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Herald of AshSpell, AoE, Fire, Herald, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 25% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
Radius: 10
Requires Level 16Grants a buff providing fire damage based on your physical damage. While you have this buff, if you kill an enemy, other enemies near them will be burned based on the overkill damage. The burn inflicted by this skill can only be affected by modifiers to damage over time (burning damage is damage over time).Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentBuff grants 0.75% increased Fire Damage1% reduced Area of Effect
3% increased Burning Damage
1% increased Area of Effect
Gain 15% of your Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
Base duration is 4 seconds
Base Burning Damage is 25% of Overkill Damage
(9-12)% more Spell Fire Damage
(0-38)% more Burning Damage
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Herald of Ash skill iconHerald of Ash inventory icon
Acquisition
Area level: 16
Vendor Prices
Normal1x Orb of Alteration
Vendor Offer
1x Scroll Fragment
Metadata
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemHeraldOfAsh

Herald of Ash skill screenshot


Not to be confused with the unique monster, Herald of Ashes.

Herald of Ash is a Herald skill. It reserves mana to grant more fire damage to spells and additional fire damage based on physical damage. Enemies you kill while Herald of Ash is active will explode and burn nearby enemies for a portion of the overkill damage.

Skill functions and interactions[ | ]

  • Extra Fire Damage: This modifier adds fire damage to all hits, including those from attacks, spells, and secondary damage sources. The amount added is equal to 15% of the damage source's physical damage.
  • Burn on kill: While Herald of Ash is active, when an enemy is killed, enemies within a radius from the killed enemy receive a burning debuff based on the overkill damage. Overkill damage refers to total excess damage of the killing hit over the monster's remaing Life and Energy shield, including non-fire damage.[1] The burning damage is affected by increased/more Burning Damage and increased/more Damage Over Time, as well as damage over time multipliers that apply to all damage or Fire damage. The debuff is not an Ignite, and is not affected by modifiers to Ignite or Ailments.
  • Increased Fire Damage: The Buff grants 0.75% increased Fire Damage from quality applies globally to all fire damage, including the extra fire damage effect of Herald of Ash.
  • More Spell Fire Damage: The more Spell Fire Damage applies globally to all spells, including spells with Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect. It does not apply to damage over time from spells without this modifier, such as Righteous Fire inventory iconRighteous FireRighteous FireSpell, AoE, Fire
    Level: (1-20)
    Cooldown Time: 0.30 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 18
    Requires Level 16Engulfs you in magical fire that rapidly burns you and nearby enemies. Your spell damage is substantially increased while under this effect. The effect ends when you have 1 life remaining.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Burning Damage0.5% increased Area of EffectBuff Grants 1% increased Spell DamageGrants (20-39)% more Spell Damage
    Deals 20% of your Maximum Life as Base Fire Damage per second
    You Burn for 90% of your Maximum Life per second as Fire Damage
    Deals 20% of your Maximum Energy Shield as Base Fire Damage per second
    You Burn for 70% of your Maximum Energy Shield per second as Fire Damage
    Deals (35.8-1541.8) Base Fire Damage per second
    +(0-5) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Righteous Fire skill icon
    Righteous Fire inventory icon
    .
  • More Burning Damage: Unlike the more Spell Fire Damage, the more Burning Damage is not global. It only affects the burning debuff created by Herald of Ash itself.
  • Support gems: Any support gems (with the exception of Enhance Support inventory iconEnhance SupportEnhance SupportSupport
    Icon: +
    Level: (1-3)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
    Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2AnomalousThis Gem gains 5% increased Experience3% reduced Dexterity Requirement+(0-16)% to Quality of Supported Active Skill GemsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Enhance Support inventory icon
    ) linked to the Herald of Ash will only affect the burn damage caused by the debuff, not the global modifiers. For example, linking Item Rarity Support inventory iconItem Rarity SupportItem Rarity SupportSupport
    Icon: R
    Level: (1-20)
    Requires Level 31Supports any skill that can kill enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous0.5% increased Rarity of Items Dropped by Enemies Slain from Supported SkillsSupported Skills have 0.1% chance for Coin Shower on Kill(40-59)% increased Rarity of Items Dropped by Enemies Slain from Supported SkillsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Item Rarity Support inventory icon
    to Herald of Ash will only apply rarity bonus to the enemies who die from the burn damage caused by Herald of Ash ignition.
  • Area of Effect: Area of Effect modifiers from passives, items, and gems affect the radius of the on-kill effect.
  • Culling Strike: When using an attack with culling strike, the overkill effect will only apply if the damage from the killing hit would have taken the monster to less than 0 life.

Strategy[ | ]

  • In the case where enemy death occurs uniformly at random with respect to damage dealt, the chance of an enemy dying from a particular hit is proportional to the damage the hit deals. The mean overkill damage for that hit is half the damage of the hit. This makes the mean overkill damage overall equal to
 0.5 * (mean damage2) / mean damage

Gem level progression[ | ]

LevelRequired LevelRequired StrengthRequired IntelligenceMore
Spell
Fire
Damage
More
Burning
Damage
Exp.Total Exp.
11626189%N/A00
22031229%2%4972549725
32437259%4%95714145439
42842299%6%169595315034
53146329%8%199345514379
634503510%10%285815800194
737543710%12%4013441201538
840584010%14%5543791755917
943624310%16%7550492510966
1046664610%18%10165333527499
1149704811%20%18986025426101
1252745111%22%19640197390120
1355785411%24%25737319963851
1458825711%26%467643914640290
1560845911%28%301732717657617
1662876012%30%782300125480618
1764906212%32%1526420840744826
1866926412%34%2627284567017671
1968956612%36%62872274129889945
2070986812%38%212023122341913067
21721007013%40%N/AN/A
2274N/AN/A13%42%N/AN/A
2376N/AN/A13%44%N/AN/A
2478N/AN/A13%46%N/AN/A
2580N/AN/A13%48%N/AN/A
2682N/AN/A14%50%N/AN/A
2784N/AN/A14%52%N/AN/A
2886N/AN/A14%54%N/AN/A
2988N/AN/A14%56%N/AN/A
3090N/AN/A14%58%N/AN/A
3191N/AN/A14%59%N/AN/A
3292N/AN/A15%60%N/AN/A
3393N/AN/A15%61%N/AN/A
3494N/AN/A15%62%N/AN/A
3595N/AN/A15%63%N/AN/A
3696N/AN/A15%64%N/AN/A
3797N/AN/A15%65%N/AN/A
3898N/AN/A15%66%N/AN/A
3999N/AN/A15%67%N/AN/A
40100N/AN/A15%68%N/AN/A

Item acquisition
Questionmark

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

AmountIngredientGeneral
Notes
Type
8Divination card inventory iconDying AnguishDying Anguish card artDivination card frameDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem
Alternative Quality: +19%
Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.
Divination card inventory icon
random level 19 gem with 19% alternative qualityAutomatic
1Gemcutter's Incubator inventory iconGemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing # monsters
Quality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Gemcutter's Incubator inventory icon
random superior gemAutomatic
6Divination card inventory iconThe FoxThe Fox card artDivination card frameThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."
- Ezomyte Proverb
Divination card inventory icon
random level 20 gemAutomatic
13Divination card inventory iconThe CataclysmThe Cataclysm card artDivination card frameThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem
Corrupted
The mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.
Divination card inventory icon
random corrupted level 21 Spell gemAutomatic
3Divination card inventory iconGemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise card artDivination card frameGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem
Quality: +20%
"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter
Divination card inventory icon
random superior gem with 20% qualityAutomatic
1Divination card inventory iconThe VoidThe Void card artDivination card frameThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Divination card inventory iconrandom divination card set exchangeAutomatic

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
Intruders in Black
Act 2

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →WitchShadowRangerDuelistMarauderTemplarScion
Quest ↓
The Root of the Problem
Act 2
Yeena
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Herald of Ash.

NameFor generated item/monster modifiers the minimum item/monster level respectively. Some generation types may not require this condition to be met, however item level restrictions may be raised to 80% of this value.StatsSpawn Weighting
Enchantment Herald Of Ash Damage 16625% increased Herald of Ash Damagehelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Herald Of Ash Damage 27540% increased Herald of Ash Damagehelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Herald Of Ash Mana Reservation 166Herald of Ash has 20% reduced Mana Reservationhelmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Herald Of Ash Mana Reservation 275Herald of Ash has 30% reduced Mana Reservationhelmet 100
default 0

Related unique items[ | ]

The following unique items are related to Herald of Ash:

ItemBase ItemLvl.Stats
Circle of AnguishCircle of Anguish inventory iconCircle of Anguish
Ruby Ring
Requires Level 52<One to three random Synthesis implicit modifiers>+(20-30) to Strength
Adds (20-25) to (26-35) Fire Damage
+(20-30)% to Fire Resistance
<Two Random Herald of Ash modifier>
I condemned an innocent man to the pyres, but to admit this mistake is to condemn myself.
My only choice is to strive harder.
Circle of Anguish inventory icon
Ruby Ring52<One to three random Synthesis implicit modifiers>+(20-30) to Strength
Adds (20-25) to (26-35) Fire Damage
+(20-30)% to Fire Resistance
<Two Random Herald of Ash modifier>
Herald of Ash has (40-60)% increased Buff Effect
(40-60)% increased Fire Damage while affected by Herald of Ash
+1% to maximum Fire Resistance while affected by Herald of Ash
Herald of Ash has (20-15)% reduced Mana Reservation
+(50-60)% to Fire Resistance while affected by Herald of Ash

Related passive skills[ | ]

The following passive skills are related to Herald of Ash: No results found for the given query.

Alternate skill effects

Herald of Ash has the following alternate skill effects:

ItemEffect(s)
Automaton Herald EffectAutomaton Herald Effect inventory iconAutomaton Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes an Automaton Effect.Automaton Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes an Automaton Effect.
Blood Guard Herald EffectBlood Guard Herald Effect inventory iconBlood Guard Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Blood Guard Effect.Blood Guard Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald becomes a Blood Guard Effect.
Celestial Herald EffectCelestial Herald Effect inventory iconCelestial Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Celestial Effect.Celestial Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald becomes a Celestial Effect.
Demonic Herald EffectDemonic Herald Effect inventory iconDemonic Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Demonic Effect.Demonic Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald becomes a Demonic Effect.
Divine Herald EffectDivine Herald Effect inventory iconDivine Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a divine effect.Divine Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a divine effect.
Dragon Hunter Herald EffectDragon Hunter Herald Effect inventory iconDragon Hunter Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Dragon Hunter Effect.Dragon Hunter Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald becomes a Dragon Hunter Effect.
Faith Guard Herald EffectFaith Guard Herald Effect inventory iconFaith Guard Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Faith Guard Effect.Faith Guard Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald becomes a Faith Guard Effect.
Ghostflame Herald of AshGhostflame Herald of Ash inventory iconGhostflame Herald of AshSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash becomes infused with ghostly fire.Ghostflame Herald of Ash inventory iconYour Herald of Ash becomes infused with ghostly fire.
Gloom Herald EffectGloom Herald Effect inventory iconGloom Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a dark effect.Gloom Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a dark effect.
Gore Herald EffectGore Herald Effect inventory iconGore Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a gory effect.Gore Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a gory effect.
Innocence Herald EffectInnocence Herald Effect inventory iconInnocence Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes an innocence effect.Innocence Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes an innocence effect.
Invisible Buff EffectInvisible Buff Effect inventory iconInvisible Buff EffectSkill Gem EffectRemoves the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, phase run, petrified blood, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.Invisible Buff Effect inventory iconRemoves the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, phase run, petrified blood, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.
Purple Herald EffectPurple Herald Effect inventory iconPurple Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a purple effect.Purple Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a purple effect.
Sin Herald EffectSin Herald Effect inventory iconSin Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a sin effect.Sin Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a sin effect.
Sunprism Herald EffectSunprism Herald Effect inventory iconSunprism Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a sun prism effect.Sunprism Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald becomes a sun prism effect.
Wasteland Herald EffectWasteland Herald Effect inventory iconWasteland Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a Wasteland Effect.Wasteland Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a Wasteland Effect.
White Herald EffectWhite Herald Effect inventory iconWhite Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a White Effect.White Herald Effect inventory iconYour Herald becomes a White Effect.

Version history[ | ]

Version Changes
3.11.1
  • Clarified that the "x% increased Fire Damage" from Herald of Ash inventory iconHerald of AshHerald of AshSpell, AoE, Fire, Herald, Duration
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 25% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 10
    Requires Level 16Grants a buff providing fire damage based on your physical damage. While you have this buff, if you kill an enemy, other enemies near them will be burned based on the overkill damage. The burn inflicted by this skill can only be affected by modifiers to damage over time (burning damage is damage over time).Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentBuff grants 0.75% increased Fire Damage1% reduced Area of Effect
    3% increased Burning Damage
    1% increased Area of Effect
    Gain 15% of your Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
    Base duration is 4 seconds
    Base Burning Damage is 25% of Overkill Damage
    (9-12)% more Spell Fire Damage
    (0-38)% more Burning Damage
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Herald of Ash skill icon
    Herald of Ash inventory icon
    's quality stat is dependent on having the Herald of Ash buff.
3.11.0
  • The visual effects have been improved.
3.4.0
  • Now instant by default and can therefore be used while moving.
  • All instant skills now have cooldown 1 second or less.
  • Instant skills cannot be supported by Spell Echo and will not be cast a second time by similar effects (such as from the Echoing Shrine).
3.2.0
  • Herald of Ash now also provides more Spell Fire Damage, and can trigger the overkill burn from spells.
3.0.0
  • Secondary effect no longer ignites. Instead, enemies near slain enemies are burned based on the overkill damage.
  • Added Herald gem tag.
2.0.0
  • Radius reduced by 16.5% (from 12 to 10) and base overkill damage reduced to 80% (from 100%).
1.2.0
  • Herald of Ash has been added to the game.

References[ | ]

  1. Mark_GGG (August 21, 2014). "Herald of Ash". Official Path of Exile Forums.
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