Hex Blast Gem Path of Exile

Hexblast is a spell gem. Deals chaos damage to a single enemy, dealing more damage if they are Hexed, then removing the Hex. If the enemy was Hexed, also deals area damage to other enemies around the target, boosting damage and removing Hexes from those enemies in the same way. Spell, AoE, Chaos, Hex. Level: 1–20. Cost: 16–30 Mana. Cast Time: 1 sec. Critical Strike Chance: 4.00%. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 340%. Requires Level 28. Deals (111–1514) to (166–2271) Chaos Damage This Spell's Cast Time is added to its Cooldown if Triggered All Damage can Ignite, Freeze, and Shock Chaos Damage with Hits is Resisted by lowest Resistance instead 100% more Damage with Hits if Enemy is Hexed 40% more Damage with Ailments if Enemy is Hexed Removes a Hex after Damaging Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. Name Additional Effects From Quality Weight Hexblast (0–10)% increased Area of Effect 50

PoE 3.20 Changes

Hexblast

Added This Spell's Cast Time is added to its Cooldown if Triggered All Damage can Ignite, Freeze, and Shock 40% more Damage with Ailments if Enemy is Hexed 100% more Damage with Hits if Enemy is HexedRemoves a Hex after Damaging Removed All Damage can Shock All Damage can Ignite All Damage can Freeze 15% more Damage with Ailments per 5 Doom on Hex with most Doom 40% more Damage with Hits per 5 Doom on Hex with most DoomRemoves Hex with most Doom after Damaging Modified New: Cost 30 Mana Old: Cost 20 Mana New: Cast Time 1.00 sec Old: Cast Time 0.60 sec New: Effectiveness of Added Damage 340% Old: Effectiveness of Added Damage 310% New: Deals 1514 to 2271 Chaos Damage Old: Deals 1397 to 2096 Chaos Damage New: Deals chaos damage to a single enemy, dealing more damage if they are Hexed, then removing the Hex. If the enemy was Hexed, also deals area damage to other enemies around the target, boosting damage and removing Hexes from those enemies in the same way. Old: Deals chaos damage to a single enemy, dealing more damage if they are Hexed, then removes the Hex with the highest Doom. If a Hex was removed this way, also deals area damage to other enemies around the target, boosting damage and removing Hexes from those enemies in the same way.

PoE 3.20 Changes

Hexblast has had its skill mechanics and damage adjusted to account for the loss of Doom's scaling. Broadly speaking, it does less damage at the very top end of gameplay but getting it to a fairly decent level of damage is easier than before. It now removes a Hex with the lowest remaining duration from an enemy after damaging. Its damage is also more consistent because you no longer need to wait for Doom to build up.

Specifics:
Hexblast no longer has any Doom related stats. It now has a cast time of 1 second (previously 0.6), and a Mana cost of 16 at gem level 1 (previously 10), scaling up to 30 at gem level 20 (previously 20). It now deals 111 to 166 Chaos Damage at gem level 1 (previously 102 to 153), scaling up to 1514 to 2271 at gem level 20 (previously 1397 to 2096). It now has "100% more Damage with Hits if Enemy is Hexed", "40% more Damage with Ailments if Enemy is Hexed", "This Spell's Cast Time is added to its Cooldown if Triggered", and "Removes a Hex after Damaging." It also now has 340% Effectiveness of Added Damage (previously 310%).

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Related Gems

Hex Blast Support Gems

• Combustion Support(Blue): 65%
• Ignite Proliferation Support(Blue): 65%
• Deadly Ailments Support(Green): 50%
• Archmage Support(Blue): 46%
• Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support(Blue): 33%
• Burning Damage Support(Red): 30%
• Void Manipulation Support(Green): 30%
• Awakened Burning Damage Support(Red): 28%
• Controlled Destruction Support(Blue): 28%
• Increased Critical Strikes Support(Blue): 26%
• Awakened Deadly Ailments Support(Green): 15%

Hexblast Build Guide

Hexblast calls down a beam of chaos damage on the target. It is a new skill gem in PoE Heist 3.12. If the target is cursed with a hex, it consumes that hex and causes a shockwave around that enemy. Similar to Impending Doom, the more Doom the supported hex built up, the greater damage the skill deals.

Although Hexblast is a chaos damage spell, it has some elemental-themed properties that make it special. For one, the damage it deals has the ability to ignite, shock or freeze. Secondly, it deals damage based on the lowest resistance the enemy has! For example, this lets you use an offensive hex such as Flammability and still make use of the fire resistance reduction that it provides.

Hex Blast Build Example

Level Effect

Hexblast is a spell that deals chaos damage to a single enemy. If the target has a hex curse on it, it deals area of effect damage around the target. On hit, the spell removes the hex curse with the highest amount of doom from each target hit, and deals more damage based on how much doom the curse had. Hexblast removes the hex after dealing damage, and thus benefits from the effects of the removed curse.

While the spell deals chaos damage, the damage is resisted by the lowest resistance the target has, and the spell can apply all 3 elemental ailments, provided the caster either critically strikes, or has some chance to apply those ailments. Ailments are resisted by their respective resistance (e.g. fire for ignite) and do not benefit from Hexblast's "resisted by lowest resistance" effect, which only applies to chaos hits. This also means that non-chaos damage added to Hexblast will not benefit from this effect.

Skill functions and interactions

• As long as the target has a hex curse applied in any way, even if it doesn't gain Doom, Hexblast will deal AoE damage. For example, hexes applied by Blasphemy Support still cause the skill to deal AOE damage.
• Hexblast always removes the highest doom hex from all targets hit, including ones not directly targeted.
• Hexblast has forgiving targeting, and will attempt to prioritize targets with a doomed hex over uncursed targets. Clicking the ground next to the target also works, as a sort of aim-assist.
• Linking Hexblast with Concentrated Effect Support will boost the area damage, but not the direct target damage.
• The target directly hit by Hexblast cannot also take damage from the AOE component of Hexblast meaning the skill cannot hit the same target multiple times with one cast.
• Hexblast cannot be cast without a target.
• Hexblast can benefit from marks, but will not remove them, have additional doom scaling, nor deal AOE damage without an accompanying hex.

Item acquisition

Hexblast can drop anywhere. Drop level: 28.

Recipes

Hexblast can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description
3	The Bitter Blossom	Random corrupted level 21 Chaos gem with 23% quality
13	The Cataclysm	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem
6	The Fox	Random level 20 gem
8	Dying Anguish	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8	The Hook	Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3	Gemcutter's Promise	Random gem with 20% quality
1	Gemcutter's Incubator	Random gem with 1–20% quality
1	The Void	Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Hexblast:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Hexblast.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Hexblast Chance to not Consume Hex 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Hexblast has 10% chance to not remove a Hex	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Hexblast Chance to not Consume Hex 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Hexblast has 15% chance to not remove a Hex	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Hexblast Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Hexblast deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Hexblast Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Hexblast deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Hexblast Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Hexblast has 16% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Hexblast Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Hexblast has 24% increased Area of Effect	helmet 100 default 0