Everything on Herald of Ash POE2

Herald of Ash is a powerful Spirit gem that unleashes a fiery explosion, igniting enemies within a small radius. This skill scales primarily off of overkill damage, rewarding players for dealing significant damage beyond an enemy’s health pool. By igniting enemies, Herald of Ash inflicts continuous fire damage over time, making it an excellent choice for builds that focus on high single-target damage or clearing large groups of enemies.

Herald of Ash 

How to Get the Herald of Ash 

To use the “Herald of Ash” skill, you’ll need a special gem called an “Uncut Spirit Gem” at level 4. You engrave the “Herald of Ash” skill onto this gem. To activate the skill, you must be at least level 10, have 25 or more Strength, and be wielding a martial weapon. You can find the option to engrave “Herald of Ash” in the “Gemcutting” menu.

Herald of Ash Effects

The “Herald of Ash” skill has the following effects:

• Explosion Radius: When activated, it creates an explosion with a radius of 1 meter.
• Ignite Duration: Enemies caught in the explosion are ignited for 3 seconds.
• Base Ignite Damage: The initial fire damage dealt to ignited enemies is 17.67% of the amount of damage that exceeded their health (overkill damage).
• Surrounding Enemies: If the initial hit on an enemy deals 20% or more of their maximum health as overkill damage, surrounding enemies are also ignited.
• Quality Effect: As the quality of the “Herald of Ash” gem increases, the threshold for igniting surrounding enemies decreases. At maximum quality, surrounding enemies are ignited if the initial hit deals only 2% or more of their maximum health as overkill damage.

Herald of Ash Supported Skill Gems

The “Herald of Ash” skill can be further enhanced by combining it with the following support gems:

• Tier 1:
  
  • Magnified Effect: Increases the area of effect of the explosion.
  • Precision: Increases the chance to critically strike with the initial hit, which can potentially increase overkill damage and the number of enemies ignited.
• Tier 2:
  
  • Herbalism: Increases the recovery from Life Flask while a Supported Skill is Active
• Tier 3:
  
  • Cannibalism: Grants life regeneration based on the damage over time dealt by the ignite effect.

These support gems work together to increase the effectiveness of the “Herald of Ash” skill in various ways.