In group, the majority of our Attack Speed comes from the secondary effect of Pain Enhancer. Generally you always want to have 7% Attack Speed rolled on your weapon in this build as this bonus is calculated multiplicatively to other Attack Speed bonuses. Yet with this potential, it is not entirely excluded that Arachyr Firebats Witch Doctor becomes once again the META Trash Killer in the future! Anyways, let's get into it!Īttack Speed provides insane damage benefits for this channeling build and we definitely want to reach certain Breakpoints (see Mechanics ). While the build is fun to play, it lacks damage compared to the best performing Witch Doctor builds. This is further enhanced by the incredible Attack Speed scaling of the setup allowing you to melt monsters in high density (see Mechanics). This is an Area Damage (AD) build, since Firebats Cloud of Bats can proc it. In Season 25, the build didn't get any benefit from the Spirit of Arachyr rework, being completely outclassed by the new Arachyr Corpse Spiders. On top of that there are high damage multipliers available from Staff of Chiroptera and Bakuli Jungle Wraps.ĭuring Season 24, Ethereals brought an impressive damage potential buff to the setup due to the breathtaking Attack Speed granted by Ghostflame. Out of all creature skills, Firebats has the most damage potential with its Attack Speed scaling potential paired with channeling buffs from Taeguk and Mantle of Channeling. In this build we combine this damage boost with the iconic Firebats channeling playstyle and crazy Attack Speed values from the Staff of Chiroptera and Pain Enhancer. The latter provides a generic damage multiplier to all Creature skills.

Further down the road, it has been the META Trash Killer of choice from Season 7 to 9, juggling between Helltooth and Spirit of Arachyr sets. Firebats is a well-known Witch Doctor skill, used all the way back before Seasons.

Diablo 3 witch doctor season 17 build