Witch Doctor build & guide (7.41)

Channels a high damage death ward

Witch Doctor Hard Support build

Divine – Immortal · 50.5% win rate · 10,781 matches · Tier B · Sep 11 – Sep 17

Skill order

Skill priority Maledict › Paralyzing Cask › Voodoo Restoration

Death Ward at 6, 12 and 18

Level 1: Maledict
Level 2: Paralyzing Cask
Level 3: Maledict
Level 4: Paralyzing Cask
Level 5: Maledict
Level 6: Death Ward
Level 7: Maledict
Level 8: Paralyzing Cask
Level 9: Paralyzing Cask
Level 10: Voodoo Restoration
Level 11: +200 Health (talent)
Level 12: Voodoo Restoration
Level 13: Death Ward
Level 14: Voodoo Restoration
Level 15: Voodoo Restoration
Level 16: Maledict Duration (talent)
Level 18: Death Ward
Level 20: Level 20 talent (talent)
Level 25: Death Ward Damage (talent)

Items

Starting items

Tango 96% pick · 50.1% win rate
Blood Grenade 89% pick · 50.4% win rate
Magic Stick 63% pick · 51.0% win rate
Iron Branch 61% pick · 50.7% win rate
Sentry Ward 58% pick · 50.6% win rate
Faerie Fire 31% pick · 51.1% win rate

Early game

Ring of Basilius 8 min · 88% pick · 51.5% win rate

Boots

Arcane Boots 12 min · 87% pick · 51.5% win rate
Guardian Greaves 35 min · 6% pick · 69.8% win rate

Core build

Glimmer Cape 24 min · 57% pick · 51.0% win rate
Blink Dagger 25 min · 60% pick · 56.0% win rate
Aghanim's Shard 26 min · 18% pick · 52.2% win rate
Aghanim's Scepter 36 min · 40% pick · 58.8% win rate

Situational

Spirit Vessel 20 min · 18% pick · 53.2% win rate
Aether Lens 30 min · 14% pick · 57.2% win rate
Force Staff 28 min · 10% pick · 53.3% win rate
Aeon Disk 40 min · 9% pick · 62.3% win rate
Black King Bar 42 min · 8% pick · 58.9% win rate
Essence Distiller 18 min · 8% pick · 53.4% win rate

Late game

Magic Wand 2/10 games
Holy Locket 2/10 games

Talents

Level 25: Death Ward Damage 65% pick · 63.7% win rate or Paralyzing Cask Bounces 35% pick · 61.4% win rate
Level 20: Maledict bursts deal damage in a AoE – win rate or Target Max Health Voodoo Restoration Heal 68.4% win rate
Level 15: Maledict Duration 86% pick · 58.5% win rate or Paralyzing Cask Cooldown 14% pick · 57.8% win rate
Level 10: +200 Health 67% pick · 50.2% win rate or Voodoo Restoration Mana Per Second 33% pick · 53.6% win rate

Matchups

Strong against

Abaddon +4.7% advantage · 53.4% win rate · 335 games
Bloodseeker +4.6% advantage · 54.9% win rate · 206 games
Vengeful Spirit +4.4% advantage · 53.5% win rate · 1,242 games
Visage +3.9% advantage · 46.5% win rate · 303 games
Timbersaw +3.8% advantage · 57.8% win rate · 626 games
Storm Spirit +3.6% advantage · 56.9% win rate · 990 games

Weak against

Treant Protector -7.7% advantage · 47.5% win rate · 263 games
Medusa -6.3% advantage · 43.8% win rate · 290 games
Alchemist -4.4% advantage · 51.0% win rate · 259 games
Weaver -4.3% advantage · 48.6% win rate · 607 games
Omniknight -3.8% advantage · 43.2% win rate · 315 games
Brewmaster -3.6% advantage · 43.7% win rate · 520 games

Builds from 20,273 parsed games

Witch Doctor counters & matchups

Strength: 20 +2.1
Agility: 13 +1.4
Intelligence: 22 +3.1
Damage: 48–58
Armor: 2.1666667
Move speed: 300
Attack range: 550

Witch Doctor abilities

Paralyzing Cask

Launches a cask of paralyzing powder that ricochets between enemy units, stunning and damaging those it hits. Damage increases each bounce.

Voodoo Restoration

Witch Doctor focuses his magic to heal nearby allied units, costing Witch Doctor mana every second Voodoo Restoration is active.

Maledict

Curses all enemy Heroes and player-controlled targets in a small area, causing them to take a set amount of damage each second, as well as bursts of damage every 4 seconds based on how much health they have lost since the curse began.

Voodoo Switcheroo

Turns Witch Doctor into a Death Ward briefly with reduced attack speed. He is hidden during this time.

Gris-Gris

Witch Doctor gets a Gris-Gris, an item that cannot be dropped or placed in the backpack. When the owner dies, 100% of the gold lost from death is added to the item, and will be refunded when the item is consumed. The value of the Gris-Gris is increased by 1 every 3s. Right-click to consume and permanently remove the item.

Death Ward

CHANNELED - Summons a deadly ward to attack enemy heroes within its attack range. Lasts a maximum of 8 seconds. Death Ward has 50% bonus accuracy.

Aghanim's Scepter: Death Ward attacks bounce between nearby enemies.

Witch Doctor is whatever his team needs him to be. Whether aiding his team with gradual healing, stunning and cursing foes to ensure a kill, or destroying enemies himself with a dance by his mighty ultimate, few can match Witch Doctor's versatility.