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1.6%
Acolyte Of Chayula
0.9%
Amazon
0.4%
Blood Mage
2.8%
Chronomancer
0.9%
Deadeye
5.8%
Disciple Of Varashta
2.3%
Druid
10.9%
Gemling Legionnaire
11.6%
Huntress
1.7%
Infernalist
3.3%
Invoker
0.1%
Lich
1%
Martial Artist
13.5%
Mercenary
Monk
13.2%
Oracle
3.8%
Pathfinder
1.5%
Ranger
Ritualist
1.4%
Shaman
1.4%
Smith Of Kitava
0.3%
Sorceress
Spirit Walker
12.5%
Stormweaver
4%
Tactician
0.8%
Titan
2.2%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
0.8%
Witch
Witchhunter
1.1%

Herald of Thunder

(Druid) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 12 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-29 19:45:52 UTC

The Herald of Thunder is a highly effective skill for the Druid in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 12 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Elemental Armament II, Longshot II, Magnified Area II. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like For the Jugular, Heartbreaking, Heartstopping 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
91.7%
└
Longshot II
58.3%
└
Magnified Area II
41.7%
└
Elemental Focus
41.7%
└
Lightning Mastery
33.3%
└
Concentrated Area
33.3%
└
Blind II
25%
└
Embitter
25%
└
Esh's Radiance
16.7%
└
Lightning Penetration
16.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
16.7%
└
Precision II
8.3%
└
Deep Cuts II
8.3%
└
Bleed III
8.3%
└
Culling Strike II
8.3%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Ghost Dance
58.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
85.7%
└
Second Wind III
14.3%
Wind Dancer
50%
└
Blind II
66.7%
└
Knockback
50%
└
Maim
50%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Rage III
16.7%
└
Culmination II
16.7%
└
Precision I
16.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
16.7%
└
Rageforged II
16.7%
└
Blind I
16.7%
└
Life Leech II
16.7%
Herald of Ice
41.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Uruk's Smelting
40%
└
Longshot II
40%
└
Elemental Focus
40%
└
Cold Mastery
40%
└
Close Combat II
20%
└
Cold Penetration
20%
└
Armour Explosion
20%
└
Armour Break III
20%
└
Mórrigan's Insight
20%
Eternal Rage
41.7%
└
Vitality I
40%
└
Dialla's Desire
20%
└
Armour Demolisher II
20%
└
Uhtred's Omen
20%
└
Cannibalism I
20%
Charge Regulation
41.7%
└
Clarity I
40%
└
Armour Demolisher II
20%
└
Clarity II
20%
└
Uhtred's Omen
20%
Blasphemy
25%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Living Lightning II
33.3%
└
Culmination II
33.3%
└
Charge Profusion II
33.3%
└
Ritualistic Curse
33.3%
└
Life Leech III
33.3%
└
Close Combat II
33.3%
└
Hex Bloom
33.3%
Shattering Palm
25%
└
Living Lightning II
66.7%
└
Culmination II
66.7%
└
Charge Profusion II
66.7%
└
Ailith's Chimes
66.7%
└
Ignite II
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Impact Shockwave
33.3%
└
Execute II
33.3%
└
Lightning Attunement
33.3%
└
Ancestral Call II
33.3%
└
Rage III
33.3%
Flicker Strike
25%
└
Perpetual Charge
66.7%
└
Hit and Run
66.7%
└
Shock
33.3%
└
Maim
33.3%
└
Ambrosia II
33.3%
└
Freeze
33.3%
└
Blind II
33.3%
└
Medved's Felling
33.3%
└
Rageforged II
33.3%
└
Embitter
33.3%
└
Close Combat II
33.3%
└
Concentrated Area
33.3%
└
Blindside
33.3%
Charged Staff
25%
└
Blazing Critical
100%
└
Perpetual Charge
66.7%
└
Innervate
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
66.7%
└
Blind II
66.7%
└
Ice Bite II
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Culling Strike II
33.3%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
33.3%
Falling Thunder
25%
└
Nova Projectiles I
100%
└
Perpetual Charge
66.7%
└
Ricochet II
66.7%
└
Rakiata's Flow
66.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
33.3%
└
Breachlord's Amalgam
33.3%
└
Bhatair's Vengeance
33.3%
└
Rageforged II
33.3%
└
Culmination II
33.3%
└
Blindside
33.3%
Spear Throw
25%
└
Multishot II
33.3%
Lightning Spear
25%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
66.7%
└
Fork
66.7%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
33.3%
└
Bleed III
33.3%
└
Garukhan's Resolve
33.3%
└
Armour Break III
33.3%
└
Lightning Mastery
33.3%
Berserk
25%
└
Vitality II
33.3%
Mirage Archer
25%
└
Elemental Armament II
66.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
66.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Pinpoint Critical
33.3%
└
Deep Cuts II
33.3%
└
Bleed III
33.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
Barrage
25%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Perpetual Charge
33.3%
└
Heightened Charges
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
Trinity
25%
└
Cold Mastery
66.7%
└
Clarity I
33.3%
└
Uhtred's Omen
33.3%
Repulsion
16.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Living Lightning II
50%
└
Culmination II
50%
└
Charge Profusion II
50%
└
Life Leech III
50%
└
Close Combat II
50%
└
Hex Bloom
50%
Freezing Mark
16.7%
└
Rage III
50%
└
Heightened Curse
50%
└
Charged Mark
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Eternal Mark
50%
└
Oisín's Oath
50%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
50%
Whirling Slash
16.7%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Living Lightning II
50%
└
Culmination II
50%
└
Ailith's Chimes
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Blazing Critical
50%
Pounce
16.7%
└
Brutus' Brain
50%
└
Vruun's Inevitability
50%
└
Rapid Attacks III
50%
└
Searing Flame II
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Eternal Mark
50%
└
Oisín's Oath
50%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
50%
Quarterstaff Strike
16.7%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Rage III
50%
└
Execute III
50%
└
Ancestral Call II
50%
└
Rapid Attacks III
50%
└
Culmination II
50%
Mantra of Destruction
16.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Mobility
100%
└
Chaos Mastery
100%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Delayed Gratification
50%
Herald of Blood
16.7%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Heft
50%
└
Physical Mastery
50%
└
Brutality III
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Uruk's Smelting
50%
└
Armour Break III
50%
└
Elemental Focus
50%
Life Remnants
16.7%
└
Remnant Potency III
50%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
50%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
50%
Midnight Zenith
16.7%
└
Culling Strike II
50%
└
Living Lightning II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Blind II
50%
└
Crystalline Shards
50%
Purity of Fire
16.7%
└
Vitality II
100%
└
Clarity II
100%
└
Cannibalism II
100%
└
Precision II
50%
└
Fire Mastery
50%
Elemental Conflux
16.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Cold Mastery
50%
└
Uhtred's Omen
50%
└
Lightning Mastery
50%
Voltaic Mark
16.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Mark for Death
50%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
50%
Combat Frenzy
16.7%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Empowered Sparks II
50%
Tornado Shot
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Durability
100%
└
Blazing Critical
50%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Blind II
50%
Mana Remnants
16.7%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
50%
└
Remnant Potency III
50%
Mirage Deadeye
16.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Deliberation
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
Lightning Arrow
16.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Deliberation
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Dominus' Grasp
50%
└
Lightning Attunement
50%
└
Fork
50%
└
Lightning Penetration
50%
└
Innervate
50%
Lightning Rod
16.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Deliberation
100%
└
Multishot II
50%
└
Elemental Focus
50%
└
Lightning Penetration
50%
└
Blindside
50%
Tempest Flurry
8.3%
└
Shock
100%
└
Maim
100%
└
Pin I
100%
└
Culmination II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
Hand of Chayula
8.3%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Heightened Curse
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
Enfeeble
8.3%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Heightened Curse
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
Spear Stab
8.3%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Execute III
100%
Virtuous Barrier
8.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
100%
Pinnacle of Power
8.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Perpetual Charge
100%
└
Heightened Charges
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Power Siphon
8.3%
Blood Hunt
8.3%
└
Heft
100%
└
Heavy Swing
100%
└
Pursuit III
100%
└
Bleed IV
100%
Parry
8.3%
Primal Strikes
8.3%
└
Stoicism II
100%
└
Close Combat II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Elemental Focus
100%
Sniper's Mark
8.3%
└
Shock
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Second Wind I
100%
Galvanic Shards
8.3%
└
Deep Cuts II
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Fork
100%
└
Ratha's Assault
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Plasma Blast
8.3%
└
Deep Cuts II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Concoct II
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Crossbow Shot
8.3%
└
Dominus' Grasp
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Streamlined Rounds
100%
└
Fresh Clip II
100%
Herald of Ash
8.3%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Swift Affliction II
100%
└
Cannibalism I
100%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
Elemental Weakness
8.3%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
Twister
8.3%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Deliberation
100%
Wild Protector
8.3%
Vivid Stampede
8.3%
Primal Bounty
8.3%
Storm Lance
8.3%
└
Multishot II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Lightning Exposure
100%
└
Embitter
100%
Explosive Spear
8.3%
└
Fire Penetration II
100%
└
Short Fuse I
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Elemental Focus
100%
Punch
8.3%
└
Heft
100%
Removed Skill
8.3%
└
Heightened Charges
100%
Ice Shot
8.3%
└
Rakiata's Flow
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Garukhan's Resolve
100%
└
Minion Pact II
100%
└
Supercritical
100%
Azmerian Swarms
8.3%
└
Blind II
100%
└
Maim
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Hulking Minions
100%
Explosive Shot
8.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Mortar Cannon
8.3%
└
Hardy Totems II
100%
└
Urgent Totems III
100%
└
Short Fuse II
100%
Explosive Grenade
8.3%
└
Hardy Totems II
100%
└
Urgent Totems III
100%
└
Short Fuse II
100%
Emergency Reload
8.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Lifetap
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
Sorcery Ward
8.3%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
Rhoa Mount
8.3%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
└
Meat Shield II
100%
└
Clarity II
100%
└
Romira's Requital
100%