It also works best when you encounter enemies that have larger hitboxes, or when you're having problems with a crowd of enemies. A single target can be hit by multiple dark orbs if they're close enough, acting like a shotgun. Dark Hail - A spell that casts several small dark orbs that shoots in front of you, dealing dark damage to anyone in the way.This is arguably the best weapon buff for dark-infused weapons, do note that the Resonant Weapon does slightly more damage (.05, a negligable amount but more none the less) and should not be overlooked for a hexer that focuses on chime based spells.

Dark Weapon - A spell that buffs a weapon with Dark Damage, the duration scales with Intelligence for 57 sec.

It only requires 1 Attunement slot and has excellent damage for a starting spell, it can also be used 20-30 times, perfect for putting pressure on the opponent, or if you just want to take out multiple enemies from afar without them going anywhere near you.

Dark Orb - A basic Hex spell that's essential for a Hex Build.

The advantage of having spells from Hexes is that most enemies in the game are not resisntant to Dark Elemental Damage, most are vulnerable to these types of spells, but some of the advantages will slowly fade once you go through the DLCs as most enemies have high elemental resistances. There are weapons that are neither Staves or Chimes which can also be used to cast Hexes such as the Mace of the Insolent. Hexes that are used on Staves tend to deal more damage while the use of Chimes tend to be passive. You will also notice that if a Hex requires more Intelligence than Faith, you would need a Staff to cast that spell, and if it requires more Faith than Intelligence it would require you to equip it on a Chime. The damage of Hexes are influenced by dark elemental damage. Most Hexes would also require more than one attunement slot.

Hexes are spells that are somehow difficult to incorporate to some builds as it is unique in a way that it would require both Faith and Intelligence in order to be used, as well as having high stat requirements. Hexes are a type of Magic that offer offensive and self-buff spells.

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