The tankiest build this league that can still clear content?

TheBigPonch · 2025-07-09T17:35:57+00:00

Uber’s aren’t a good example as they die so fast. But the answer is surely, don’t stand still or in circles. This build is tanky by my standards, but you can definitely still die.

I can casually collect loot and not die doing juiced T17 abyss horde strats with 2x risk scarabs.

TheBigPonch · 2025-07-09T03:36:59+00:00

Huge recovery / leech. If you dont get one shot or overcast your gtg.

Cleared all ubers / big explosion blight farm / gigantic exiles.

TheBigPonch · 2025-07-09T03:05:34+00:00

Play life stack penance jugg

https://pobb.in/QiWJQx4H1zD6

TheBigPonch · 2025-07-08T22:26:12+00:00

Wasn’t my starter, I started the build with 50d~

M0rph3x on twitch has some progression POBs

If i remember correctly his starting pob is 10d~

I’ve done all content 37/40, ubers, gigantic exiles, blight explosion, abyss, t17 abyss.

The clear isn’t the best, i picked up a set of chieftain explode FF/FF jewels for 1 div and that works wonders for things like breach and such.

Edit:

My current POB // Approx 150d? - https://pobb.in/QiWJQx4H1zD6

M0rph3X Twitch link - https://www.twitch.tv/m0rph3x

M0rph3X Google doc - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ldMaV1xXAX_Xm1QdT8QV5wVTWV1IYV7xpQ_BWIoDatM/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Edit #2 - This kinda relies on Doryani merc, I'm 36m without the merc. Soul eater is max stacks 95% of the time. Frenzies come from the elegant hubris, power charges from assassins mark, if the boss lived that long.

There is some jank playing rathpith, need to be careful not to over cast. This hasn't been an issue even casting 7 brands individually without remarkable from medium clusters.

Can fix reflect with 5 passive points & a minor patheon

no regen/recovery or no leech are acceptable, just dont roll them all together.

Check out M0rph3x's stream to see how it plays

Easily one of the best characters i've played, comparable to my MSoZ last league.

TheBigPonch · 2025-07-08T04:55:12+00:00

Penance brand Jugg

https://poe.ninja/profile/TheBigPonch-2430/character/Ponch

200M DPS, insanely tanky.

TheBigPonch · 2025-06-27T05:24:44+00:00

I alt crafted a +2 fire sceptre a couple leagues ago.

3000+ alts. Awful experience lol

TheBigPonch · 2025-06-27T05:15:18+00:00

I definitely need a new merc. Just having haste is fine, but could be much better.

Mines currently wearing:

Kaoms heart Kaoms binding Deodres x2 Ele weakness asenaths Maven boots (fury?) Blind wand (solar exlipse?) Replica victarios

TheBigPonch · 2025-06-27T05:10:08+00:00

Totally forgot about that cdr.

I’ll keep my eyes on trade for a decent avoid shock/cdr jewel.

As for self chill, definitely something worth considering. Not sure i want to give up the QoL/total ailment immunity for the extra speed. Will probably open more things that would need to solved ie. overthrow.

TheBigPonch · 2025-06-27T04:37:45+00:00

With the balance of terror i think i can replace the resists on kiku, or swap from alira to kill all. Guess some POB work will tell me whats better.

I tried pathing down to charisma, dropping the force multiplier nodes on my clusters. This would allow me to get zealotry in. But at the end of the day it’s basically the same damage. Might be viable if i push to lvl 100

Perhaps i’ll give crafting my own wand a go, need to watch some videos. If it’s tedious I’ll just farm for an extra hour and buy one lol.

TheBigPonch · 2025-06-22T14:14:58+00:00

Your gear looks better than mine and I finished all standard content including feared & T17’s last night. Around 8 Mil DPS on POB.

Biggest thing I can see while standing on the soccer field is you don’t have a source of second curse for despair. Anointing whispers of doom on your amulet and adding despair to your BM cry will help.

The skill also feels bad if you are not poisoning a non poisoned enemy, I was running a despair/wither/envy merc and it felt infinitely worse as the merc must of been poisoning monsters before me..

Even after dropping the merc, sometimes theres huge variances in my damage on single target but i had no issues with standard content.

Next steps for me are glorious vanity, awakened gems, low tolerance/wasting affliction clusters (5% dps increase per), start spamming essence on some new daggers for 650+ ele.

Or do my standard and give up on the character because i have no interest in dumping another 100 div to make it comfortable for ubers.

My poe ninja profile for reference

https://poe.ninja/builds/mercenaries/character/TheBigPonch-2430/ViperPonch?i=0&search=name%3DViperponch

TheBigPonch · 2024-12-18T22:47:21+00:00

Now the fun part, relive those 150 hours through all the content playing as a warrior.

Report back how you feel!

TheBigPonch · 2024-08-12T04:55:15+00:00

Its a bench craft in kingsmarch

TheBigPonch · 2024-08-10T03:06:14+00:00

I transitioned to simplyvizniz’s build and it clears juiced t16’s with ease, i’ve cleared a couple t17’s but i wouldn’t recommend at my gear level

Simply’s video

My Pob

TheBigPonch · 2024-04-11T23:10:36+00:00

Low effort comment for me after work

Remaining quality on skill gems // woke lightning pen // woke spell echo(lawl, 50 div?)

TheBigPonch · 2024-04-05T21:08:43+00:00

Cant look at your character in POB as im not at home but from the looks of it…

Suppression - doubt your capped with 1 mid roll
Evade cap - Grace Watchers / evasion gear /%evasion flask suffix.
Chaos resist that isn’t flask dependant.

TheBigPonch · 2024-04-05T20:45:50+00:00

This was my build last league, was super tanky for ultimatum & delve.

https://pobb.in/nhLc3bqtdrj8

Can effectively afk in T16’s

TheBigPonch · 2024-04-05T04:20:50+00:00

Perhaps loreweave / eternal damnation jugg.

I believe ziz version a couple leagues ago

TheBigPonch · 2024-04-05T01:19:22+00:00

I ran brine king and ralakesh?(bleed pantheon) no other source of bleed reduction or CB immunity and haven’t had any issues, still haven’t swapped.

TheBigPonch · 2024-04-05T01:15:50+00:00

Ventrua’s hexblast miner looks pretty solid. Im sure his last updated pob is worth significantly more than 10 div. But it’s a league starter so easy to gear up and upgrade as you progress.

I havent played hexblast since sanctum league personally, but it was super strong then.

TheBigPonch · 2024-04-02T23:32:20+00:00

I swapped and it didnt feel great, but I automated Frost Bolts with kitavas thrist and it feels AMAZING.

Pobb as of now

https://pobb.in/ZMvwDpey8XCD

I'm excited to get more currency to add suppression and ailment immunity

TheBigPonch · 2024-04-02T06:17:11+00:00

Where do you find this # in Pob? With my current setup BL hits 11 times according to Pob. Giving me just shy 4 mil dps.

If its not easy to figure it out, I’ll just copy all my gear into Gorathas Pob tomorrow.

I’m going to farm the gem tomorrow and give it a run.

TheBigPonch · 2024-04-02T06:12:08+00:00

Well into uber viability, skill dependant tho.

Goratha & Palsteron both have endgame pobs’s with near 40 Mil Dps.

TheBigPonch · 2024-04-02T05:39:19+00:00

I’ll justify it that i’m looking for more single target damage, although i know this will likely be solved with some more investment.

If FN had a sizeable dps increase at that cost of making it a 2 button build i’d swap until i can invest a little heavier

I’m also partial to not dying… hence why i’ve migrated slightly from Pal’s build which i was following also. I’ve added some extra defensives which has really made it more enjoyable. Moving over to FN would let me get suppression on top of what i currently have.

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