TL;DW - 150 will be achievable solo next season on any class - Zunimassa Darts is already the strongest WD build and gets an insane ethereal buffing it by 7-8 tiers - The build is super hard to play, super fishy and an absolute glass cannon - WD still has many issues that need to be solved for most of its sets (especially toughness, but also some damage and QoL)
WD: I am really going to be a strong char for this season. Blizzard: Seriosly, Im going to nerf you, even the passives. Well Blizz set high expectations with the Barb, Wiz, DH, WD, etc .... then nerf due to is not balanced. Numbers are high with top players with 5-6k paragon. and that was 2-3 yrs ago .... Jezz
Because they changed WD Primals not to include the +100% damage to all WD skills is the build worse or because now theres is a WD Ethereal that gives +200% damage to voodooo skills (Fetish Army) is it better..?
My first thought :D... Makes even less sense since the items on the PTR for the top clears are pretty much all highest roll possible due to unlimited rerolling.
Blue post in 2 weeks: "Witch Doctors were over-performing what we intended and so to address this issue we just decided to buff Crusader and Necromancer again instead of allowing any semblance of balance between the classes. We let you WD and DH mains have one season each of enjoying this game last year, now go back to playing one of the classes we actually care about"
Wudi, try the raimont again - a.k.a the professional build for monks. Roll AS on wep and switch exalted soul for guardians path. Trust me you are going to clear 120-22 easily.
How does it get two Echoing Fury stacks exactly? You said EF in the cube, and then something about the Ethereal, but Ethereal Legendary powers can’t stack with the same power in the cube or anywhere else.
15k paragon 150 clear... Dude.......... Thats Normal. Whatever build they use, 15k is what buffs the stupid gr clears. I hope you didn't disregard that entirely..
My Problem with the witch doctor (or monk/barbarian) is that it looks so boring to play (for me). And for some reason i think WD spells etc are ugly. I pref a build that looks fun and flashy even if its 20 Tiers lower :D What makes me really sad is that Star Pact will prob. Never return :( Btw wudi - your thoughts on Star Pact? You want it back too?
Whoaaaa ugly spells??? Have you seen Bogadile and Wave of Mutilation?? Granted, they don't do much damage but they are the most beautiful WD skill runes... :D
Blizzard hates Witch Doctor (racist?) Looking back on seasons 1-22 this is how many times each class appeared (on average) in the top 20 GR clears. If it were perfectly even you would expect every class to appear about ~14%: Wizard: 32.9% Necro: 27.9% Crusader: 20.9% Demon Hunter: 16.3% Barbarian: 13.5% Monk: 6.0% Witch Doctor: 4.4% And here's the number of Seasons where that class dominated (had more than 25% of the top positions) Wizard: 8 Crusader: 6 Demon Hunter: 6 Necro: 3 Barbarian: 3 Monk: 2 Witch Doctor: 0
What about Season 20 when Spirit Barrage was the meta? And the early seasons with WD as support (until S3 and also during S5-S6)? And the firebats era? There was definitely some time for it but very little recently and even in low speed content or anything they are generally disregarded, that has to be fixed
@@wudijo Season 20 was WDs best season! But still just 8 in the top 40 GR clears (top 20 SC and top 20 HC) so just under the 25% number I quoted. That season Crusader dominated and claimed 20 of the top 40 slots. For this data I did not consider anything other than single player GRs. But doing a deep dive in multiplayer comps would certainly be interesting data as well...
I keep saying that WD is OP, Blizzard needs to step in on this one. And wudijo is exaggerating when he calls this build squishy, it actually is very tanky.
Why can't Blizzard just give the pierces back to the demonhunter they nerffed it way to much. ALSO dial down the damn spinners reflective damagethe dh is the only class that gets 1 spotted with them
i only main WD since vanilla, after cracking my head and got my forum account banned due to the no ring buff on pets. i am the most qualified person to answer the wd "blizzard hatred class" but it is not. 1. this class was physically designed as such, look at the appearance which is very true that they are suppose to be slow and weak. 2. all the skills is design to match the appearance, slow and take ages to kill. 3. it was created to old people like me, we "cannot handle" fast pace and powerful play. 4. i don't want to say this, but it is obviously a racist issue as well ( if you look at the class skin color ) to support no. 4, isnt is obvious when they make non pet class the pet so "powerful"? join my club and dont give any hope if not nerf this season, they will retire this class on coming next few seasons. p.s. on your face blizzard.
TL;DW
- 150 will be achievable solo next season on any class
- Zunimassa Darts is already the strongest WD build and gets an insane ethereal buffing it by 7-8 tiers
- The build is super hard to play, super fishy and an absolute glass cannon
- WD still has many issues that need to be solved for most of its sets (especially toughness, but also some damage and QoL)
Awesome. Tyvm for info
So the snipe build got more snipey. 🔥
wd: hey I finally got a buff!
blizzard: wait, that wasn't supposed to happen!
WD: I am really going to be a strong char for this season.
Blizzard: Seriosly, Im going to nerf you, even the passives.
Well Blizz set high expectations with the Barb, Wiz, DH, WD, etc .... then nerf due to is not balanced. Numbers are high with top players with 5-6k paragon. and that was 2-3 yrs ago .... Jezz
Im so happy zunimassa is op again, one of the most fun builds for me to play :D I just love minion builds
My biggest issue with witch doctor and this game has been with toughness. Needs a rework game wide. But especially for witch doctor
Because they changed WD Primals not to include the +100% damage to all WD skills is the build worse or because now theres is a WD Ethereal that gives +200% damage to voodooo skills (Fetish Army) is it better..?
Tears to my eyes i was maining WD when the auction house with real money was a thing xd
I quit D3 for 2 years after they dropped the RMAH. I made almost $5,400 playing D3. What a time to be alive lol
What about the Jade set ? Any news about the buff of this set?
I've mained WD for so long, I'm just sick of being so squishy lol
I think WD is not squishy but lack damage? I might be wrong though.
@@lukebui281 both for most builds :D but toughness is an issue on everything besides Mundunugu
I came back for wizard... never got to play it good... and now i gotta come back for my fav class of d2...🤣😂❤💯
@@wudijo LoD version of darts can be really tanky, but... after patch we dont have weapon for this. right?
Here comes the BLIZZ nerf hammer! Cannot have WD that high on the leaderboards, smh.
Thinking the same thing.
My first thought :D... Makes even less sense since the items on the PTR for the top clears are pretty much all highest roll possible due to unlimited rerolling.
Blue post in 2 weeks:
"Witch Doctors were over-performing what we intended and so to address this issue we just decided to buff Crusader and Necromancer again instead of allowing any semblance of balance between the classes. We let you WD and DH mains have one season each of enjoying this game last year, now go back to playing one of the classes we actually care about"
@@aragonaut lmao. Man that season with the 4th cube slot and God dh great season....r.i.p.
it's one player. everyone else is 10+ tiers behind and well behind every class. hopefully they don't nerf for one player tho
Wudi, try the raimont again - a.k.a the professional build for monks. Roll AS on wep and switch exalted soul for guardians path. Trust me you are going to clear 120-22 easily.
wait what, the double dipping thing, does that apply to gargantuan if i have high attack speed it will buff their dmg but not their attack speed?
How does it get two Echoing Fury stacks exactly? You said EF in the cube, and then something about the Ethereal, but Ethereal Legendary powers can’t stack with the same power in the cube or anywhere else.
He didn't mean that literally. The Ethereal gave 30% attackspeed as a special stat which is the same as 2 EF stacks.
Probably going to go monk or wd. Never pushed them before
Where I'm at too. At the same time it would be cool to main one of the heroes with ethereals. Still have time to decide!
when does the current ptr end?
15k paragon 150 clear... Dude.......... Thats Normal. Whatever build they use, 15k is what buffs the stupid gr clears. I hope you didn't disregard that entirely..
Actually, I was playing S22 Necro Dart and Wudijo had less paragon and achieve higher GRs. Hes having an incredible pair of hands ....
You don't need toughness if everything dies.
well some classes have both, see firebird wizards
@@rop888 Blizzard: well some classes are more "equal" than others.
My Problem with the witch doctor (or monk/barbarian) is that it looks so boring to play (for me). And for some reason i think WD spells etc are ugly.
I pref a build that looks fun and flashy even if its 20 Tiers lower :D
What makes me really sad is that Star Pact will prob. Never return :(
Btw wudi - your thoughts on Star Pact? You want it back too?
I have played star pact a few days ago, will be releasing a video about it soon
lol the opposite of me, since I tried WD I can't play any thing else :D
Try Mundunugu's Spirit Barrage build.
It's quite fun to constantly blow up the whole screen
Whoaaaa ugly spells??? Have you seen Bogadile and Wave of Mutilation?? Granted, they don't do much damage but they are the most beautiful WD skill runes... :D
@@whateverfloatsyourboat4586 i think i made a mistake what i typed and what i actually meant.
I dont like the WD look at all :D
Diablo 4 can not come soon enough..
is there Ethereal Primals?
nope
Look mom! I made it! :D
Blizzard hates Witch Doctor (racist?)
Looking back on seasons 1-22 this is how many times each class appeared (on average) in the top 20 GR clears. If it were perfectly even you would expect every class to appear about ~14%:
Wizard: 32.9%
Necro: 27.9%
Crusader: 20.9%
Demon Hunter: 16.3%
Barbarian: 13.5%
Monk: 6.0%
Witch Doctor: 4.4%
And here's the number of Seasons where that class dominated (had more than 25% of the top positions)
Wizard: 8
Crusader: 6
Demon Hunter: 6
Necro: 3
Barbarian: 3
Monk: 2
Witch Doctor: 0
What about Season 20 when Spirit Barrage was the meta? And the early seasons with WD as support (until S3 and also during S5-S6)? And the firebats era? There was definitely some time for it but very little recently and even in low speed content or anything they are generally disregarded, that has to be fixed
@@wudijo Season 20 was WDs best season! But still just 8 in the top 40 GR clears (top 20 SC and top 20 HC) so just under the 25% number I quoted. That season Crusader dominated and claimed 20 of the top 40 slots.
For this data I did not consider anything other than single player GRs. But doing a deep dive in multiplayer comps would certainly be interesting data as well...
How can you access saison 24 when its not out
Hover mouse over PLAY button, you will see PTR 9public realm testing). You can download it to check new builds..
Nice!
I keep saying that WD is OP, Blizzard needs to step in on this one. And wudijo is exaggerating when he calls this build squishy, it actually is very tanky.
Myself included, there are some dedicated WD players in diablo3.
I Love WD every seson i play with .... but pls BLIZZ add some numbers FOR HIM !!!!!!
Why can't Blizzard just give the pierces back to the demonhunter they nerffed it way to much. ALSO dial down the damn spinners reflective damagethe dh is the only class that gets 1 spotted with them
impossibruh
Another botter season....
All are, Im afraid :(
Every damn build on the WD is shitty. you die on the RG, you may as well restart the game.
i only main WD since vanilla, after cracking my head and got my forum account banned due to the no ring buff on pets.
i am the most qualified person to answer the wd "blizzard hatred class" but it is not.
1. this class was physically designed as such, look at the appearance which is very true that they are suppose to be slow and weak.
2. all the skills is design to match the appearance, slow and take ages to kill.
3. it was created to old people like me, we "cannot handle" fast pace and powerful play.
4. i don't want to say this, but it is obviously a racist issue as well ( if you look at the class skin color )
to support no. 4, isnt is obvious when they make non pet class the pet so "powerful"?
join my club and dont give any hope if not nerf this season, they will retire this class on coming next few seasons.
p.s. on your face blizzard.
cause wd is busted like always. The gameplay is just boring
Probably going to go monk or wd. Never pushed them before
Every damn build on the WD is shitty. you die on the RG, you may as well restart the game.