ideal for bunching packs up for your area damage while the amp is active. Wave of Mutilation is the alternative for more direct damage and also extends the amplifier effect, which pays off in single-target-heavy situations.

Runes compared

  • Bogadile (from level 62): a bogadile stuns a single enemy and bites it for 1100% weapon damage as Physical, the pick for single targets and physical setups.
  • Zombie Piranhas (level 63): the fish leap at nearby enemies, extending the pool's reach.
  • Piranhado (level 65): the tornado lasts 4 seconds and periodically sucks enemies in. The price is a cooldown that rises from 8 to 16 seconds. In practice this rune still wins out most of the time, because tightly grouped packs make all your other area damage better.
  • Wave of Mutilation (level 67): a wave crashes forward for 475% weapon damage and keeps the 15% amplifier on enemies for 8 seconds.
  • Frozen Piranhas (level 69): converts the damage to Cold and chills enemies for the whole duration.

Items and sets that build on Piranhas

Bakuli Jungle Wraps turn Piranhas into an enabler: enemies affected by Piranhas or Locust Swarm take 250–300% more damage from Firebats, so a roll close to 300% is worth chasing. In Helltooth Harness, Piranhas triggers Necrosis through the 2-piece bonus, and the 6-piece bonus raises its damage by 37,500% after Wall of Death. Spirit of Arachyr counts Piranhas as a creature skill, which its 6-piece bonus boosts by 11,500%.

Fitting partners

Grave Injustice trims all cooldowns whenever an enemy dies nearby, which offsets the longer Piranhado cooldown. Locust Swarm also satisfies the Bakuli condition, and Horrify fears enemies in place inside the pool.

by eRnstl