[Jaywalk]

Introduction

Welcome to the WD general thread. It would be great if we could get a list of all the WDs on sc2sea. If you would like to be added please leave your details (character name - level - progress - battletag/real id) below. Us witch doctors are a fairly rare breed of D3 player at the moment, so it would be great for everyone to get to know each other, so we can start sharing hints/tips, general information, and tales of glorious victory! This is the place for anything WD specific, to whine about certain stuff, and all the "low content" talk that doesn't deserve a thread of its own

General Information

Witch doctors are spiritual warriors who summon dead souls and crawling creatures to do their bidding. By surrounding themselves with conjured zombies and vermin, witch doctors are free to assault their enemies with exploding skulls, acrid poison clouds, and wasting curses.

The ability to infect, slow and terrify their enemies gives witch doctors unprecedented control over a battlefield. They can manipulate opposing attacks and movements with debuffs and crowd control spells, rendering enemies easy prey for hungry pets. Witch doctors can also lay down fields of fire and venom that slowly leech life from advancing foes.
Although some witch doctors avoid melee combat in favor of augmenting their pets and crippling their enemies from afar, they are also more than capable of slaying weakened foes with their own hands.

Character Page: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/witch-doctor/

Male Model: http://us.media.blizzard.com/diablo3...witch-male.swf

Female Model: http://us.media.blizzard.com/diablo3...tch-female.swf

Skill Calculator: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/witch-doctor

Active Skills: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/witch-doctor/active/

Passive Skills: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/witch-doctor/passive/

Blizzard Class Forums: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/3354999/

+ [Lore] +

I came upon this rare display as I ventured deep into the interior of the dense Torajan jungles that cover the southern tip of the great eastern continent, in the vast area known as the Teganze, with the goal of seeking out the tribes that reside there. This area is extremely secluded, and heretofore unseen by foreign eyes. I was fortunate to befriend the witch doctor I saw in battle, and, through him, his tribe: the Tribe of the Five Hills.

The culture of the umbaru of the lower Teganze is fascinating and perplexing to those hailing from more civilized walks of life. For instance, the Tribe of the Five Hills frequently engages in tribal warfare with both the Clan of the Seven Stones and the Tribe of the Clouded Valley, but these are matters of ritual and not of conquest. I had heard tales that these wars are waged in order that the victors may replenish their supply of raw materials for the human sacrifices that their civilization revolves around, and when I timidly asked my hosts more about this topic, I must admit their laughter made me fear for my safety. However, through stumbled attempts at communication of such complex topics as what constitutes heroism and honor in their society, I gathered that only those taken in battle are considered worthy of the ritual sacrifice, much to my relief.

Upon further discussions with my hosts, I discovered that these tribes define themselves by their belief in the Mbwiru Eikura, which roughly translates to "The Unformed Land" (this is an imprecise translation, as this concept is completely foreign to our culture and language). This belief holds that the true, sacred reality is veiled behind the physical one we normally experience. Their vitally important public ceremonies are centered upon sacrifices to the life force that flows from their gods, who inhabit the Unformed Land, into this lesser physical realm.

The witch doctors are finely attuned to this Unformed Land and are able to train their minds to perceive this reality through a combination of rituals and the use of selected roots and herbs found in the jungles. They call the state in which they interact with this other world the Ghost Trance.

Alongside the primacy of the belief in the life force and the Unformed Land, the second most sacred belief of the tribes is their philosophy of self-sacrifice and non-individuality, of suppressing one's self-interest for the good of the tribe. This idea, so foreign to our culture, struck me as something I wished to delve into much more deeply.

Unfortunately, there was intense social upheaval among the tribes due to an incident involving their most current war (inasmuch as I could discern in the ensuing bedlam), and the charged atmosphere warranted my quick departure before I could ask anything further of my hosts. - Abd al-Hazir

Patch Notes Concerning WDs: No retail patches yet.

List of SC2SEA Witch Doctors

SC2SEA ID	Character Name	Level	Progress	Real ID / Battle Tag
ToREchoFive	EchoSix	60	Act 3 (IF)	crowejarod@live.com
Delraich	Isingoma	37	Act 2 (NM)	Balthor (#1143)
TABottles	Merkaba	39	Act 1 (NM)	TABottles#6589
EscapisT	EscapisT	50	Act 1 (HELL)	Escapist#6800
HOHRuski	MissRuski	6	Act 1 (NOR)	MrRuski#1783
TheGentleman	TheGentleman	53	Act 1 (HELL)
nirvana	CRAZYwimmin	40	Act 2 (NM)	nirvana#1429
neon	neongulfbaul	60	Act 2 (IF)	neongulfbaul#1637
Edge	Svantepolk	12	Act 1 (NOR)	camlito_uwf@hotmail.com

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