Witch Doctor Carnevil DoD Build with LoD
Welcome to our build guide for LoD Carnevil DoD Witch Doctor in Diablo 3. Here, you will learn everything you need to know to play this build at the highest level. This build is updated for Patch 2.7.4 and Season 27.
For more information regarding followers, we advise you to read our follower guide, which contains detailed advice on choosing the skills and the gear of your companion.
Introduction
Using the set-like damage amplification from either the Legacy of Nightmares set or the Legacy of Dreams gem, the Carnevil Witch Doctor is no longer the exclusive territory of Zunimassa sets. With an arsenal of synergistic legendary items this fetish-leading, darts-centric playstyle is an attack speed-based summoner juggernaut.
Quick Reference
Skill Setup
The basic skill setup of the LoN / LoD Carnevil Witch Doctor is displayed below. Read the dedicated Skills page for detailed information on choices, alternatives and build customization.
| Active Skills |
|---|
Poison Dart
 Spined Dart
Piranhas
 Piranhado
1
Big Bad Voodoo
 Slam Dance
2
Spirit Walk
Severance
3
Soul Harvest
Languish
4
Horrify
Frightening Aspect
|
| Passive Skills |
Gear Setup
The required gear setup for the LoN / LoD Carnevil Witch Doctor is listed below. Check the Gear page for detailed information on choices, alternatives, gemming, Kanai's Cube, and Paragon distribution.
- Helm:
Carnevil - Shoulders:
Pauldrons of the Skeleton King - Gloves:
Stone Gauntlets - Chest:
Aquila Cuirass - Belt:
The Witching Hour - Pants:
Depth Diggers - Boots:
Ice Climbers - Bracers:
Lakumba's Ornament - Amulet:
Squirt's Necklace - Ring 1:
The Wailing Host - Ring 2:
Litany of the Undaunted - Weapon:
The Dagger of Darts - Offhand:
Zunimassa's String of Skulls
Angelic Crucible Sanctification
Season 27 comes with the theme of Angelic Crucibles —
consumable items that empower Legendary items with perfected Ancient-level
stats, as well as infuse them with one of three unique, powerful,
class-specific abilities at random. For this build, we recommend aiming for
the 
Horrify Sanctification, which adds the following power to your
build:
- Horrify Sanctification: Horrify becomes an aura that causes enemies to receive 100% more damage and deal 15% less damage in addition to its other effects.
Use Angelic Crucibles on an item that crosses over most (if not all)
variants of a build, and is also an item that is relatively harder to perfect
than other slots (since sanctifying an item maximizes its stats). In the case
of this build, good candidates for Sanctification are 
The Dagger of Darts
and 
Shukrani's Triumph.
You can read more on Angelic Crucibles and the sanctification process in our dedicated Angelic Crucible Mechanics guide.
Legendary Gems
- Legendary Gem 1:
Simplicity's Strength - Legendary Gem 2:
Enforcer - Legendary Gem 3:
Bane of the Stricken
Kanai's Cube
- Weapon Slot:
Sacred Harvester - Armor Slot:
Mask of Jeram - Jewelry Slot:
Convention of Elements
Changelog
- 26 Aug. 2022 (gear page): Added Season 27 Angelic Crucible recommendations.
- 26 Aug. 2022 (skills page): Skills and passives reviewed for Season 27.
- 26 Aug. 2022 (this page): Added Season 27 Angelic Crucible recommendations.
- 14 Apr. 2022 (this page): Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 14 Apr. 2022 (skills page): Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 14 Apr. 2022 (gear page): Guide reviewed for Season 26.
- 06 Dec. 2021 (skills page): Revised skill recommendations.
- 06 Dec. 2021 (this page): Enriched the guide and added Season 25 Soul Shard recommendations.
- 06 Dec. 2021 (gear page): Enriched the guide and added Season 25 Soul Shard recommendations.
- 22 Jul. 2021 (this page): Added S24 Ethereal recommendation.
- 22 Jul. 2021 (skills page): No changes required for Season 24.
- 22 Jul. 2021 (gear page): Added S24 Ethereal recommendation.
- 01 Apr. 2021 (this page): Minor gearing revision and added follower recommendation.
- 01 Apr. 2021 (skills page): No changes required for Season 23.
- 01 Apr. 2021 (gear page): Minor gearing revision and added follower recommendation.
- 19 Nov. 2020 (gear page): Added Cube recommendations for Season 22.
- 19 Nov. 2020 (this page): Added Cube recommendations for Season 22.
- 19 Nov. 2020 (skills page): No changes required for Season 22.
- 01 Jul. 2020 (skills page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 01 Jul. 2020 (this page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 01 Jul. 2020 (gear page): No changes required for Season 21.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (skills page): Minor clarifications added.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (gear page): Revised cube recommendations to better reflect the meta.
- 12 Mar. 2020 (this page): Revised cube recommendations to better reflect the meta.
- 22 Nov. 2019 (skills page): Reviewed for Season 19.
- 22 Nov. 2019 (gear page): Reviewed for Season 19.
- 22 Nov. 2019 (this page): Reviewed for Season 19.
- 23 Aug. 2019 (this page): Item and skill recommendations are revised for Season 18.
- 23 Aug. 2019 (gear page): Item recommendations are revised for Season 18.
- 23 Aug. 2019 (skills page): Skill recommendations are revised for Season 18.
- 17 May 2019 (gear page): Guide added.
- 17 May 2019 (skills page): Guide added.
- 17 May 2019 (this page): Guide added.
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