Poison Hexblast Final Update - DPS Achieved, PoB Explanation

[@xavierseghers4481]

hello for the leveling what do we start with please thank you

[@akarenji6628]

I started using Hexblast at Act 3 Cruel; it can't even be used until level 41 so any levelling setup will work until then. I played normal Quarterstaff Monk skills but there are better options. If you're around level 60 you can look at the Maxroll guide I have on my earlier videos - I'll also update this slightly. Hexblast is quite bad early so you need some poison nodes first, it becomes very good once you use Archmage and have the Plaguefinger gloves

[@ebitakoburrito]

Could you elaborate on why Bloodmage would be a better pick than Chayula for this build? Also thank you for looking into this, finding a good build for Chayula ascendency is going to require more trial and error from the community.

[@akarenji6628]

Chayula just doesn't offer any major benefits from any of the ascendancy nodes, but at least the monk starting nodes are very efficient. I think the best, current patch ascendancy node for Chayula is the chaos resistance one. Blood Mage gets a lot more crit bonus, higher base crit and can even apply bleed with elemental damage - so overall many higher damage options. I'd love it if Into the Breach granted overleech

[@isasitis9685]

@@akarenji6628 maybe pathfinder would be better?

[@akarenji6628]

Maybe better than Acolyte of Chayula but probably not blood mage. Hexblast has low base crit, blood mage helps with this a lot. The double poisons is nice but then you'll need super high cast speed, this isn't an issue for poisonous concoction because it throws multiple projectiles, so you can stack high poison count easily. Definitely worth trying out though

[@isasitis9685]

@@akarenji6628 don't exclude unique boots with poison while consume corpses. So maybe we dont need cast speed with them)

[@akarenji6628]

Corpsewade is great, yes, but then we have a different build. I haven't looked into the single target damage if corpsewade, but hexblast can quite comfortably hit around 10 million on an Acolyte of chayula and probably double on a blood mage. For Pathfinder I'll assume around 10 million or more too, after poisons fully stack. Though I'd just go pconc, it's great

[@UNCREAL]

too bad ingenuity is so strong. so a ring slot is a big cost otherwise Original Sin should be better. so the lighting hit also works with wither and despair and you can use snakebites for + 1 poison. How the 100% of Elemental Damage Converted to Chaos Damage works with corruption 120% of Elemental Damage corruption or ingenuity dont know. but for 3-4 div worth a try.

[@akarenji6628]

If I'm not mistaken you can't overconvert damage, but I could be wrong about that. At the moment, Archmage damage is not convetered by Original Sin, which is probably a bug as 'gained as extra' damage is allowed to be converted in the tooltip - otherwise Original Sin would be a good option if a breach ring isn't needed. If you'd like a pure chaos, Archmage-free version then you could look up Destroyr's Burden of Shadows Hexblast build, that's a great Blood Mage option

[@UNCREAL]

​@@akarenji6628 you tryed it ingame? without archmage Convertion Original sin is a real useless item.

[@akarenji6628]

@UNCREAL not personally but some people who watched my previous videos tested it. It's also mentioned in multiple threads on the poe website forums