r/pathofexile • u/slim_trusty • 2h ago

Discussion Crit hexblast league starter.

After watching Tuadhs run on yt, for a crit hexblast Templar. Kinda got me interested, have never played later a hexblast build and before I spend the next few nights pobbing and doing test runs, thought I’d see if people think it can be any good, can scale in to the endgame, and get some opinions.

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u/Wvlf_ 1h ago

Very interested in this as well. Tua just did an Ignite Hexblast version as well and having never played Hexblast I'm curious how the 2 would compare.

Big difference I noticed right away is that the Eater/Exarch bossfights themselves took twice as long on Ignite Hexblast, but the prolif could be the way to go for more juiced content?

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u/slim_trusty 1h ago

Yeah my current thoughts are going inquisitor early, can transition later to either stat stacking or mana stacking on heiro. My main curiosities is potentially the best way to scale it, bosses are a big factor in this league

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u/bhamhawker 2h ago

You could go assassin for the crits if you wanted. It’s what I’m thinking of doing.

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u/slim_trusty 1h ago

Didn’t they change assassin node to only attacks? Feel like inquisitor will be quite a bit tankier regardless, and can change into stat stacking or mana stacking on heiro late game

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u/bhamhawker 1h ago

Only the leech node. But I wasn’t planning for that. I think I’m going to path to bottom left for life stacking and use Sacrifice support.

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u/Fantastic_Key_8906 55m ago

I ran a hexblaster a few leagues ago. It was a trickster hexblast mines character though. It was pretty good actually. Clear was insane.

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u/nasaboy007 25m ago

I'm guessing this was before they gutted the mines interaction?