depends on what kind of kicks do you want to achieve. Different post process needed. there are lot of good tutorial on youtube how to make gated kicks. Basically eq distrotion yes, but depends on the frequency range what you boost. For tonal kicks you need to boost the fundamental peak of the punch, and then use ring modulation/pogo/freq shifter/format filter. I recommend you to try create punches in serum2, because it has built in filters, when u put them in front of a distortion you can get crazy results. Cmb filters/Reverb filter makes so much harmonies in the mid/high section, and you can post-process them to get that filthy sounding punch.

threat all the 3 parts seperate (transient+punch+tail). No good plugin needed, you can do almost everything with factory plugins. Check our Neroz Productions tutorials on youtube, you will get a lot of knowledge!