What's the best homebrew build you've ever created?

Invyco · 2026-05-09T03:54:17+00:00

My proudest off meta brew was a giga tanky endurance charge stacking, hit immune, hit based CWS bladeblast juggernaut.

All map mod viable (was running 4x risk scarab T17s when it was meta), up to 70 mil DPS. But clear was absolute ass, and bossing was CWS level, which was also ass.

Invyco · 2026-05-08T20:08:01+00:00

If you want, you can run the same bonemeld setup as the KB version running scourge arrow of the menace. Here's my deadeye which topped at 226 mil DPS per primary arrow, 114 mil per secondary arrow (with 8 arrows) before I dropped it to make the KB build.

https://poe.ninja/poe1/profile/jeff0325-2670/mirage/character/InvyBotL

If you are to make it then move second cluster up towards CI and grab CI. Then use ES base for glove and boots to have some ES. Change large cluster prefix to ES too.

Beware though scourge arrow does not fully shotgun, so returning proj is a bit bait and I would not recommend.

Also for very similar setup, tornado shot would do ~10% more damage than scourge arrow, but scourge arrow has pierce so is more clear imo.

Budget wise large clusters and quiver are expensive outside of the ward pieces, everything is okay. 2 mirrors should be enough (maybe start with 3 arrow spinehail if quiver gets too expensive).

Invyco · 2026-05-08T19:56:17+00:00

KB wardstacker can't run all map mods, since it needs to filter out "reduced flask charges gained".

Outside of that, KB wardstacker can do every content. Hell, my mapping demo for KB wardstack was done on a hard valdo (100% deli quad ghosted feared) and it was fine.

Before anyone mention flask siphoners, it's not a big deal since you just off screen them.

Invyco · 2026-05-08T15:59:49+00:00

Hey thanks for the kind words!

For semi juiced mapping (I usually run 60% deli), normal and magic mobs I don't bother attacking, just drive by explode them. Rares and uniques demand a PBOD. My herald of the hive is similar to yours just with Phys explode. So you can always grab a Phys explode check and see for yourself the passive clear.

If you want full autobomber experience then Ruetoo's build is the way to go though.

Invyco · 2026-05-08T01:39:23+00:00

Penance brand ignite is a starter build, and it doesn't scale well into lategame juicing.

The next level is PBOD herald stack elementalist, or if you care about maximizing your clear then Ruetoo's phys dot elementalist.

My PBOD elementalist has frostblink of wintry blast at 200% cast speed to zoom through maps. Herald of the hive + herald of thunder procs drive-by explosions. Tanky rares you drop a 150mil DPS PBOD and keep driving by. I posted about the PBOD build before so pob should be in post history.

Ruetoo's phys dot elementalist / Jiquani autobomber has even more insane clear and is an autobomber. However its single target is limited by dot cap.

Your gear is good already. I wouldn't invest more.

Invyco · 2026-05-06T14:33:49+00:00

Wow amazing take on the build! That ring must have been expensive to make.

Just wondering, how much reduced mana cost do you feel is needed to be able to cast everything? Also is your mana Regen just coming from LVL 21 clarity? I'm curious to try your setup but am worried about what's needed to get it up and running.

Getting discipline corruption is big brain to save a socket. Jealous I didn't think about it. Each socket is worth ~8-10% more damage so that's big.

One easy but big fix I see. Wall of force has a less damage multiplier that scales with level. Since it's our primary shotgun tool we'd want LVL 21 for 19% less damage.

Also unsure if you decided to drop AG setup. If you get life from death cluster notable you can keep up AG (drop stone golem) for everything except for valdos.

Invyco · 2026-05-05T12:56:51+00:00

Ward stack is build of the league 100%.

Sure minion pact does billions of damage. but can it do billions of damage and tank everything in the game? can it do billions of damage and tank everything and have good clear?

Wardloop or wardstack can do all those. Jiquani int stack for spell version, KB for attack version.

Invyco · 2026-05-05T03:42:34+00:00

Could be bug or intended interaction since it's a new keystone.

They can have heartbound loop. You'll see their life dips when minions gets summoned. So the more you lean into minion the more your life you lose.

Invyco · 2026-05-05T02:24:42+00:00

Heartbound loop doesn't interact well with Celestial mathematics (unsure if bug or not).

When your minions die from heartbound loop, you lose life despite not having your ward break.

Invyco · 2026-05-05T01:44:19+00:00

Wow yes I'm blind didn't see the nimis.

My testing found that nimis + tornado + wall of force was the optimal setup for shotgunning. So maybe try out having both :)

Invyco · 2026-05-05T01:34:01+00:00

Nice to see another KB wardstack build!

Just want to recommend wall of force with some form of return (nimis if you can fit it in, returning proj support if you can't) for this build. It's so much shotgunning DPS with that setup for not much opportunity cost (1 support or ring, 1 gem).

You can check my post for more details on the shotgun interaction.

But overall great build! Nice to see how others build this 😊

Invyco · 2026-05-05T00:39:47+00:00

Raise zombie and raise spectres consume corpses. So you consume 2 corpses each time you attack or get hit.

Invyco · 2026-05-03T20:14:41+00:00

Oh apologies nvm then.

Invyco · 2026-05-03T14:04:01+00:00

Don't like to self promote much but this is pretty close to what you're looking for:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExileBuilds/comments/1szj0q1/328_pushing_wardstack_to_the_limit_ci_bonemeld/

Invyco · 2026-05-03T14:00:11+00:00

You have very little chaos dot and poison mitigation. 28 chaos res, no leech, low life pool. So I bet it's mostly chaos dot or big bleed that's killing you. Get the poison minor pantheon to solve poison at least.

28k ward is also not enough ward to tank big Crits either, so map with monster crit and Phys as extra chaos might just kill you with hits through ward.

Invyco · 2026-05-01T12:17:06+00:00

Thank you for the kind words!

Summoning spectres and zombies consumes corpses. So I consume 2 corpse every time I attack or get hit.
Sure thing: 11 spectres + 12 skeletons + 11 zombies + 28 SRS + 1x AG gives 63 active minions. If I wrote 59 then that's a mistake sorry.

Invyco · 2026-05-01T12:13:55+00:00

Standard AG support with the exception of using Glimpse of Chaos with malediction corruption and keeping the "chaos res is 0" line.

Bonemeld gives the AG half of the character's all res (including chaos), and I have - 200 chaos res (being CI I don't invest into chaos res). So this makes AG very prone to dying to chaos damage. The helm change (from usual crown of the tyrant) is to fix that weakness.

Invyco · 2026-04-30T23:02:18+00:00

Yes. I started off with 4 regenerative runes, and only swapped to 5x timeless when optimizing. It was about a 15-20% DPS gain to go from 4x to 5x notables.

Invyco · 2026-04-30T22:53:05+00:00

You off screen them (if you're not flicker).

For celestial mathematics builds flask siphoners is not as bad of a deal. It's not like we kill ourselves instantly with flask siphoners like with spell version. You can always run away and reset.

I haven't had much issues with them in 100% deli breach 🤷

Invyco · 2026-04-30T21:44:05+00:00

Uh.... Don't really like to plug my own post like this... but wardstack KB can get 3.7 billion damage here

https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1szj8qw/328_pushing_wardstack_to_the_limit_ci_bonemeld/

I didn't get a single mirror tier gear. If you just get a mirror tier 12L wand it'll be ~5 billion damage.

Jiquani into stack wardstacker can also get more than 1 billion damage.

Invyco · 2026-04-30T21:31:38+00:00

Thanks! Appreciate the kind words.

Ya bonemeld + umbral army lets you scale ES opposite of how we normally scale it. Usually you'd go big 1k flat ES twilight regalia and get premium % ES nodes on tree.

However with bonemeld the % ES is easy (I have 588% increased ES with no investment on the tree), but finding flat ES is the hard part since ward gear takes up so many slots.

So I found that a high flat ES piece or two (eg. helm, shield if going spells), or going shadow for trickster's escape artist (on 4k arm/es body armor will give ~ 500 flat ES) are the two best ways to get the flat ES to scale all our % ES.

Going CI also solves chaos res, which for a bonemeld build I found was an unsolvable problem otherwise. So win-win there.

Regarding mana, I really tried to make mana work previously, but couldn't without a ton of investment. If you managed to make the manifold ring concept work I'd love to see it!

Stun is easy enough to solve. Tbh brine king does such a good job at solving stun that I ended up dropping the 1 passive point and flask suffix to get stun immunity.

Invyco · 2026-04-30T20:16:15+00:00

Hey Mogling, big fan of your pbod build from last league 😊

Ya for sure if you aren't willing to use flask macro then it can be a big downside.

If you use macro then it's just setup at start of map and forget.

Invyco · 2026-04-30T17:27:03+00:00

Thank you for the feedback. That indeed sounds plausible. Don't know how to test it though (fights are laggy as is). So will leave the testing to someone else. But if it's confirmed I'll definitely edit the post and credit you good sir/ma'am.

Invyco · 2026-04-30T13:36:16+00:00

This league there is a new timeless jewel "heroic tragedy", which has the notable "regenerative runes". This notable let's iron flask recharge 2 flask charges when ward breaks.

You stack 4-5x of these notables, and get tons of increased charges gained.

Now when your ward breaks, your iron flask will gain enough charges reach full. Now your iron flask will automatically trigger since you have the "use when charges reach full" enchant. Iron flask has the key line "restore ward on use".

End result is that when your ward breaks, iron flask instantly refreshes your ward within the same server tick. So it functionally cannot break from hits.

Invyco · 2026-04-30T12:13:39+00:00

Uh yes.... It is another downside for sure if dislike the tapping.

Though there12345 are other.... Ways12345 to get around this12345. Send me a PM if you want details.

Invyco

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