Shaman ideas fourth spec (Voodoo)

I am shocked that the shamans we play does not use Curses or dark vodoo. Witchdoctors and bloodmagic exist in lore, so this isint lore breaking in anyway. Personally this whould be my favorite spec. The spec is called voodoo.

These shamans/withdoctors are less focused on elements but more focused on the mind, spirits and decay… This could possibly be a tank spec.

Here are my spells:

Blood sacrifice: Sacrifice your blood to increase your strength.

Passive: When you kill an enemy you gain 5% increased haste stacks up to 5.
Summon Vengefulspirits/zombies.

Voodoo doll: Mark an enemy, can be activated at any range/100? and the target will take x damage and slow them down.

Healings spells are removed instead they rely on leech and drain.

Plague: The enemy will take damage overtime and stacks randomly and do increasing damage and spread.

Target enemy. Summon 5 copies of yourself and randomly teleport you. This enemy cant tell who are you, these copies wont to damage but will mimic your abilties lasts 12 sec. The allied of the enemy will only see you.

Poisionous gas: Throw a jar of poison at the target location and enemies will take full damage for 8 secs and take x damage.

Throw ash: Throw ash in a cone that will disorient the enemy, and make the screen black or blurry

Pvp talent: Cast a spell that will throw the essences of the enemy around them: They will have to collect thier essences to restore their health, and this will slowdown thier cooldowns.

Possesion: A evil spirit will control the enemy and attack the enemy lasts 10 secs or until the spirit takes enough damage. Or target a group of enemy and they will mindlessly attack eachother for 5 secs.

Summon a wall of vengeful spirits(banshee) that goes strait forward and will fear everyone caught in it.

Drain essence: Steal the enemies health and the enemy will take your health. Last 10 sec.

Transform yourself into a Wight o that empower your abilities

Revive a friend as a ghost and they will have unique abilites. Can be used in combat. After 30 sec they die.

Players killed by the Witchdoctors cant be revived or have longer res time 5 sec

Summon acidic rain, enemies inside the rain will take x damage.

They will use onehand and held in off-hand. (Skull left hand) This will be a unique combo, they will be melee and caster.

Become yourself one with an ally and make them slighty stronger, In this form you can cast certain spells and heal them. Unlimited range or long range

Blood bolt: Primary spell Throw bolts of blood and restore your own health slightly.

In the end Witchdoctors focus alot on the mind and fool the enemy.

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We don’t really dabble with death and disease. Sounds more warlock and death knight territory, or even a new hero class.

But Shamans allready have alot of spells that are similiar to witch doctors like Hexes, spirits etc. Also if you look at mage for example the class changes drasticly over what spec you are. Or shadow priest, its the absence of light.

I get where you’re going, but your evil theme isn’t at all compatible with the shaman, anymore than some holy spec would be: nature (or with shaman specificially the elements) isn’t evil or good. Same reason why this spec would be out of place on say a druid or hunter.

Edit: ppl have been going on about a necromancer (hero?)class to be added into WoW. This idea of yours would fit nicely as one of its specs.

Thats true, Certain races like Draenei does not fit into the arcetype as witchdoctor. Sure the Witchdoctor may use malicious spirits but the Witchdoctor it self is neutral.

I am not a lore guy but I think shaman and witch doctor are two separate things in the wow universe. Your idea sounds cool though. Perhaps a future class :wink:

Witchdoctor and Voodoo…

I think i hear a 4th (healer) spec for Warlocks?

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Thats right, i like that idea!

i like this idea, and people saying shaman is about nature and all that, ner zhul was a shaman remember that , we can warp it to do whatever we please

Witchdoctor is an unplayable NPC spec for shamans. That’s it. It’s like snake/flame druids or twilight warlocks or priests of Elune, whatever.

I like some of your ideas!
I always thought they didn’t make that sort of shaman because they will one day add Witchdoctors as a class. Inspired on the witchdoctors from War3 and Diablo.

Always liked when people post their class/spec ideas.
Here’s one of mine:

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