**OFFICIAL** Diablo 3 Thread

[sweenish]

Got a Tall Man's Finger. For my lvl. 48 WD. At least they do exist.

 

[waterjug]

Got a furnace!.....with my monk that I'm using an FD for....*sigh* used a Gift on it to socket the thing, rerolled dex to str. and now it's a weapon for my barb.

 

[JimKiler]

Got a furnace!.....with my monk that I'm using an FD for....*sigh* used a Gift on it to socket the thing, rerolled dex to str. and now it's a weapon for my barb.

What is a gift?

 

[OlyAR15]

What is a gift?

Ramaladni's Gift. A rare item that will allow you to add a socket to an unsocketed weapon. The reason it is such a coveted item is that it adds, not replaces a current primary slot, so you end up with a weapon with 5 primary stats.

 

[JimKiler]

Ramaladni's Gift. A rare item that will allow you to add a socket to an unsocketed weapon. The reason it is such a coveted item is that it adds, not replaces a current primary slot, so you end up with a weapon with 5 primary stats.

I am drooling already!

 

[Rhezuss]

I got one of those earlier this month. It is indeed a great item!

 

[Ventanni]

I got a Ramaladni's Gift on the very first Greater Rift completion thinking, "Oh, this'll be cool. They're common," and I used it on a "fun" weapon for my Crusader just for the heck of it.

I've yet to see one since. Grrr...

 

[OlyAR15]

I think I went up over 100 paragon levels before I found my first Gift. Others seem to find them quite frequently. Another one of those frustrating RNG moments.

 

[Cuular]

I've gotten 8 gifts so far, And just reached around paragon level 305 this weekend. I started ROS at around 130ish.

I also finally got Tasker and Theo, and Jeram helm this weekend. 34k shards, got the helm. T&T I looted from a chest in a T6 rift in the "old heaven" part.

Now I just need 3 pieces of Zuni's. So far I've gotten 0 of those, tons of other set pieces. And of course TMK for a weapon.

But having Tall Man Finger, T&T and Jerams is a good start. Replacing TMF with a decent CC/CD ring works out better right now, since I need more tanks on the screen to protect me.

 

[sweenish]

I've gotten 8 gifts so far, And just reached around paragon level 305 this weekend. I started ROS at around 130ish.

I also finally got Tasker and Theo, and Jeram helm this weekend. 34k shards, got the helm. T&T I looted from a chest in a T6 rift in the "old heaven" part.

Now I just need 3 pieces of Zuni's. So far I've gotten 0 of those, tons of other set pieces. And of course TMK for a weapon.

But having Tall Man Finger, T&T and Jerams is a good start. Replacing TMF with a decent CC/CD ring works out better right now, since I need more tanks on the screen to protect me.

It sounds like you're well on your way. But why Zuni? Aughild's is the better 3 piece with it's reduce and plus damage against elites. And if you have a RoRG, you can get that with two pieces and get more set bonuses like Cain's or Captain Crimson or Asheara.

I've not seen a lot of fully geared pet doctors actually run Zuni, so I'm curious.

 

[JimKiler]

Anyone else get annoyed when the people you play with do not open all the chests, dead people, loose stones etc? I find a lot of good legendary/set pieces in those places and some players rush through everything without hunting for gear.

 

[redrider4life4]

Anyone else get annoyed when the people you play with do not open all the chests, dead people, loose stones etc? I find a lot of good legendary/set pieces in those places and some players rush through everything without hunting for gear.

This is one reason why I like to have one person being carried in my T6 RIFT runs, have them just run around and loot everything. I use Harringtons belt for the 100% dmg increase when opening stuff so on my wizard which works wonders for everything besides GRIFTS. I'd say it has well over 50% uptime and getting 350-400mm firebird ticks is amazing.

 

[Rhezuss]

This is one reason why I like to have one person being carried in my T6 RIFT runs, have them just run around and loot everything. I use Harringtons belt for the 100% dmg increase when opening stuff so on my wizard which works wonders for everything besides GRIFTS. I'd say it has well over 50% uptime and getting 350-400mm firebird ticks is amazing.

I'll be glad to fulfill that role anytime guys!
My punny Crusader 70/130 is pretty good in opening chest and popping corpse

 

[sweenish]

Still surprised people aren't talking about the PTR and how it's going. I though we had a few people that participated in those.

 

[Adrenaline]

I started a seasonal DH and it is taking longer than I would like to obtain Marauder's pieces. Seasons is beginning to lose the small amount of appeal it brings on because I am wasting time in Torment 3 right now when I can just log in to my regular characters and actually do Torment 6 with higher droprates on everything.

Next season, I doubt that I make a seasonal character at all.

 

[Cuular]

It sounds like you're well on your way. But why Zuni? Aughild's is the better 3 piece with it's reduce and plus damage against elites. And if you have a RoRG, you can get that with two pieces and get more set bonuses like Cain's or Captain Crimson or Asheara.

I've not seen a lot of fully geared pet doctors actually run Zuni, so I'm curious.

I haven't found an item that keeps the fetishes up full time outside Zuni. There probably is one, if a lot of pet doctors aren't running it.

Right now I have rrog + Augs, and Asheara. With TMF on, it was a little hard staying alive with surprise pulls as the Helldog and Garg would sometimes run off for new stuff while there was still stuff right on screen. Removing TMF so there are 6 dogs has helped a lot.

3 pieces of Zuni (chest, boots, and off hand) allows you to keep Augs.

Will have to check to see if there is another item outside the Zuni bonus to give fulltime fetish summon.

 

[sweenish]

As far as I know, there isn't.

But typically, you want TMF, as that single dog does more damage and has more health than all of your other dogs combined.

With Rain of Toads, you should always be able to keep up fetish sycophants. I only summon the fetish army when I'm either starting to build up or otherwise need the extra fetishes.

I haven't seen a lot of high-level (T6+) running a garg. I stopped, and haven't missed it.

The only pet items I have that are great is the MoJ. I rolled some +physical and have a decent amount of +elite damage as well. I'm also only in T3. Any other key pet item would probably get me into T4 at this point.

I'm basing my reasoning off this profile (not mine):
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Soilmate-2941/hero/41686349

A reddit builds post for pet doctors (that profile above is the top response):
https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo3witchdoctors/comments/2faue6

and this guide on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo3witchdoctors/comments/2faue6

I've always heard that Zuni's is just a stepping stone, not a goal.

I also have one passive different from the "typical" pet doctor, and that's the one with the resurrection (instead of grave injustice) since I'm playing HC. But if you run with grave injustice, you'll be able to bring up the fetish army much more often. And obviously with SMK, you wouldn't need Zuni's at all, as the rest of the set bonuses are kind of garbage. I'm also using leeching dogs since I don't have a TMF.

It also sounds like your TMF didn't roll great? I hate that so much. I think legendaries should be more controlled in what they can roll so that your grinding is at least worth it when you get your first major item.

If you're not already using enforcer, I'd recommend that legendary gem. I have one at Rank 10, and it's a great boost. You shouldn't have to worry so much about keeping up a meat shield with fetishes, as they should just be killing machines.

I might try Zuni's if I ever get a third piece to drop.

 

[Cuular]

My problem with the TMF right now is that my fetishes are down a lot, but I think that can be fixed by changing my passives. I wasn't running the one that can summon them on hit. So i was tooling around a lot of the time with just the garg and a single dog up. Which when there was more then 4 things on the screen was challenging.

With some changes to passives I think it will get much better. I've been running T3 because T4 was just taking so long. With MoJ, TMF, T&T, and the correct passives, I should be able to handle T4 really well, and a little T5 when I'm bored. Right now I don't have a really good weapon, but I do have a couple decent offhands.

My T&T rolled 46% increase in speed, and MoJ was 99% damage boost. So not too bad on those, I'm happy with them.

For legendary gems I have a level 26 enforcer, 27 simple something that boosts primary skill damage by 29-30%, and the third one I don't remember. When I get my chance to crit up, I'll try the lightning wreath gem on the WD. My DH with 54% chance to crit, the lightning wreath is killer.


It's all in the passives I had left over from before getting the new equipment, that I hadn't gone back and looked at.

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[Cuular]

Updating the passives helped a lot. But I still need to work on a better weapon. Started doing T4, and the first rift I ran, opened a chest, and set mojo dropped, it was Zunis. Saved up 480ish shards, went to gamble lady and Zuni chest dropped. So 1 piece away.

Even with the passives, but my slower weapon, 1.48 aps, I was still left a lot with just the garg and hellhound. T4 rifts can throw a lot at you. When fetish army was up it was good. Lot's of running in circles when they weren't 100% up.

Lot better then no fetishes between summons though.

 

[Papagayo]

I guess it depends on preference. I prefer Pet WD, I usually let the pets do all the damage. The only disadvantage: It's slower to kill elites on higher levels on Greater rifts.
I do T6 easily by my self, because I have unity rings for me and my enchantress.
My pets rarely die and they usually kick ass..

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/MagicThumb-1668/hero/3481538

 

[Cuular]

I do let my pets do the work. The weapon comments are about using the attack to summon fetishes, between when they are dead, and the summon for them has cooled down. It's not that I want a higher damage weapon, I want one that fires off the powers faster to increase the number of fetishes that spawn, when the summoned ones poof.

My hellhound hits for around 60-80mil a pop, and when there are just a couple things on the screen, that's fine. But last night in T4 rifts, I had 2-4 elite packs on me at a time. And the pets just couldn't keep aggro on them. With just the dog and garg up.

Normally when I have regular packs combined with an elite pack, the passive that reduces the cooldown of fetish/garg/dogs can get the fetishes back pretty quick. But when I had 12 blues and a yellow boss around, the kills were a bit slower. A lot because I was having to escape out with the power, and that pulls your pets off what they are attacking.

My problem may be that I need to wait a few seconds before starting in with poison darts to try and spawn more fetishes. Let the pets gain a little more aggro, before starting to pelt them with spit wads to spawn more pets.

 

[Papagayo]

I think that's why I like my weapon so much. Each toad does double hit.. I can max out the fetish almost instantly..

 

[Cuular]

Yeah, like I mentioned, my weak spot right now is my weapon that's just a dagger of some sort with high CC/CD. I have Aughilds, 2/3 of Zuni, T&T, MoJ, and TMF. So I'm starting to get there. I just started really working on the WD when I first posted about it.

 

[FallenHero]

Played on the PTR with my monk...no point in playing him now on the reg server until the PTR patch goes live. Good god, the damage I can put out now with my bells is unreal. 290 million crits. And that's just one build. I could probably push it higher with just some equipment I already have in the bank.

 

[sweenish]

Yeah, like I mentioned, my weak spot right now is my weapon that's just a dagger of some sort with high CC/CD. I have Aughilds, 2/3 of Zuni, T&T, MoJ, and TMF. So I'm starting to get there. I just started really working on the WD when I first posted about it.

I know that sometimes my sycophants drop off, and other times it takes an abnormally long time to summon any at all. It's the main reason why I only summon a fetish army when I need to, instead of doing it as soon as I can.

The density fixes that are coming will help me out greatly. It can be a major pain to summon sycophants when you're only running into a couple monsters 15 seconds apart for an entire rift level. I don't even know why it was an issue to begin with. Sparse monster population doesn't vary grifts in any way that isn't infuriating. If density is up, my sycophants stay up. If not, my dogs and piranhado provide enough protection.

I was lucky enough to get a Sun Keeper to drop. The +elite damage helps a ton.