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Arachyr Angry Chicken Witch Doctor Guide

Last Updated: January 7th 2024

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Introduction

Arachyr Angry Chicken Solo Push
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Back in Season 22 Manajuma's Way was buffed to launch mini-Chickens that blow up for 25% damage as well as the set receiving a 1,600% damage buff! Spirit of Arachyr was also buffed from 9,000% to a tremendous 25,000%!

In Season 29 the build finally became more than a meme, being heavily buffed with changes to Manajuma's Way Set and a rework of Cluckeye. The build skyrocketed to one of the best Witch Doctor builds out there!

In farming content, High Cooldown Reduction combined with Captain Crimson's Trimmings and Grave Injustice allows you to fly from Elite to Elite in an instant while switching into your Angry Chicken form whenever you need to. Once stacked up it's so fast that it can be almost hard to control and who doesn't see the fun in that! Unfortunately, Season 30 crushed the potential of the build, cutting by more than half the (6) Bonus damage multiplier.

This build is an Area Damage (AD) build, since Hex Angry Chicken and all the chickens spawned by Cluckeye can proc it. This build develops a completely unique playstyle where you need to manage your timings very carefully to wreak havoc on your opponents. This guide goes over everything you need to know about how to manage your own Chicken army!

High Mobility ✔
One-of-a-Kind Playstyle
Good Damage Reduction ✔
You're Literally a Chicken ✔

Sensitive to Fishing
❌ Limited Gearing Choices

Chickens do not stack Stricken
❌ Requires Enforcer for Pet Survivability

Core Setup

Core Item Build

Items

  • Spirit of Arachyr (4) Bonus and (6) Bonus are what you're interested in as they give 75% Damage Reduction from the Web and a 25,000% Damage buff for your Hex Angry Chicken.
  • Guardian's Jeopardy gives a massive Damage boost from main stat.
  • Manajuma's Way is the heart of the build and it gives Hex Angry Chicken 2000% increased Damage, a 15 second duration, 100% increased Movement Speed, chain reaction explosions from your detonation and spawns mini-Chickens.
  • Cluckeye is a massive damage multiplier for the build.
  • Lakumba's Ornament is used for its massive damage reduction buff.
  • Ring of Royal Grandeur is required to utilize both Spirit of Arachyr and Guardian's Jeopardy.




Season 30 Soul Shards

Soul Shards are powerful socketable items that initially dropped during Season 25 but they are returning for Season 30! There are 4 available for Weapons based on the Lesser Evils, with another 3 for Helmets based on the Prime Evils. They drop at Rank 0 and be upgraded three times with the brand new Hellforge Embers to unlock additional powers, or be used in the Kanai's Cube as Augments. Here's how they progress:

  • Rank 0: Soul Shards begin with a unique static Legendary Power. Creates a Rank 50 Augment.
  • Rank 1: Gives all powers from the normal gems. Creates a Rank 75 Augment.
  • Rank 2: Grants one additional powerful stat. Creates a Rank 100 Augment.
  • Rank 3: Unlocks 1 of 3 bonus Legendary Powers unique to that Soul Shard. Creates a Rank 125 Augment.

Warning: Leoric's Crown and Broken Crown do not work with Soul Shards!

Read our Soul Shards Guide written by Chewingnom for full details on how they work. What you should prioritize on them for Solo Pushing is the following:

  1. The Correct Soul Shard & Rank 3 Power
    The best shards for Solo Pushing are:
    • Helmets: We want to use Shard of Hatred for the massive 50% damage buff when surrounded by a lot of monsters. For the Rank 3 power, take the additional damage per stack for a tremendous 100% damage buff in density!
    • Weapons: want to use Essence of Anguish for the Movement Speed and Cooldown Reduction. For the Rank 3 power take the explosion to help us clear out large densities during the Rift. Hint: Make sure to get a Poison Damage Range on your follower's Weapon so it can stack the buff automatically.
  2. The Rank 2 Stat
    The stats that come from the second upgrade are not equal. Here's what we're looking for on them:
    • Helmets: We want either Main Stat for damage or Melee/Ranged Damage Reduction to survive. Avoid Armor and All Resistance as their stat ranges are far too low compared to the other options.
    • Weapons: We want either % Damage or Poison Damage to boost our character's power the furthest.
  3. The Stat Ranges on the Rank 1 and 2 Powers
    This is just icing on the cake because the ranges will not make or break your build. Still, look for the Soul Shards with the best stat ranges, especially on the offensive stats.

For the other game modes, other Soul Shards can be used. Check the Variants below to see what's used there.

What about extra Soul Shards? Either salvage them for gems, or upgrade and use them in Kanai's Cube for Augments.

Global Stat Priorities

Our offensive priorities are: Critical Hit Chance & Damage > Poison Damage > Area Damage. For speedfarming, Cooldown Reduction takes the place of AD instead. Attack Speed and Resource Cost Reduction aren't important on this build so you can focus on Intelligence and Vitality more. You unfortunately don't have any Crowd Control immunity on a Witch Doctor so try to roll at least 1-2 Crowd Control Reduction Secondary Stats on your Helm or Jewelry.

Assembling the build

Item Stat Priorities

Gems

Skills

Passives

Paragon Points

Altar of Rites

Follower

Gameplay

Hardcore

Variants

Nephalem Rifts
GR Solo Speeds
GR Solo Push
Arachyr Angry Chicken Solo T16

Concept
The goal of this build is to be one of the fastest ones around to farm Bounties and Greater Rift Keys. You take advantage of this builds feast and famine playstyle by hunting down Elites and large groups of enemies as an Angry Chicken then blowing them to pieces in an instant once you arrive. With a focus on Cooldown Reduction and Movement Speed you're able to get right back into Angry Chicken form and get to the next pack in an instant.

Gameplay
Similar to the main variant, but more laid back. Keep your Soul Harvest stacks up. Use Horrify and Spirit Walk to get insane Movement Speed buffs and sprint from Elite to Elite as an Angry Chicken. Cast Piranhado to gather everything up around any Elites that you don't kill in the first blast, then rinse and repeat!

Setups
In groups, repalce St. Archew's Gage with Nemesis Bracers to spawn extra Elites.

Arachyr Angry Chicken Solo Speeds

Concept
You can utilize this build quite well in solo Greater rifts. This really is an insanely fast build so this can be useful to upgrade very low Legendary Gems until you reach your ceiling.

Gameplay
Playing in speed Greater Rifts should feel exactly like your T16 play with the exception that now you don't have to pick up any items or materials from the ground so you can focus on moving forward at all times! You'll be a bit stronger with this build and can time your Angry Chicken Explosions with your Poison cycle on the Convention of Elements for a 200% damage buff. For extra damage, also apply Locust Swarm for Ring of Emptiness when possible. When played right you can really blast Elites with this and clear GRs in around 90-120 seconds consistently.

Setups
For better survivability, use Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard instead of Enforcer or Bane of the Powerful.

Arachyr Angry Chicken Solo Push

Concept
Spirit of Arachyr uses the amazing pull from Piranhas Piranhado and combines it with Hex Angry Chicken for massive damage explosions.

Gameplay
Keep up your Soul Harvest and use Spirit Walk to skip bad map layouts, dodge attacks and projectiles. DoT up enemies with your Locust Swarm to ensure the damage buff from Ring of Emptiness is active. Cast Piranhas Piranhado to group up enemies. For a step-by-step gameplay description on how you should sequence your skills, check out the "Gameplay" section above.

Setups
You can swap Piranhas Piranhado for Wall of Death Wall of Zombies to push monsters forward and pack them if you prefer.

For extra damage, you can replace Spirit Walk with Haunt Poisoned Haunt but beware: In large pulls you need to aim precisely on Elites and other valuable targets to get a benefit out of it because you want to spend most of the time in Chicken form.

Video Guide

Mechanics

Goldwrap - Avarice Band - Boon of the Hoarder

Manajuma's Way

Gruesome Feast

Summary

  • Cast Soul Harvest Languish at the start of every Rift or Bounty for the Damage Reduction bonus and keep it up.
  • Use Spirit Barrageand Locust Swarm to aggro monsters and spawn Fetish Sycophants.
  • Use Spirit Walk between your Angry Chicken Explosions and make sure that you are maintaining your Soul Harvest stacks as these provide Damage and Movement Speed.
  • Sprint from Elite to Elite as an Angry Chicken and cast Piranhado to gather everything up around any Elites that you don't kill in one blast.
  • Rinse and repeat!

Credits

Written by Facefoot & Chewingnom.
Contributions by wudijo.

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