Quote (SpanielArmada @ Mar 4 2026 07:09pm)

I tried hex purge. I felt the aoe was negligible compared to getting demon mastery up to 20 for a defiler. I switched to hex bane. I found it was slightly more useful on physical immune but a mediocre return on points when death marking in a cursed Hephaesto on most enemies. If I wasn’t using insight + phoenix + pride/might merc I’d use siphon for qol as a one point wonder.

Ended up dropping in a lot more points into blood oath to support a more aggressive play style and felt that made a more noticeable difference.

I think some of the guides were theorycrafting (see: arioc’s) and my experience hasn’t always marched up with their spreadsheets.

Quote (SpanielArmada @ Mar 4 2026 07:09pm)

Edit - just saw cleave. Below applies to echoing but I’ll leave the post up.

I tried hex purge. I felt the aoe was negligible compared to getting demon mastery up to 20 for a defiler. I switched to hex bane. I found it was slightly more useful on physical immune but a mediocre return on points when death marking in a cursed Hephaesto on most enemies. If I wasn’t using insight + phoenix + pride/might merc I’d use siphon for qol as a one point wonder.

Ended up dropping in a lot more points into blood oath to support a more aggressive play style and felt that made a more noticeable difference.

I think some of the guides were theorycrafting (see: arioc’s) and my experience hasn’t always marched up with their spreadsheets.