Spirit Walk - I chose the Jaunt rune because I like the extra time to get out of dodge, but you can use whatever you like.

Locust Swarm uses the Pestilence rune in order to help spread the debuff and allow us to focus on other things.

Spirit Barrage uses the Manitou rune to help automate our build a little, and because it gains the increased attack speed from our Gazing Demise.

The skill choices are fairly cookie-cutter and should be easy enough to understand. It is important that when attempting to min-max your gear that you search for gear that has armor as a primary stat and resistances as a secondary. Keeping this in mind, we will be especially vulnerable to physical damage. *Note* As an Intelligence class, we will receive 1 point of All Resist for every 10 points of Intelligence. *Note* The individual pieces of the Captain Crimson's set that are worn do not matter. Both of these will offer large amounts of defense while Captain Crimson's has the opportunity to buff our damage at the same time. The two major choices in this regard are the Captain Crimson's and the Endless Walk sets. Damage creep has been kind to the platers of Diablo 3 which means even with all the focus on defensive items, we will not be without enough damage.

First off, this build tends to be on the squishier side of the spectrum, and as such we have made several choices in order to boost survivability. In this edition, we will be using the new Mundunugu's Regalia set that focuses on the Spirit Barrage Skill! The Items are spelled out fairly in-depth above so I will not go into too much detail here, but I wanted to explain a few things before we get into the nitty-gritty. Stat Priority: Int CHC CDR Skill: Spirit Barrage.Stat Priority: Int Vit AR Skill: Spirit Barrage.

Stat Priority: Int CHC Skill: Spirit Barrage.Each active Phantasm lasts twice as long, increases the damage of Spirit Barrage by 100 - 150%, and also increases the attack rate from Manitou spectres. Increases Mana Regeneration by 12 - 14 per Second

Diablo 3 witch doctor build season 24