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[[Image:Wd-1.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Male Witch Doctor.]]The Witch Doctor is a new character type in ''Diablo III''. Hailing from the Torajan Jungles, southwest of Kurast, the Witch Doctor looks a bit like the top half of one of D2's Flayer Shaman, especially when outfitted in one of his oversized, colorful tribal masks. Judging by the [[Witch Doctor Skills|skills thus far demonstrated]], the WD fights a lot like a Necromancer, using cunning and guile, rather than direct physical attacks. Witch Doctors possess a number of mind control spells, the ability to summon and control undead servants, and a variety of direct damage elemental attacks.
=Character Design=
:Of course you're not a real witch doctor unless you're doing zombies. WD and zombies go together naturally. We didn't want normal slow wandering zombies either, so we took the typical zombie concept and smashed them up with other skill ideas. Like firewall, we smashed that with zombies and came up with zombie wall.
==Necromancer Replacement?==
The WD is clearly Necromancer-like, in his mixture of summonings, mind control curses, and sub-mage quality magical attacks, but the D3 team [[WWI_2008:_D3_Design_Fundamentals_Panel|does not view the character as a replacement]] for the Necromancer.
