This would be the second Diablo 3 Build that we pickup from Anthony. His previous infinite zombie bears build has became very popular but it seems that the YouTuber gets bored easily and came up with a new Witch Doctor Build for some fun and efficient Inferno farming. Called Fire Bats Circle Of Life, the setup aims to provide a viable alternative that offers tons of DPS and an almost infinite mana pool with the aid of some gear optimization and proper skill usage.
The main damage dealer will be the Firebats skill and combined with the Cloud of Bats skill it will be capable of insane DPS but there is a price to pay that will be explained after having a look at the setup.
Left Mouse Button – Locust Swarm with the Pestilence rune
Right Mouse Button – Firebats with the Cloud of Bats rune
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Action Key 1 – Grasp of the Dead with the Death Is Life rune
Action Key 2 – Soul Harvest with the Vengeful Spirit rune
Action Key 3 – Spirit Walk with the Honored Guest rune
Action Key 4 – Sacrifice with the Pride rune
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Passive Skill 1: Gruesome Feast
Passive Skill 2: Circle of Life
Passive Skill 3: Grave Injustice
The Mechanics Of The Build:
Anthony used a smart choice of skills to build a strong Witch Doctor build that is viable for Inferno. Due to the nature of the setup, the build shows its true potential when Firebats is used. Due to the rune choice, the Witch Doctor needs to be within melee range to make sure that the enemies are caught in the range of the swirling cloud of bats.
The proper way to do it is to run around and gather decent clusters or packs of mobs together, slow them with Grasp of the Dead and channel Firebats. Once dead, the enemies have a 30% chance to summon a Zombie Dog due to the Circle of Life passive. Additionally, Grasp of the Dead has a 10% chance to summon one as well. In theory, getting a pack of 10 monsters would guarantee at least one zombie dog.
Next, we have the Sacrifice skill with the pride rune.
No summoning spell would be required since there already is a passive and an active skill that can raise a Zombie Dog at a frequent rate. When mana is low, Sacrifice can be used to gain some of it back but it might not be enough. Since the build is advertised as an infinite mana setup, Spirit Walk needs to be included. The Honored Guest rune will ensure that 15% of the manapool will be replenished for each second while the player has Spirit Walk active. The rest of the skills are rather self explanatory but there is one more than needs to be discussed.
Gruesome Feast is one of the skills that are rarely used by Witch Doctors. Even if the 10% mana restore bonus and the 10% extra intelligence are quite significant, due to the scarcity of health globes, the bonus cannot be maintained or stacked. Due to the Death is Life rune, the utility of the skill becomes obvious. More orbs will spawn and thus the bonus can be stacked to 50% extra intelligence and 50% mana restored quite easily. On the downside, gear will also play an important part. A bit of gold might be needed to be spent on some survivability items.
Gruesome Feast is one of the skills that are rarely used by Witch Doctors. Even if the 10% mana restore bonus and the 10% extra intelligence are quite significant, due to the scarcity of health globes, the bonus cannot be maintained or stacked. Due to the Death is Life rune, the utility of the skill becomes obvious. More orbs will spawn and thus the bonus can be stacked to 50% extra intelligence and 50% mana restored quite easily. On the downside, gear will also play an important part. A bit of gold might be needed to be spent on some survivability items.
