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Herald of Ice

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Herald of IceBuff, Attack, Persistent, AoE, Cold, Herald, Payoff
Tier: 4
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 30 spirit
While active, Shattering an enemy with an Attack Hit will cause an icy explosion that deals Attack damage to surrounding enemies.Buff
Enemies you Shatter explode

Explosion
Attack Damage: (70–286)%
Cannot Freeze
Explosion radius is 1.8 metres
100% of Explosion Physical Damage
Converted to Cold Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Explosion radius is (0–0.4) metres
Place into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill.
Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.
Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemHeraldOfIce

Herald of Ice is a persistent herald buff skill. Whenever you shatter a frozen enemy with an attack, it grants a buff that causes your next attacks to create an icy explosion that deals cold damage in an area.

Skill functions and interactions

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired DexterityRequired IntelligenceExplosion
Base Damage
111170%
231177%
36101085%
410151593%
5142020102%
6182525110%
7223030119%
8263434127%
9314040135%
10364646144%
11415252153%
12465959163%
13526666174%
14587373186%
15648080199%
16668383214%
17729090229%
18789797247%
1984104104265%
2090109109286%

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem
tier
Support gems
I Cold Infusion Precision
II Blind Embitter
III Charm Bounty Deadly Herald

Item acquisition

Herald of Ice has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Herald of Ice has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.1.1
  • Fixed a bug where Herald of Ice was still exploding shattered enemies when the gem was set to be used with your currently inactive weapon set.
0.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.