PoE2 skill gem

Harbinger of Madness

Draws out the latent fears of enemies you kill and Rare or Unique enemies you Hit, turning them into unstable apparitions which charge towards enemies and then explode.

Current data

Catalog version 0.5.4d

No direct 0.5 patch change is linked to this page. The displayed values are current for catalog version 0.5.4d.

Effects

6 effects
  • Draws out an Unstable Apparition from enemies you kill with Melee Hits, no more than once every 0.05 seconds
  • Draws out an Unstable Apparition from Rare or Unique enemies you Hit
  • Explosion radius is 2 metres
  • Unstable Apparitions deal 5% more damage per Power of the enemy they're drawn from
  • Unstable Apparitions spawned from slain enemies deal 8% of that enemy's Life as added unscalable Physical damage
  • Deals (9-319) to (14-478) Physical Damage

Requirements and restrictions

1 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90)
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90)

Gem level progression

40 levels
Harbinger of Madness levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelBase DamageDeals 9 to 14 Physical Damage
10100%, 100%, 100%9, 14
23100%, 100%, 100%13, 19
36100%, 100%, 100%17, 26
410100%, 100%, 100%23, 34
514100%, 100%, 100%29, 43
618100%, 100%, 100%35, 53
722100%, 100%, 100%43, 65
826100%, 100%, 100%52, 78
931100%, 100%, 100%62, 93
1036100%, 100%, 100%73, 110
1141100%, 100%, 100%86, 129
1246100%, 100%, 100%100, 151
1352100%, 100%, 100%117, 175
1458100%, 100%, 100%136, 204
1564100%, 100%, 100%157, 236
1666100%, 100%, 100%181, 272
1772100%, 100%, 100%209, 314
1878100%, 100%, 100%241, 362
1984100%, 100%, 100%277, 416
2090100%, 100%, 100%319, 478
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Harbinger of Madness levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelBase DamageDeals 9 to 14 Physical Damage
21Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%366, 549
22Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%421, 631
23Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%483, 725
24Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%555, 832
25Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%637, 956
26Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%732, 1099
27Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%842, 1263
28Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%968, 1453
29Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%1114, 1672
30Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%1284, 1925
31Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%1479, 2219
32Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%1707, 2560
33Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%1971, 2956
34Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%2278, 3417
35Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%2636, 3954
36Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%3054, 4580
37Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%3541, 5312
38Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%4112, 6168
39Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%4781, 7171
40Not applicable100%, 100%, 100%5565, 8348

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Buff, HasReservation, OngoingSkill, Physical, Area, Damage, Persistent

Granted by items

1 items

Acquisition

1 sources

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Harbinger of Madness. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

01
No change.
02
Permanently add or subtract one gem level. This is retained when upgrading the gem level using an uncut gem. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way, but cannot go below Level 1.
03
Add or remove a socket.
04
±10% to Quality, up to 23%.
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