Herald of Blood

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Herald of BloodBuff, Attack, Persistent, AoE, Physical, Herald, Payoff
Tier: 4
Level: 1
Reservation: 30 SpiritWhile active, killing an enemy with Blood Loss will cause a bloody explosion that deals Physical Attack damage to surrounding enemies based off the life of the exploded enemy, destroying their Corpse if the enemy was Normal or Magic. The explosion also has a chance to Aggravate Bleeding.Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

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

Herald of Blood is a persistent herald buff skill that requires a martial weapon. Whenever you kill an enemy who has received Blood Loss from bleeding, its explodes and deals physical damage based on the Blood Loss amount. The explosion also has a chance to Aggravate bleeding.

Gem level progression

Level
1	0
2	3
3	6
4	10
5	14
6	18
7	22
8	26
9	31
10	36
11	41
12	46
13	52
14	58
15	64
16	66
17	72
18	78
19	84
20	90

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		MaimMaimSupport, Attack Category: Maim Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to Maim enemies.Supported Attacks always Maim on HitPlace 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.
III	Deadly HeraldDeadly HeraldSupport, Herald Category: Deadly Heralds Tier: 3 Additional Reservation: 20 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 DexSupports Herald Skills, making their triggered effects deal more damage at the expense of higher Spirit cost.Supported Skills deal 30% more DamagePlace 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.	HaemocrystalsHaemocrystalsSupport, Attack, AoE, Physical Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attack Skills you use yourself which can cause Damaging Hits. Supported Skills Consume Bleeding on Hit to create explosive blood-filled crystals, but cannot themselves inflict Bleeding.Support Supported Attacks cannot cause Bleeding Supported Skills Consume Bleeding on Enemies they Hit, creating 4 Haemocrystal Maximum 20 active Haemocrystals Heamocrystals Deal Physical Area Damage based on a percentage of the expected Damage of the Consumed Bleed. Cannot cause Bleeding Heamocrystals radius is 1 metre Haemocrystals detonate after 1.5 seconds Haemocrystals are randomly created within 2.5 meters of he Consumed Bleed Haemocrystals deal Damage equal to 8% of the expected remaining Damage of the Consumed BleedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
IV
V

Item acquisition

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

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Herald of Blood has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0e	Herald of Blood no longer destroys the corpses of Rare and Unique monsters when they explode, allowing you to use Ritual Sacrifice on the Rare monsters.
0.2.0	Introduced to the game.