Herald of Agony

Herald of Agony is a herald skill gem. When activated it reserves mana and grants a buff that gives a chance to inflict poison on enemies. Whenever the user poisons an enemy, it grants Virulence and summons an Agony Crawler minion, which becomes stronger with more stacks of Virulence.

Skill functions and interactions
Virulence buff cannot go above 40 stacks.

Agony Crawler Minion has an implicit 40% Physical to Chaos damage conversion.

Minion damage can be increased through many methods, such as:


 * Gem level boosts, such as, , and.
 * The Ring has modifiers that directly buff the skill
 * Auras like supported by.
 * Frenzy charges also apply to minions at a significant bonus. These can be granted to minions through the shield,, or an item providing it.
 * Support gems such as:, , and also offer a considerable boost to minion damage. The Crawler is also immune to any form of damage and cannot die, making  a great option.
 * Temporary effects such as, , , and can also be taken advantage of.
 * Debuffs such as Intimidate from also increase minion damage.
 * Curses like also work.

For faster clear speed consider supports such as, , , and. There is also an Uber Labyrinth enchantment that grants 2 additional projectiles to your Minion Crawler: Summoned Agony Crawler fires 2 additional Projectiles

Consider using to quickly teleport the Crawler to your location. This is useful when dealing with Proximity Shield mobs.

Related unique items
The following unique items are related to Herald of Agony:

Passive skills
The following passive skills are related to Herald of Agony:

Ascendancy Passive skills
The following ascendancy passive skills are related to Herald of Agony:

Cluster jewel Passive skills
The following cluster jewel only passive skills are related to Herald of Agony:

Version history

 * Agony Crawler now deals 5% increased physical damage per Virulence you have at gem level 1 (from 6%), up to 9% at gem level 20 (from 12%).


 * Now causes Agony Crawler to deal 6% increased physical damage per virulence you have at gem level 1 (from 10%), up to 12% at gem level 20 (from 19%).


 * The Agony Crawler summoned by this skill now deals increased Physical Damage per Virulence you have, rather than increased Damage.


 * The Herald of Agony skill gem now has a Chaos tag.


 * Fixed a bug where Blood Guard Herald and Faith Guard Herald effects were reversed when applied to Herald of Agony.


 * Herald of Agony has been added to the game.
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