This damage can be further reduced by your armor and resistances. This means that even if a monster does 100,000 damage or 1,000,000 damage, your pet will only receive at most 10,000 damage. What it does is it caps the damage taken by your pet at 10,000 in a single hit. Patch 1.0.4 gave Witch Doctor pets a buff called Force Armor. This section contains more advanced information for extra reading. The idea is to get just enough survivability to keep you and your pets alive, then focus on getting as much dps as possible for faster farming. Others stats like Life on Hit and Life Steal may be a better stat to keep you alive than Life Regeneration, but we don't know and this needs to be investigated. Life Regeneration is still the only stat that heals your pets. Armor and Resistances can be lowered to make way for Vitality. Pets also benefit from Vitality.Īrmor and Resistances are still important, but not that important due to diminishing returns at high levels. Vitality is now a more important stat, primarily for you.

This means that this time, more effort should be done to keep YOU alive instead of your pets. You will take more damage, and you will die more often than your pets. Bosses who used to be stunlocked to death, will now use their abilities more often. However, due to the nerf to CC procs, more mobs are now going after you. Since 1.0.4, pets are currently more durable than you, thanks to their Force Armor. The more damage reduction you have from armor and resistances, the less you need.ġ. Life Regeneration: Aim for decent amount to heal your pets, about 1500 to 2000. Armor/Resistance: Aim for good amounts to reduce damage, maybe 7000 armor and 700 resistances, or other variations such as 6000 armor and 800 resistances.Ģ. Note: This section is not conclusive and is still subject to theorycrafting. (See the Advanced Information below for more information.)

Zombie Dogs and Gargantuan have Force Armor, which caps their damage taken.

Zombie Dogs and Gargantuan only take 10% from most aoe effects like Plagued, Frozen, Mortar and certain boss abilities.

Zombie Dogs and Gargantuan have passive Life Regeneration.

This section contains the basic information needed for beginners to understand pets and to form their own builds. Witch Doctor 1.0.8+ Pet Guide submitted by Peter.

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