Path of Exile 2 – Blood Mage: Hex Blast Juggernaut Build Guide

Guide to Blood Mage: Hex Blast Juggernaut Build

By Sovereign

This guide details a Hex Blast-focused mage build designed for high burst damage and sustained DPS with excellent defensive layering. The build revolves around maintaining the Blasphemy Despair Aura, which synergizes with Hex Blast to amplify chaos damage without consuming curses, allowing for consistent spell spamming.

Core Mechanics

Hex Blast as Main DPS

Deals devastating chaos damage amplified by Despair, while maintaining its debuff.

Defensive Layers

Cap resistances and block chance to enhance survivability in both solo and group encounters.

Blood Mage Critical Damage

Leverages the innate critical multiplier of the Blood Mage subclass for massive damage spikes.

Supporting Skills and Utilities

Essence Drain & Contagion

These skills provide strong AoE coverage and utility for handling groups of enemies effectively.

Dark Effigy

A utility skill used to debuff enemies further, increasing their vulnerability to your chaos damage.

Power Siphon Wand

Offers reliable chaos damage stats and executes low-health enemies, improving clear speed and single-target efficiency.

This build delivers a balanced playstyle that combines powerful damage output, utility, and durability. It’s ideal for players looking to dominate with a chaos-damage mage while enjoying flexible play mechanics and a visually striking skill set.

How to Play

Essence Drain

Begin by casting Essence Drain on your primary target to establish a potent damage-over-time effect.

Contagion

Immediately follow up with Contagion. This spreads the Essence Drain’s effects to surrounding enemies, setting up a chain reaction.

Hex Blast

Target the enemy primed with Essence Drain and Contagion. The powerful Area of Effect (AoE) from Hex Blast will deal substantial damage and spread to nearby mobs.

Dark Effigy

Keep Dark Effigy active. It applies debuffs to enemies, enhancing your damage output while providing regeneration for you and your allies.

Blasphemy Aura

Maintain a Blasphemy aura with Despair. This ensures continuous application of Despair in an AoE around you, enabling you to rapidly cast Hex Blast and trigger additional Contagion effects.

Cast on Critical Strike

Equip Dark Pact or Profane Ritual with Cast on Critical Strike to deal extra passive damage during combat. This synergizes well with your other abilities, increasing overall damage output.

Power Siphon

Use Power Siphon frequently to execute low-health enemies and recover life. It’s a reliable tool for both sustaining yourself and clearing mobs faster.

By combining these abilities in the recommended order, you can maintain a high level of damage, crowd control, and survivability throughout encounters.