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Herald of Blood

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This article describes new Path of Exile 2 content released in version 0.2.0. Information may be missing or incorrect.

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Herald of BloodBuff, Attack, Persistent, AoE, Physical, Herald, Payoff
Tier: 4
Level: 1
Reservation: 30 spirit
While active, killing an enemy with Blood Loss will cause a bloody explosion that deals Physical Attack damage to surrounding enemies based off the life of the exploded enemy, destroying their Corpse if the enemy was Normal or Magic. The explosion also has a chance to Aggravate Bleeding.Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.
Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemHeraldOfBlood

Herald of Blood is a persistent herald buff skill that requires a martial weapon. Whenever you kill an enemy who has received Blood Loss from bleeding, its explodes and deals physical damage based on the Blood Loss amount. The explosion also has a chance to Aggravate bleeding.

Skill functions and interactions

Gem level progression

LevelRequired LevelRequired DexterityRequired Strength
1000

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 Brutality Vitality
II Herbalism Maim
III Deadly Herald File:Haemocrystals inventory icon.pngHaemocrystals

Item acquisition

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

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Herald of Blood has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemDescription

Version history

Version Changes
0.2.0e
  • 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.
0.2.0
  • Introduced to the game.