[3.25-P] Blight of Contagion Bog Shaman - "infinite" EHP with massive contagion for clear

This is a quick showcase of a map and snapshot of my build on day 6 of the event.

PoB in video and current character - https://pobb.in/xoikXm_FTdld

My original target build - https://pobb.in/3Yt7M0q1eXEi

What this build was built for;

• 8 Mod T-16 Maps
• Stacked Deck Farming
• Exarch Altar Influence
• Ritual Farming

What is this build good at if I don't want to do the above?

• Expedition
• Blight
• Incursion
• Abyss
• Beyond
• Delirium (Excluding Bosses)
• Strongboxes
• Harvest
• Breach

What wasn't this build made for

• Bossing - This build will get you your void stones (Assuming you can do the memory game 10 times) but I would not recommend you build this if all you want to do is farm bosses.
• Rogue Exile Farming - You can do these, I just would recommend a much higher burst DPS build if you wanted to farm titanic rogues
• Bestiary - I just hate Einhar and everything he stands for, his soul eater blue ring red rares running around annoy me to much. You don't have enough DPS to end them on sight so they will just annoy you.
• Simulacrums - EHP is there, but the damage on the bosses is not at the later waves, there are way faster ways to farm Simulacrums than this.
• Essence Farming - Same deal, get a higher burst DPS build for essence rush
• Legion is possible if you invest in a more DPS version with lower EHP. Contagion spreading is very nice here.

What problems needed to be solved

• At least 300k sustained DoT DPS
• The ability to tank excessive constant damage from sources you cannot escape from
• Phys as Chaos from altars
• Constant Chaos from Flask Effect from altars
• Run Discipline, Determination, Tempest Shield, Malevolence and a blasphemed enfeeble.
• Instant Death to any hit with CI due to pandemic

Mods you can't do

• Cannot Regenerate Life, Energy Shield or Mana

Pandemic causes us to lose 0.1 life per second, if you cannot regenerate this through life regen or recoup you will die.

If you were playing this build without Bog Shaman (3.26+ or base settlers) this would still be avoided as we have no source of leech or mana recovery

Mods I avoid

• Monsters are Hexproof

It kills a significant EHP in reduced critical strike damage taken + less damage dealt by monsters

• Reduced Recovery of Energy Shield

It makes us easier to kill, you can run this but you have to actually play carefully

Can I play this in 3.26+?

If this has come up in a google search 7 months from now or you want to try it later on when Bog Shaman is no longer an option;

You could absolutely play this build. I would play it either as an occultist taking;

• Vile Bastion
• Unholy Authority
• Withering Presence
• Vile Bastion

Keeping the tree mostly the same but investing in despair as a second blasphemed curse to make up for losing Fell Fen

Or alternatively playing Trickster taking;

• Polymath
• One Step Ahead
• Escape Artist
• Spell Breaker

For this build I would invest in 100% spell suppress, and pivot all the way down to Iron Reflexes. Integrate grace to stack armor for aegis, focus on energy shield recharge rate for recovery, you will be immortal. However I suspect Trickster is getting smacked with a huge nerf hammer in 3.26. At the time of writing Escape Artist gives +5 EVA per ES on helm and +1 ES per 6 EVA on body, I expect this number to be closer to +3/1 and +1/10 in future patches which may need to be considered before going this route.

I don't care about EHP, I'm a god gamer and can play with 8k EHP.

Get two +1 chaos, +1 spell, DoT Multi Spell Damage wands with Touched by Spirits and go crazy. Your DPS will be sustained at above 4m which is overkill but you will probably die to a breeze which is just not my playstyle.

Image of stacked decks from the video for those curious - https://i.imgur.com/EADoxm3.png

Idol strategy - Stacked Deck - Rit/Abyss Farm

Please excuse the absolute dog rings, I picked those up for 1c when I finished acts and just havent upgraded them yet. I also havent bothered fixing the eld implicits on my gear yet.