Don't mess around with the derailleur hack. There's more to compatibility than cable pull. Your current derailleur was never meant to clear that large a cog. A wolf link will make it clear but it will mess up the position of the derailleur to the rest of your cassette and it will shift like crap. If you're going to upgrade, do it to something that'll actually work well, in this case a Sram Eagle derailleur or some kind.

52mm should be the chainline with a boost hub, so your current chainline should be fine.