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1.8%
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0.9%
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0.5%
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3.5%
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0.9%
Deadeye
7.8%
Disciple Of Varashta
3%
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Gemling Legionnaire
17.5%
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Infernalist
5.2%
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0.1%
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1.5%
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24.4%
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Monk
Oracle
5.4%
Pathfinder
1.7%
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Ritualist
1.3%
Shaman
2%
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0.6%
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Spirit Walker
11.3%
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5.1%
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1%
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2.8%
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0.3%
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Witchhunter
1.3%

Herald of Blood

(Blood Mage) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 37 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:01:30 UTC

The Herald of Blood is a highly effective skill for the Blood Mage in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 37 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Bleed III, Magnified Area II, Uruk's Smelting. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Sanguimancy, Blood Barbs, Grasping Wounds on the skill tree.

Below data represents gem links within this cohort. Selected main skills are strictly isolated.

★ Selected Main Skills

Herald of Blood
100%
└
Bleed III
94.6%
└
Magnified Area II
83.8%
└
Uruk's Smelting
59.5%
└
Armour Break III
48.6%
└
Poison III
40.5%
└
Physical Mastery
35.1%
└
Bursting Plague
32.4%
└
Pinpoint Critical
16.2%
└
Armour Explosion
16.2%
└
Ambush
13.5%
└
Admixture
10.8%
└
Heft
8.1%
└
Execute II
5.4%
└
Corrosion
5.4%
└
Cannibalism I
5.4%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Life Remnants
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
94.6%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
54.1%
└
Remnant Potency III
48.6%
└
Remnant Potency I
35.1%
└
Remnant Potency II
10.8%
└
Precision I
8.1%
└
Armour Demolisher II
5.4%
└
Precision II
5.4%
└
Cannibalism I
2.7%
└
Cool Headed
2.7%
└
Cannibalism II
2.7%
└
Vitality II
2.7%
└
Harmonic Remnants I
2.7%
└
Warm Blooded
2.7%
└
Herbalism I
2.7%
Blasphemy
94.6%
└
Magnified Area II
97.1%
└
Ritualistic Curse
82.9%
└
Focused Curse
45.7%
└
Slow Potency
28.6%
└
Heightened Curse
20%
└
Hex Bloom
5.7%
└
Precision I
5.7%
└
Lightning Mastery
2.9%
└
Vitality I
2.9%
└
Warm Blooded
2.9%
└
Cold Mastery
2.9%
└
Fire Mastery
2.9%
└
Rapid Casting II
2.9%
└
Cursed Ground
2.9%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
2.9%
Herald of Thunder
83.8%
└
Elemental Armament II
83.9%
└
Pinpoint Critical
71%
└
Longshot II
54.8%
└
Magnified Area II
51.6%
└
Culling Strike II
45.2%
└
Elemental Focus
29%
└
Concentrated Area
25.8%
└
Lightning Mastery
16.1%
└
Bleed III
16.1%
└
Culling Strike I
12.9%
└
Poison III
9.7%
└
Bursting Plague
9.7%
└
Admixture
9.7%
└
Deadly Herald
6.5%
└
Eonyr's Thunder
6.5%
Plasma Blast
70.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Deep Cuts II
96.2%
└
Concoct II
80.8%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Burgeon II
34.6%
└
Ambrosia II
7.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
7.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
7.7%
└
Rageforged II
7.7%
└
Elemental Armament III
3.8%
└
Excise
3.8%
└
Inexorable Critical I
3.8%
└
Esh's Prowess
3.8%
Galvanic Shards
70.3%
└
Bleed III
96.2%
└
Pinpoint Critical
92.3%
└
Ratha's Assault
92.3%
└
Fork
73.1%
└
Elemental Armament II
65.4%
└
Deep Cuts II
57.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
26.9%
└
Rapid Attacks II
7.7%
└
Rakiata's Flow
3.8%
└
Esh's Prowess
3.8%
└
Nimble Reload
3.8%
└
Cold Attunement
3.8%
└
Innervate
3.8%
└
Pierce II
3.8%
└
Close Combat II
3.8%
Elemental Conflux
70.3%
└
Lightning Mastery
38.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
38.5%
└
Fire Mastery
34.6%
└
Compressed Duration II
23.1%
└
Uhtred's Omen
19.2%
└
Cold Mastery
11.5%
└
Armour Demolisher II
7.7%
└
Cannibalism I
3.8%
└
Herbalism I
3.8%
└
Armour Demolisher I
3.8%
Herald of Ash
59.5%
└
Fire Mastery
95.5%
└
Magnified Area II
90.9%
└
Swift Affliction II
40.9%
└
Swift Affliction I
31.8%
└
Armour Demolisher II
27.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
22.7%
└
Precision I
13.6%
└
Acrimony
9.1%
└
Deadly Herald
4.5%
└
Concentrated Area
4.5%
└
Precision II
4.5%
└
Cannibalism I
4.5%
└
Magnified Area I
4.5%
└
Cannibalism II
4.5%
Elemental Weakness
54.1%
└
Magnified Area II
95%
└
Focused Curse
70%
└
Ritualistic Curse
65%
└
Heightened Curse
30%
└
Fire Mastery
10%
└
Precision I
10%
└
Cursed Ground
5%
└
Hex Bloom
5%
└
Lightning Mastery
5%
└
Warm Blooded
5%
└
Slow Potency
5%
└
Cold Mastery
5%
└
Rapid Casting II
5%
Mirage Archer
45.9%
└
Bleed III
82.4%
└
Deep Cuts II
76.5%
└
Pinpoint Critical
64.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
58.8%
└
Elemental Armament II
41.2%
└
Prolonged Duration II
11.8%
└
Deliberation
11.8%
└
Rapid Attacks II
11.8%
└
Fork
5.9%
└
Pierce II
5.9%
└
Cold Attunement
5.9%
└
Crystalline Shards
5.9%
└
Rapid Attacks I
5.9%
Temporal Chains
43.2%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
└
Slow Potency
56.2%
└
Focused Curse
18.8%
└
Heightened Curse
12.5%
└
Vitality I
6.2%
└
Cursed Ground
6.2%
└
Hex Bloom
6.2%
└
Kalisa's Crescendo
6.2%
Spear Throw
32.4%
└
Maim
8.3%
└
Culling Strike II
8.3%
└
Blind II
8.3%
└
Lightning Penetration
8.3%
└
Fork
8.3%
└
Lightning Attunement
8.3%
└
Magnified Area II
8.3%
Wind Dancer
29.7%
└
Knockback
81.8%
└
Magnified Area II
63.6%
└
Deep Cuts II
45.5%
└
Bleed III
45.5%
└
Blind II
45.5%
└
Maim
27.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
27.3%
└
Armour Break III
18.2%
└
Close Combat II
18.2%
└
Pin II
9.1%
└
Poison III
9.1%
└
Vitality I
9.1%
└
Life Leech III
9.1%
└
Execute II
9.1%
└
Rage II
9.1%
Bloodhound's Mark
24.3%
└
Charged Mark
88.9%
└
Mark for Death II
77.8%
└
Eternal Mark
66.7%
└
Physical Mastery
66.7%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
22.2%
└
Mark for Death
22.2%
└
Armour Demolisher II
11.1%
└
Magnified Area II
11.1%
└
Armour Break III
11.1%
└
Enduring Impact II
11.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
11.1%
└
Uruk's Smelting
11.1%
└
Mark of Siphoning
11.1%
Eternal Rage
24.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
22.2%
└
Vitality II
11.1%
└
Uhtred's Omen
11.1%
Crossbow Shot
21.6%
└
Bleed III
25%
└
Rapid Attacks I
25%
└
Concoct II
12.5%
└
Deliberation
12.5%
└
Rapid Attacks II
12.5%
└
Double Barrel I
12.5%
└
Multishot II
12.5%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
12.5%
└
Ricochet II
12.5%
└
Longshot I
12.5%
└
Concentrated Area
12.5%
└
Ambrosia II
12.5%
└
Ambush
12.5%
└
Coursing Current
12.5%
└
Cold Attunement
12.5%
Purity of Fire
18.9%
└
Vitality II
100%
└
Cannibalism II
71.4%
└
Clarity II
57.1%
└
Precision II
57.1%
└
Herbalism II
42.9%
└
Cool Headed
42.9%
└
Fire Mastery
14.3%
Voltaic Mark
16.2%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Efficiency II
83.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
83.3%
└
Lightning Mastery
66.7%
└
Mark for Death
66.7%
└
Eternal Mark
33.3%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
16.7%
└
Mark for Death II
16.7%
Emergency Reload
13.5%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Profanity II
40%
└
Efficiency II
20%
Lightning Spear
13.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Fork
100%
└
Ambush
40%
└
Pinpoint Critical
40%
└
Rapid Attacks II
40%
└
Esh's Prowess
20%
└
Blazing Critical
20%
└
Deliberation
20%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
20%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
20%
└
Deep Cuts II
20%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
20%
Spearfield
10.8%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
75%
└
Rage III
75%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Knockback
50%
└
Esh's Radiance
25%
└
Shock
25%
Shattering Spite
10.8%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Rageforged II
100%
└
Deep Cuts II
75%
└
Concoct II
25%
Herald of Plague
10.8%
└
Chaos Mastery
75%
└
Deadly Herald
25%
Time of Need
10.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
25%
Mana Remnants
10.8%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency III
75%
└
Remnant Potency II
25%
└
Clarity II
25%
Spear of Solaris
8.1%
└
Rageforged II
100%
└
Zerphi's Infamy
100%
└
Fire Attunement
66.7%
└
Ignite III
66.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
66.7%
└
Ambrosia II
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Bleed III
33.3%
Ghost Dance
8.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
33.3%
Berserk
8.1%
└
Armour Demolisher II
66.7%
└
Uhtred's Omen
33.3%
Rake
8.1%
└
Deep Cuts II
100%
└
Momentum
100%
└
Concoct II
66.7%
└
Heft
33.3%
└
Concentrated Area
33.3%
└
Ancestral Call II
33.3%
└
Rage III
33.3%
└
Ambrosia II
33.3%
└
Ambush
33.3%
Blood Hunt
8.1%
└
Culling Strike II
66.7%
└
Bleed IV
66.7%
└
Execute II
33.3%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
33.3%
└
Rage III
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks III
33.3%
└
Einhar's Beastrite
33.3%
└
Close Combat II
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Impale
33.3%
└
Momentum
33.3%
Disengage
5.4%
└
Rapid Attacks III
50%
└
Holy Descent
50%
└
Shocking Leap
50%
└
Inexorable Critical I
50%
└
Lightning Exposure
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
Explosive Spear
5.4%
└
Fire Attunement
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
└
Short Fuse II
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Ignite III
50%
└
Perpetual Charge
50%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
50%
Ice Shot
5.4%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Fork
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Armour Break III
50%
└
Deep Cuts II
50%
└
Garukhan's Resolve
50%
Herald of Ice
5.4%
└
Bleed III
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
Spear Stab
5.4%
└
Bleed III
50%
└
Life Leech I
50%
└
Armour Break I
50%
└
Escalating Poison
50%
└
Lightning Attunement
50%
└
Lightning Exposure
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
Primal Strikes
5.4%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Close Combat II
50%
└
Elemental Focus
50%
└
Vorana's Siege
50%
└
Deep Cuts II
50%
└
Bleed III
50%
Permafrost Bolts
5.4%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Cold Attunement
50%
└
Deep Freeze
50%
└
Freeze
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
└
Ice Bite II
50%
└
Rakiata's Flow
50%
└
Ratha's Assault
50%
Freezing Mark
5.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Eternal Mark
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
Sniper's Mark
5.4%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
50%
└
Charge Profusion II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
Convalescence
2.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Profane Ritual
2.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
Charge Regulation
2.7%
Despair
2.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
└
Focused Curse
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Heightened Curse
100%
Toxic Growth
2.7%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Escalating Poison
100%
└
Arakaali's Lust
100%
└
Long Fuse II
100%
└
Bleed I
100%
Gas Arrow
2.7%
└
Corrosion
100%
└
Deadly Poison II
100%
└
Multishot II
100%
└
Overreach
100%
└
Persistent Ground III
100%
Wildwood's Gifts
2.7%
└
Remnant Potency III
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
Poisonburst Arrow
2.7%
└
Deadly Poison II
100%
└
Bursting Plague
100%
Bow Shot
2.7%
└
Deliberation
100%
Mirror of Refraction
2.7%
Refutation
2.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Uhtred's Rite
100%
└
Second Wind III
100%
Trinity
2.7%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
Spectre: Gull Shrike
2.7%
Righteous Descent
2.7%
└
Zerphi's Infamy
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Deep Cuts II
100%
Rapid Assault
2.7%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Deep Cuts II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Raise Shield
2.7%
Combat Frenzy
2.7%
Infernal Cry
2.7%
└
Second Wind II
100%
└
Raging Cry
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
Parry
2.7%
Shockburst Rounds
2.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Lightning Attunement
100%
└
Fresh Clip II
100%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
Sigil of Power
2.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
Sanguine Revelry
2.7%
Stormblast Bolts
2.7%
Glacial Bolt
2.7%
└
Cold Attunement
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Crystalline Shards
100%
Fragmentation Rounds
2.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Rageforged II
100%
└
Deep Cuts II
100%
└
Inexorable Critical II
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Shard Scavenger
2.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
Whirling Slash
2.7%
└
Cadence
100%
└
Ignite II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
Barrage
2.7%
└
Heightened Charges
100%
└
Lifetap
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Perpetual Charge
100%
Cull The Weak
2.7%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
100%
└
Culling Strike II
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Ancestral Call II
100%