Most Popular Witch Doctor Builds in Patch 2.3

Archive of the top Diablo III Witch Doctor builds and skills at level 70 during patch 2.3

  • Note: this is historical data! These were the most popular Diablo III Witch Doctor builds and skills, used by level 70 Witch Doctors during patch 2.3.
  • Each set of data contains charts of three groups of Witch Doctors:
    • The softcore Witch Doctors who are in the bottom 75% of elite monster kills.
    • The softcore Witch Doctors who are in the top 25% of elite monster kills.
    • All hardcore Witch Doctors regardless of elite monster kills.
  • See the Patch 2.3 Data Archive for details on this data.

Witch Doctor Active Skills in Patch 2.3

  • These historical charts list the most popular Diablo III Witch Doctor active skills that were used by level 70 Witch Doctors in patch 2.3.
  • The chart on the left has data from level 70 softcore Witch Doctors, who were in the bottom 75% of elite monster kills. The chart in the middle has data from the level 70 softcore Witch Doctors who were in the top 25% of elite monster kills. The chart on the right has data from all hardcore Witch Doctors regardless of elite kills.
Charts Last Updated: January 20, 2016
Active Skills - Lower 75%
Active SkillsPercent
1Spirit Walk89.89
2Piranhas71.87
3Soul Harvest48.62
4Big Bad Voodoo41.06
5Wall of Death39.93
6Corpse Spiders38.89
7Fetish Army38.66
8Acid Cloud33.68
9Summon Zombie Dogs27.73
10Poison Dart25.82
11Haunt19.85
12Zombie Charger18.96
13Hex18.67
14Gargantuan18.66
15Horrify11.91
16Grasp of the Dead11.40
17Plague of Toads10.53
18Locust Swarm10.39
19Firebomb6.85
20Firebats6.74
21Mass Confusion4.15
22Sacrifice3.18
23Spirit Barrage2.52
Active Skills - Top 25%
Active SkillsPercent
1Spirit Walk94.05
2Piranhas74.97
3Big Bad Voodoo51.35
4Fetish Army49.19
5Soul Harvest44.90
6Wall of Death33.30
7Corpse Spiders30.73
8Poison Dart29.73
9Acid Cloud29.48
10Summon Zombie Dogs25.79
11Haunt22.78
12Hex16.26
13Grasp of the Dead15.63
14Horrify14.89
15Zombie Charger13.62
16Plague of Toads12.37
17Gargantuan11.88
18Locust Swarm11.10
19Firebomb4.93
20Firebats4.11
21Mass Confusion3.66
22Sacrifice3.10
23Spirit Barrage2.16
Hardcore Active Skills
Active SkillsPercent
1Spirit Walk94.04
2Piranhas62.39
3Summon Zombie Dogs49.82
4Wall of Death40.48
5Corpse Spiders39.88
6Acid Cloud39.48
7Fetish Army36.42
8Soul Harvest36.03
9Big Bad Voodoo29.19
10Gargantuan28.84
11Hex24.14
12Haunt22.30
13Poison Dart20.54
14Plague of Toads14.62
15Zombie Charger12.55
16Locust Swarm11.39
17Grasp of the Dead9.70
18Firebats7.33
19Firebomb7.14
20Horrify7.00
21Mass Confusion2.60
22Spirit Barrage2.50
23Sacrifice1.63

Witch Doctor Passive Skills in Patch 2.3

  • These charts list the most popular Diablo III Witch Doctor passive skills that were used by level 70 Witch Doctors in patch 2.3
  • The chart on the left has data from level 70 softcore Witch Doctors, who were in the bottom 75% of elite monster kills. The chart in the middle has data from the level 70 softcore Witch Doctors who were in the top 25% of elite monster kills. The chart on the right has data from all hardcore Witch Doctors regardless of elite monster kills.

Witch Doctor Softcore Builds in Patch 2.3

See the Patch 2.3 Data Archive for more historical details, including the best Witch Doctor equipment.
  • These were the most popular softcore Witch Doctor builds, among softcore level 70 Witch Doctors active in patch 2.3.
  • The charts list the 5 most popular Witch Doctor builds and the percentage of the characters who used that specific build. It also lists 10 build variants. These are builds which use the same active skills as the primary build, but with small differences in the passive skills or runes.
  • The charts on the left have data from softcore Witch Doctors who made up the bottom 75% of elite monster kills.
  • The charts on the right have data from softcore Witch Doctors who were at the top 25% of elite monster kills.
Witch Doctor Top 25% Build #1
This build is used by 1.50% of the Top 25% of Witch Doctors. Including the Build Variants, it is used by 4.84%.
Active Skills Passive Skills
Piranhas - Piranhado Pierce the Veil
Big Bad Voodoo - Slam Dance Fetish Sycophants
Fetish Army - Legion of Daggers Spirit Vessel
Poison Dart - Snake to the Face Grave Injustice
Grasp of the Dead - Desperate Grasp
Spirit Walk - Jaunt
Build Variant #1A (0.87%)
Gruesome Feast replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #1B (0.69%)
Swampland Attunement replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #1C (0.46%)
Confidence Ritual replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #1D (0.39%)
Bad Medicine replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #1E (0.17%)
Swampland Attunement replaces Fetish Sycophants
Build Variant #1F (0.17%)
Grasp of the Dead - Death Is Life replaces Desperate Grasp
Gruesome Feast replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #1G (0.15%)
Grasp of the Dead - Death Is Life replaces Desperate Grasp
Build Variant #1H (0.15%)
Jungle Fortitude replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #1I (0.15%)
Fetish Army - Head Hunters replaces Legion of Daggers
Build Variant #1J (0.14%)
Confidence Ritual replaces Grave Injustice
Swampland Attunement replaces Pierce the Veil
Witch Doctor Lower 75% Build #2
This build is used by 0.90% of the Lower 75% of Witch Doctors. Including the Build Variants, it is used by 3.42%.
Active Skills Passive Skills
Corpse Spiders - Blazing Spiders Confidence Ritual
Piranhas - Piranhado Spirit Vessel
Soul Harvest - Languish Grave Injustice
Acid Cloud - Slow Burn Swampland Attunement
Spirit Walk - Jaunt
Wall of Death - Fire Wall
Build Variant #2A (0.68%)
Gruesome Feast replaces Spirit Vessel
Build Variant #2B (0.31%)
Acid Cloud - Acid Rain replaces Slow Burn
Build Variant #2C (0.28%)
Corpse Spiders - Medusa Spiders replaces Blazing Spiders
Pierce the Veil replaces Confidence Ritual
Build Variant #2D (0.26%)
Gruesome Feast replaces Swampland Attunement
Build Variant #2E (0.25%)
Gruesome Feast replaces Confidence Ritual
Build Variant #2F (0.18%)
Gruesome Feast replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #2G (0.15%)
Acid Cloud - Acid Rain replaces Slow Burn
Gruesome Feast replaces Spirit Vessel
Build Variant #2H (0.15%)
Pierce the Veil replaces Confidence Ritual
Build Variant #2I (0.14%)
Pierce the Veil replaces Spirit Vessel
Build Variant #2J (0.12%)
Pierce the Veil replaces Swampland Attunement
Witch Doctor Lower 75% Build #3
This build is used by 0.87% of the Lower 75% of Witch Doctors. Including the Build Variants, it is used by 3.18%.
Active Skills Passive Skills
Piranhas - Piranhado Pierce the Veil
Big Bad Voodoo - Slam Dance Fetish Sycophants
Fetish Army - Legion of Daggers Spirit Vessel
Poison Dart - Snake to the Face Grave Injustice
Grasp of the Dead - Desperate Grasp
Spirit Walk - Jaunt
Build Variant #3A (0.73%)
Gruesome Feast replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #3B (0.38%)
Swampland Attunement replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #3C (0.35%)
Bad Medicine replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #3D (0.24%)
Confidence Ritual replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #3E (0.14%)
Grasp of the Dead - Death Is Life replaces Desperate Grasp
Gruesome Feast replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #3F (0.11%)
Swampland Attunement replaces Fetish Sycophants
Build Variant #3G (0.10%)
Gruesome Feast replaces Spirit Vessel
Build Variant #3H (0.09%)
Swampland Attunement replaces Spirit Vessel
Build Variant #3I (0.09%)
Jungle Fortitude replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #3J (0.08%)
Fetish Army - Head Hunters replaces Legion of Daggers
Witch Doctor Lower 75% Build #4
This build is used by 0.47% of the Lower 75% of Witch Doctors. Including the Build Variants, it is used by 1.65%.
Active Skills Passive Skills
Firebomb - Pyrogeist Confidence Ritual
Piranhas - Piranhado Gruesome Feast
Soul Harvest - Languish Grave Injustice
Zombie Charger - Zombie Bears Swampland Attunement
Spirit Walk - Jaunt
Wall of Death - Fire Wall
Build Variant #4A (0.44%)
Spirit Vessel replaces Gruesome Feast
Build Variant #4B (0.17%)
Spirit Vessel replaces Swampland Attunement
Build Variant #4C (0.13%)
Spirit Vessel replaces Confidence Ritual
Build Variant #4D (0.12%)
Bad Medicine replaces Gruesome Feast
Build Variant #4E (0.11%)
Spirit Vessel replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #4F (0.07%)
Pierce the Veil replaces Gruesome Feast
Build Variant #4G (0.04%)
Pierce the Veil replaces Gruesome Feast
Spirit Vessel replaces Swampland Attunement
Build Variant #4H (0.04%)
Bad Medicine replaces Confidence Ritual
Spirit Vessel replaces Gruesome Feast
Build Variant #4I (0.03%)
Pierce the Veil replaces Confidence Ritual
Spirit Vessel replaces Gruesome Feast
Build Variant #4J (0.03%)
Bad Medicine replaces Gruesome Feast
Spirit Vessel replaces Swampland Attunement
Witch Doctor Top 25% Build #4
This build is used by 0.59% of the Top 25% of Witch Doctors. Including the Build Variants, it is used by 1.86%.
Active Skills Passive Skills
Locust Swarm - Pestilence Pierce the Veil
Piranhas - Piranhado Spirit Vessel
Soul Harvest - Siphon Grave Injustice
Haunt - Resentful Spirits Creeping Death
Spirit Walk - Jaunt
Horrify - Frightening Aspect
Build Variant #4A (0.24%)
Haunt - Poisoned Spirit replaces Resentful Spirits
Build Variant #4B (0.20%)
Gruesome Feast replaces Pierce the Veil
Build Variant #4C (0.18%)
Spirit Walk - Honored Guest replaces Jaunt
Build Variant #4D (0.14%)
Horrify - Stalker replaces Frightening Aspect
Build Variant #4E (0.13%)
Horrify - Face of Death replaces Frightening Aspect
Build Variant #4F (0.10%)
Haunt - Poisoned Spirit replaces Resentful Spirits
Horrify - Face of Death replaces Frightening Aspect
Build Variant #4G (0.08%)
Spirit Walk - Healing Journey replaces Jaunt
Build Variant #4H (0.07%)
Haunt - Poisoned Spirit replaces Resentful Spirits
Horrify - Ruthless Terror replaces Frightening Aspect
Build Variant #4I (0.07%)
Haunt - Poisoned Spirit replaces Resentful Spirits
Horrify - Stalker replaces Frightening Aspect
Build Variant #4J (0.06%)
Soul Harvest - Vengeful Spirit replaces Siphon
Witch Doctor Lower 75% Build #5
This build is used by 0.46% of the Lower 75% of Witch Doctors. Including the Build Variants, it is used by 1.03%.
Active Skills Passive Skills
Corpse Spiders - Blazing Spiders Pierce the Veil
Soul Harvest - Soul to Waste Gruesome Feast
Hex - Angry Chicken Fierce Loyalty
Acid Cloud - Acid Rain Grave Injustice
Spirit Walk - Jaunt
Wall of Death - Fire Wall
Build Variant #5A (0.15%)
Confidence Ritual replaces Fierce Loyalty
Build Variant #5B (0.09%)
Spirit Vessel replaces Fierce Loyalty
Build Variant #5C (0.06%)
Spirit Vessel replaces Gruesome Feast
Build Variant #5D (0.05%)
Soul Harvest - Languish replaces Soul to Waste
Build Variant #5E (0.04%)
Confidence Ritual replaces Fierce Loyalty
Spirit Vessel replaces Gruesome Feast
Build Variant #5F (0.04%)
Spirit Vessel replaces Pierce the Veil
Build Variant #5G (0.04%)
Confidence Ritual replaces Gruesome Feast
Build Variant #5H (0.04%)
Soul Harvest - Languish replaces Soul to Waste
Confidence Ritual replaces Fierce Loyalty
Build Variant #5I (0.03%)
Confidence Ritual replaces Pierce the Veil
Build Variant #5J (0.03%)
Soul Harvest - Languish replaces Soul to Waste
Confidence Ritual replaces Fierce Loyalty
Swampland Attunement replaces Gruesome Feast

Witch Doctor Hardcore Builds in Patch 2.3

  • These were the most popular hardcore Witch Doctor builds, among hardcore level 70 Diablo III Witch Doctors active in patch 2.3.
  • The charts list the 4 most popular hardcore Witch Doctor builds and the percentage of the characters who used that particular build. It also lists 10 build variants. These are builds which have the same active skills as the primary build, but with small differences in the passive skills or runes.
Witch Doctor Hardcore Build #2
This build is used by 0.56% of hardcore Witch Doctors. Including the Build Variants, it is used by 2.25%.
Active Skills Passive Skills
Corpse Spiders - Blazing Spiders Confidence Ritual
Piranhas - Piranhado Spirit Vessel
Soul Harvest - Languish Grave Injustice
Acid Cloud - Slow Burn Swampland Attunement
Spirit Walk - Jaunt
Wall of Death - Fire Wall
Build Variant #2A (0.33%)
Acid Cloud - Acid Rain replaces Slow Burn
Build Variant #2B (0.25%)
Corpse Spiders - Medusa Spiders replaces Blazing Spiders
Pierce the Veil replaces Confidence Ritual
Build Variant #2C (0.24%)
Pierce the Veil replaces Confidence Ritual
Build Variant #2D (0.20%)
Gruesome Feast replaces Confidence Ritual
Build Variant #2E (0.14%)
Acid Cloud - Acid Rain replaces Slow Burn
Gruesome Feast replaces Confidence Ritual
Build Variant #2F (0.12%)
Pierce the Veil replaces Swampland Attunement
Build Variant #2G (0.12%)
Acid Cloud - Acid Rain replaces Slow Burn
Pierce the Veil replaces Confidence Ritual
Build Variant #2H (0.11%)
Gruesome Feast replaces Swampland Attunement
Build Variant #2I (0.09%)
Acid Cloud - Acid Rain replaces Slow Burn
Bad Medicine replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #2J (0.09%)
Jungle Fortitude replaces Confidence Ritual
Witch Doctor Hardcore Build #3
This build is used by 0.36% of hardcore Witch Doctors. Including the Build Variants, it is used by 1.51%.
Active Skills Passive Skills
Piranhas - Piranhado Bad Medicine
Big Bad Voodoo - Slam Dance Pierce the Veil
Fetish Army - Legion of Daggers Fetish Sycophants
Poison Dart - Snake to the Face Spirit Vessel
Grasp of the Dead - Desperate Grasp
Spirit Walk - Jaunt
Build Variant #3A (0.35%)
Grave Injustice replaces Bad Medicine
Build Variant #3B (0.24%)
Gruesome Feast replaces Bad Medicine
Build Variant #3C (0.16%)
Jungle Fortitude replaces Bad Medicine
Build Variant #3D (0.11%)
Swampland Attunement replaces Bad Medicine
Build Variant #3E (0.07%)
Grasp of the Dead - Death Is Life replaces Desperate Grasp
Gruesome Feast replaces Bad Medicine
Build Variant #3F (0.05%)
Confidence Ritual replaces Bad Medicine
Build Variant #3G (0.05%)
Grave Injustice replaces Bad Medicine
Gruesome Feast replaces Fetish Sycophants
Build Variant #3H (0.04%)
Piranhas - Frozen Piranhas replaces Piranhado
Grasp of the Dead - Death Is Life replaces Desperate Grasp
Gruesome Feast replaces Bad Medicine
Build Variant #3I (0.04%)
Grasp of the Dead - Death Is Life replaces Desperate Grasp
Grave Injustice replaces Bad Medicine
Build Variant #3J (0.04%)
Jungle Fortitude replaces Pierce the Veil
Witch Doctor Hardcore Build #4
This build is used by 0.35% of hardcore Witch Doctors. Including the Build Variants, it is used by 1.27%.
Active Skills Passive Skills
Corpse Spiders - Blazing Spiders Pierce the Veil
Soul Harvest - Languish Spirit Vessel
Hex - Jinx Grave Injustice
Acid Cloud - Slow Burn Swampland Attunement
Spirit Walk - Jaunt
Wall of Death - Fire Wall
Build Variant #4A (0.19%)
Confidence Ritual replaces Pierce the Veil
Build Variant #4B (0.14%)
Confidence Ritual replaces Swampland Attunement
Build Variant #4C (0.12%)
Acid Cloud - Acid Rain replaces Slow Burn
Confidence Ritual replaces Pierce the Veil
Build Variant #4D (0.09%)
Acid Cloud - Acid Rain replaces Slow Burn
Build Variant #4E (0.08%)
Acid Cloud - Acid Rain replaces Slow Burn
Confidence Ritual replaces Swampland Attunement
Build Variant #4F (0.08%)
Confidence Ritual replaces Grave Injustice
Build Variant #4G (0.06%)
Vision Quest replaces Pierce the Veil
Build Variant #4H (0.06%)
Gruesome Feast replaces Pierce the Veil
Build Variant #4I (0.05%)
Gruesome Feast replaces Swampland Attunement
Build Variant #4J (0.05%)
Acid Cloud - Acid Rain replaces Slow Burn
Gruesome Feast replaces Pierce the Veil
Want more historical data from patch 2.3? See the Patch 2.3 Data Archive for other charts.
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