Hexblast

HexblastSpell, AoE, Chaos, Hex
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (10-20) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 4.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 310%Requires Level 28Deals 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.Deals (102-1397) to (153-2096) Chaos Damage
40% more Damage with Hits per 5 Doom on Hex with most Doom
Removes Hex with most Doom after Damaging
15% more Damage with Ailments per 5 Doom on Hex with most Doom
All Damage can Ignite
All Damage can Freeze
All Damage can Shock
Chaos Damage with Hits is Resisted by lowest Resistance instead

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
0.5% increased Area of Effect0.5% increased Cast Speed2% increased Damage with Ailments
1% increased Effect of non-Damaging Ailments on EnemiesHexblast has 0.5% chance to not remove a HexPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 28Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemHexblast

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 SupportBlasphemy SupportSupport, Hex, Aura
  Icon: A
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: 35% Mana
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 31Supports hex curse skills, turning them into auras that will apply their effect to all enemies in an area around you.Supported Curse Skills apply their Curses as Auras
  Supported Curse Skills also count as Aura Skills
  Using Supported Skills is Instant
  25% less Effect of Supported Curses
  (0-76)% increased Area of Effect of Supported Curse Skills
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Area of Effect of Supported Curse SkillsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. 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 SupportConcentrated Effect SupportSupport, AoE
  Icon: o
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.Supported Skills deal (25-39)% more Area Damage
  Supported Skills have 30% less Area of Effect
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Area DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. 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.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Chaos Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	16	111 to 166	0	0
2	31	73	17	136 to 205	199345	199345
3	34	79	17	167 to 251	285815	485160
4	37	85	18	204 to 307	401344	886504
5	40	92	19	249 to 373	554379	1440883
6	42	96	20	283 to 424	477437	1918320
7	44	100	20	321 to 481	583786	2502106
8	46	104	21	364 to 546	710359	3212465
9	48	109	22	412 to 618	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	23	466 to 699	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	23	526 to 790	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	24	594 to 891	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	25	670 to 1004	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	26	754 to 1131	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	26	849 to 1273	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	27	954 to 1431	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	28	1072 to 1608	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	29	1204 to 1806	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	29	1351 to 2026	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	30	1514 to 2271	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	31	1697 to 2545	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	31	1900 to 2850	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	32	2126 to 3189	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	33	2378 to 3567	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	34	2659 to 3988	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	34	2971 to 4457	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	35	3318 to 4978	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	36	3705 to 5557	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	37	4134 to 6201	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	37	4611 to 6917	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	38	4869 to 7304	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	38	5141 to 7712	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	38	5428 to 8142	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	39	5730 to 8595	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	39	6049 to 9073	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	40	6384 to 9576	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	40	6738 to 10107	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	40	7110 to 10665	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	41	7503 to 11254	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	41	7916 to 11874	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Hexblast can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Hexblast can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
3	The Bitter BlossomThe Bitter Blossom3Level 21 Chaos Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedThe pain you feel is of no consequence, it is evolution, to be made whole within something greater.	Random corrupted level 21 Chaos gem with 23% quality	A
13	The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.	Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	A
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	Random level 20 gem	A
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	Random gem with 20% quality	A
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	Random gem with 1–20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

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:

Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and only be found in the permanent leagues as legacy items.

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop Enabled

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Hexblast.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

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

Version history

Version	Changes
3.17.0	Hexblast now deals 102 to 153 Chaos Damage at gem level 1 (previously 103 to 155), up to 1397 to 2096 at gem level 20 (previously 965 to 1447). Now has 310% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 210%).
3.16.0	Now deals 103 to 155 Chaos Damage at gem level 1 (previously 74 to 110), up to 965 to 1447 at gem level 20 (previously 689 to 1034). It now has “40% more Damage with Hits per 5 Doom on Hex with most Doom” (previously 60%), and “15% more Damage with Ailments per 5 Doom on Hex with most Doom” (previously 40%). It now has 210% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 150%). Because of base Ignite damage changes, Ignite with the skill is now 95.6% higher at 30 Doom, and 83.3% higher at 40 doom.
3.15.0	No longer has 25% less Area Damage.
3.13.0	Now has an added damage effectiveness of 150% (from 130%). Now deals 74 to 110 chaos damage at gem level 1 (from 61 to 92), up to 689 to 1034 chaos damage at gem level 20 (from 574 to 862). Now deals 60% more damage with hits per 5 doom on hex with most doom (from 50%). Now deals 40% more damage with ailments per 5 doom on hex with most doom (from 35%).
3.12.0	Hexblast has been added to the game.