Herald of Purity

Herald of Purity is a herald skill gem. When activated, it reserves mana for a buff that grants more physical damage for attacks and spells. It also summons a Sentinel of Purity minion when the player kills an enemy or on hitting a rare or unique enemy while active.

Skill functions and interactions

• Sentinels: Sentinels use regular melee attacks, as well as on a cooldown. They can also use Crusade Slam, which deals area of effect damage in a cone in front of them.

• Support Gems: The Sentinels' attacks can be supported by gems such as or . This will result in a higher mana reservation. Sentinels cannot be supported by Curse on Hit (to for example apply an curse on enemies).

• Sentinel stats scale heavily with the gem level of Herald of Purity. For example at gem level 20 they have a base physical damage of 729 to 1,094 (before the inherent "Minions deal x% more Physical Damage" modifier) with a total life of 10,119 per Sentinel (before the inherent "Minions have x% more Life" modifier), while at gem level 15 their base physical damage is 438 to 657 with a total life of 6,171 per Sentinel.

• Sentinels have 40% Elemental Resistances and 20% Chaos Resistance.

• Sentinels have a base attack time of 1.20.

Gem level progression

Level				More Physical Damage	More Minion Physical Damage	More Minion Life	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	16	26	18	9%	N/A	N/A	0	0
2	20	31	22	9%	5%	2%	49725	49725
3	24	37	25	9%	10%	4%	95714	145439
4	28	42	29	9%	15%	6%	169595	315034
5	31	46	32	9%	20%	8%	199345	514379
6	34	50	35	10%	25%	10%	285815	800194
7	37	54	37	10%	30%	12%	401344	1201538
8	40	58	40	10%	35%	14%	554379	1755917
9	43	62	43	10%	40%	16%	755049	2510966
10	46	66	46	10%	45%	18%	1016533	3527499
11	49	70	48	11%	50%	20%	1898602	5426101
12	52	74	51	11%	55%	22%	1964019	7390120
13	55	78	54	11%	60%	24%	2573731	9963851
14	58	82	57	11%	65%	26%	4676439	14640290
15	60	84	59	11%	70%	28%	3017327	17657617
16	62	87	60	12%	75%	30%	7823001	25480618
17	64	90	62	12%	80%	32%	15264208	40744826
18	66	92	64	12%	85%	34%	26272845	67017671
19	68	95	66	12%	90%	36%	62872274	129889945
20	70	98	68	12%	95%	38%	212023122	341913067
21	72	100	70	13%	100%	40%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	13%	105%	42%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	13%	110%	44%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	13%	115%	46%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	13%	120%	48%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	14%	125%	50%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	14%	130%	52%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	14%	135%	54%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	14%	140%	56%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	14%	145%	58%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	14%	147%	60%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	15%	150%	62%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	15%	152%	64%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	15%	155%	66%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	15%	157%	68%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	15%	160%	70%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	15%	162%	72%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	15%	165%	74%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	15%	167%	76%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	15%	170%	78%	N/A	N/A

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Herald of Purity:

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Herald of Purity.

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Herald of Purity:

Related passive skills

The following passive skills are related to Herald of Purity (this list does not included notables that affect all type of Herald):

Alternate skill effects

Herald of Purity has the following alternate skill effects:

Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	No longer grants added Physical Damage with Spells and Attacks. Now grants 9% more Physical Damage at gem level 1, up to 12% more Physical Damage at gem level 20.
3.8.0	Summoned Sentinels can now use Crusade Slam regardless of Ascendancy. Previously, this required a specific Guardian notable.
3.5.0	Minions summoned by this skill now deal more Physical Damage based on gem level, rather than more Damage.
3.4.3f	Now has a chance to summon a Sentinel of Purity when you hit a Rare enemy.
3.4.0	Herald of Purity has been added to the game.