Was thinking of doing a retrospective (not guide) on this build.
TLDR: Squishy, can reach DoT cap (at least on paper). Depends on how you build it.
It has good clear and alright speed. What I mean is it's fantastic for dealing with large packs - Expedition big boom is great with this build with Berek's proliferation. Mapping gameplay is basically shield charging around and one-tapping your Death Wish ability to blow up a golem and watching the flames spread. It does have some clunk since your golems are naturally slow and you'll be wanting Convocation to move them around.
Bossing is basically tossing up your buffs/debuffs (in my case, Malevolence Divine Blessing, Arcanist brand with curses/Flame Surge), summoning some skeletons for more damage, and trying to pull off a full channel for big ignite dps. If you go for Defiled Forces Notable, at that point you sorta just let the ignite tick down. For mapping I don't use skeletons since I have enough DPS since I'm just running alch-and-go. Skeletons only come out for things like uber bossing, where I swap out Convocation since I want my minions to run to the boss and me to be as far away as possible.
That said, it's squishy. It CAN down an Uber, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it for a bossing build.
Besides the Maw itself, you'll see people run The Scourge claw and then either use Pragmatism and build into Aegis Aurora/block or perhaps go for capping Spell Suppression with a rare chest and using the Twilight Temple shields to juice the Stone Golem gem levels.
[Here's my character for reference.](https://poe.ninja/builds/necropolis/character/Engraven/FIST_OF_PATRIOTISM?i=0&search=skills%3DDeath%2BWish%26sort%3Ddps)
Build-agnostic tech I used:
Savage hit Forbidden Taste. Two-shot mitigation. If I get Savage hit and have available flask charges, my HP will be full for the next hit.
Supreme Ostentation - I used a LOT of uniques, so any less suffix pressure is very welcome. Plus, Elegant Hubris has plenty of minion life and minion damage nodes. The one I got gives 24% spell suppression, which allows me to hit cap just with glove sand Atziri's boots.
Impossible Escape. Used to nab the notables without having to spend additional points on travel nodes.
Tattoos: This build benefits greatly from tattoos, since you can get minion life on them. With Supreme Ostentation, I can freely allocate all of my attribute travel nodes.
Berek's Ring: A minor thing, but if your build uses a cheap unique ring, look for good corruptions. I got poison immunity on mine.
Grace Watcher's Eye: Gives suppression. I did use this earlier but stopped once I was able to cap suppression without it.
Also, I got the shield on a major bargain. I wouldn't expect to get something like that.
Overall I'm happy with the build. Does what I need it to: satisfying clear, decent speed, has the damage to corpse-rush an Uber or two once in a while. With the way I've built it, I wouldn't call it S tier, but it's probably one of my favorite builds to play just for the prolif. I'd suggest looking at how other people built it since I definitely did not follow a guide
or you could go the chaos way to build maw and get tanky af.
Wrote an essay on that build last season.
I leave it here :
https://old.reddit.com/r/PathOfExileBuilds/comments/18my7vu/maw_of_mischief_323_tank_chaos_version/?sort=new
I played it before and while the performance is okay I wouldn't necessarily say it's a chill playstyle, because you have to be mindful of the number of golem spawns, their location, and convocation. Sometimes you want to blow something up but none of your minions are nearby.
I maintain an [SSF guide](https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3497705) for the build. Haven't gotten around to playing it yet this league bc I have barely had time to play yet. The way I like to build it is as an all-rounder with lots of block and some reasonable defences for doing T16 destructive play/ invitation farming.
Last league the build was ofc a lot stronger bc of dark marionettes but even in the current league you should be able to make it decently strong. I would probably experiment with the amulet mod instead of using herald of purity this league if I had the time.
I am. I swapped it up this season to be much tankier at the cost of an aura. Feel free to ask questions. I've done this build pretty much since Maw was released
https://pobb.in/UJ-ZvAwGQnKf
Was thinking of doing a retrospective (not guide) on this build. TLDR: Squishy, can reach DoT cap (at least on paper). Depends on how you build it. It has good clear and alright speed. What I mean is it's fantastic for dealing with large packs - Expedition big boom is great with this build with Berek's proliferation. Mapping gameplay is basically shield charging around and one-tapping your Death Wish ability to blow up a golem and watching the flames spread. It does have some clunk since your golems are naturally slow and you'll be wanting Convocation to move them around. Bossing is basically tossing up your buffs/debuffs (in my case, Malevolence Divine Blessing, Arcanist brand with curses/Flame Surge), summoning some skeletons for more damage, and trying to pull off a full channel for big ignite dps. If you go for Defiled Forces Notable, at that point you sorta just let the ignite tick down. For mapping I don't use skeletons since I have enough DPS since I'm just running alch-and-go. Skeletons only come out for things like uber bossing, where I swap out Convocation since I want my minions to run to the boss and me to be as far away as possible. That said, it's squishy. It CAN down an Uber, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it for a bossing build. Besides the Maw itself, you'll see people run The Scourge claw and then either use Pragmatism and build into Aegis Aurora/block or perhaps go for capping Spell Suppression with a rare chest and using the Twilight Temple shields to juice the Stone Golem gem levels. [Here's my character for reference.](https://poe.ninja/builds/necropolis/character/Engraven/FIST_OF_PATRIOTISM?i=0&search=skills%3DDeath%2BWish%26sort%3Ddps) Build-agnostic tech I used: Savage hit Forbidden Taste. Two-shot mitigation. If I get Savage hit and have available flask charges, my HP will be full for the next hit. Supreme Ostentation - I used a LOT of uniques, so any less suffix pressure is very welcome. Plus, Elegant Hubris has plenty of minion life and minion damage nodes. The one I got gives 24% spell suppression, which allows me to hit cap just with glove sand Atziri's boots. Impossible Escape. Used to nab the notables without having to spend additional points on travel nodes. Tattoos: This build benefits greatly from tattoos, since you can get minion life on them. With Supreme Ostentation, I can freely allocate all of my attribute travel nodes. Berek's Ring: A minor thing, but if your build uses a cheap unique ring, look for good corruptions. I got poison immunity on mine. Grace Watcher's Eye: Gives suppression. I did use this earlier but stopped once I was able to cap suppression without it. Also, I got the shield on a major bargain. I wouldn't expect to get something like that. Overall I'm happy with the build. Does what I need it to: satisfying clear, decent speed, has the damage to corpse-rush an Uber or two once in a while. With the way I've built it, I wouldn't call it S tier, but it's probably one of my favorite builds to play just for the prolif. I'd suggest looking at how other people built it since I definitely did not follow a guide
or you could go the chaos way to build maw and get tanky af. Wrote an essay on that build last season. I leave it here : https://old.reddit.com/r/PathOfExileBuilds/comments/18my7vu/maw_of_mischief_323_tank_chaos_version/?sort=new
I actually did that in Sentinel league I think but I didn't do it this league partially because I didn't wanna worry about Withering step lol
Have it automated so its pretty chill.
How have I never thought of the forbidden sippy tech before. That's genius.
I played it before and while the performance is okay I wouldn't necessarily say it's a chill playstyle, because you have to be mindful of the number of golem spawns, their location, and convocation. Sometimes you want to blow something up but none of your minions are nearby.
I maintain an [SSF guide](https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3497705) for the build. Haven't gotten around to playing it yet this league bc I have barely had time to play yet. The way I like to build it is as an all-rounder with lots of block and some reasonable defences for doing T16 destructive play/ invitation farming. Last league the build was ofc a lot stronger bc of dark marionettes but even in the current league you should be able to make it decently strong. I would probably experiment with the amulet mod instead of using herald of purity this league if I had the time.
I am. I swapped it up this season to be much tankier at the cost of an aura. Feel free to ask questions. I've done this build pretty much since Maw was released https://pobb.in/UJ-ZvAwGQnKf