Diablo IIIArchive of Data for Patch 2.0Witch Doctor Runes

Witch Doctor Runes by Popularity in Patch 2.0

Archive of the Witch Doctor runes for active skills, ranked by popularity in patch 2.0

Note: This is historical data, from the characters as of the end of Diablo III PC patch 2.0.6.
These are charts of all the Diablo III Witch Doctor runes, ranking them from the most to least popular rune. The data comes from level 70 Witch Doctors who played from patch 2.0.1 to patch 2.0.6. The data is gathered from more than 3 million Diablo III characters.
See the Witch Doctor Active Skills section for the most popular active skills that these runes are connected to, and the most popular Witch Doctor builds.
Select any rune or skill below to view full current information about that Witch Doctor skill, along with the popularity of every rune for the skill.

Index

1 All Witch Doctor Runes by Popularity
2 Top Rune for Each Witch Doctor Skill

Charts Last Updated: September 5, 2014

All Witch Doctor Runes Ranked by Popularity

These charts show every Witch Doctor rune, based on their popularity by level 70 Witch Doctors from patch 2.0.1 to patch 2.0.6. As players choose the best Witch Doctor runes for their skills, those choices generate data of the most popular Witch Doctor runes.
The chart on the left ranks the runes by popularity of use of softcore Witch Doctors, while the chart on the right lists them by popularity among hardcore Witch Doctors.
The Percent column in these charts is the percentage of all Witch Doctors who use that particular rune, of the level 70 Witch Doctors who are active in patch 2.0.
Select any rune or skill to view full information and statistics about it.

Runes by Popularity - Witch Doctor Softcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Piranhado	Piranhas	47.20
2	Slam Dance	Big Bad Voodoo	37.70
3	Jaunt	Spirit Walk	37.30
4	Leeching Beasts	Summon Zombie Dogs	23.80
5	Wrathful Protector	Gargantuan	22.90
6	Rain of Toads	Plague of Toads	19.30
7	Resentful Spirits	Haunt	18.30
8	Pestilence	Locust Swarm	18.10
9	Burning Dogs	Summon Zombie Dogs	16.60
10	Life Link	Summon Zombie Dogs	15.80
11	Healing Journey	Spirit Walk	13.80
12	Legion of Daggers	Fetish Army	13.70
13	Honored Guest	Spirit Walk	13.60
14	Restless Giant	Gargantuan	13.40
15	Vengeful Spirit	Soul Harvest	11.30
16	Siphon	Soul Harvest	11.00
17	Vampire Bats	Firebats	8.90
18	Bruiser	Gargantuan	6.70
19	Addling Toads	Plague of Toads	6.20
20	Tiki Torchers	Fetish Army	5.80
21	Rabid Dogs	Summon Zombie Dogs	5.70
22	Frightening Aspect	Horrify	5.70
23	Wave of Mutilation	Piranhas	5.60
24	Explosive Toads	Plague of Toads	5.40
25	Frozen Piranhas	Piranhas	5.30
26	Splinters	Poison Dart	5.20
27	Big Stinker	Gargantuan	5.10
28	Acid Rain	Acid Cloud	4.40
29	Well of Souls	Spirit Barrage	4.10
30	Zombie Bears	Zombie Charger	4.00
31	Paranoia	Mass Confusion	3.30
32	Pyrogeist	Firebomb	3.23
33	Head Hunters	Fetish Army	3.20
34	Searing Locusts	Locust Swarm	2.90
35	Ghost Bomb	Firebomb	2.70
36	Humongoid	Gargantuan	2.60
37	Swallow Your Soul	Soul Harvest	2.50
38	Corpse Bomb	Acid Cloud	2.50
39	Slow Burn	Acid Cloud	2.20
40	Zombie Piranhas	Piranhas	2.06
41	Rain Dance	Big Bad Voodoo	2.00
42	Flash Fire	Firebomb	1.90
43	Devoted Following	Fetish Army	1.80
44	Lob Blob Bomb	Acid Cloud	1.60
45	Umbral Shock	Spirit Walk	1.55
46	Soul to Waste	Soul Harvest	1.51
47	Bogadile	Piranhas	1.50
48	The Spirit Is Willing	Spirit Barrage	1.44
49	Draining Spirit	Haunt	1.42
50	Spined Dart	Poison Dart	1.42
51	Cloud of Insects	Locust Swarm	1.40
52	Manitou	Spirit Barrage	1.25
53	Groping Eels	Grasp of the Dead	1.20
54	Snake to the Face	Poison Dart	1.15
55	Consuming Spirit	Haunt	1.10
56	Pile On	Zombie Charger	1.02
57	Cloud of Bats	Firebats	1.00
58	Widowmakers	Corpse Spiders	0.94
59	Plague Bats	Firebats	0.94
60	Rain of Corpses	Grasp of the Dead	0.93
61	Jinx	Hex	0.90
62	Ghost Trance	Big Bad Voodoo	0.84
63	Explosive Beast	Zombie Charger	0.84
64	Roll the Bones	Firebomb	0.84
65	Blazing Spiders	Corpse Spiders	0.80
66	Wrecking Crew	Wall of Zombies	0.75
67	Languish	Soul Harvest	0.75
68	Spider Queen	Corpse Spiders	0.74
69	Stalker	Horrify	0.72
70	Fetish Ambush	Fetish Army	0.72
71	Face of Death	Horrify	0.72
72	Diseased Swarm	Locust Swarm	0.70
73	Flaming Dart	Poison Dart	0.64
74	Jungle Drums	Big Bad Voodoo	0.63
75	Angry Chicken	Hex	0.60
76	Leaping Spiders	Corpse Spiders	0.53
77	Fire Pit	Firebomb	0.53
78	Devouring Swarm	Locust Swarm	0.53
79	Provoke the Pack	Sacrifice	0.52
80	Severance	Spirit Walk	0.52
81	Death Is Life	Grasp of the Dead	0.50
82	Toad Affinity	Plague of Toads	0.46
83	Undeath	Zombie Charger	0.45
84	Phantasm	Spirit Barrage	0.44
85	Mass Hallucination	Mass Confusion	0.44
86	Medusa Spiders	Corpse Spiders	0.42
87	Final Gift	Summon Zombie Dogs	0.40
88	Boogie Man	Big Bad Voodoo	0.40
89	For the Master	Sacrifice	0.36
90	Lingering Spirit	Haunt	0.36
91	Piercing Toads	Plague of Toads	0.35
92	Lumbering Cold	Zombie Charger	0.34
93	Unstable Realm	Mass Confusion	0.33
94	Hedge Magic	Hex	0.33
95	Mass Hysteria	Mass Confusion	0.32
96	Unbreakable Grasp	Grasp of the Dead	0.32
97	Dire Bats	Firebats	0.30
98	Ruthless Terror	Horrify	0.26
99	Hungry Bats	Firebats	0.25
100	Grasping Spirit	Haunt	0.24
101	Offensive Line	Wall of Zombies	0.23
102	Next of Kin	Sacrifice	0.22
103	Desperate Grasp	Grasp of the Dead	0.20
104	Pride	Sacrifice	0.16
105	Creepers	Wall of Zombies	0.15
106	Unstable Form	Hex	0.15
107	Phlebotomize	Spirit Barrage	0.15
108	Numbing Dart	Poison Dart	0.15
109	Kiss of Death	Acid Cloud	0.15
110	Toad of Hugeness	Hex	0.14
111	Phobia	Horrify	0.13
112	Devolution	Mass Confusion	0.12
113	Unrelenting Grip	Wall of Zombies	0.12
114	Barricade	Wall of Zombies	0.10
115	Black Blood	Sacrifice	0.00
Rune		Skill	Percent

Runes by Popularity - Witch Doctor Hardcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Jaunt	Spirit Walk	56.50
2	Piranhado	Piranhas	47.00
3	Slam Dance	Big Bad Voodoo	40.80
4	Leeching Beasts	Summon Zombie Dogs	32.10
5	Life Link	Summon Zombie Dogs	30.90
6	Rain of Toads	Plague of Toads	29.00
7	Wrathful Protector	Gargantuan	21.40
8	Restless Giant	Gargantuan	20.00
9	Healing Journey	Spirit Walk	19.60
10	Pestilence	Locust Swarm	17.30
11	Resentful Spirits	Haunt	15.10
12	Vengeful Spirit	Soul Harvest	15.00
13	Legion of Daggers	Fetish Army	14.10
14	Vampire Bats	Firebats	13.70
15	Burning Dogs	Summon Zombie Dogs	12.50
16	Honored Guest	Spirit Walk	11.30
17	Acid Rain	Acid Cloud	9.50
18	Bruiser	Gargantuan	8.70
19	Splinters	Poison Dart	7.70
20	Big Stinker	Gargantuan	7.00
21	Siphon	Soul Harvest	6.60
22	Frozen Piranhas	Piranhas	6.50
23	Wave of Mutilation	Piranhas	6.40
24	Frightening Aspect	Horrify	6.00
25	Addling Toads	Plague of Toads	5.60
26	Well of Souls	Spirit Barrage	5.50
27	Rabid Dogs	Summon Zombie Dogs	5.30
28	Explosive Toads	Plague of Toads	5.20
29	Humongoid	Gargantuan	4.70
30	Zombie Bears	Zombie Charger	4.40
31	Pyrogeist	Firebomb	4.20
32	Ghost Bomb	Firebomb	4.10
33	Tiki Torchers	Fetish Army	4.00
34	Corpse Bomb	Acid Cloud	3.50
35	Paranoia	Mass Confusion	3.40
36	Flash Fire	Firebomb	3.30
37	Head Hunters	Fetish Army	3.20
38	Searing Locusts	Locust Swarm	3.14
39	Ghost Trance	Big Bad Voodoo	3.10
40	Zombie Piranhas	Piranhas	2.80
41	Slow Burn	Acid Cloud	2.70
42	Swallow Your Soul	Soul Harvest	2.20
43	Lob Blob Bomb	Acid Cloud	2.20
44	Rain Dance	Big Bad Voodoo	2.11
45	Devoted Following	Fetish Army	2.10
46	The Spirit Is Willing	Spirit Barrage	1.90
47	Consuming Spirit	Haunt	1.80
48	Spined Dart	Poison Dart	1.60
49	Soul to Waste	Soul Harvest	1.50
50	Umbral Shock	Spirit Walk	1.45
51	Groping Eels	Grasp of the Dead	1.40
52	Draining Spirit	Haunt	1.40
53	Pile On	Zombie Charger	1.32
54	Bogadile	Piranhas	1.30
55	Stalker	Horrify	1.22
56	Manitou	Spirit Barrage	1.20
57	Snake to the Face	Poison Dart	1.15
58	Widowmakers	Corpse Spiders	1.14
59	Roll the Bones	Firebomb	1.10
60	Cloud of Insects	Locust Swarm	1.05
61	Plague Bats	Firebats	1.04
62	Rain of Corpses	Grasp of the Dead	1.03
63	Angry Chicken	Hex	1.00
64	Leaping Spiders	Corpse Spiders	0.83
65	Face of Death	Horrify	0.80
66	Cloud of Bats	Firebats	0.75
67	Wrecking Crew	Wall of Zombies	0.75
68	Languish	Soul Harvest	0.75
69	Spider Queen	Corpse Spiders	0.74
70	Jungle Drums	Big Bad Voodoo	0.73
71	Fetish Ambush	Fetish Army	0.72
72	Jinx	Hex	0.71
73	Blazing Spiders	Corpse Spiders	0.70
74	Explosive Beast	Zombie Charger	0.60
75	Toad Affinity	Plague of Toads	0.56
76	Phantasm	Spirit Barrage	0.54
77	Lumbering Cold	Zombie Charger	0.54
78	Devouring Swarm	Locust Swarm	0.53
79	Death Is Life	Grasp of the Dead	0.50
80	Undeath	Zombie Charger	0.45
81	Flaming Dart	Poison Dart	0.44
82	Fire Pit	Firebomb	0.43
83	Provoke the Pack	Sacrifice	0.42
84	Medusa Spiders	Corpse Spiders	0.42
85	Severance	Spirit Walk	0.42
86	Diseased Swarm	Locust Swarm	0.40
87	For the Master	Sacrifice	0.36
88	Lingering Spirit	Haunt	0.36
89	Piercing Toads	Plague of Toads	0.35
90	Mass Hallucination	Mass Confusion	0.34
91	Unstable Realm	Mass Confusion	0.33
92	Hedge Magic	Hex	0.33
93	Mass Hysteria	Mass Confusion	0.32
94	Unbreakable Grasp	Grasp of the Dead	0.32
95	Final Gift	Summon Zombie Dogs	0.30
96	Boogie Man	Big Bad Voodoo	0.30
97	Grasping Spirit	Haunt	0.24
98	Offensive Line	Wall of Zombies	0.23
99	Dire Bats	Firebats	0.20
100	Desperate Grasp	Grasp of the Dead	0.20
101	Ruthless Terror	Horrify	0.16
102	Creepers	Wall of Zombies	0.15
103	Hungry Bats	Firebats	0.15
104	Unstable Form	Hex	0.15
105	Numbing Dart	Poison Dart	0.15
106	Kiss of Death	Acid Cloud	0.15
107	Phobia	Horrify	0.13
108	Devolution	Mass Confusion	0.12
109	Unrelenting Grip	Wall of Zombies	0.12
110	Next of Kin	Sacrifice	0.12
111	Barricade	Wall of Zombies	0.10
112	Pride	Sacrifice	0.06
113	Phlebotomize	Spirit Barrage	0.05
114	Toad of Hugeness	Hex	0.04
115	Black Blood	Sacrifice	0.00
Rune		Skill	Percent

Top Rune for Each Witch Doctor Skill

These charts show the single most popular rune for each Witch Doctor active skill, among level 70 Witch Doctors as of the end of patch 2.0.6. The runes are listed from the most popular for their skill, to the least popular. This makes it easy to see which active skills have one rune that is extremely popular at level 70.
The chart on the left shows the rune choices by softcore Witch Doctors, and the chart on the right lists the most popular runes among hardcore Witch Doctors.
See the Witch Doctor Active Skills charts for the most popular active skills that these runes are connected to.
Select any rune or skill to view the full information and statistics about it.

Top Rune per Skill - Witch Doctor Softcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Big Bad Voodoo	Slam Dance	90.90
Haunt	Resentful Spirits	85.50
Firebats	Vampire Bats	78.40
Horrify	Frightening Aspect	77.20
Locust Swarm	Pestilence	76.70
Piranhas	Piranhado	76.60
Mass Confusion	Paranoia	75.10
Poison Dart	Splinters	61.90
Plague of Toads	Rain of Toads	61.00
Zombie Charger	Zombie Bears	60.10
Spirit Barrage	Well of Souls	56.60
Spirit Walk	Jaunt	56.00
Wall of Zombies	Wrecking Crew	55.70
Fetish Army	Legion of Daggers	54.60
Sacrifice	Provoke the Pack	47.90
Hex	Jinx	46.20
Gargantuan	Wrathful Protector	45.00
Soul Harvest	Vengeful Spirit	41.50
Acid Cloud	Acid Rain	40.30
Summon Zombie Dogs	Leeching Beasts	38.10
Grasp of the Dead	Groping Eels	37.60
Firebomb	Pyrogeist	35.50
Corpse Spiders	Widowmakers	26.20
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Top Rune per Skill - Witch Doctor Hardcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Firebats	Vampire Bats	87.00
Big Bad Voodoo	Slam Dance	86.80
Haunt	Resentful Spirits	79.90
Locust Swarm	Pestilence	77.60
Mass Confusion	Paranoia	77.20
Horrify	Frightening Aspect	73.70
Piranhas	Piranhado	73.40
Plague of Toads	Rain of Toads	71.30
Poison Dart	Splinters	69.90
Wall of Zombies	Wrecking Crew	63.80
Spirit Walk	Jaunt	63.30
Spirit Barrage	Well of Souls	60.10
Zombie Charger	Zombie Bears	59.50
Fetish Army	Legion of Daggers	58.40
Soul Harvest	Vengeful Spirit	57.40
Acid Cloud	Acid Rain	52.60
Sacrifice	Provoke the Pack	47.60
Hex	Angry Chicken	46.00
Summon Zombie Dogs	Leeching Beasts	39.50
Grasp of the Dead	Groping Eels	39.20
Gargantuan	Wrathful Protector	34.50
Firebomb	Pyrogeist	31.90
Corpse Spiders	Widowmakers	30.00
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

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