Herald of Plague

Herald of PlagueBuff, Persistent, Chaos, Herald
Tier: 8
Level: 1
Reservation: 30 spiritWhile active, killing a Poisoned enemy spreads its Poison to other nearby enemies, and has a chance to also Hinder them.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/Gem/SkillGemHeraldOfPlague

Herald of Plague is a persistent herald buff skill. Whenever you kill a poisoned enemy, the highest damage poison on that target will spread and be applied to other nearby enemies. It also has a chance to hinder them upon spreading.

Gem level progression

Level
1	0

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	PrecisionPrecisionSupport, Buff, Persistent Tier: 1 Reservation: 10 spiritSupport Requirements: +5 DexSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.30% Increased Accuracy Rating while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	VitalityVitalitySupport, Buff, Persistent Tier: 1 Reservation: 20 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Regenerate 1% of maximum Life per second while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
II	Coming Soon	HerbalismHerbalismSupport, Buff, Persistent Tier: 2 Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Life recovery from Flasks while the Skill is active.30% Increased Recovery from Life Flasks while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
III	Chaos MasteryChaos MasterySupport, Chaos Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Chaos skills, granting them an additional level.+1 to Level of Supported Chaos SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Coming Soon

Item acquisition

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

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Herald of Plague has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0	Herald of Plague now requires a Martial Weapon, making it consistent with the weapon restrictions of the other Herald skills. The on-kill effects of Herald skills can no longer trigger from kills caused by Herald skills.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.