Is a hex build viable for PVE these days?

[RIG-801]

I haven't played in a while, and would like to replay the PVE part of the game. Do hexes do decent damage compared to regular sorceries and pyromancies or should I stick with a regular sorc/pyro magic caster?

Thanks for the feedback.

[god is dead]

Wrong game.

[♤ S p a d e Ƨ ♤]

My hex toon did pretty well, and I am no good caster.

I had some trouble when I got to Dreg Heap, cause dark dmg doesn't bode well, but this build allows for pyromancies and some miracles that these guys are weak against, so depending where you focused your stats you can choose accordingly

[Seferofe]

Hexes aren't a thing anymore, that was just DS 2. It's dark sorceries, miracles and pyromancies now. Is a dark caster viable? Yes, is it great? Maybe not. Then again I've never really been a caster sort of guy.

Here's a tip though, dark spells scale with int and faith, but you have to use either the Izalith staff or the Murky Longstaff. Go the Izalith staff if you plan to have 20+ faith or the Murky longstaff if you're just gonna go pure intelligence.

Oh, and weapon buffs don't scale with both, it only scales with what it's from. For example the miracle dark blade just scales with faith, even if you use the crystal chime.

[cooperman]

Most enemy's in the game have good dark def even trash mob's in undead settlement + you have to beat most of the game to get hexes.