What is your Voodoo doll build?

[another pirate]

I am working on my Voodoo build and, like I did with sailing, I wanted to put up a build post for the doll. Eventually, I hope there will be one for each skill.

I am a very casual gamer and I am sure there are plenty of us out there. I do not have time to master a skill and then find that I have to start all over because I wasted a bunch of points on a useless skill. The information on the skills provided by Disney are a joke. I plan to rely on the experience of the players to decide how to finalize my build.

So, post your Voodoo doll build here and provide some insite on how you play it if needed.

Here is a template. You should have a total of 26 points to spend on this skill. At level 1 you get 1 point in poke and 1 point in attune, then you get 1 point from 2 to 25 for an additional 24 points. Use (0/5) for a skill you do not take.

(1/5) Attune
(1/5) Poke
(*/5) Swarm
(*/5) Heal
(*/5) Curse
(*/5) Scorch
(*/5) Cure
(*/5) Grave Shackles
(*/5) Life Drain

(*/5) Focus
(*/5) Spirit Ward

(*/26) Total


I have not finalized my build yet. So far, this is what I am planning:

(4/5) Attune
(4/5) Poke
(4/5) Swarm
(5/5) Heal
(1/5) Curse
(0/5) Scorch
(3/5) Cure
(1/5) Grave Shackles
(4/5) Life Drain

(0/5) Focus
(0/5) Spirit Ward

(26/26) Total

I am not sure if I really like this build. I am thinking that this might be a nice skill to use for support. This plan has some damage aspects to it with poke and swarm. This might work OK if I plan to solo with this some and team with this some.

My other option is:

(4/5) Attune
(1/5) Poke
(1/5) Swarm
(5/5) Heal
(3/5) Curse
(0/5) Scorch
(5/5) Cure
(4/5) Grave Shackles
(3/5) Life Drain

(0/5) Focus
(0/5) Spirit Ward

(26/26) Total

This build would give me poke and swarm to simply allow me to level the skill. It is low damage with lots of healing power and would not be used much solo except for life drain. Curse would allow me to increase the damage of the other members of my crew and shackles to lock down an unexpected add until we were ready to deal with it. I would only really consider Curse if it increases the damage of the staff too. If someone can confirm this, it would be helpful. If it only helps increase damage with the voodoo doll, I will probably drop curse. Not sure where I would put the points yet.

What builds work for you?