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1.8%
Acolyte Of Chayula
0.9%
Amazon
0.5%
Blood Mage
3.5%
Chronomancer
0.9%
Deadeye
7.8%
Disciple Of Varashta
3%
Druid
Gemling Legionnaire
17.5%
Huntress
Infernalist
5.2%
Invoker
0.1%
Lich
1.5%
Martial Artist
24.4%
Mercenary
Monk
Oracle
5.4%
Pathfinder
1.7%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.3%
Shaman
2%
Smith Of Kitava
0.6%
Sorceress
Spirit Walker
11.3%
Stormweaver
5.1%
Tactician
1%
Titan
2.8%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
Witch
Witchhunter
1.3%

Herald of Ice

(Blood Mage) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 14 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:01:30 UTC

The Herald of Ice is a highly effective skill for the Blood Mage in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 14 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Elemental Armament II, Elemental Focus, Magnified Area II. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Sanguimancy, Deterioration, Blood Barbs on the skill tree.

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

★ Selected Main Skills

Herald of Ice
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Elemental Focus
92.9%
└
Magnified Area II
92.9%
└
Longshot II
71.4%
└
Bleed III
42.9%
└
Cold Penetration
35.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
21.4%
└
Cold Attunement
14.3%
└
Armour Break III
14.3%
└
Cold Mastery
7.1%
└
Armour Break II
7.1%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Life Remnants
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
92.9%
└
Remnant Potency III
57.1%
└
Remnant Potency I
42.9%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
28.6%
└
Clarity I
14.3%
└
Her Declaration
14.3%
└
Harmonic Remnants I
7.1%
└
Vitality II
7.1%
└
Precision II
7.1%
└
Precision I
7.1%
Blasphemy
92.9%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Hex Bloom
61.5%
└
Slow Potency
53.8%
└
Ritualistic Curse
46.2%
└
Focused Curse
30.8%
└
Dialla's Desire
15.4%
└
Heightened Curse
7.7%
└
Her Declaration
7.7%
Freezing Mark
85.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Eternal Mark
91.7%
└
Charged Mark
91.7%
└
Cold Mastery
83.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
8.3%
└
Lightning Exposure
8.3%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
8.3%
Ice Shot
64.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Ice Bite II
100%
└
Stoicism II
77.8%
└
Deliberation
55.6%
└
Rakiata's Flow
44.4%
└
Nova Projectiles I
44.4%
└
Rapid Attacks II
22.2%
└
Cold Attunement
22.2%
└
Pinpoint Critical
11.1%
└
Bleed III
11.1%
└
Mobility
11.1%
Temporal Chains
57.1%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Slow Potency
87.5%
└
Hex Bloom
87.5%
└
Heightened Curse
12.5%
└
Ritualistic Curse
12.5%
└
Focused Curse
12.5%
Freezing Salvo
50%
└
Embitter
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Freeze
100%
└
Cold Penetration
85.7%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
57.1%
└
Stoicism II
14.3%
Snipe
50%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Concoct II
100%
└
Minion Pact II
85.7%
└
Window of Opportunity II
71.4%
└
Elemental Armament III
71.4%
└
Window of Opportunity I
28.6%
└
Elemental Armament II
28.6%
└
Elemental Focus
14.3%
Rhoa Mount
50%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
└
Culling Strike I
100%
└
Hulking Minions
14.3%
└
Blind I
14.3%
Bow Shot
50%
└
Cold Attunement
42.9%
└
Chain II
42.9%
└
Poison II
42.9%
└
Frozen Spite
42.9%
└
Longshot I
28.6%
└
Rapid Attacks II
28.6%
└
Blind II
14.3%
└
Pierce III
14.3%
└
Heft
14.3%
└
Armour Break I
14.3%
└
Pin I
14.3%
└
Bleed II
14.3%
Herald of Blood
42.9%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Heft
66.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
66.7%
└
Breachlord's Rift
50%
└
Poison III
33.3%
└
Life Leech III
16.7%
└
Physical Mastery
16.7%
└
Bursting Plague
16.7%
└
Escalating Poison
16.7%
Tornado Shot
42.9%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Durability
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
16.7%
Plasma Blast
35.7%
└
Deep Cuts II
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Concoct II
80%
└
Pinpoint Critical
80%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
40%
└
Rageforged II
20%
└
Burgeon II
20%
└
Biting Frost II
20%
└
Elemental Armament II
20%
Permafrost Bolts
35.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Deep Freeze
60%
└
Freeze
60%
└
Cold Attunement
60%
└
Ice Bite II
40%
└
Cold Exposure
40%
└
Nimble Reload
20%
└
Pinpoint Critical
20%
└
Rapid Attacks II
20%
└
Ricochet II
20%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
20%
└
Bleed III
20%
Elemental Weakness
35.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
80%
└
Focused Curse
60%
└
Dialla's Desire
40%
└
Heightened Curse
20%
└
Her Declaration
20%
Galvanic Shards
28.6%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Cold Attunement
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
75%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
75%
└
Rapid Attacks II
75%
└
Prolonged Duration II
75%
└
Nimble Reload
50%
└
Ice Bite II
25%
└
Bleed III
25%
└
Ratha's Assault
25%
└
Rakiata's Flow
25%
Eternal Rage
21.4%
└
Cannibalism I
33.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
33.3%
Mirage Archer
21.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
Wind Dancer
21.4%
└
Knockback
100%
└
Clarity II
100%
└
Vitality I
100%
└
Blind II
100%
└
Her Declaration
33.3%
Crossbow Shot
21.4%
└
Ice Bite II
66.7%
└
Frozen Spite
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks I
33.3%
Ghost Dance
14.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
Herald of Ash
7.1%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Clarity I
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
Grim Feast
7.1%
Enfeeble
7.1%
└
Hex Bloom
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
Spiral Volley
7.1%
Fragmentation Rounds
7.1%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Close Combat II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Elemental Focus
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Thunderstorm
7.1%
└
Potent Exposure
100%
└
Inexorable Critical II
100%
└
Stormfire
100%
└
Blazing Critical
100%
Berserk
7.1%
└
Armour Demolisher II
100%
└
Uhtred's Omen
100%
Escape Shot
7.1%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Frost Nexus
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Freeze
100%
Mana Remnants
7.1%
└
Remnant Potency III
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%