Is a Hexblade a spellcasting focus?

If a Hexblade takes Pact of the Blade as their Pact Boon at L3, they become eligible for the Improved Pact Weapon invocation and can swap out one of the invocations selected at L2. From that point, they can keep their weapon and shield in hand at all times, using the weapon as a spellcasting focus.
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What can a warlock use as a spellcasting focus?

An arcane focus is a special item designed to channel the power of arcane spells. A sorcerer, warlock, or wizard can use such an item as a spellcasting focus, as described in the Spellcasting section.
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What can be a spellcasting focus?

Spellcasting focus were items used to help a spellcaster focus and cast spells, they often took the form of staves and wands though rings, gems and bracers exist.
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Does a pact weapon count as an arcane focus?

One of the features of the Improved Pact Weapon invocation in Xanathars is that it explicitly allows the warlock to use their pact weapon as an arcane focus for their spells.
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Can Hexblade cast spells?

Spells: Beginning at 4th level, a hexblade gains the ability to cast a small number of arcane spells, which are drawn from the hexblade spell list. He can cast any spell he knows without preparing it ahead of time, just as a sorcerer can.
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Does a Hexblade count as a magic weapon?

Does the hex spell make a weapon's damage count as magical in D&D 5E? No, the Hex spell does not enchant a normal weapon to make it a magical weapon.
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Is Hexblade a magic?

The weapon used for pact of the blade is either a transformed magical weapon, where the damage was magical to begin with, or it is a manifested weapon that "counts as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to non-magical attacks and damage." So all pact weapons inflict magical damage.
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Is a Hexblade weapon an arcane focus?

If you were to choose your hex weapon as your pact weapon, then it would count as a pact weapon to satisfy the Improved Pact Weapon eldritch invocation. At that point, your hex weapon could be used as an arcane focus.
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What counts as an arcane focus?

An arcane focus is a special item— an orb, a crystal, a rod, a specially constructed staff, a wand-like length of wood, or some similar item— designed to channel the power of arcane spells. A sorcerer, warlock, or wizard can use such an item as a spellcasting focus, as described in chapter 10.
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Is pact weapon a spell?

For all intents and purposes of taking the Attack action a Pact Weapon is functionally identical to a normal weapon. Your extra attack would trigger from an attack made with it.
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Can a weapon be a Spellcasting focus?

You can use any weapon you summon with your Pact of the Blade feature as a spellcasting focus for your warlock spells.
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What counts as a Spellcasting focus 5E?

A spellcasting focus is an object of significance to a spellcasting praxis that is used instead of zero-cost material components. Some examples include holy (or unholy) symbols or objects (Cleric/Paladin), sacred (or profane) plants or herbs (Druid/Ranger), or implements of arcane power (Wizard/Sorcerer/Warlock).
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Can you cast without a Spellcasting focus?

Yes, you can cast prepared spells which require only Verbal and/or Somatic components when deprived of your focus. (As long as you can produce the Verbal and Somatic components, that is.) The focus only functions to replace (subject to the limitations you mentioned) such Material components as are required.
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Can a magic item be a spellcasting focus?

Can magic items be spellcasting focuses in D&D 5E? Yes they can. The rod of the pact keeper and the wand of the war mage add their enhancement bonuses to spells, as those pluses can't be used for anything else.
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Can artificers use spellcasting focus?

They're still just tools, the artificer can just use tools (or more accurately, things built with their tools) as spellcasting foci.
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What does a spellcasting focus replace?

Generally you are able to replace holding a spell's material components by holding a spellcasting focus. But specifically material components with a cost cannot be replaced by a spellcasting focus, so you cannot cast those spell by holding the spellcasting focus in their place.
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Can a wand be an arcane focus?

All wands, rods, and staffs can be used as an arcane focus.
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Can an amulet be an arcane focus?

Arcane Amulet is a spell focus. It can be used by any caster to provide focus for spells that have a material component (spell focus replaces the need to have actual material components). It can be bought from vendors or found as random loot. Arcane Amulet can be used by Sorcerers and Wizards.
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Can a bow be an arcane focus?

Originally Answered: Dungeons and Dragons 5e: Can an Elven Wizard use a bow for an arcane focus? Only if they have the Ruby of the Warmage or a class feature or kind of bow that specifically allows them to consider their weapon their spell focus.
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Can Hexblade use sword as focus?

If a Hexblade takes Pact of the Blade as their Pact Boon at L3, they become eligible for the Improved Pact Weapon invocation and can swap out one of the invocations selected at L2. From that point, they can keep their weapon and shield in hand at all times, using the weapon as a spellcasting focus.
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Can your Hexblade be your pact weapon?

Your Hexblade Patron weapon is not your pact weapon. One of the examples they give for a patron is blackrazor, and that is certainly not the weapon in the hands of a level 1 hexblade warlock. I am a sentient weapon, not your plaything, foolish mortal!
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Can Hexblades have two pact weapons?

You only get one active Pact Weapon at a time. But, it's up to your DM in the end. Technically, yes. Both use charisma modifier for attacks, as hex warrior says: 'If you later take the pact of the blade, then this extends to every weapon you summon'.
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Can Hexblade dual wield?

Hexblade allows you to use Charisma for attacks with one weapon you choose, plus with any pact weapon you have. So you can have two separate weapons: your pact weapon, plus your Hexblade-chosen weapon.
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What race is best for Hexblade warlock?

Half-elves are another option for the best Hexblade build. Not only do half-elves have +2 CHA like tieflings, they also get +1 to two additional attributes, so they can bulk up their CON and DEX. They also have darkvision, which is always useful.
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Can Hexblade heal?

Well, technically the Hexblade can heal themself once per short rest when dropping their cursed target to 0 HP. Apart from that, Warlock's usual way of beefing up is through temporary HP, like through Armor of Agathys.
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