[2.1 Talisman SC] One Punch Man (Rigwald's Curse, 2x Pugilist Facebreaker Crit) - WIP

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SmashingDungeons wrote:

My items are nothing really special. I have noticed that in your items you have a lot more life than I do where focused on damage. This character is in the high 80's now so my dps with this current gear is 94k.

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kaisersoze80 wrote:

Premise: this is a WIP, build is far from finished, and I'm opening this thread to get people help me theorycraft this build.



I wanted to create a character inspired by Saitama (protagonist of One Punch Man series), who can beat any foe with a single punch. So, what better build than a facebreaker one?

But a standard facebreaker build won't do: it's good to one-punch white enemies, maybe blue ones, but it won't one-punch rares or uniques. So, how can we accomplish it? By getting a freakin' lot of damage, that's how!

With 2.1 GGG came in our help by buffing melee splash and introducing Rigwald's Curse amulet in Talisman leagues.

With this our unarmed punch gets 7% base crit chance and we can benefit from claw nodes! Add Abyssus, Meginord, 2x Pugilist jeweles, plus various buffs to the formula, and you'll get a huge single-blow damage (at least when you crit).

So... we want to get the highest single-blow possible, not caring much for attack speed. I choose Infernal Blow as main skill, since melee splash and corpse exploding skills were buffed in 2.1, and also because I like it very much.

Gear

Actual Tree (with Jewels)
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwYAAQkFLQW1Bx4NjQ3RDkgRlhX9Fr8ZtButG8gj0yP2JP0miCaVKgswfDY9N9Q6sz3iQzFF9Ed-SVFKfUz_TZJOKlFHUdlVS1uvXfJh4mKsY0Nkr2VNapNsjG1sbydvV3BSdO14GXiueu97FITZh3aJ04o4jAuMNo19jb-PYJS4lS6aap2qotmjirCSsNixs7TFtUi3MLjZuXy9Nr6nwaDC7M_d1gfawd0N3UjjhOOf51ToWuyw7T_uDvDV8Yr8xf-T_94=?accountName=kaisersoze80&characterName=IllumiZoldyck

Ideal Final Tree
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwYAsNii2VHZsJL_kxa_JpVh4lVLjDaJ03BSKgtd8g5IEZbjhLcwAQkHHhvIDdHoWrjZlS7P3TY9Y0MmiN1I8NXxim1snapVhUlRtUjssGyMpcuMC2KsuXy0xcLsFf0FtTqtijiNv2-EZK9RR_8cRfQ-zzfU51QwfG9XvebtPyT9jX14Gf_eI_bBoE2So4rWB-4OsbP8xXiuG60NjT3ilLhbr4d2exTdDU4q45_glUz_I9NKfZ-CQzGPYG8nVujawcMzmmqE73TtWhpi7AUtTUZ678GCQKAvzMC_hNmplUd-DPe9NqyvZU2-pxUgCTPRNuIs

Links
Main Attack: Infernal Blow > Melee Splash > Melee Physical Damage > Added Fire Damage > Fortify (5L) > Life Leech / Elemental Proliferation / Increased AOE / etc... (6L)
Secondary Attack: Cyclone > Inc AOE > Endurance Charge on Melee Stun > Faster Attacks (we use this to get endurance charges for the Immortal Calls, becomes main attack against elemental reflect) +
CWDT setup: Immortal Call + Inc Duration
Auras: Arctic Armour, Herald of Ash, Blasphemy + Assassin's Mark
Utilities: Blood Rage + Rallying Cry + Inc Duration, Summon Flame Golem

We use Blood Rage to gain frenzy charges, Blasphemy (Assassin's Mark) to gain power charges.

To resist physical reflect damage we wait to proc a full-charged Immortal Call and then we blow the enemy.

Bandits
Oak
Oak
Alira

I'm now level 77 and it works kinda fine (damage is Huge: more than 100K on tooltip full-buffed, when you crit you even one-shot many bosses), but it's heavily flask-dependant (need to drink granite and life often).

How can I get it to work better?

Major Issues so far
1. It's difficult to get max resistances (almost managed).
2. Crit: not so high. I get about 46% crit chance on full charge.
3. Accuracy: I have 86% hit chance at lvl 77 (a little too low to crit, or even hit).
4. Medium-low maximum life: I have about 3750 at lvl 77.
5. Low defences: about 22% phys res, 12% evasion, 28% block (still have to get many block nodes and a decent shield).

Doubts
Should I give up frenzy charges and regen, and go for Vaal Pact?
Do I really need life leech nodes?

I feel like there is something missing...