Witch Doctor Runes by Popularity

All the Witch Doctor runes for active skills, ranked by popularity in patch 2.3

These are charts of all the Diablo III Witch Doctor runes, ranked from the most to least popular rune. The data comes from level 70 Witch Doctors in Reaper of Souls, who are actively playing in Patch 2.3.
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. The Popular Builds and Skills overview has information on how all this data is gathered.
Select any rune or skill below to view full 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: November 3, 2018

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 2.3. 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 active in patch 2.3.
Select any rune or skill to view full information and statistics about it.

Runes by Popularity - Witch Doctor Softcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Jaunt	Spirit Walk	59.90
2	Piranhado	Piranhas	47.80
3	Slam Dance	Big Bad Voodoo	29.90
4	Fire Wall	Wall of Death	26.70
5	Languish	Soul Harvest	26.30
6	Blazing Spiders	Corpse Spiders	23.30
7	Legion of Daggers	Fetish Army	23.20
8	Acid Rain	Acid Cloud	15.10
9	Zombie Bears	Zombie Charger	13.21
10	Snake to the Face	Poison Dart	13.20
11	Poisoned Spirit	Haunt	9.60
12	Angry Chicken	Hex	9.20
13	Slow Burn	Acid Cloud	7.30
14	Splinters	Poison Dart	6.80
15	Desperate Grasp	Grasp of the Dead	6.70
16	Leeching Beasts	Summon Zombie Dogs	6.40
17	Pestilence	Locust Swarm	6.14
18	Life Link	Summon Zombie Dogs	6.10
19	Rain of Toads	Plague of Toads	5.10
20	Soul to Waste	Soul Harvest	4.91
21	Healing Journey	Spirit Walk	4.90
22	Face of Death	Horrify	4.70
23	Jinx	Hex	4.40
24	Restless Giant	Gargantuan	4.30
25	Head Hunters	Fetish Army	4.30
26	Resentful Spirits	Haunt	4.00
27	Wrathful Protector	Gargantuan	3.90
28	Chilled to the Bone	Summon Zombie Dogs	3.80
29	Pyrogeist	Firebomb	3.53
30	Honored Guest	Spirit Walk	3.50
31	Siphon	Soul Harvest	3.40
32	Burning Dogs	Summon Zombie Dogs	2.90
33	Plague Bats	Firebats	2.70
34	Wave of Mutilation	Piranhas	2.60
35	Paranoia	Mass Confusion	2.50
36	Bruiser	Gargantuan	2.33
37	Big Stinker	Gargantuan	2.30
38	Frightening Aspect	Horrify	2.20
39	Vengeful Spirit	Soul Harvest	2.13
40	Rabid Dogs	Summon Zombie Dogs	2.10
41	Frozen Piranhas	Piranhas	2.10
42	Spider Queen	Corpse Spiders	2.00
43	Leaping Spiders	Corpse Spiders	1.93
44	Communing with Spirits	Wall of Death	1.90
45	Lob Blob Bomb	Acid Cloud	1.80
46	Tiki Torchers	Fetish Army	1.70
47	Rain of Corpses	Grasp of the Dead	1.63
48	Swallow Your Soul	Soul Harvest	1.60
49	Medusa Spiders	Corpse Spiders	1.60
50	Zombie Piranhas	Piranhas	1.56
51	Stalker	Horrify	1.52
52	Black Blood	Sacrifice	1.50
53	Ring of Poison	Wall of Death	1.47
54	Corpse Bomb	Acid Cloud	1.45
55	Addling Toads	Plague of Toads	1.40
56	Vampire Bats	Firebats	1.30
57	Undeath	Zombie Charger	1.25
58	Humongoid	Gargantuan	1.20
59	Death Is Life	Grasp of the Dead	1.00
60	Phantasm	Spirit Barrage	0.84
61	Ghost Trance	Big Bad Voodoo	0.84
62	Widowmakers	Corpse Spiders	0.84
63	Ghost Bomb	Firebomb	0.83
64	Explosive Toads	Plague of Toads	0.80
65	Searing Locusts	Locust Swarm	0.74
66	Spined Dart	Poison Dart	0.72
67	Rain Dance	Big Bad Voodoo	0.71
68	Devoted Following	Fetish Army	0.70
69	Umbral Shock	Spirit Walk	0.65
70	Cloud of Bats	Firebats	0.60
71	Provoke the Pack	Sacrifice	0.52
72	Groping Eels	Grasp of the Dead	0.50
73	Toad Affinity	Plague of Toads	0.46
74	Well of Souls	Spirit Barrage	0.45
75	Explosive Beast	Zombie Charger	0.44
76	Flash Fire	Firebomb	0.42
77	Draining Spirit	Haunt	0.42
78	Fetish Ambush	Fetish Army	0.42
79	Unbreakable Grasp	Grasp of the Dead	0.42
80	Devouring Swarm	Locust Swarm	0.40
81	Surrounded by Death	Wall of Death	0.37
82	Ruthless Terror	Horrify	0.36
83	Unstable Form	Hex	0.35
84	Manitou	Spirit Barrage	0.35
85	Cloud of Insects	Locust Swarm	0.35
86	Consuming Spirit	Haunt	0.34
87	Flaming Dart	Poison Dart	0.34
88	Roll the Bones	Firebomb	0.34
89	Jungle Drums	Big Bad Voodoo	0.33
90	Bogadile	Piranhas	0.30
91	Wall of Zombies	Wall of Death	0.27
92	Lingering Spirit	Haunt	0.26
93	Hungry Bats	Firebats	0.25
94	Diseased Swarm	Locust Swarm	0.25
95	Numbing Dart	Poison Dart	0.25
96	Kiss of Death	Acid Cloud	0.25
97	The Spirit Is Willing	Spirit Barrage	0.24
98	Mass Hallucination	Mass Confusion	0.24
99	Toad of Hugeness	Hex	0.24
100	Lumbering Cold	Zombie Charger	0.24
101	Unstable Realm	Mass Confusion	0.23
102	Hedge Magic	Hex	0.23
103	Severance	Spirit Walk	0.22
104	Pile On	Zombie Charger	0.22
105	Dire Bats	Firebats	0.20
106	Boogie Man	Big Bad Voodoo	0.20
107	Pride	Sacrifice	0.16
108	For the Master	Sacrifice	0.16
109	Piercing Toads	Plague of Toads	0.15
110	Phlebotomize	Spirit Barrage	0.15
111	Phobia	Horrify	0.13
112	Mass Hysteria	Mass Confusion	0.12
113	Next of Kin	Sacrifice	0.12
114	Fire Pit	Firebomb	0.10
115	Creepers	Wall of Death	0.05
116	Wrecking Crew	Wall of Death	0.05
117	Offensive Line	Wall of Death	0.03
118	Devolution	Mass Confusion	0.02
119	Unrelenting Grip	Wall of Death	0.02
120	Barricade	Wall of Death	0.00
Rune		Skill	Percent

Runes by Popularity - Witch Doctor Hardcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Jaunt	Spirit Walk	55.50
2	Piranhado	Piranhas	35.40
3	Fire Wall	Wall of Death	22.20
4	Blazing Spiders	Corpse Spiders	20.00
5	Languish	Soul Harvest	19.50
6	Slam Dance	Big Bad Voodoo	17.20
7	Legion of Daggers	Fetish Army	17.10
8	Life Link	Summon Zombie Dogs	15.70
9	Acid Rain	Acid Cloud	15.30
10	Leeching Beasts	Summon Zombie Dogs	9.80
11	Snake to the Face	Poison Dart	9.20
12	Jinx	Hex	9.10
13	Poisoned Spirit	Haunt	8.90
14	Slow Burn	Acid Cloud	7.90
15	Restless Giant	Gargantuan	7.30
16	Zombie Bears	Zombie Charger	7.20
17	Angry Chicken	Hex	6.90
18	Rain of Toads	Plague of Toads	6.60
19	Healing Journey	Spirit Walk	6.40
20	Pestilence	Locust Swarm	6.10
21	Chilled to the Bone	Summon Zombie Dogs	5.10
22	Splinters	Poison Dart	4.80
23	Wrathful Protector	Gargantuan	4.30
24	Head Hunters	Fetish Army	4.20
25	Resentful Spirits	Haunt	3.90
26	Bruiser	Gargantuan	3.70
27	Big Stinker	Gargantuan	3.60
28	Desperate Grasp	Grasp of the Dead	3.50
29	Communing with Spirits	Wall of Death	3.40
30	Wave of Mutilation	Piranhas	3.26
31	Leaping Spiders	Corpse Spiders	3.20
32	Pyrogeist	Firebomb	3.10
33	Lob Blob Bomb	Acid Cloud	2.90
34	Rain of Corpses	Grasp of the Dead	2.83
35	Honored Guest	Spirit Walk	2.80
36	Humongoid	Gargantuan	2.70
37	Plague Bats	Firebats	2.64
38	Soul to Waste	Soul Harvest	2.61
39	Burning Dogs	Summon Zombie Dogs	2.60
40	Ring of Poison	Wall of Death	2.27
41	Undeath	Zombie Charger	2.25
42	Spider Queen	Corpse Spiders	2.24
43	Rabid Dogs	Summon Zombie Dogs	2.20
44	Frozen Piranhas	Piranhas	2.10
45	Medusa Spiders	Corpse Spiders	2.00
46	Face of Death	Horrify	1.90
47	Vengeful Spirit	Soul Harvest	1.83
48	Corpse Bomb	Acid Cloud	1.80
49	Zombie Piranhas	Piranhas	1.66
50	Vampire Bats	Firebats	1.64
51	Frightening Aspect	Horrify	1.60
52	Tiki Torchers	Fetish Army	1.54
53	Siphon	Soul Harvest	1.51
54	Addling Toads	Plague of Toads	1.50
55	Swallow Your Soul	Soul Harvest	1.40
56	Widowmakers	Corpse Spiders	1.24
57	Ghost Trance	Big Bad Voodoo	1.20
58	Paranoia	Mass Confusion	1.10
59	Spined Dart	Poison Dart	1.00
60	Ghost Bomb	Firebomb	0.93
61	Explosive Toads	Plague of Toads	0.92
62	Consuming Spirit	Haunt	0.90
63	Umbral Shock	Spirit Walk	0.85
64	Searing Locusts	Locust Swarm	0.84
65	Stalker	Horrify	0.82
66	Devoted Following	Fetish Army	0.80
67	Surrounded by Death	Wall of Death	0.77
68	Death Is Life	Grasp of the Dead	0.70
69	Unstable Form	Hex	0.65
70	Flash Fire	Firebomb	0.62
71	Unbreakable Grasp	Grasp of the Dead	0.62
72	Groping Eels	Grasp of the Dead	0.60
73	Fetish Ambush	Fetish Army	0.60
74	Wall of Zombies	Wall of Death	0.57
75	Lingering Spirit	Haunt	0.56
76	Well of Souls	Spirit Barrage	0.55
77	Cloud of Insects	Locust Swarm	0.55
78	Phantasm	Spirit Barrage	0.54
79	Explosive Beast	Zombie Charger	0.54
80	Provoke the Pack	Sacrifice	0.52
81	Rain Dance	Big Bad Voodoo	0.51
82	Cloud of Bats	Firebats	0.50
83	Toad Affinity	Plague of Toads	0.46
84	Manitou	Spirit Barrage	0.45
85	Draining Spirit	Haunt	0.42
86	Bogadile	Piranhas	0.40
87	Flaming Dart	Poison Dart	0.34
88	The Spirit Is Willing	Spirit Barrage	0.34
89	Toad of Hugeness	Hex	0.34
90	Roll the Bones	Firebomb	0.34
91	Unstable Realm	Mass Confusion	0.33
92	Hedge Magic	Hex	0.33
93	Dire Bats	Firebats	0.30
94	Devouring Swarm	Locust Swarm	0.30
95	Boogie Man	Big Bad Voodoo	0.26
96	Ruthless Terror	Horrify	0.26
97	Hungry Bats	Firebats	0.25
98	Diseased Swarm	Locust Swarm	0.25
99	Numbing Dart	Poison Dart	0.25
100	Kiss of Death	Acid Cloud	0.25
101	Lumbering Cold	Zombie Charger	0.24
102	Fire Pit	Firebomb	0.23
103	Jungle Drums	Big Bad Voodoo	0.23
104	Phobia	Horrify	0.23
105	Mass Hysteria	Mass Confusion	0.22
106	Pile On	Zombie Charger	0.22
107	Black Blood	Sacrifice	0.20
108	Pride	Sacrifice	0.16
109	Piercing Toads	Plague of Toads	0.15
110	Mass Hallucination	Mass Confusion	0.14
111	Severance	Spirit Walk	0.12
112	Next of Kin	Sacrifice	0.12
113	For the Master	Sacrifice	0.10
114	Creepers	Wall of Death	0.05
115	Phlebotomize	Spirit Barrage	0.05
116	Wrecking Crew	Wall of Death	0.05
117	Offensive Line	Wall of Death	0.03
118	Devolution	Mass Confusion	0.02
119	Unrelenting Grip	Wall of Death	0.02
120	Barricade	Wall of Death	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 active in patch 2.3. 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.
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	93.90
Piranhas	Piranhado	88.00
Wall of Death	Fire Wall	87.40
Zombie Charger	Zombie Bears	86.80
Spirit Walk	Jaunt	86.60
Mass Confusion	Paranoia	82.70
Corpse Spiders	Blazing Spiders	79.00
Locust Swarm	Pestilence	78.50
Fetish Army	Legion of Daggers	76.70
Firebomb	Pyrogeist	69.30
Soul Harvest	Languish	68.60
Haunt	Poisoned Spirit	66.00
Sacrifice	Black Blood	65.80
Grasp of the Dead	Desperate Grasp	65.40
Plague of Toads	Rain of Toads	64.80
Hex	Angry Chicken	64.70
Poison Dart	Snake to the Face	62.20
Acid Cloud	Acid Rain	58.50
Firebats	Plague Bats	54.20
Horrify	Face of Death	53.10
Spirit Barrage	Phantasm	42.40
Gargantuan	Restless Giant	30.50
Summon Zombie Dogs	Leeching Beasts	30.20
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Top Rune per Skill - Witch Doctor Hardcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Big Bad Voodoo	Slam Dance	89.30
Spirit Walk	Jaunt	84.50
Piranhas	Piranhado	83.10
Locust Swarm	Pestilence	77.80
Wall of Death	Fire Wall	76.70
Soul Harvest	Languish	72.70
Fetish Army	Legion of Daggers	70.70
Corpse Spiders	Blazing Spiders	70.20
Zombie Charger	Zombie Bears	69.70
Plague of Toads	Rain of Toads	68.90
Haunt	Poisoned Spirit	60.80
Firebomb	Pyrogeist	60.00
Mass Confusion	Paranoia	59.80
Poison Dart	Snake to the Face	59.10
Acid Cloud	Acid Rain	54.60
Hex	Jinx	52.80
Firebats	Plague Bats	49.90
Sacrifice	Provoke the Pack	48.00
Summon Zombie Dogs	Life Link	44.40
Grasp of the Dead	Desperate Grasp	42.90
Horrify	Face of Death	39.90
Gargantuan	Restless Giant	33.80
Spirit Barrage	Well of Souls	29.40
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

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