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[[Image:Wd-1.jpg|thumb|150px|Male Witch Doctor.]]The '''Witch Doctor ''' is a new character type in ''Diablo III''. Hailing from the Torajan [[Toraja]]n Jungles, southwest of [[Kurast]], the Witch Doctor looks a bit like the top half of one of D2's [http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Flayer_Shaman Flayer Shaman], especially when outfitted in one of his oversized, colorful colourful tribal masks. Judging by the [[Witch Doctor Skills|skills thus far demonstrated]], the WD fights a lot like a [http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/NecromancerNecromancer], 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==
The D3 Team has described the Witch Doctor as old and grizzled and fanatical. His magic is not clean and easy, like the fire or lightning a [http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Sorceress Sorceress] can produce with a snap of her fingers. Witch Doctors get dirty. They summon walls of zombies that rip apart attacking enemies, they call forth undead demon hounds that they can detonate to deal heavy damage to their enemies, and they fashion the skulls of the dead into explosive grenades. The D3 team discussed the Witch Doctor's design concepts in the [[WWI_2008:_Denizens_of_Diablo_Panel
|Denizens of Diablo panel]] at the [[WWI 2008]].
: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.
:A: We don't view the Witch Doctor as a replacement. The Necromancer is a very cool char. We thought about him as a class and tried to see if we could improve on him, which is something we did with every class, and that led us to create the Witch Doctor. If we ever decided to make a Necromancer, the Witch Doctor wouldn't prevent us from doing so.
==Story==
The Witch Doctor class comes from the jungles of Torajan, an area just southwest of Kurast, where Act Three took place in Diablo II. ([http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=716 D3 world map].)Their society and culture is detailed on the [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/characters/witchdoctor.xml Blizzard WD page], from which the following excerpt was taken:
==Resources==
* [[Witch Doctor Skills]].
* [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/characters/witchdoctor.xml Blizzard's Witch Doctor] page has plenty of plot information, and short videos of some skills in action.
===Media===
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=doctor&x=0&y=0&limit=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=24&cat=546&ppuser=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&way=&cat=546 Witch Doctor Screenshots].
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=witch&x=0&y=0&limit=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=24&cat=563&ppuser=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&way=&cat=563 Witch Doctor Concept Art].
