ProExile Logo
Abyssal Lich
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 Thunder

(Martial Artist) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 25 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:01:30 UTC

The Herald of Thunder is a highly effective skill for the Martial Artist in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 25 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Elemental Armament II, Magnified Area II, Armour Explosion. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Runic Meridians, Way of the Stonefist, Flow Like Water 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
72%
└
Magnified Area II
60%
└
Armour Explosion
48%
└
Execute III
40%
└
Living Lightning II
36%
└
Breachlord's Rift
32%
└
Oisín's Oath
20%
└
Culmination II
20%
└
Blind II
20%
└
Lightning Mastery
16%
└
Armour Demolisher II
16%
└
Longshot II
16%
└
Freeze
12%
└
Esh's Prowess
12%
└
Uruk's Smelting
12%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Charged Staff
76%
└
Prolonged Duration II
94.7%
└
Blazing Critical
94.7%
└
Innervate
42.1%
└
Blind II
36.8%
└
Culling Strike II
36.8%
└
Ice Bite II
31.6%
└
Oisín's Oath
31.6%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
26.3%
└
Perpetual Charge
21.1%
└
Vorana's Siege
10.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
10.5%
└
Freeze
10.5%
└
Immolate
5.3%
└
Embitter
5.3%
└
Close Combat II
5.3%
Herald of Ice
76%
└
Magnified Area II
94.7%
└
Armour Explosion
73.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
57.9%
└
Uruk's Smelting
57.9%
└
Execute III
42.1%
└
Armour Break III
42.1%
└
Cold Mastery
21.1%
└
Elemental Focus
21.1%
└
Mórrigan's Insight
15.8%
└
Shock
15.8%
└
Tul's Stillness
10.5%
└
Longshot II
10.5%
└
Uul-Netol's Embrace
10.5%
└
Lightning Attunement
5.3%
└
Embitter
5.3%
Pinnacle of Power
68%
└
Heightened Charges
94.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
94.1%
└
Perpetual Charge
82.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
52.9%
└
Cold Mastery
11.8%
└
Lightning Mastery
5.9%
└
Fire Mastery
5.9%
└
Efficiency II
5.9%
Power Siphon
68%
└
Armour Demolisher II
5.9%
Wind Dancer
64%
└
Blind II
75%
└
Magnified Area II
68.8%
└
Maim
68.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
56.2%
└
Elemental Armament II
31.2%
└
Freeze
31.2%
└
Vruun's Inevitability
25%
└
Execute III
25%
└
Knockback
12.5%
└
Culmination II
12.5%
└
Close Combat II
12.5%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
6.2%
└
Potent Exposure
6.2%
└
Punch Through
6.2%
└
Charge Profusion II
6.2%
Falling Thunder
60%
└
Nova Projectiles I
93.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
80%
└
Culmination II
53.3%
└
Execute III
46.7%
└
Rakiata's Flow
46.7%
└
Breachlord's Amalgam
33.3%
└
Perpetual Charge
26.7%
└
Ricochet II
20%
└
Fist of War II
13.3%
└
Fork
13.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
13.3%
└
Close Combat II
6.7%
└
Inexorable Critical I
6.7%
└
Excise
6.7%
└
Fist of War III
6.7%
Flicker Strike
60%
└
Elemental Armament II
80%
└
Rakiata's Flow
73.3%
└
Perpetual Charge
53.3%
└
Hit and Run
53.3%
└
Concentrated Area
53.3%
└
Execute III
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
26.7%
└
Heightened Charges
20%
└
Rageforged II
20%
└
Close Combat II
20%
└
Culmination II
13.3%
└
Elemental Focus
13.3%
└
Minion Pact II
6.7%
└
Vorana's Siege
6.7%
└
Medved's Felling
6.7%
Ghost Dance
60%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
93.3%
└
Clarity II
26.7%
└
Direstrike I
20%
└
Precision I
13.3%
└
Clarity I
6.7%
└
Her Declaration
6.7%
Charge Regulation
60%
└
Uhtred's Omen
20%
└
Direstrike II
13.3%
└
Clarity I
13.3%
└
Direstrike I
13.3%
└
Uhtred's Exodus
6.7%
└
Vitality II
6.7%
└
Clarity II
6.7%
└
Dialla's Desire
6.7%
└
Cannibalism I
6.7%
└
Uhtred's Augury
6.7%
Eternal Rage
48%
└
Atziri's Communion
16.7%
└
Vitality I
8.3%
└
Direstrike II
8.3%
└
Her Declaration
8.3%
└
Vitality II
8.3%
Whirling Assault
40%
└
Ailith's Chimes
80%
└
Charge Profusion II
70%
└
Living Lightning II
70%
└
Culmination II
70%
└
Rage III
50%
└
Vorana's Siege
10%
└
Bhatair's Vengeance
10%
└
Rage II
10%
└
Efficiency II
10%
└
Vruun's Inevitability
10%
└
Ancestral Call II
10%
└
Armour Break III
10%
Shattering Palm
40%
└
Culmination II
90%
└
Living Lightning II
90%
└
Ailith's Chimes
90%
└
Charge Profusion II
80%
└
Rage III
40%
└
Execute III
30%
└
Vorana's Siege
20%
└
Oisín's Oath
10%
└
Rapid Attacks II
10%
└
Elemental Armament II
10%
└
Rapid Attacks III
10%
└
Efficiency II
10%
Herald of Ash
36%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Compressed Duration II
44.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
22.2%
└
Armour Demolisher II
11.1%
└
Her Declaration
11.1%
└
Deadly Herald
11.1%
└
Swift Affliction II
11.1%
Trinity
36%
└
Cold Mastery
55.6%
└
Atziri's Communion
33.3%
└
Uhtred's Omen
33.3%
└
Clarity I
22.2%
└
Direstrike I
11.1%
└
Lightning Mastery
11.1%
└
Fire Mastery
11.1%
└
Armour Demolisher II
11.1%
└
Uhtred's Augury
11.1%
└
Dialla's Desire
11.1%
└
Clarity II
11.1%
└
Esh's Prowess
11.1%
└
Direstrike II
11.1%
Quarterstaff Strike
32%
└
Elemental Armament II
37.5%
└
Execute III
25%
└
Rapid Attacks III
12.5%
└
Mana Leech
12.5%
└
Blind II
12.5%
└
Magnified Area II
12.5%
└
Concentrated Area
12.5%
└
Close Combat II
12.5%
└
Culmination II
12.5%
└
Charge Profusion II
12.5%
└
Pin I
12.5%
└
Culling Strike II
12.5%
└
Vorana's Siege
12.5%
└
Efficiency II
12.5%
└
Concussive Runes
12.5%
Elemental Conflux
24%
└
Fire Mastery
50%
└
Direstrike II
50%
└
Atziri's Communion
50%
└
Lightning Mastery
33.3%
└
Clarity II
33.3%
└
Dialla's Desire
33.3%
└
Her Declaration
16.7%
└
Uhtred's Augury
16.7%
└
Cold Mastery
16.7%
└
Clarity I
16.7%
Blasphemy
24%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Living Lightning II
50%
└
Hex Bloom
50%
└
Slow Potency
33.3%
└
Ritualistic Curse
33.3%
└
Execute III
16.7%
└
Focused Curse
16.7%
└
Close Combat II
16.7%
└
Life Leech III
16.7%
└
Blind II
16.7%
└
Armour Break III
16.7%
└
Maim
16.7%
└
Culmination II
16.7%
└
Charge Profusion II
16.7%
└
Ailith's Chimes
16.7%
Mana Remnants
24%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
83.3%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
33.3%
└
Remnant Potency III
16.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
16.7%
Purity of Fire
20%
└
Warm Blooded
80%
└
Cool Headed
80%
└
Strong Hearted
80%
└
Clarity II
60%
└
Herbalism II
40%
└
Precision II
40%
└
Vitality II
20%
└
Clarity I
20%
Discipline
20%
└
Dialla's Desire
20%
└
Uhtred's Omen
20%
└
Clarity II
20%
Freezing Mark
20%
└
Charged Mark
60%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
40%
└
Eternal Mark
40%
└
Rapid Attacks III
40%
└
Mark for Death II
20%
└
Cold Mastery
20%
└
Oisín's Oath
20%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
20%
Azmerian Wolf
16%
└
Hulking Minions
50%
└
Blind II
25%
└
Brutus' Brain
25%
└
Romira's Requital
25%
└
Kurgal's Leash
25%
└
Elemental Army
25%
Punch
16%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
└
Heightened Charges
25%
└
Rage III
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
└
Armour Break III
25%
└
Ancestral Call II
25%
└
Expanse
25%
└
Supercritical
25%
└
Cold Attunement
25%
└
Freeze
25%
└
Blazing Critical
25%
Repulsion
16%
└
Living Lightning II
75%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Execute III
25%
└
Focused Curse
25%
└
Close Combat II
25%
└
Hex Bloom
25%
└
Life Leech III
25%
└
Blind II
25%
└
Armour Break III
25%
└
Maim
25%
└
Culmination II
25%
└
Charge Profusion II
25%
└
Ailith's Chimes
25%
Ice Shot
16%
└
Rakiata's Flow
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
75%
└
Garukhan's Resolve
75%
└
Supercritical
50%
└
Ice Bite II
25%
└
Defy II
25%
└
Dominus' Grasp
25%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
25%
└
Minion Pact II
25%
└
Execute III
25%
└
Nova Projectiles I
25%
└
Oisín's Oath
25%
└
Deliberation
25%
└
Rising Tempest
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
25%
Profane Ritual
12%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Energy Retention
66.7%
└
Boundless Energy II
66.7%
└
Overabundance I
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Overabundance II
33.3%
└
Atziri's Communion
33.3%
└
Direstrike II
33.3%
Cast on Critical
12%
└
Spell Cascade
66.7%
└
Ahn's Citadel
33.3%
└
Boundless Energy II
33.3%
└
Kaom's Madness
33.3%
└
Overabundance II
33.3%
└
Charge Profusion II
33.3%
└
Atziri's Communion
33.3%
└
Direstrike II
33.3%
└
Dialla's Desire
33.3%
└
Astral Projection
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
Hollow Focus
12%
└
Living Lightning II
33.3%
└
Culmination II
33.3%
└
Charge Profusion II
33.3%
└
Ailith's Chimes
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Mana Leech
33.3%
└
Armour Explosion
33.3%
Combat Frenzy
12%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Uhtred's Omen
33.3%
Berserk
12%
└
Uhtred's Omen
66.7%
└
Vitality II
33.3%
└
Clarity I
33.3%
Temporal Chains
12%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Hex Bloom
66.7%
└
Slow Potency
66.7%
└
Ritualistic Curse
66.7%
Hollow Form
12%
└
Efficiency II
66.7%
└
Oisín's Oath
33.3%
└
Defy II
33.3%
└
Soul Drain
33.3%
Bow Shot
12%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Minion Pact II
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Culling Strike II
33.3%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
33.3%
└
Living Lightning II
33.3%
└
Culmination II
33.3%
└
Ailith's Chimes
33.3%
└
Ignite III
33.3%
└
Armour Break III
33.3%
└
Verglas
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
Ice Strike
12%
└
Living Lightning II
66.7%
└
Rage III
66.7%
└
Culmination II
66.7%
└
Ailith's Chimes
66.7%
└
Charge Profusion I
33.3%
└
Charge Profusion II
33.3%
└
Crescendo II
33.3%
└
Close Combat II
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
33.3%
└
Ice Bite I
33.3%
Hand of Chayula
12%
└
Rapid Attacks III
66.7%
└
Charged Mark
66.7%
Voltaic Mark
12%
└
Rapid Attacks III
66.7%
└
Charged Mark
66.7%
Sniper's Mark
12%
└
Rapid Attacks III
66.7%
└
Charged Mark
66.7%
Tornado Shot
12%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Durability
66.7%
└
Concentrated Area
66.7%
└
Blazing Critical
66.7%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
Reaper's Invocation
8%
└
Energy Retention
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Overabundance I
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
Convalescence
8%
└
Second Wind II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Strong Hearted
50%
Midnight Zenith
8%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Crystalline Shards
100%
└
Blind II
100%
└
Cold Exposure
50%
└
Overabundance II
50%
└
Living Lightning II
50%
└
Culling Strike II
50%
Hollow Resonance
8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Uruk's Smelting
50%
└
Armour Break III
50%
└
Mana Leech
50%
Barrage
8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Lifetap
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Heightened Charges
50%
└
Olroth's Conviction
50%
└
Perpetual Charge
50%
Rend
8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
50%
└
Rapid Attacks III
50%
└
Hit and Run
50%
└
Rage III
50%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
└
Prolonged Duration I
50%
└
Perpetual Charge
50%
Pounce
8%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
50%
└
Oisín's Oath
50%
└
Eternal Mark
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
└
Blind II
50%
└
Brutus' Brain
50%
└
Bleed III
50%
Explosive Transmutation
8%
└
Vorana's Siege
50%
└
Culmination II
50%
└
Living Lightning II
50%
└
Blind II
50%
└
Execute III
50%
└
Ignite III
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Spell Cascade
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Scouring Flame
50%
Tempest Bell
4%
└
Close Combat II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Ancestral Call II
100%
└
Rage III
100%
Frost Wall
4%
└
Ahn's Citadel
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Kaom's Madness
100%
Elemental Sundering
4%
└
Oisín's Oath
100%
└
Defy II
100%
└
Soul Drain
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
Lightning Arrow
4%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Defy II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
100%
└
Lightning Mastery
100%
Herald of Blood
4%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Impale
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Execute III
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
Refutation
4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Second Wind III
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
War Banner
4%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Cannibalism I
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Direstrike I
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
Azmerian Swarms
4%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Blind II
100%
└
Hulking Minions
100%
└
Maim
100%
Enfeeble
4%
Purity of Lightning
4%
└
Seraph's Heart
100%
└
Cool Headed
100%
└
Her Declaration
100%
└
Clarity II
100%
└
Warm Blooded
100%
Purity of Ice
4%
└
Her Declaration
100%
└
Vitality II
100%
└
Clarity II
100%
└
Direstrike II
100%
└
Warm Blooded
100%
Rhoa Mount
4%
└
Romira's Requital
100%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
Impurity
4%
└
Warm Blooded
100%
└
Vitality II
100%
└
Clarity II
100%
└
Cannibalism II
100%
Mirage Archer
4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Deliberation
100%
└
Supercritical
100%
Grim Pillars
4%
└
Dialla's Desire
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
└
Astral Projection
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
Remnants of Kalguur
4%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
100%
Infernal Cry
4%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
Killing Palm
4%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Minion Pact II
100%
└
Ancestral Call II
100%
└
Blazing Critical
100%