Witch Doctor Legacy of Dreams Spirit Barrage Build

Emerging from a convergence of obscure mechanics and interactions, the LoD Spirit Barrage Witch Doctor offers a unique, spellcasting-heavy, bursty playstyle. The build is available in a Greater Rift solo progression (the present build) and Speed Farming variations (see link below).

The basic skill setup of the Spirit Barrage LoD Witch Doctor is displayed below. Read the dedicated Skills page for detailed information on choices, alternatives and build customization.

Active Skills
Spirit Barrage Manitou Locust Swarm Pestilence 1 Piranhas Piranhado 2 Spirit Walk Severance 3 Big Bad Voodoo Slam Dance 4 Soul Harvest Languish
Passive Skills
Blood Ritual Rush of Essence Confidence Ritual Grave Injustice

The required gear setup for the Spirit Barrage LoN Witch Doctor is listed below. Check the Gear page for detailed information on choices, alternatives, gemming, Kanai's Cube and Paragon distribution.

• Helm: Andariel's Visage
• Shoulders: Pauldrons of the Skeleton King
• Gloves: Frostburn
• Chest: Aquila Cuirass
• Belt: Belt of Transcendence
• Pants: Blackthorne's Jousting Mail
• Boots: Ice Climbers
• Bracers: Lakumba's Ornament
• Amulet: Squirt's Necklace
• Ring 1: Convention of Elements
• Ring 2: Ring of Emptiness
• Weapon: The Barber
• Offhand: Gazing Demise

This Season 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 substituting the rune on Piranhas from Piranhado to Bogadile, and aiming for the Haunt Sanctification, which adds the following power to your build:

• Haunt Sanctification: Enemies affected by Locust Swarm are also Haunted. When you cast Piranhas, all Haunted enemies within 60 yards are pulled into the pool. A lesser enemy stunned by Bogadile is instantly killed. Elites and Bosses stunned by Bogadile take massive damage.

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 your equipped weapon (either The Barber or Voo's Juicer), or the Gazing Demise.

You can read more on Angelic Crucibles and the sanctification process in our dedicated Angelic Crucible Mechanics guide.

The former Season 28 theme, the Altar of Rites, has been revised and re-added to Diablo 3 as a permanent character progression mechanic. — For virtually all builds and players of all skill levels — from casual to advanced — we recommend progressing through the Altar tree using the path outlined below. The suggested path is geared towards maximum quality of life first, then amplifying damage, and then mopping up the tree with defensive and edge case utility nodes.

Note that while they require reaching them with a Seal, Legendary Potion Powers are not part of the Seal cost system; Potions unlock with a separate resource called Primordial Ashes, obtained from salvaging Legendary or Set items of Primal (red bordered) quality. Upgrade them as soon as possible, and in the order shown below (courtesy of Caleko's Altar of Rites planner).

You can read more on the Altar of Rites, Seals and Legendary Potion Powers in our dedicated Altar of Rites Mechanics guide.

• Legendary Gem 1: Legacy of Dreams
• Legendary Gem 2: Bane of the Stricken
• Legendary Gem 3: Bane of the Trapped

• Weapon Slot: Sacred Harvester
• Armor Slot: Stone Gauntlets
• Jewelry Slot: Unity