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

Herald of Ice is Herald skill. It reserves mana to grant added cold damage to attacks and spells and causes frozen enemies you’ve shattered to deal cold damage in an area around it.

Herald of Ice

Herald of Ice Support Gems

Enlighten Support – Reduces the mana reserved of the aura by the amount of the mana multiplier.
Empower Support – Adds levels to supported auras, but increases their cost by the mana multiplier.
Enhance Support – Increases the quality of the gem, granting increased area of effect, but at increased mana cost.

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. DPS: 322k.

Damage types:

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

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3. Skill Gems Build

These are the support skill gems for it:

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

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

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

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

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

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

4. Passive Skill Build

Herald of Ice Build

5. Equipment Build

Body Armour: Shavronne’s Wrappings Occultist’s Vestment

Weapon: Nebulis Synthesised Void Sceptre

Offhand Weapon: Prism Guardian Archon Kite Shield

Helmet: Alpha’s Howl Sinner Tricorne

Gloves: Maligaro’s Virtuosity Deerskin Gloves

Boots: Onslaught Track Sorcerer Boots

Belt: Corruption Bond Crystal Belt

Amulet: Dragon Clasp Agate Amulet

Ring: Call of the Brotherhood Two-Stone Ring x2

Herald of Ice Gem Level Progression

Level	Required Level	Required Dexterity	Required Intelligence	Adds x to y Cold Damage to Spells	Adds x to y Cold Damage to Attacks	Deals x to y Cold Damage	Experience needed to level up	Total Experience needed
1	16	26	18	4–5	4–5	18–26	0	0
2	20	31	22	5–7	5–7	23–35	49,725	49,725
3	24	37	25	6–8	6–8	30–45	95,714	145,439
4	28	42	29	7–10	7–10	38–57	169,595	315,034
5	31	46	32	8–12	8–12	45–67	199,345	514,379
6	34	50	35	9–14	9–14	53–80	285,815	800,194
7	37	54	37	10–16	10–16	62–94	401,344	1,201,538
8	40	58	40	12–18	12–18	73–110	554,379	1,755,917
9	43	62	43	13–20	13–20	85–128	755,049	2,510,966
10	46	66	46	15–23	15–23	99–149	1,016,533	3,527,499
11	49	70	48	17–26	17–26	115–173	1,898,602	5,426,101
12	52	74	51	19–29	19–29	134–200	1,964,019	7,390,120
13	55	78	54	22–33	22–33	154–232	2,573,731	9,963,851
14	58	82	57	24–37	24–37	178–267	4,676,439	14,640,290
15	60	84	59	26–39	26–39	195–293	3,017,327	17,657,617
16	62	87	60	28–42	28–42	214–321	7,823,001	25,480,618
17	64	90	62	30–46	30–46	235–352	15,264,208	40,744,826
18	66	92	64	33–49	33–49	257–386	26,272,845	67,017,671
19	68	95	66	35–53	35–53	282–422	62,872,274	129,889,945
20	70	98	68	38–56	38–56	308–462	212,023,122	341,913,067
21	72	100	70	40–61	40–61	337–505	N/A	N/A

Herald of Ice Quality

Per 1% Quality: 0.75% increased Cold Damage. A Gemcutter’s Prism (often abbreviated GCP) is a currency item that can be used to improve the quality of a gem. Each Gemcutter’s Prism will always raise the quality by 1%. The maximum quality is 20%.

Herald of Ice Mechanics

Like Herald of Ash and Herald of Thunder, Herald of Ice has two separate effects on the player:

the first adds flat x-y cold damage to spells and attacks.
the second is the on-kill effect. Upon shattering an enemy, the enemy explodes dealing cold secondary damage to surrounding targets in an AoE. Enemies will shatter if they are killed while frozen. Added damage support gems such as Added Lightning Damage Support will be added to the explosion only.

It is worth noting that Herald of Ice is a secondary damage and not spell damage, and does not receive any direct bonuses from spell damage modifiers. This includes bonuses from items, passive nodes, and spell only support gems such as Spell Echo Support and Iron Will Support. It will, however, have its flat damages boosts affected by passives that explicitly boost Cold damage.

The quality of the gem is global. This means that the increased Cold Damage will affect all types of cold skills, not just Herald of Ice.

PoE Herald of Ice Gem Farming

1. Direct purchase from vendor

Siosa(The Library, Act 3) sells Herald of Ice for an Orb of Alteration.
Lilly Roth(Lioneye’s Watch, Act 6) sells Herald of Ice for an Orb of Alteration as well.

2. Herald of Ice Gem Divination Cards

Amount	Divination Card	Result	Drop Areas
6	The Fox	random level 20 gem	The Western Forest (Act 2) • The Riverways (Act 6) • The Vaal City • The Crossroads (Act 7) • The Fellshrine Ruins (Act 7) • Barrows Map • Castle Ruins Map • Sunken City Map
13	The Cataclysm	random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	Strange Sinkhole • Concealed Cavity • Sunken Shingle • Clouded Ridge • Forgotten Oubliette • Remote Gulch • Cremated Archives • Narrow Ravine• Mystical Clearing • Covered-up Hollow • Hidden Patch • Entombed Alcove • Secret Laboratory • Secluded Copse • Forbidden Chamber • Quarantined Quarters • Inner Grounds • Sealed Corridors • Restricted Gallery • Disused Furnace • Blind Alley • Entombed Chamber • Sacred Chambers • Stagnant Canal • Walled-off Ducts • Neglected Cellar • Arcane Chambers • Forgotten Conduit • Ancient Catacomb • Haunted Mineshaft• Abandoned Dam • Desolate Track • Reclaimed Barracks • Sealed Basement • Secluded Canal • Forbidden Archives • Cremated Archives • Twisted Inquisitorium • Deathly Chambers • Restricted Collection • Side Chapel • Radiant Pools • Clouded Ledge • Flooded Complex • Forbidden Shrine • Sealed Repository • Evacuated Quarter • Concealed Caldarium • Moonlit Chambers • Shifting Sands • Forgotten Gulch • Desolate Isle • Dusty Bluff
3	Gemcutter’s Promise	random superior gem (Q20)	The Ebony Barracks • The Lunaris Concourse • Colonnade Map • Promenade Map

3. Buy level 21 Herald of Ice Spell Gem from Other Players

You can exchange an Exalted Orb for a level 21 Herald of Ice spell gem with other players.

4. Quest Reward

It can be obtained by completing Intruders in Black(Act 2) quest.

5. Slain Monsters

The drop level of Herald of Ice is 16. You can get it by killing enemies, opening Gemcutter’s Strongbox.

Herald of Ice Related Items

1. Herald of Ice Jewel: Megalomaniac

Megalomaniac is a unique Medium Cluster Jewel. It may have "1 Added Passive Skill is Heraldry" modifier.

2. Herald of Ice Gloves: Southbound

Southbound is a pair of unique Soldier Gloves. It has the "50% increased Herald of Ice Damage" modifier.

3. Herald of Ice Ring: Circle of Fear (Synthesised)

It has two of the following modifiers randomly:

+(50-60)% to Cold Resistance while affected by Herald of Ice
(40-60)% increased Cold Damage while affected by Herald of Ice
Herald of Ice has (70-100)% increased Buff Effect
Herald of Ice has (40-30)% reduced Mana Reservation
+1% to maximum Cold Resistance while affected by Herald of Ice

4. Herald of Ice Passives: Mastermind of Discord

astermind of Discord is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Elementalist that grants elemental penetration based on the element you have a Herald skill active for. It has the "Damage penetrates 25% Cold Resistance while affected by Herald of Ice" modifier.

5. Herald of Ice Helmet Enchantments

Name	Level	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Herald Of Ice Damage 1	66	25% increased Herald of Ice Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Herald Of Ice Damage 2	75	40% increased Herald of Ice Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Herald Of Ice Mana Reservation 1	66	Herald of Ice has 20% reduced Mana Reservation	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Herald Of Ice Mana Reservation 2	75	Herald of Ice has 30% reduced Mana Reservation	helmet 100 default 0

6. Herald of Ice MTX

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.
Demonic Herald Effect	Your Herald becomes a Demonic Effect.
Divine Herald Effect	Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a divine 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.
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.
Sunprism Herald Effect	Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a sun prism effect.
Wasteland Herald Effect	Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a Wasteland Effect.
White Herald Effect	Your Herald becomes a White Effect.