Herald of Plague

Herald of PlagueBuff, Persistent, Chaos, Herald
Tier: 8
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 30 SpiritRequires: Any Martial WeaponWhile active, killing a Poisoned enemy spreads its Poison to other nearby enemies, and has a chance to also Hinder them.Spreads the most Damaging Poison on enemies you kill in a (1.5-1.8) metre radius
(10-29)% chance to Hinder enemies on spreading Poison to them

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% chance to Hinder enemies on spreading Poison to themSkills 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/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	Precision IPrecision ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Precision Tier: 1 Additional Reservation: 10 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 DexSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.30% Increased Accuracy Rating while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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.	Vitality IVitality ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Vitality Tier: 1 Additional Reservation: 20 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Regenerate 1% of maximum Life per second while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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.
II	Direstrike IDirestrike ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Direstrike Tier: 2 Additional Reservation: 20 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Attack Damage while on Low Life while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 50% increased Attack Damage while on Low Life while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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.	Herbalism IHerbalism ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Herbalism Tier: 2 Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Life recovery from Flasks while the Skill is active.30% Increased Recovery from Life Flasks while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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	Cannibalism ICannibalism ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Cannibalism Tier: 3 Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to recover Life on kill while the Skill is active.2% of maximum Life recovered on Kill while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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.	Warm BloodedWarm BloodedSupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Warm Blooded Tier: 3 Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 DexSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing Freeze applied to you to last for a shorter duration while the Supported Skill is active.50% less Freeze duration on you while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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.
IV	Direstrike IIDirestrike IISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Direstrike Tier: 4 Additional Reservation: 40 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Attack Damage while on Low Life while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 70% increased Attack Damage while on Low Life while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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.	Precision IIPrecision IISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Precision Tier: 4 Additional Reservation: 20 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 DexSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.50% Increased Accuracy Rating while a Supported Skill is activePlace 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.
V	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.

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. The on-kill effects of Herald skills can no longer trigger from kills caused by Herald skills.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.