Herald of Plague

Herald of PlagueBuff, Persistent, Chaos, Herald
Tier: 8
Level: 1
Reservation: 30 SpiritWhile active, killing a Poisoned enemy spreads its Poison to other nearby enemies, and has a chance to also Hinder them.Place into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill.
Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemHeraldOfPlague

Herald of Plague is a persistent herald buff skill. Whenever you kill a poisoned enemy, the highest damage poison on that target will spread and be applied to other nearby enemies. It also has a chance to hinder them upon spreading.

Gem level progression

Level
1	0	0
2	3	9
3	6	14
4	10	21
5	14	28
6	18	35
7	22	41
8	26	48
9	31	57
10	36	65
11	41	74
12	46	82
13	52	92
14	58	103
15	64	113
16	66	116
17	72	126
18	78	137
19	84	147
20	90	157

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I
II	Coming Soon
III	Chaos MasteryChaos MasterySupport, Chaos Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Chaos skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Chaos SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Coming Soon
IV
V

Item acquisition

Herald of Plague has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Herald of Plague has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0	Herald of Plague now requires a Martial Weapon, making it consistent with the weapon restrictions of the other Herald skills.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.