Diablo IIIArchive of Data for Patch 2.1Witch Doctor Runes

Witch Doctor Runes by Popularity in Patch 2.1

Archive of the Witch Doctor runes for active skills, ranked by popularity in patch 2.1

Note: This is historical data, from Witch Doctors at the end of Diablo III PC patch 2.1.0.
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 during Patch 2.1. The data is gathered from more than 5 million Diablo III characters during patch 2.1.0 and patch 2.1.1.
See the Witch Doctor Active Skills in Patch 2.1 section for the most popular active skills that these runes are connected to, and the most popular Witch Doctor builds during patch 2.1.0 and patch 2.1.1.
Select any rune or skill below to view the 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: January 22, 2015

All Witch Doctor Runes Ranked by Popularity

These charts show every Witch Doctor rune, based on their popularity by level 70 Witch Doctors in patch 2.1.0 and patch 2.1.1.
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 used that particular rune, of the level 70 Witch Doctors who were active in patch 2.1.
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	53.90
2	Jaunt	Spirit Walk	47.00
3	Slam Dance	Big Bad Voodoo	39.40
4	Rain of Toads	Plague of Toads	25.10
5	Leeching Beasts	Summon Zombie Dogs	23.40
6	Legion of Daggers	Fetish Army	22.20
7	Resentful Spirits	Haunt	21.70
8	Pestilence	Locust Swarm	20.20
9	Wrathful Protector	Gargantuan	15.00
10	Siphon	Soul Harvest	14.50
11	Life Link	Summon Zombie Dogs	14.40
12	Healing Journey	Spirit Walk	13.80
13	Restless Giant	Gargantuan	12.20
14	Burning Dogs	Summon Zombie Dogs	12.00
15	Honored Guest	Spirit Walk	8.00
16	Frightening Aspect	Horrify	7.90
17	Vengeful Spirit	Soul Harvest	7.60
18	Face of Death	Horrify	7.30
19	Addling Toads	Plague of Toads	7.00
20	Rabid Dogs	Summon Zombie Dogs	6.60
21	Paranoia	Mass Confusion	6.60
22	Wave of Mutilation	Piranhas	5.70
23	Tiki Torchers	Fetish Army	5.40
24	Bruiser	Gargantuan	5.30
25	Head Hunters	Fetish Army	5.10
26	Frozen Piranhas	Piranhas	5.00
27	Big Stinker	Gargantuan	4.50
28	Splinters	Poison Dart	4.00
29	Explosive Toads	Plague of Toads	3.70
30	Vampire Bats	Firebats	3.40
31	Acid Rain	Acid Cloud	3.20
32	Devoted Following	Fetish Army	2.20
33	Devouring Swarm	Locust Swarm	2.10
34	Humongoid	Gargantuan	2.00
35	Zombie Bears	Zombie Charger	1.91
36	Swallow Your Soul	Soul Harvest	1.90
37	Lob Blob Bomb	Acid Cloud	1.90
38	Snake to the Face	Poison Dart	1.80
39	Searing Locusts	Locust Swarm	1.70
40	Well of Souls	Spirit Barrage	1.65
41	Stalker	Horrify	1.62
42	Pyrogeist	Firebomb	1.60
43	Ghost Bomb	Firebomb	1.50
44	Zombie Piranhas	Piranhas	1.26
45	Umbral Shock	Spirit Walk	1.25
46	Provoke the Pack	Sacrifice	1.22
47	Soul to Waste	Soul Harvest	1.21
48	Corpse Bomb	Acid Cloud	1.20
49	Cloud of Insects	Locust Swarm	1.10
50	Spider Queen	Corpse Spiders	1.04
51	Slow Burn	Acid Cloud	1.04
52	Flash Fire	Firebomb	1.00
53	Languish	Soul Harvest	0.95
54	Rain of Corpses	Grasp of the Dead	0.93
55	Draining Spirit	Haunt	0.92
56	Jinx	Hex	0.91
57	Blazing Spiders	Corpse Spiders	0.90
58	Manitou	Spirit Barrage	0.85
59	Consuming Spirit	Haunt	0.84
60	The Spirit Is Willing	Spirit Barrage	0.84
61	Rain Dance	Big Bad Voodoo	0.81
62	Groping Eels	Grasp of the Dead	0.80
63	Bogadile	Piranhas	0.80
64	Wrecking Crew	Wall of Zombies	0.75
65	Spined Dart	Poison Dart	0.70
66	Lingering Spirit	Haunt	0.66
67	Ruthless Terror	Horrify	0.66
68	Widowmakers	Corpse Spiders	0.64
69	Leaping Spiders	Corpse Spiders	0.63
70	Medusa Spiders	Corpse Spiders	0.62
71	Fetish Ambush	Fetish Army	0.60
72	Diseased Swarm	Locust Swarm	0.55
73	Undeath	Zombie Charger	0.55
74	Flaming Dart	Poison Dart	0.54
75	Ghost Trance	Big Bad Voodoo	0.54
76	Plague Bats	Firebats	0.54
77	Jungle Drums	Big Bad Voodoo	0.53
78	Pile On	Zombie Charger	0.52
79	Cloud of Bats	Firebats	0.50
80	Piercing Toads	Plague of Toads	0.45
81	Explosive Beast	Zombie Charger	0.44
82	Roll the Bones	Firebomb	0.44
83	Severance	Spirit Walk	0.42
84	Death Is Life	Grasp of the Dead	0.41
85	Final Gift	Summon Zombie Dogs	0.40
86	Boogie Man	Big Bad Voodoo	0.40
87	For the Master	Sacrifice	0.36
88	Toad Affinity	Plague of Toads	0.36
89	Black Blood	Sacrifice	0.35
90	Phantasm	Spirit Barrage	0.34
91	Mass Hallucination	Mass Confusion	0.34
92	Grasping Spirit	Haunt	0.34
93	Unstable Realm	Mass Confusion	0.33
94	Desperate Grasp	Grasp of the Dead	0.32
95	Unbreakable Grasp	Grasp of the Dead	0.32
96	Next of Kin	Sacrifice	0.32
97	Angry Chicken	Hex	0.30
98	Hungry Bats	Firebats	0.25
99	Kiss of Death	Acid Cloud	0.25
100	Lumbering Cold	Zombie Charger	0.24
101	Offensive Line	Wall of Zombies	0.23
102	Hedge Magic	Hex	0.23
103	Fire Pit	Firebomb	0.23
104	Mass Hysteria	Mass Confusion	0.22
105	Dire Bats	Firebats	0.20
106	Pride	Sacrifice	0.16
107	Creepers	Wall of Zombies	0.15
108	Unstable Form	Hex	0.15
109	Phlebotomize	Spirit Barrage	0.15
110	Numbing Dart	Poison Dart	0.15
111	Toad of Hugeness	Hex	0.14
112	Phobia	Horrify	0.13
113	Devolution	Mass Confusion	0.12
114	Unrelenting Grip	Wall of Zombies	0.12
115	Barricade	Wall of Zombies	0.10
Rune		Skill	Percent

Runes by Popularity - Witch Doctor Hardcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Jaunt	Spirit Walk	60.50
2	Piranhado	Piranhas	51.00
3	Slam Dance	Big Bad Voodoo	40.00
4	Rain of Toads	Plague of Toads	37.20
5	Leeching Beasts	Summon Zombie Dogs	33.50
6	Life Link	Summon Zombie Dogs	30.10
7	Legion of Daggers	Fetish Army	26.50
8	Restless Giant	Gargantuan	18.20
9	Pestilence	Locust Swarm	17.70
10	Resentful Spirits	Haunt	17.60
11	Healing Journey	Spirit Walk	17.40
12	Wrathful Protector	Gargantuan	11.80
13	Siphon	Soul Harvest	9.00
14	Burning Dogs	Summon Zombie Dogs	8.30
15	Vengeful Spirit	Soul Harvest	8.20
16	Addling Toads	Plague of Toads	7.60
17	Wave of Mutilation	Piranhas	7.30
18	Frozen Piranhas	Piranhas	6.60
19	Bruiser	Gargantuan	6.40
20	Acid Rain	Acid Cloud	6.30
21	Big Stinker	Gargantuan	5.30
22	Frightening Aspect	Horrify	5.20
23	Splinters	Poison Dart	5.10
24	Rabid Dogs	Summon Zombie Dogs	5.00
25	Honored Guest	Spirit Walk	4.90
26	Head Hunters	Fetish Army	4.50
27	Paranoia	Mass Confusion	4.00
28	Face of Death	Horrify	3.82
29	Explosive Toads	Plague of Toads	3.80
30	Tiki Torchers	Fetish Army	3.60
31	Vampire Bats	Firebats	3.54
32	Humongoid	Gargantuan	3.50
33	Snake to the Face	Poison Dart	2.60
34	Lob Blob Bomb	Acid Cloud	2.50
35	Ghost Trance	Big Bad Voodoo	2.40
36	Devoted Following	Fetish Army	2.30
37	Ghost Bomb	Firebomb	2.00
38	Zombie Bears	Zombie Charger	1.81
39	Searing Locusts	Locust Swarm	1.80
40	Zombie Piranhas	Piranhas	1.76
41	Well of Souls	Spirit Barrage	1.70
42	Pyrogeist	Firebomb	1.60
43	Corpse Bomb	Acid Cloud	1.55
44	Consuming Spirit	Haunt	1.50
45	Spider Queen	Corpse Spiders	1.44
46	Swallow Your Soul	Soul Harvest	1.40
47	Devouring Swarm	Locust Swarm	1.40
48	Soul to Waste	Soul Harvest	1.31
49	Flash Fire	Firebomb	1.30
50	Umbral Shock	Spirit Walk	1.25
51	Rain of Corpses	Grasp of the Dead	1.20
52	Slow Burn	Acid Cloud	1.10
53	Languish	Soul Harvest	1.05
54	Cloud of Insects	Locust Swarm	1.05
55	Leaping Spiders	Corpse Spiders	1.03
56	Blazing Spiders	Corpse Spiders	1.00
57	The Spirit Is Willing	Spirit Barrage	0.94
58	Provoke the Pack	Sacrifice	0.92
59	Stalker	Horrify	0.92
60	Groping Eels	Grasp of the Dead	0.90
61	Draining Spirit	Haunt	0.90
62	Lingering Spirit	Haunt	0.86
63	Manitou	Spirit Barrage	0.85
64	Widowmakers	Corpse Spiders	0.84
65	Medusa Spiders	Corpse Spiders	0.82
66	Spined Dart	Poison Dart	0.82
67	Bogadile	Piranhas	0.80
68	Wrecking Crew	Wall of Zombies	0.75
69	Jungle Drums	Big Bad Voodoo	0.73
70	Rain Dance	Big Bad Voodoo	0.71
71	Jinx	Hex	0.70
72	Undeath	Zombie Charger	0.65
73	Plague Bats	Firebats	0.64
74	Pile On	Zombie Charger	0.62
75	Fetish Ambush	Fetish Army	0.60
76	Roll the Bones	Firebomb	0.50
77	Piercing Toads	Plague of Toads	0.45
78	Phantasm	Spirit Barrage	0.44
79	Flaming Dart	Poison Dart	0.44
80	Death Is Life	Grasp of the Dead	0.40
81	For the Master	Sacrifice	0.36
82	Boogie Man	Big Bad Voodoo	0.36
83	Toad Affinity	Plague of Toads	0.36
84	Cloud of Bats	Firebats	0.35
85	Diseased Swarm	Locust Swarm	0.35
86	Grasping Spirit	Haunt	0.34
87	Explosive Beast	Zombie Charger	0.34
88	Unstable Realm	Mass Confusion	0.33
89	Desperate Grasp	Grasp of the Dead	0.32
90	Mass Hysteria	Mass Confusion	0.32
91	Severance	Spirit Walk	0.32
92	Unbreakable Grasp	Grasp of the Dead	0.32
93	Next of Kin	Sacrifice	0.32
94	Angry Chicken	Hex	0.30
95	Ruthless Terror	Horrify	0.26
96	Phlebotomize	Spirit Barrage	0.25
97	Mass Hallucination	Mass Confusion	0.24
98	Lumbering Cold	Zombie Charger	0.24
99	Offensive Line	Wall of Zombies	0.23
100	Hedge Magic	Hex	0.23
101	Fire Pit	Firebomb	0.23
102	Phobia	Horrify	0.23
103	Final Gift	Summon Zombie Dogs	0.20
104	Dire Bats	Firebats	0.20
105	Black Blood	Sacrifice	0.20
106	Creepers	Wall of Zombies	0.15
107	Hungry Bats	Firebats	0.15
108	Unstable Form	Hex	0.15
109	Numbing Dart	Poison Dart	0.15
110	Kiss of Death	Acid Cloud	0.15
111	Devolution	Mass Confusion	0.12
112	Unrelenting Grip	Wall of Zombies	0.12
113	Barricade	Wall of Zombies	0.10
114	Toad of Hugeness	Hex	0.04
115	Pride	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 who played in patch 2.1.0 and patch 2.1.1. 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 was 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.
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	94.50
Haunt	Resentful Spirits	89.20
Mass Confusion	Paranoia	86.60
Piranhas	Piranhado	80.90
Locust Swarm	Pestilence	78.80
Firebats	Vampire Bats	70.30
Plague of Toads	Rain of Toads	68.90
Spirit Walk	Jaunt	67.00
Fetish Army	Legion of Daggers	62.70
Hex	Jinx	59.60
Sacrifice	Provoke the Pack	58.80
Wall of Zombies	Wrecking Crew	57.40
Soul Harvest	Siphon	55.90
Poison Dart	Splinters	55.80
Zombie Charger	Zombie Bears	55.40
Horrify	Frightening Aspect	44.80
Spirit Barrage	Well of Souls	44.00
Acid Cloud	Acid Rain	42.60
Summon Zombie Dogs	Leeching Beasts	41.40
Gargantuan	Wrathful Protector	37.90
Firebomb	Pyrogeist	33.90
Grasp of the Dead	Rain of Corpses	32.30
Corpse Spiders	Spider Queen	27.00
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Top Rune per Skill - Witch Doctor Hardcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Big Bad Voodoo	Slam Dance	90.70
Haunt	Resentful Spirits	83.70
Mass Confusion	Paranoia	81.90
Locust Swarm	Pestilence	79.60
Piranhas	Piranhado	75.80
Firebats	Vampire Bats	75.50
Plague of Toads	Rain of Toads	75.50
Spirit Walk	Jaunt	71.90
Fetish Army	Legion of Daggers	70.80
Wall of Zombies	Wrecking Crew	62.80
Poison Dart	Splinters	56.80
Acid Cloud	Acid Rain	55.00
Sacrifice	Provoke the Pack	53.00
Hex	Jinx	51.70
Zombie Charger	Zombie Bears	50.80
Horrify	Frightening Aspect	50.30
Summon Zombie Dogs	Leeching Beasts	43.60
Soul Harvest	Siphon	43.40
Spirit Barrage	Well of Souls	43.20
Gargantuan	Restless Giant	40.40
Grasp of the Dead	Rain of Corpses	37.80
Firebomb	Ghost Bomb	35.80
Corpse Spiders	Spider Queen	29.20
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Want more historical data from patch 2.1? See the Archive of Data for Patch 2.1 for other charts.

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