Witch Doctor

Zharvakko the Witch Doctor is a ranged intelligence Hero who can take on the role of a support or a ganker. A master of voodoo curses and healing arts, he possesses several positioning-dependant crowd control/damage spells as well as a heal that scales well into the late game. Malediction is one of the most powerful damaging spells in the game, and is fittingly enough quite hard to hit properly - but when applied at the right time, Malediction can curse someone to suffer a slow, humiliating death as they limp back towards safety.

Witch Doctor requires very good positioning to get the most out of his different spells, and doesn't have a lot to fall back on should he get cornered. All of his spells leave a lot of room for excellent plays even if you can't make much bank off farming creeps - but a Force Staff or similar utility item helps a lot with keeping you out of trouble.

He is recommended for intermediate players.

Trivia

 * Witch Doctor is rarely called "The Walking Fountain", referring to his support skills Voodoo Restoration and Death Ward
 * The Witch Doctor sometimes will say, "Pills Here!", which is a reference to Left 4 Dead
 * Witch Doctor's original name was Vol'jin, a reference to the character from the Warcraft universe.