Acolyte of Chayula Monk Hexcaster Build Guide OBLITERATE ENEMIES AND BOSSES

[@UncleHuntyy]

I've got some bad news surrounding this build. PoE dropped an update which nerfed a lot of builds. In the notes it appears the Hexblast tool tip had incorrect information. The way it was worded was that it would "explode *CURSES*" and has since been changed to state that it only explodes a single curse. Unfortunately this really limits the builds potential I had in mind by a lot because the additional curses would effectively be doubling the base damage for every curse. Build is fine for mob clearing and decent dps through cruel acts/T1 or T2 mapping but I wouldn't waste time gearing it. With the respec costs and the time I have the build might be dead, I'm going to try and pivot it a bit and will update if I can. Apologies to anyone expecting the build to crush, certainly wasn't any intention to mislead anyone!

[@ADVGuiltyParty]

@@UncleHuntyy stick with it man you’re being a pioneer with the build. While they rebalance I think poison could be an option with bursting plague or whatever it’s called now

[@jaysmither5498]

Bow has a lot of chaos/poison support as well thats what im currently using on my monk for the early acts and its pretty freaking strong right now but i was going to swap to spells later if it was still good.. we shall see what happens

[@UncleHuntyy]

Some great tips in all these comments, appreciate it. Yeah I was looking at poison as it does chaos, could be interesting. Getting a bow working in the build would be super cool honestly, especially with the poison stuff like you mentioned. I am definitely going to try and solve it, even if it means I'm running a sub par build until I figure it out. It's not the worst, just quite squishy with decent output.

[@Ferezsan]

Best part about the hexblast is that if you see the video explaining hexblast (when you are going to engrave it) they actually say multiple curses on monsters explodes them.

[@gunnysrt1211]

@@UncleHuntyy dang i just switched to this build last night

[@얘뻐-s8x]

I was looking for this build. This was hard to find with very little information. Thank you I'll try to copy it

[@UncleHuntyy]

Good luck! If you have any questions feel free to ask. And yes chayula is not getting enough love on here! I hardly make content but I felt obligated to help out my fellow monk exiles.

[@얘뻐-s8x]

How would you choose from Ascendancy?

[@UncleHuntyy]

@@얘뻐-s8x must've forgot to show it. You 100% want into the breach. You want that and then the next 2 nodes that increase duration of the buff.

[@armeddreams9141]

Chayula needs more chaos support. I'm so disapoointed with the class. Everybody running it is just a worse invoker, since lightning/cold is just so strong, and no one uses their physical skills for the mana leech.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@armeddreams9141 I feel ya man! This build feels great and it's what I wanted out of the class in a way BUT it'd be hard to argue that it feels like a "monk" considering I'm using none of those skills. I think there's ways to build it with monk skills but theres absolutely and absence of chaos support. Kind of makes it hard to throughly enjoy the class and experiment with it. Hope they update some things, especially the "darkness" part of it cause that seems useless. Id love to see someone make that work.

[@UncleHuntyy]

I never got really into content creation but I love this game. Let me know if youd like to see anything else and ill try to make time for it. Right now my focus is optimizing Chayula. If theres anything that is not covered well on this platform youre input would be very appreciated!

[@lucasbarros822]

Any suggestions for MoM build? Passives and gear. I only been getting mana leech with physical dmg, and mana regen mods on gear. Not sure what other rolls could help, if there's any maa leech for spells

[@UncleHuntyy]

​@lucasbarros822 wish I can help with that one, I will make a video if I learn more but yeah I can't even think of another way to mana leech. Maybe there's a unique? No clue that's a while world that needs experimenting for Chayula.

[@tw0as417]

Have u tried "siphon" (2% mana on kill +25% better leech) ? i managed to save a few passives going that way

[@UncleHuntyy]

@tw0as417 I have not! I need to look into that, the build would really benefit from ES gain on the ascendancy. Just gotta figure it out. May work on a video, it would be more of a theory craft cause I'm not to a point where I'm able to allocate the last 4 points on the ascendancy. Need to research ways a spell caster can benefit from mana leech it is 100% the next task to tackle. Let me know if anything works.

[@lucasbarros822]

@@UncleHuntyy I don't think there is a way to mana leech with spells available in game yet. Only physical, I'll try going hybrid just for it when I get more lvls for passives.

[@kurisu1204]

I have an idea for that since i love the idea of Chonk but ....yeah it's not finished by the devs. So: use quarterstaves and bows. Why? Both provide physical damage (or pure chaos dmg on bow). There is a passive where you get extra spell dmg wielding a melee weapon (quarterstaff)+ it solves the leeching problem. You can still cast spells on both weapons but the staff is the main one. Bow only to spread poisons and then use qstaff long range skills. There are unique gloves that let you stack poison through elements meaning even when you chill or shock you accumulate poison. So: attack dmg, spell dmg, chaos since poison scales with it as well. Hand of chayula finally becomes viable since you deal phys as well. Become a true dark monk using martial weapons and channel spellswith the wickedness of men's soul. Hope it works! Edit: there is an unique ring that lets you deal chaos dmg instead of fire wgen igniting, so maybe another thing to consider.

[@feliciozo]

Really appreciate your video, thank you it helped a lot! So far I like combination of most of the spells mentioned by you but mixed in with melee range double bell. It's more of a hybrid melee / curser caster, and I have couple uniques to support it, it's very satisfying to play. I call it "let me talk to your manager" build. I'll try to post planner link once I have it flushed out, we can compare the notes ;)

[@UncleHuntyy]

@feliciozo id appreciate it, I think the natural progression for this build leans into a little bit of both styles so you're on the track!

[@paulc5389]

I'm curious how this would work using cast while channeling with snipe. Using the support gem that gives a lot more energy and the rest for damage on hexblast you should be able to get cast while channelling down to casting hexblast every second or close to it. Snipe is 140% speed itself. You'd lose wand for bow and a couple of support gems on hexblast. But you'd gain fully supported snipe crits which would also get the extra chaos damage from flames and snipe is pure physical attack damage so can also provide mana and thus energy shield leech. You wouldn't be directly supporting snipe with any passive nodes but it gets the extra chaos damage which is then supported by your tree. Although you also path right next to some crit nodes you can potentially grab bonus crit damage from if you have the points to spare. You could also potentially weave in poison from bow too if you wanted. I've not tried snipe myself though so I've no idea how it feels to play but it just sprung to mind when you said you'd like to figure out how to leech too.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@paulc5389 Yeah I think the build is inherently flawed and needs something physical, so this might be a sick idea! The only issue for me right now is solving th squishiness/mana leech es is just becoming a monumental task for gear/skill. I'm committed to the build and want to make it work in some capacity for mapping. That certainly has to start with not dying lmao.

[@NerdLegionInc]

I'm doing something a bit similar but doing it melee and adding from damage using Bell and Ice Strike but Hand of Chayula to instantly apply the socketed curses and debuffs then spread them. I'm still not sure if I want to go heavier on the melee damage and have the curses finish off mobs or what yet. Also thinking bout using the dual weapons for the passives to go crit on one staff for the ice attacks then chaos on the other staff.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@NerdLegionInc Weapon swapping and finding a way to add phys damage to this build would be super cool, glad you're tackling it. Something i need to look into!

[@losttoothbrush]

Im going into the same direction. Using Ice mostly for Freeze and do the majority of the dmg from Chaos Dots and Curse Explosions.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@losttoothbrush Try the support gem Chaotic Freeze it is incredible, might even say broken. Freezes bosses quick if youre using other Chaos spells/skills, and you don't even need cold skills to benefit. It will definitely be in my updated version if I ever get around to it! I have it on Contagion, but it is a level 3 support so it's a later cruel act 3 support.

[@NerdLegionInc]

@@UncleHuntyy Yea that's the plan, also using Blasphemy since i'll be in melee range to apply curses around me.

[@ksvsrikar2779]

I am sure that while it says spirit is needed, "into the breach" will make the auras work even if you go past it. Might get patched, just a FYI. I am running herald of ice and lingering illusion, while also running clarity and precision on "into the breach". My spirit is only reserved at 60 (herald and lingering 30 each) while I am getting full benefits of clarity and precision for no cost to spirit.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@ksvsrikar2779 I noticed some strange interactions with socketable gems that are meant to consume spirit not doing so. In my experience, it only seemed like supports were bugged but I could be wrong. So for the curses on meta gems like blasphemy it was consuming it. This is great to point out tho I did not mention that!

[@sixfirhy]

I have a level 80 Acolyte running Hexblast, midway through maps currently. Don’t feel like I have the build solved by any means but I think the potential is there even consuming only one curse at a time. Couple of points on supports I am using - would highly recommend putting the chaotic freeze support on contagion, makes Hexblast get to freeze enemies and because it hits hard it does so very easily. I use inspiration on Hexblast to help with mana issues as well and swap in concentrated effect for things like Trials where I need big single target. Best of luck with the build! Go Team Chaos Monk

[@UncleHuntyy]

@sixfirhy dude I appreciate this so much, I definitely hit a bit of a road block. I did already move to chaotic freeze on contagion, it was something I had my eye on. It is an insane support with hexblast, it's like instant freeze lmao. I gotta try the mana from inspiration, it struggles with all the cast speed I have that would probably help. Are you still specced into the health consuming node for chaos damage?

[@sixfirhy]

@@UncleHuntyy The downsides of the notables seem way too high for me for the passive points (plus travel nodes) so I haven’t tried them. I have your other two chaos wheels and for further damage take increased crit chance nodes with Maligaro’s Virtuosity gloves (basically these double your base crit bonus but you can’t get any more than that.)

[@UncleHuntyy]

@sixfirhy I agree ive since specced out and seeking other avenues

[@UncleHuntyy]

Glad most seem to be enjoying the guide. I want to throw a disclaimer in here. *THIS IS UNFINISHED* the idea is to assist Chayula monks that need a build to get them through the later stages of the campaign and potentially into mapping. I've not made it to maps. This version of the build has not solved defenses it is VERY squishy at times. I'm trying to progress as much as I can, if you're further than me help people out in the comments! You can even promote your own builds/videos. The guide is meant to stir up much needed discussion around this ascendancy. It is very appreciated!

[@ever_grey4468]

Hello, i have some questions: Question 1: can Hexblast detonate more than one curse from single target? Question 2: Does all Flickering Strike attacks benefit from Mantra of Darkness, or just the first hit?

[@TheSaraphic]

I respect the diversity and lack of brainrot here. Keep it up. You got my sub.

[@UncleHuntyy]

Much appreciated!

[@skunkyfunky]

Great video and great build. And finally, something different from what most players are trying with the monk. Great work, please keep up the good work. Thanks for the video.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@skunkyfunky Means a lot man! Yeah I was just trying to make this class work with something that made sense in my brain. Chaos damage support seems a little limiting and this ascendancy wants it! Excited to see what other players may find out!

[@skunkyfunky]

@@UncleHuntyy I'm finishing act 2, about to take my first Trial of Ascendancy so I don't know his abilities. But it seems that chaos skills consume life and you do not take full advantage of the energy shield (it seems that by consuming health they do not allow the shield to regenerate, perhaps I am wrong)... it would not be better, in this case, to look for equipment that focus on armor and evasion, rather than energy shield? As I say, I ask out of ignorance.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@skunkyfunky PoE is complicated, obviously. My understanding: chaos doesn't consume life, however, one of the skill nodes in my tree DOES consume life when using chaos spells. I suppose the idea is what affects energy shield? The way I understand it is "receiving damage" *usually* via enemy will stop it from recharging. Health consumption from skills should not affect it, I could be wrong but it would seem backwards the other way. So ES should theoretically be the way to go. The main issue with ES is regenning it because of the delay it has, which is why the mana leech part of ascendancy is lucrative.

[@skunkyfunky]

@@UncleHuntyy Yes, I think you are right. I think it would not affect the shield's recharge. Armor reduces the amount of physical damage you take, but just by pure gear so i think that you cant push it high enough to matter at higher level content.ñ (for this build). Evasion makes you dodge hits and energy shield is basically a second life bar that automatically recharges if you dont get hit for 4 seconds. You can scale both really well with your passives and reduce the 4 seconds by a lot too. (If you play invoker there is a ascendancy node that makes your evasion stat also reduce physical damage received, which could be one of the best defensive nodes in the game… but this is not the case). I have also seen that there are passives like "Consuming Questions" that disables Energy Shield recharge. Also there's a passive on the skill tree called "Eternal Youth," which causes Life to recharge instead of the Energy Shield. So considering all this, as well as the amount of points invested in intelligence, I think the energy shield will be a priority. So, as you say, PoE2 is a complicated game but it's because of the amount of tools and combinations it allows... and I love it. By the way, new subs here. Thanks for your quick responses.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@skunkyfunky Happy to have you and some great insights here. There's some interesting evasion and es scalers that seem really good. Yeah, in my experience, it seems like it needs ES, which seems standard for mage builds. Probably already a given for some PoE veterans but I'm still learning a lot. I agree it's the best part, so much to do/learn in the game.

[@jayschranz7940]

highly recommend the corpsewade unique boots on this build as it triggers decompose which adds a fairly potent poison stack which also spreads with contagion and can even throw in flamewall to detonate the gas at the end of its duration. pair that with corrosive support on decompose to armour strip on the poison stacks as well very handy for tankier enemies

[@jayschranz7940]

also the black flame unique ring pairs with flamewall to add another chaos dot as its turns ignite into a chaos dot that spreads with contagion also been running that and its great with the added benefit of ignitions blowing up the gas clouds for screen clear if timed well on the above set up ^

[@UncleHuntyy]

@jayschranz7940 This is awesome info, unique items is a territory that i haven't moved into almost at all those are some really cool combos ill need to research. Thanks for the tip!

[@jayschranz7940]

@@UncleHuntyy yeah managed to trade for these both where only a single exault on trade and great if your character is needing some early power before you unlock hexblast

[@UncleHuntyy]

@jayschranz7940 That's awesome, I started in Trade League but still haven't interacted with it. I should've just done SSF, but it doesn't really matter. I'll eventually trade. I wasn't sure how active it was. Also need to check one of the PoE databases for uniques, I read a couple of them that seemed interesting even if not for end game more for starter like you mentioned.

[@jayschranz7940]

@@UncleHuntyy trade has actually been super active and because nobody knows the meta yet most things outside of high level skill gems are pretty cheap to trade for so easy to experiment if you have a few exalts to throw around

[@chinchilla7726]

Great Guide! Does Hexblast do more damage if it explodes multiple curses? If so going for some spirit in my armor would be hella worth…

[@Yahdeo]

i heard in poe1 poison was chaos damage so maybe you could work that in there somewhere

[@UncleHuntyy]

Indeed! See a lot of people sharing this and it would be cool to try and get some poison going.

[@Cenbulcumbul]

As a complete beginner i have a quick question: i have been messing around with acolyte and picked rendering reality as my first two ascendency points, which gives me say 20% extra chaos dmg on average. Say if i hit a basic attack with my quarterstaff without any elemental or chaos dmg for 50 and have 40% increased chaos dmg through my passive tree, will i hit for 50 * (1 + (0.2 * 1.4)) = 64? Or do we ignore increased chaos part while calculating extra damage? Thank you in advance!

[@Cenbulcumbul]

I take your like as a yes? But i have doubts that increased dmg only affects the base dmg not the extra part

[@UncleHuntyy]

@Cenbulcumbul This is the way it works I believe. So you're damage modifiers on whatever damage type you're GAINING is the scalar that's affected. In this case, chaos gained from physical will scale with modifiers to chaos but the damage gained doesnt scale with phys modifiers. Definitely read some of the tool tips, I am also still learning! I'm pretty sure that is how it works, but theres some much going on in the game.

[@ADVGuiltyParty]

Awesome thanks. Subbed. Doing something similar but hand of chayula to add poison and using killing palm for life and mana sustain and behead. I started going your way but changed it to the middle travel nodes for the defence nodes.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@ADVGuiltyParty I may take your advice there, I should definitely respect for defense or ES build suffers from being squishy.

[@alexcarlton8105]

I just found this, I am going basically the same build as I wanted to go hexblast cast on critical w/ hand of chayula but it didnt feel good. I love the damage but mapping is very difficult with this build I have 1.3k energy shield and 800 life and am getting one shot in mapping lmao.

[@alexcarlton8105]

I went chaos resistance and damage in ascendency tree i think i might try to spec into the mana leech w/ energy shield recharge and see if that can buff up the defense side of things

[@UncleHuntyy]

Same here, dude. I knew it'd run into this problem it is a bit brutal. I started grabbing some ES nodes, but I don't even have my other ascendancy points yet. It 100% suffers from beings squishy, but it's a fun build! In maps, dying is the worst sin of all lmao so this build is not doing great in maps... not yet. T1 have been alright.

[@Densities1289]

So I just started this build, and I'm loving it. As you mentioned the early game is a little rough, one thing that seemed to help me was getting a wand with Power Siphon, and using it to Cull enemies to spread Contagion in Act 1 and 2. I was then thinking about you mentioning how squishy the build is (Which it definitely is so far in my experience as well.) I was wondering if maybe taking Resonance (Which is right under Spaghettification's spiral) would be worth it, because then if you have Power Siphon, you can get Endurance charges instead of Power Charges (which seem useless for this build) and perhaps that might help tankiness a bit.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@Densities1289 I know what node you're talking about, it looked super interesting a d it super cool you found a way to utilize it. I'll need to try this out, good work dude cheers!

[@Densities1289]

So upon further investigation, Endurance charges are essentially useless atm. They do not provide a passive bonus like PoE1, and the only skill that benefits from it right now is Infernal Cry. Kinda sucks that this is the case, but hopefully in the future they will either change it or, provide an ability that makes Endurance charges worth consuming for defense.

[@mdjv]

Great video, I feel like I don't get the ascendency, you have to build only chaos spell to play it? Thought that once ascended the chaos damage will go into the other spell

[@UncleHuntyy]

@mdjv so I believe chaos as extra will effect your melee, so chayula doesn't NEED to go caster I just wanted to try it 👍

[@mdjv]

@@UncleHuntyy ho that is what i understood, but i dont find what i want with this ascendency i think. I want dark spell but in a physical way and it seems that there is not for now the spells to do this. Im actually leveling up another Monk just after getting my first monk into Chayula xD

[@UncleHuntyy]

@@mdjv do yourself a favor and play invoker lmao

[@mdjv]

@@UncleHuntyy lvling finished, That was the good call I think, thank with your help 😊

[@ShinPG]

I switched to this mid-act 1 cruel and killed the act boss on the first try, pretty fun build. Still a little clunky when mob density isn't that high, but so are most monk builds I feel like.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@@ShinPG Yes, especially ones that are using Chayula. Invokers seems really good, hoping this class gets experimented with more!

[@f0kes32]

cool build. i wish there was more physical attacks support to build the mana leech one

[@UncleHuntyy]

@f0kes32 I agree, im still trying to figure out how to fit that in super unsure of how at the moment

[@Rodluq]

I'm getting into poe and I was wondering what is the main difference on doing a witch chaos build instead of a monk chaos build? Can't figure out wchich should i pick. Is this build even doable with a sorcerer?

[@UncleHuntyy]

@Rodluq all those options can work, i think witch would actually be great for this build. The main reason I like monk is the chayula tree having chaos with into the breach. This would be a cool witch potentially minion build as they utilize spirit better meaning it is easier to socket more curses to enfeeble and have the minions to assist. I think you're best bet is Witch or Monk, there is likely better sorcerer builds.

[@hungrypilot3891]

What point in the game would you recommend starting this build?

[@UncleHuntyy]

To be 100% honest the best point is upon getting hexblast and the ability to run blasphemy with a socketed curse (despair) That seems to be around middle act 3 roughly. ED ans contagion can be done earlier but it's not the best, works to get you there while running alike skills.

[@rstarrkk]

great concept just wish monk had native support for chaos. this is just a witch with monk ascendancy lol

[@UncleHuntyy]

@rstarrkk It 100% is 😂 definitely a little lame on my part, super anti monk it was fun tho! Still unsure of its longevity into mapping.

[@samisimila3022]

Ive got a very similar build but more focus on ED part and i took double curse from top of the tree

[@UncleHuntyy]

@samisimila3022 Yes! I still keep Essence Drain on and it is REALLY good. Some boss fights I throw that in there, the damage between the two actually seems pretty close. It may even be better with multiple projectile stuff in the skill tree.

[@gunnysrt1211]

what wep are you using and the stats on it

[@UncleHuntyy]

Unsure of all of them, I recently switched to a wand with +chaos skills and a focus with +spell skills those are the important ones.

[@lucasbarros822]

The Strip Away support gem linked to Hexblast is working? It increases exposure applied by supported gems, but hexblast don't lower resistence by it self, it only does damage. Can you confirm it is doing anything there?

[@UncleHuntyy]

I believe it is proccing exposure, I am unsure to be 100% honest with you ill get back to you with more info once I know. I need to take a class on resistances lmao.

[@andrewnelson1375]

Im doing hexblast blaphemy for clear and lightning melee for single target. Weapon swap passives

[@UncleHuntyy]

@andrewnelson1375 love it dude, i need to experiment a bit more. I think the solution to mana leech for ES will lie in having a different skill to generate it. Ideally I'd have hexblast do it but it looks like phys dmg needs to be used somewhere which isn't really an issue. Just gotta think about it a bit more when I have more time.

[@andrewnelson1375]

@@UncleHuntyy ya between the mana flames and mana on kill I can currently sustain hexblast spam during mapping and I have a very comfy tempest flurry/bell setup for single target. I have double curse, temp chains on blasphemy and conductivity/HoC for bosses. Haven't felt like I need despair for hexblast since im only using it to aoe and the explosion overlap usually one shots white packs, as you know :D

[@UncleHuntyy]

@andrewnelson1375 That's awesome to hear from someone that's mapping with a build akin to this. Will probably try out what you're doing, bossing could be better but hexblast is incredible for clear for sure!

[@ShinPG]

You have Hexblast supported by Strip Away, but where are you getting exposure? Hexblast doesn't apply it as far as I can tell, and Strip Away doesn't apply it, just increases effect.

[@ShinPG]

Sorry I saw this asked below, but I tested and I do not believe it works without something else applying exposure

[@UncleHuntyy]

@ShinPG all good friend, yeah, this was more because of the lack of support gems I wanted to use at the time. Even things like inevitable critical only double the crit chance which at base is 7 so idk if I'd run that unless you have investment from items. There's a lot of ways to improve it. I have changed things but don't have enough to really update things yet.

[@ShinPG]

@@UncleHuntyy Yeah there's definitely a lack of easily useful support gems. I might try Spell Echo/Unleash, though I'm not sure how they'll work with the skill and curse aura.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@ShinPG Spell echo is great! The one thing I dont like about spell echo is the cast speed is reduced. However, on the other side of that if you don't have mana to sustain high cast rate then the skill gem that increases it isn't the best. Just a single example of how different the build can be, my suggestion is to take what I have here and then build with it!

[@Elamate90]

i go for whispers of doom. 2 curse aura more damage and you can get enfeeble or tempolar chain. How to strip away support gem work on hexblast?

[@UncleHuntyy]

@@Elamate90 Ive since taken this off, to be 100% honest I do not know that it was ever doing anything. To help, I am currently running Chaos Mastery (lvl 3 support), Arcane Tempo, and Considered Casting.

[@alexgourdplant]

Hey hey man, ace build can’t wait to try it out asap, for my Shadow Priest heart 🖤 after watching your video I came across Felkin1‘s Hexblast build, check it out some brilliant ideas many of which you have likewise implemented. While he’s building it for Blood Mage and we have other things to worry about as Acolytes, you def gotta see it!

[@UncleHuntyy]

@alexgourdplant Havent seen it Ill definitely check it out, thanks for the recommend! I've been looking for any content related so I appreciate it 👍

[@FaneDulap]

I just got into cruel with essence drain monk and it was obvoious i need to respec but it was not obvious into what. Thank you so much

[@UncleHuntyy]

Of course! Feels like the strongest route once you're act 3. Might be some good ways to get chaos damage from other sources via supports but this was the first thing I thought of.

[@shadowraiser47]

Just out of curiosity, why not run darkness for some extra damage absorption

[@shadowraiser47]

Never mind automated cursing came later on

[@UncleHuntyy]

@shadowraiser47 You mean the darkness ascendancy stuff? To be completely honest those skill nodes scare me 😂 ripping spirit seems bad but I would LOVE to see a build utilizing it

[@hypegamer347]

Great content. As for me, I refuse to use a wand as a monk

[@UncleHuntyy]

Understandable, the other monks have been giving weird looks, so I get it

[@mutsugaming4558]

gonna follow you and see how this build will be updraded, cause actually and for me it is a bit under others chonk build, but i'm really interrersted to play your's and test it keep going dude and thank you

[@UncleHuntyy]

Appreciate it! Think it has a lot of potential. Definitely can go further but theres some many ways to play this game!

[@lowlaffles258]

great video, great build!

[@UncleHuntyy]

@lowlaffles258 Thanks man! Looking forward to working on it more and learning new things.

[@Narlly]

Thanks for this build, it helps me a lot! I had no idea what to do with chayula but this makes everything come together :)

[@UncleHuntyy]

Super glad I could help! It's not an easy one to figure out. I'll continue to update this as I move onto to mapping and other endgame activities. The good news is it has only gotten stronger. I'd argue it's a top build!

[@Narlly]

@@UncleHuntyy What other support gems do you use on hexblast

[@UncleHuntyy]

Considered Casting, Arcane Tempo (make sure you have good mana regen to account for mana sink), and Chaos Mastery. If you can't get chaos mastery most of the recommended socket able skills are good. Inevitable critical felt alright and magnified is good on it too.

[@aeontempest8879]

why pick acolyte of chayula for this build and not, for example, blood mage?

[@UncleHuntyy]

@aeontempest8879 Again, I'm fairly new to this, but I'll explain my reasoning If you look at witch ascendancies, and correct me if I'm wrong, I don't see too much chaos things? It's as simple as the added damage from into the breach was my thinking around this build. 100% this will work with witch, and in fact these are in the witch skill gem area. My theory is that the missing ascendancy might deal with some chaos stuff? I don't know it seems lacking on that side of things. None of this is to say this build wouldn't be better on witch or even sorceress though. I think it might be better i didn't look super closely at those ascendancies. I recommend testing this on the other classes and letting me know how it works!

[@UncleHuntyy]

@aeontempest8879 everything with this guide is up for debate, that's the cool part about PoE. I think Blood Mage in particular would solve the need for healing early on making that chaos node that consumes health much favorable to grab. Strengths and weaknesses to both but super unsure on which would be "better" between the two.

[@shadowoni1]

STR Attribute ? Why dont use energy shield armor ?

[@UncleHuntyy]

@shadowoni1 i would use ES i just have good chest pieconrolls for that armor. I'm actively switching to ES Int armor! Just looking for a better piece cause the one I'm using rn solves res better.

[@shadowoni1]

@@UncleHuntyy What attributes should I choose? STR, DEX, or INT? For your build, what attributes did you choose in the passive skill tree? Thanks!

[@stepbystepaside]

Btw currently hexblast os bugged and not popping 2 curses on single enemy, hope for fix

[@UncleHuntyy]

@stepbystepaside this is super good to know I'm gonna pin this. Very unfortunate was almost able to socket 2.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@stepbystepaside ill also test to confirm but I believe you! Wouldn't be the craziest oversight.

[@Bnplay69]

I used Blasphemy to auto cast 2 curses together with Whispers of Doom , and the curse won't stack it just cycling the curse. man oh man I was leveling hard to saw the fruit of my labor does not work got me emotional damage.

[@losttoothbrush]

Update to that part with the new patch, seems it was intendet that way: "Updated the description on Hexblast to clarify that it only detonates a single Curse per Enemy in its radius"

[@UncleHuntyy]

@losttoothbrush ah man this definitely limits endgame potential :/ which that tool tip was correct but it is EA it happens

[@Ncoverkilz645]

Could you go Hand of Chayula for curse stacks then pop with hex for single target?

[@UncleHuntyy]

Yes, I tried that. Hand of chayula feels super clunky for some reason. The issue for THIS build is that Hexblast consumes a curse every time. So HoC every time is just not worth it. Good thinking tho, my initial theory craft was using HoC but it didn't make sense to me when I tried it. Think HoC is interesting and has a use case somewhere but doesn't seem to have an application in my testing.

[@Ncoverkilz645]

@@UncleHuntyyyou think it works for boss dps more? Cus Hexblast can consume multiple curses at once. I’m also on witch and have a very similar build going - maybe it’ll work better for me?

[@Ncoverkilz645]

@@UncleHuntyyalso thanks for your quick response :)

[@UncleHuntyy]

@@Ncoverkilz645 I like your train of thought, I don't see HoC working BUT you mention hexblast consumes MULTIPLE curses, which I've planned for. There's a node on the tree I mentioned earlier that breaks the PoE rule of one curse active on an enemy. That's what I'm hoping is going to push this to another level. I tried multi-proccing with HoC but it seemed buggy, like it wouldn't proc multiple curses like it reads. Not sure on that one.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@@Ncoverkilz645 also yeah these are all witch skills, this build would 100% work great on witch pretty much the same way just without the breaches for added damage.

[@thomas.fischer.089]

Is there an updated skill tree?

[@UncleHuntyy]

@thomas.fischer.089 Not one i can provide currently as I'm a bit busy, maybe I can update the mobalytics guide. Ive been experimenting speccing out of chaos consuming es and life as I forgot it was consuming es (because I had no es so it was already unnoticeable) which is a problem. Moved over the the far right chaos that add +1 chaos skills. Unsure of the investment that far away, may grab the flask ES thing. I'll try to update when I get the free time, hopefully this weekend. Game is just unforgiving when it comes to respeccing and gearing especially for a weird build such as this. Learning as I go has been costly. Has made the decisions less obvious and more difficult, but ill make it work!

[@thomas.fischer.089]

@ thank you man!

[@anthonyhaha1131]

I cant find into the breach , where is it under

[@UncleHuntyy]

@anthonyhaha1131 Into the Breach is in your ascendancy! In Act 2 there's a boss in the Traitors Passage to get a key item to start your first 2 points of ascendancy.

[@ccourtwright3623]

How would you build this from level 1?

[@UncleHuntyy]

@ccourtwright3623 it'll be tougher but I think you should run what you can until you are able to get contagion and essence drain. As long as you follow the passive skill tree there should be enough damage to get started. Unsure of its league start potential as poe 2 is fairly new.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@ccourtwright3623 wish I had better info for ya but I STRUGGLED until I got this going

[@sir_quirkus7206]

You don’t. You have to go with what you have and what will work and wait for the skills you need for this build and then respec other wise you’re gimping yourself

[@UncleHuntyy]

@sir_quirkus7206 Yeah you're correct, I should've explained a little better. Can't really utilize the build til like late Act 2 or mid Act 3. You can use ED and contagion before that but it only gets ya so far. It was brutal for me til I made Act 3. But Cruel difficulty this build has made it a breeze, nothing crazy but a decent build.

[@brayl90]

Can i play this with some shock skills and quarterstaff?

[@UncleHuntyy]

@brayl90 so this build is focused on chaos, so the passive tree reflects that. You can certainly do a little bit of both! There's room for power charges and things like that. There is so much you can do with this build, but if you want hexblast to be effective you have to focus on one thing. If you like the electric staff skills, use the filter search bar to look ahead at what you want to do. At that point you may want to go Invoker for your ascendancy. I'd avoid chayula if you want to go electric, invoker seems like it'd be a better route. I know for example there's nodes that give you increased spell damage while using a martial weapon (quarterstaff counts) so you can mix some spells in. IMO it's better just to off hand a wand at that point. Tldr: probably don't use this build, find a way to make invoker work. Know little about the tree but it's more suited for that i believe.

[@brayl90]

@UncleHuntyy i dont need the shock skills. But u think Quarterstaff World work too right? Or ist a Wand better ?

[@UncleHuntyy]

​@brayl90 I'm pretty sure that wand/focus or staff is the best. Quarterstaffs i don't believe they get spell dmg or chaos spell skill levels etc. If you're trying to maximize your damage you're most likely going one of those.

[@UncleHuntyy]

If you don't have one check vendors EVERY level, I'm pretty sure they reset when you level up

[@brayl90]

@@UncleHuntyy do i need evasive or energyshield or both

[@WOMFT]

welcome back hexblast

[@danielcosta1488]

Very interesting always wanted to run a HB build in Poe 1 and never got around to it maybe now is the time.

[@UncleHuntyy]

It is indeed! The one league i played I used a mines saboteur and it linked hexblast to the mines. VERY different build but hexblast caught my eye along with chaos damage. This build is incredibly fun... bit of a struggle for me up until late act 3 but it cooks super satisfied with its outcome.

[@chukolat7650]

Ill try this one, seems funny

[@UncleHuntyy]

It's incredibly fun if not anything else!

[@chukolat7650]

Huge W Just struggling for drop all skills 😂

[@UncleHuntyy]

@@chukolat7650 Means a lot to me dude, it's not perfect but I'm glad people are enjoying it. I hope you are blessed with that RNG, I can't lie it's a massive power boost. I've been unable to replace my staff that has +3 chaos understandably 😂

[@breezmyguy]

Thank you

[@UncleHuntyy]

@breezmyguy Of course, hope this helps!

[@theperson101ful]

Can someone send a message to all build creators on youtube to start their videos with 15 - 30 seconds of gameplay, show me why i should care about what you saying at the beginning of the video, instead of a monologue.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@theperson101ful This is my first video with commentary but I understand, if I continue to create ill try to remember that in the future

[@mornedhel1]

Bro turn on Vsync. Nice build tho!

[@UncleHuntyy]

@mornedhel1 Thanks for the tip 😂 I've been having some issues related to that but I bet it's off

[@imcubanbe3841]

dope!!!!!!!

[@UncleHuntyy]

@imcubanbe3841 Thanks dude! Enjoy!

[@breakthecode4634]

This build is not it dude. No dmg and squishy to boot.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@@breakthecode4634 Did you try it? I'm welcome to constructive feedback if you're willing to give my friend.

[@UncleHuntyy]

@breakthecode4634 squishy sure, but no damage? Maybe you're further in the game than I am but this was a breakthrough for me so I thought I'd share

[@evandrolemos1138]

Im sorry brother, the concepts and theorycraft are good, but this build sucks a LOT!!! Ur dps is so low, u take minutes to kill a boss and almost a minute to kill normal minions, thats not working at all!!!

[@UncleHuntyy]

@evandrolemos1138 it's one shooting normals? Boss dps didn't seem bad for act 2 cruel. I'm welcome to show you some more gameplay cause it's gotten better even since this video. It's in progress. It may not be the best tho I'm not refuting that but it worked a lot better than what I was running and I seen a lot of struggling monks. What chayula build are you running?

[@Steklosok]

zero dps

[@UncleHuntyy]

@Steklosok Objectively wrong. It may not be better than other classes/builds that are crushing the game but zero dps? You're dreaming.

[@capybara6535]

call jungroan

[@UncleHuntyy]

@capybara6535 does he have a good build for this? Again, it's still in its early stages, and my PoE brain is not as big, so I'm open to answers. Especially defenses. I haven't started getting ES yet.