It allows him to be very useful and effective in the lane. Witch Doctor has a good attack range and great attack animation.
If you play against lots of magical damage and disables, Black King Bar is going to become your first go-to item in the late-game. In case you play against powerful initiators, it is always a good idea to go for Aeon Disk. In the late-game, you will have to purchase an Aghanim’s Scepter, a Blink Dagger, and a Scythe of Vyse.
These two items are going to improve your survivability and allow you to use your spells a lot more effectively. In the mid-game disassemble Arcane Boots and use Energy Booster to complete Aether Lens. The item is also very good to make versus heroes with a high amount of healing, such as Huskar or Morphling. However, in case you have a very good start, it is always a great idea to go for Urn of Shadows and Spirit Vessel right afterward. Your basic items for the early-game are Arcane Boots, Magic Wand, and a Wind Lance.
This amount of consumables is going to allow you to out-harass your opponents and ensure a free farm for your carry. You should get yourself two sets of Tangoes, a Healing Salve, two Enchanted Mangoes, a Faerie Fire, an Iron Branch, and a Clarity. ItemsĪt the beginning of the game, your goal is to get yourself as many consumables as possible to ensure a victory in the lane. It is going to make the ward bounce its attacks from enemy to enemy.
You can improve the Death Ward with Aghanim’s Scepter. The ward will initially attack the nearest targets, but you can control the ward by selecting it and forcing it to attack the desired target with the help of ‘A + click’. The ward deals physical damage, so you can improve its damage with the help of Solar Crest or Assault Cuirass. Your goal is to use this spell at the very beginning of the fight and watch your opponents suffer from it.ĭeath Ward is a channeled ability, which summons an attacking ward. Maledict applies a curse de-buff in a small AoE, which deals damage over time as well as deals damage every four seconds based on the amount of health your opponents have lost since the curse has begun. The spell helps the Witch Doctor to improve the sustainability of his team. On toggle, the ability activates healing around Witch Doctor, which regenerates the health of all allied units around WD. Voodoo Restoration is a strong, yet lesser popular spell of Witch Doctor. As you can imagine, it makes WD a very good counter to heroes like Chen or Beastmaster. On the bounce, it stuns heroes for a 1 second and units for 5 seconds. Paralyzing Cask is a very annoying stun, which bounces between enemies and both enemy and neutral units. Paralyzing Cask makes him very useful in team fights, while Maledict allows him to be a very good counter to heroes with high amounts of health. The purpose of Witch Doctor in the game is to ensure victory in the lane and later improve the killing potential of his team. In some rare situations, you may use Witch Doctor as an offlaner or as a midlaner.
Witch Doctor often played in a hard support position, however, he became fairly popular in soft support positions as well, especially in professional matches. Witch Doctor is a ranged intelligence hero, who is very strong in the lane and becomes even stronger in the early and mid-stages of the game. To have an easier time selecting correct abilities and items, make sure to subscribe to GOSU.AI in-game guide Table of contents Hello, GOSU players! Today we are going to talk about one of the strongest supports of the recent patch, who will for sure stay in the meta for a long time.