[[Image:Wd-1.jpg|thumb|150px|Male Witch Doctor.]]The '''Witch Doctor''' is a new character type in ''Diablo III''. Hailing from the [[Torajan]] Jungles, southwest of [[Kurast]] in the region called [[Taganzi]], 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, colourful tribal masks. Judging by the [[Witch Doctor Skills|skills thus far demonstrated]], the WD fights a lot like a [http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Necromancer 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==

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]].