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1.7%
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0.9%
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0.4%
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2.9%
Chronomancer
1%
Deadeye
6%
Disciple Of Varashta
2.4%
Druid
10.3%
Gemling Legionnaire
12%
Huntress
1.7%
Infernalist
3.3%
Invoker
0.1%
Lich
1.1%
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13.9%
Mercenary
Monk
12.4%
Oracle
3.9%
Pathfinder
1.5%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.4%
Shaman
1.4%
Smith Of Kitava
0.4%
Sorceress
Spirit Walker
12.6%
Stormweaver
4.1%
Tactician
0.9%
Titan
2.3%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
0.5%
Witch
Witchhunter
1.1%

Herald of Thunder

(Blood Mage) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 13 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Herald of Thunder is a highly effective skill for the Blood Mage in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 13 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Elemental Armament II, Bleed III, Pinpoint Critical. 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 Thunder
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
69.2%
└
Bleed III
53.8%
└
Pinpoint Critical
46.2%
└
Poison III
38.5%
└
Magnified Area II
38.5%
└
Longshot II
30.8%
└
Bursting Plague
23.1%
└
Maim
15.4%
└
Armour Break III
15.4%
└
Electrocute
15.4%
└
Concentrated Area
15.4%
└
Admixture
15.4%
└
Culling Strike I
15.4%
└
Lightning Mastery
15.4%
└
Culling Strike II
15.4%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Herald of Blood
100%
└
Bleed III
84.6%
└
Magnified Area II
69.2%
└
Poison III
53.8%
└
Armour Break III
53.8%
└
Uruk's Smelting
46.2%
└
Physical Mastery
46.2%
└
Bursting Plague
30.8%
└
Admixture
15.4%
└
Elemental Armament II
7.7%
└
Embitter
7.7%
└
Corrosion
7.7%
└
Deadly Herald
7.7%
└
Deadly Poison II
7.7%
└
Maim
7.7%
└
Armour Explosion
7.7%
Life Remnants
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
69.2%
└
Remnant Potency III
61.5%
└
Remnant Potency I
38.5%
└
Cannibalism I
15.4%
└
Armour Demolisher II
7.7%
Blasphemy
92.3%
└
Magnified Area II
91.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
66.7%
└
Focused Curse
33.3%
└
Living Lightning II
16.7%
└
Slow Potency
16.7%
└
Precision I
16.7%
└
Blind II
8.3%
└
Maim
8.3%
└
Vitality I
8.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
8.3%
└
Potent Exposure
8.3%
└
Bleed III
8.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
8.3%
Herald of Ash
84.6%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Magnified Area II
90.9%
└
Swift Affliction II
45.5%
└
Armour Demolisher II
36.4%
└
Acrimony
27.3%
└
Swift Affliction I
27.3%
└
Deadly Herald
18.2%
└
Precision II
18.2%
└
Magnified Area I
9.1%
└
Compressed Duration II
9.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
9.1%
Plasma Blast
61.5%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Deep Cuts II
87.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
87.5%
└
Concoct II
87.5%
└
Pinpoint Critical
75%
└
Burgeon II
37.5%
└
Rakiata's Flow
12.5%
└
Rageforged II
12.5%
└
Elemental Armament III
12.5%
Elemental Conflux
53.8%
└
Lightning Mastery
57.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
42.9%
└
Fire Mastery
14.3%
└
Uhtred's Augury
14.3%
└
Cold Mastery
14.3%
└
Uhtred's Omen
14.3%
└
Compressed Duration II
14.3%
Elemental Weakness
53.8%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Focused Curse
57.1%
└
Ritualistic Curse
57.1%
└
Precision I
28.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
14.3%
└
Slow Potency
14.3%
└
Potent Exposure
14.3%
└
Bleed III
14.3%
└
Rapid Casting II
14.3%
Galvanic Shards
46.2%
└
Ratha's Assault
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Deep Cuts II
83.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
83.3%
└
Fork
83.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
66.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Dominus' Grasp
16.7%
└
Deliberation
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
16.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
16.7%
Purity of Fire
38.5%
└
Vitality II
100%
└
Cannibalism II
80%
└
Precision II
60%
└
Herbalism II
40%
└
Warm Blooded
40%
└
Fire Mastery
20%
└
Seraph's Heart
20%
└
Her Declaration
20%
└
Cool Headed
20%
└
Clarity II
20%
Spear Throw
38.5%
└
Blind II
20%
└
Maim
20%
└
Culling Strike II
20%
└
Lightning Penetration
20%
Berserk
38.5%
└
Direstrike I
20%
└
Cannibalism I
20%
└
Precision I
20%
└
Herbalism I
20%
└
Vitality I
20%
└
Armour Demolisher II
20%
Mirage Archer
38.5%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Deep Cuts II
80%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
60%
└
Elemental Armament II
40%
└
Pinpoint Critical
40%
└
Elemental Armament III
20%
└
Deliberation
20%
└
Rapid Attacks II
20%
└
Prolonged Duration II
20%
Eternal Rage
30.8%
└
Precision I
25%
└
Armour Demolisher II
25%
└
Vitality II
25%
└
Cannibalism I
25%
Trinity
30.8%
└
Cold Mastery
75%
└
Uhtred's Omen
50%
└
Fire Mastery
25%
Temporal Chains
30.8%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
└
Slow Potency
50%
└
Vitality I
25%
Repulsion
23.1%
└
Living Lightning II
66.7%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Blind II
33.3%
└
Maim
33.3%
└
Ritualistic Curse
33.3%
└
Potent Exposure
33.3%
└
Bleed III
33.3%
Wind Dancer
23.1%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Deep Cuts II
66.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
66.7%
└
Knockback
66.7%
└
Bleed III
66.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Blindside
33.3%
└
Blind II
33.3%
└
Close Combat II
33.3%
Vulnerability
15.4%
└
Living Lightning II
100%
└
Blind II
50%
└
Maim
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Ritualistic Curse
50%
Explosive Spear
15.4%
└
Armour Break III
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Short Fuse II
100%
Cast on Critical
15.4%
└
Uruk's Smelting
100%
└
Armour Break III
100%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Spell Cascade
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Lifetap
50%
Spear of Solaris
15.4%
└
Zerphi's Infamy
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Pinpoint Critical
50%
└
Encroaching Ground
50%
└
Ambrosia II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Rageforged II
50%
Spearfield
15.4%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Knockback
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
50%
└
Rage III
50%
Shattering Spite
15.4%
└
Concoct II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Rageforged II
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Herald of Plague
15.4%
└
Chaos Mastery
100%
└
Precision II
50%
Voltaic Mark
15.4%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%
Ghost Dance
15.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Clarity I
50%
└
Second Wind III
50%
Crossbow Shot
15.4%
└
Dominus' Grasp
50%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
└
Culling Strike II
50%
Sniper's Mark
7.7%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Second Wind III
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Eternal Mark
100%
Comet
7.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Uruk's Smelting
100%
└
Armour Break III
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
Righteous Descent
7.7%
Lightning Spear
7.7%
└
Blazing Critical
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Fork
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Detonate Dead
7.7%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Lifetap
100%
└
Uruk's Smelting
100%
└
Armour Break III
100%
Blink
7.7%
Spear Stab
7.7%
└
Armour Break I
100%
└
Life Leech I
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Escalating Poison
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Blood Hunt
7.7%
└
Momentum
100%
└
Elemental Armament III
100%
└
Bleed IV
100%
└
Heavy Swing
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
Lightning Arrow
7.7%
└
Dominus' Grasp
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Lightning Attunement
100%
└
Innervate
100%
Wolf Pack
7.7%
└
Maim
100%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
└
Incision
100%
Emergency Reload
7.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Lifetap
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
Thunderous Leap
7.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
Herald of Ice
7.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Armour Break III
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
└
Deadly Herald
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Ice Shot
7.7%
└
Deep Cuts II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Spiral Volley
7.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Deep Cuts II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Bleed III
100%