Patch 0.5.5 ·

Herald of Ash

Spirit Gems

Herald of Ash is a Spirit Gem (Strength) in Path of Exile 2. It is usable from character level 10 and can be cut from an Uncut Gem of level 4 or higher. Tags: Buff, Persistent, AoE, Fire, Duration, Herald.

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Herald of Ash
Buff, Persistent, AoE, Fire, Duration, Herald
Level: 1
Reservation: 30 Spirit
Overkill damage threshold: 20%
While active, enemies you sufficiently Overkill with non-Herald Attacks will cause an explosion that Ignites nearby enemies based on the Overkill damage dealt.
Explosion
Ignite duration is 3 seconds
Explosion radius is 1.2 metres
An additional +16.67% of Overkill damage contributes to base Ignite damage
Type
Spirit Gems
Attribute
Strength
Tags
Buff, Persistent, AoE, Fire, Duration, Herald
Usable from character level
10
Gemcutting
Uncut Gem level 4 or higher
Gemcutting category
Mace, Primal
Levels
1–40

Quality

At 20% quality

  • An additional +5% of Overkill damage contributes to base Ignite damage

Additionally with Advanced Thaumaturgy (Gemling Legionnaire)

  • Buff grants 20% increased Fire damage

Gems with the same name

Herald of Ashno Spirit reservation

Granted by

Lament Amulet Base item The Coming Calamity Unique

Used in builds

None of our builds uses this yet.

Values per level

Only values that change with the level – fixed values are in the tooltip. Click a row to show that level in the tooltip.

Level Character levelAn additional +#% of Overkill damage contributes to base Ignite damage
1 –16.67
2 317
3 617.33
4 1017.67
5 1418
6 1818.33
7 2218.67
8 2619
9 3119.33
10 3619.67
11 4120
12 4620.33
13 5220.67
14 5821
15 6421.33
16 6621.67
17 7222
18 7822.33
19 8422.67
20 9023
Levels 21–40 (from additional gem levels)
Level Character levelAn additional +#% of Overkill damage contributes to base Ignite damage
21 –23.33
22 –23.67
23 –24
24 –24.33
25 –24.67
26 –25
27 –25.33
28 –25.67
29 –26
30 –26.33
31 –26.67
32 –27
33 –27.33
34 –27.67
35 –28
36 –28.33
37 –28.67
38 –29
39 –29.33
40 –29.67

Matching supports 54

54 Support Gems can support this skill.

Strength 24

Armour Demolisher I Armour Demolisher II Brutality I Brutality II Brutality III Cannibalism I Cannibalism II Compressed Duration I Compressed Duration II Cool Headed Direstrike I Direstrike II Herbalism I Herbalism II Prolonged Duration I Prolonged Duration II Thornskin I Thornskin II Uhtred's Augury Uhtred's Exodus Uhtred's Omen Uruk's Smelting Vitality I Vitality II

Dexterity 9

Chance to Freeze Deadly Herald Infusion Precision I Precision II Swift Affliction I Swift Affliction II Swift Affliction III Warm Blooded

Intelligence 14

Acrimony Atziri's Communion Clarity I Clarity II Concentrated Area Dialla's Desire Fire Mastery Magnified Area I Magnified Area II Mysticism I Mysticism II Strong Hearted Upwelling I Upwelling II

No attribute 7

Arbiter's Reach Breachlord's Rift Healing Runes Her Declaration Runic Extraction Seraph's Heart Styrn's Anthem

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