PoE2 skill gem

Herald of Blood

While active, killing an enemy with Blood Loss will cause a bloody explosion that deals Physical Attack damage to surrounding enemies. This damage is not based on your Weapon, but is partially based on their accumulated Blood Loss. The explosion destroys their Corpse if the enemy was Normal or Magic, and has a chance to Aggravate Bleeding.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.0
Direct change

Fixed an issue where Herald of Blood incorrectly state that its damage was based on maximum Life, it now correctly states that its damage is based on Blood Loss.

Full patch history

Effects

9 effects

Buff

Explosion

Requirements and restrictions

1 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-86) Str, (4-86) Dex, Any Martial Weapon
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90), (4-86) Str, (4-86) Dex

Requires: Any Martial Weapon

Gem level progression

40 levels
Herald of Blood levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelStrDexBase Damage4 to 6 base Physical Damage40% chance to Aggravate Bleeding on Hit
1044100%, 100%, 100%, 100%4, 640
2377100%, 100%, 100%, 100%6, 1041
3699100%, 100%, 100%, 100%10, 1542
4101313100%, 100%, 100%, 100%14, 2143
5141717100%, 100%, 100%, 100%18, 2744
6182020100%, 100%, 100%, 100%22, 3345
7222424100%, 100%, 100%, 100%27, 4046
8262828100%, 100%, 100%, 100%31, 4747
9313232100%, 100%, 100%, 100%36, 5448
10363737100%, 100%, 100%, 100%41, 6249
11414141100%, 100%, 100%, 100%47, 7050
12464646100%, 100%, 100%, 100%53, 7951
13525151100%, 100%, 100%, 100%58, 8852
14585757100%, 100%, 100%, 100%65, 9753
15646262100%, 100%, 100%, 100%71, 10754
16666464100%, 100%, 100%, 100%78, 11655
17727070100%, 100%, 100%, 100%85, 12756
18787575100%, 100%, 100%, 100%92, 13857
19848080100%, 100%, 100%, 100%99, 14958
20908686100%, 100%, 100%, 100%107, 16059
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Herald of Blood levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelStrDexBase Damage4 to 6 base Physical Damage40% chance to Aggravate Bleeding on Hit
21Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%114, 17260
22Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%123, 18461
23Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%131, 19662
24Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%139, 20963
25Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%148, 22264
26Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%157, 23665
27Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%167, 25066
28Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%176, 26467
29Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%186, 27968
30Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%196, 29469
31Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%206, 30969
32Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%217, 32570
33Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%227, 34170
34Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%238, 35771
35Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%250, 37471
36Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%261, 39172
37Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%273, 40972
38Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%285, 42773
39Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%297, 44573
40Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%, 100%309, 46474

Quality effects

2 effects

Explosion standard quality

Advanced Thaumaturgy

This is the additional quality effect granted while the Gemling Legionnaire passive is allocated. The main value below is shown at 20% gem quality. Compare all gem bonuses.

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: OngoingSkill, HasReservation, Buff, Persistent, Herald, UseGlobalStats, Area, Attack, Physical, SkillConsumesBleeding, NoAttackOrCastTime, AttackInPlace, NonWeaponAttack

Granted by items

1 items

Acquisition

2 sources

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Spear, tier 4

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 4 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

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Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Herald of Blood. 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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Patch history

3 changes
0.2.0e
Direct change

Herald of Blood no longer destroys the corpses of Rare and Unique monsters when they explode, allowing you to use Ritual Sacrifice on the Rare monsters.

0.2.0e
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Blood Boils from the Ritualist ascendancy didn't propagate if the monster exploded on death, such as when using Herald of Blood.

0.5.0
Direct change

Fixed an issue where Herald of Blood incorrectly state that its damage was based on maximum Life, it now correctly states that its damage is based on Blood Loss.