Herald of Ice PoE Build, Support Gems, Farming, MTX, Ring

Herald of Ice Herald of Ice is Herald skill.

Grants a buff adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, this skill will cause them to explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. This damage is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.

Spell, AoE, Cold, Herald. Level: 1–20. Reservation: 25% Mana. Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec. Cast Time: Instant. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%. Requires Level 16.

  • Deals (18–308) to (26–462) Cold Damage
  • Damage cannot be Reflected
  • Buff grants (4–38) to (5–56) Added Attack Cold Damage
  • Buff grants (4–38) to (5–56) Added Spell Cold Damage

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Herald of IceBuff grants (0–15)% increased Cold Damage50

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelDexterityIntelligenceBuff grants 4 to 5 Added Spell Cold DamageBuff grants 4 to 5 Added Attack Cold DamageDeals 18 to 26 Cold DamageExperience
11626184, 54, 518, 2649,725
22031225, 75, 723, 3595,714
32437256, 86, 830, 45169,595
42842297, 107, 1038, 57199,345
53146328, 128, 1245, 67285,815
63450359, 149, 1453, 80401,344
737543710, 1610, 1662, 94554,379
840584012, 1812, 1873, 110755,049
943624313, 2013, 2085, 1281,016,533
1046664615, 2315, 2399, 1491,898,602
1149704817, 2617, 26115, 1731,964,019
1252745119, 2919, 29134, 2002,573,731
1355785422, 3322, 33154, 2324,676,439
1458825724, 3724, 37178, 2673,017,327
1560845926, 3926, 39195, 2937,823,001
1662876028, 4228, 42214, 32115,264,208
1764906230, 4630, 46235, 35226,272,845
1866926433, 4933, 49257, 38662,872,274
1968956635, 5335, 53282, 422212,023,122
2070986838, 5638, 56308, 462
217240, 6140, 61337, 505
227443, 6543, 65368, 552
237646, 7046, 70402, 603
247850, 7550, 75438, 658
258053, 8053, 80478, 717
268257, 8557, 85521, 782
278461, 9161, 91568, 852
288665, 9865, 98619, 928
298869, 10469, 104674, 1010
309074, 11174, 111733, 1100
319177, 11577, 115765, 1149
329279, 11979, 119796, 1198
339382, 12382, 123830, 1251
349485, 12785, 127863, 1304
359587, 13187, 131899, 1361
369690, 13590, 135934, 1418
379793, 14093, 140971, 1479
389896, 14496, 1441008, 1540
399999, 14999, 1491047, 1605
40100102, 154102, 1541085, 1670

Skill functions and interactions

Explode on Shatter: While Herald of Ice is active, if you kill a frozen enemy (thereby shattering it), an explosion will be created that deals cold secondary damage to other enemies in an area. This explosion can be modified by support gems linked to Herald of Ice, such as Hextouch Support or Increased Area of Effect Support.

Spell Damage: Because of the line Damage is not affected by modifiers to spell damage, support gems which grant more spell damage, increases and reductions to spell damage on the passive tree, or even critical modifiers such as increased critical strike chance for spells will not apply.

Increased Cold Damage: The Buff grants 0.75% increased Cold Damage from quality applies globally to all cold damage.

Area of Effect: Area of Effect modifiers from passives, items, and gems affect the radius of the on-kill explosion.

Item acquisition

Herald of Ice can drop anywhere. Drop level: 16.

Recipes

Herald of Ice can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
13 The Cataclysm Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem
6 The Fox Random level 20 gem
8 Dying Anguish Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8 The Hook Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3 Gemcutter's Promise Random gem with 20% quality
1 Gemcutter's Incubator Random gem with 1–20% quality
1 The Void Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

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

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
Intruders in Black
Act 2		 ✓

Vendor reward

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

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
Intruders in Black
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 Ice.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Herald Of Ice Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 25% increased Herald of Ice Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Herald Of Ice Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 40% increased Herald of Ice Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Herald Of Ice Mana Reservation 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Herald of Ice has 50% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Herald Of Ice Mana Reservation 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Herald of Ice has 75% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency helmet 100
default 0

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Herald of Ice:

Item Base Item Level Stats
Megalomaniac Medium Cluster Jewel 1 Adds 4 Passive Skills
Added Small Passive Skills grant Nothing
<3 Random notable mods>
Corrupted
Circle of Fear Sapphire Ring 52 <One to three random Synthesis implicit modifiers>+(20-30) to Dexterity
Adds (20-25) to (26-35) Cold Damage
+(20-30)% to Cold Resistance
<Two Random Herald of Ice modifiers>

Related passive skills

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

Alternate skill effects

Herald of Ice has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Automaton Herald Effect Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes an Automaton Effect.
Blood Guard Herald Effect Your Herald becomes a Blood Guard Effect.
Celestial Herald Effect Your Herald becomes a Celestial Effect.
Darkwood Herald Effect Your Herald becomes a Darkwood Effect.
Demonic Herald Effect Your Herald becomes a Demonic Effect.
Despair Herald Effect Your Herald becomes a Despair Effect.
Divine Herald Effect Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a divine effect.
Dragon Hunter Herald Effect Your Herald becomes a Dragon Hunter Effect.
Faith Guard Herald Effect Your Herald becomes a Faith Guard Effect.
Gloom Herald Effect Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a dark effect.
Gore Herald Effect Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a gory effect.
Innocence Herald Effect Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes an innocence effect.
Invisible Buff Effect Removes the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, plague bearer, phase run, petrified blood, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.
Purple Herald Effect Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a purple effect.
Sin Herald Effect Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a sin effect.
Stygian Herald Effect Your Herald becomes a Stygian Effect.
Sunprism Herald Effect Your Herald becomes a Sunprism Effect.
Transcendence Herald Effect Your Herald becomes a Transcendence Effect.
Wasteland Herald Effect Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a Wasteland Effect.
White Herald Effect Your Herald becomes a White Effect.

PoE Ethereal Knives Build with Herald of Ice

1. Character: 100 Ascendant

Life: 1291 Strength: 106
Energy Shield: 2390 Dexterity: 154
Mana: 866 Intelligence: 336
Evasion Rating: 1572 Charges: E: 3 / F: 3 / P: 3
Armour: 697

2. Main Skills Build

Main skill: Ethereal Knives Ethereal Knives. DPS: 322k.

Damage types:

  • Cold: 76%
  • Chaos: 14%
  • Physical: 7%
  • Fire: 2%
  • Lightning: 1%

3. Skill Gems Build

These are the support skill gems for it:

Body Armour: Ethereal Knives Ethereal Knives (Green) (21 / 20), Inspiration Support (Red) (21), Chain Chain Support (Green) (21 / 20), Spell Echo Spell Echo Support (Blue) (21 / 20), Physical to Lightning Physical to Lightning Support (Blue) (21 / 20), Energy Leech Energy Leech Support (Blue) (21 / 20),

Boots: Herald of Thunder Herald of Thunder (Blue) (20 / 20), Purity of Fire Purity of Fire (Red) (20), Purity of Lightning Purity of Lightning (Blue) (20), Vaal Righteous Fire Vaal Righteous Fire (Blue) (21), Aspect of the Avian (Aspect Skill) (20),

Helmet: Clarity Clarity (Blue) (4), Discipline Discipline (Blue) (21), Blood Magic Blood Magic Support (Red) (21), Vaal Haste Vaal Haste (Green) (21),

Gloves: Vaal Impurity of Ice Vaal Impurity of Ice (Green) (21), Herald of Agony Herald of Agony (Green) (20), Herald of Ice Herald of Ice (Green) (20 / 20), Precision Precision (Green) (21),

Weapon: Herald of Ash Herald of Ash (Red) (20 / 20), Herald of Purity Herald of Purity (Red) (20 / 3), Leap Slam Leap Slam (Red) (14),

Offhand: Zealotry Zealotry (Blue) (21), Wrath Wrath (Blue) (21),

4. Passive Skill Build

Herald of Ice Build

5. Equipment Build

Body Armour: Shavronne’s Wrappings Shavronne’s Wrappings Occultist’s Vestment

Weapon: Nebulis Nebulis Synthesised Void Sceptre

Offhand Weapon: Prism Guardian Prism Guardian Archon Kite Shield

Helmet: Alpha’s Howl Alpha’s Howl Sinner Tricorne

Gloves: Maligaro’s Virtuosity Maligaro’s Virtuosity Deerskin Gloves

Boots: Onslaught Onslaught Track Sorcerer Boots

Belt: Corruption Bond Crystal Belt

Amulet: Dragon Clasp Agate Amulet

Ring: Call of the Brotherhood Call of the Brotherhood Two-Stone Ring x2

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