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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

(Martial Artist) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 27 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-29 19:45:52 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 27 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Elemental Armament II, Magnified Area II, Lightning Mastery. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Runic Meridians, Way of the Stonefist, Overflowing Power 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
70.4%
└
Magnified Area II
48.1%
└
Lightning Mastery
37%
└
Armour Explosion
33.3%
└
Living Lightning II
33.3%
└
Execute III
29.6%
└
Oisín's Oath
25.9%
└
Culmination II
22.2%
└
Eonyr's Thunder
18.5%
└
Longshot II
18.5%
└
Blind II
18.5%
└
Embitter
18.5%
└
Breachlord's Rift
14.8%
└
Elemental Focus
14.8%
└
Deadly Herald
11.1%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Charged Staff
92.6%
└
Blazing Critical
88%
└
Prolonged Duration II
76%
└
Innervate
48%
└
Ice Bite II
32%
└
Blind II
32%
└
Oisín's Oath
24%
└
Elemental Armament II
24%
└
Embitter
20%
└
Perpetual Charge
16%
└
Culling Strike II
16%
└
Freeze
12%
└
Bhatair's Vengeance
12%
└
Vorana's Siege
12%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
12%
└
Esh's Prowess
8%
Flicker Strike
85.2%
└
Elemental Armament II
87%
└
Concentrated Area
87%
└
Rakiata's Flow
65.2%
└
Perpetual Charge
43.5%
└
Close Combat II
39.1%
└
Hit and Run
39.1%
└
Momentum
21.7%
└
Execute III
21.7%
└
Culmination II
17.4%
└
Rapid Attacks II
13%
└
Heightened Charges
8.7%
└
Elemental Focus
8.7%
└
Ancestral Call II
8.7%
└
Blindside
8.7%
└
Ambrosia II
4.3%
Charge Regulation
77.8%
└
Direstrike I
19%
└
Clarity I
19%
└
Uhtred's Augury
14.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
9.5%
└
Uhtred's Exodus
9.5%
└
Clarity II
9.5%
└
Precision I
9.5%
└
Her Declaration
9.5%
└
Uhtred's Omen
9.5%
└
Atziri's Communion
4.8%
└
Dialla's Desire
4.8%
└
Direstrike II
4.8%
└
Strong Hearted
4.8%
└
Cool Headed
4.8%
Pinnacle of Power
74.1%
└
Heightened Charges
95%
└
Prolonged Duration II
90%
└
Perpetual Charge
80%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
65%
└
Fire Mastery
20%
└
Efficiency II
5%
└
Uhtred's Rite
5%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
5%
└
Potent Exposure
5%
└
Lightning Mastery
5%
Power Siphon
74.1%
└
Armour Demolisher I
5%
└
Lifetap
5%
└
Bounty II
5%
└
Rapid Casting II
5%
└
Soul Drain
5%
└
Charge Profusion II
5%
└
Mobility
5%
Falling Thunder
70.4%
└
Nova Projectiles I
94.7%
└
Breachlord's Amalgam
73.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
52.6%
└
Culmination II
42.1%
└
Perpetual Charge
36.8%
└
Rakiata's Flow
26.3%
└
Execute III
21.1%
└
Magnified Area II
21.1%
└
Ricochet II
21.1%
└
Pinpoint Critical
15.8%
└
Blindside
10.5%
└
Fist of War II
10.5%
└
Ice Bite II
10.5%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
10.5%
└
Concentrated Area
10.5%
Herald of Ice
66.7%
└
Magnified Area II
88.9%
└
Armour Explosion
66.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
61.1%
└
Uruk's Smelting
38.9%
└
Execute III
33.3%
└
Cold Mastery
33.3%
└
Armour Break III
33.3%
└
Elemental Focus
16.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
11.1%
└
Blindside
11.1%
└
Shock
11.1%
└
Pinpoint Critical
5.6%
└
Mórrigan's Insight
5.6%
└
Shock Conduction
5.6%
└
Frozen Spite
5.6%
Wind Dancer
59.3%
└
Blind II
87.5%
└
Magnified Area II
75%
└
Maim
37.5%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
25%
└
Knockback
25%
└
Close Combat II
18.8%
└
Freeze
18.8%
└
Elemental Armament II
18.8%
└
Vruun's Inevitability
12.5%
└
Execute III
12.5%
└
Living Lightning II
12.5%
└
Culling Strike II
6.2%
└
Lightning Penetration
6.2%
└
Bounty II
6.2%
└
Blindside
6.2%
Ghost Dance
59.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
87.5%
└
Her Declaration
37.5%
└
Direstrike II
25%
└
Clarity II
18.8%
└
Atziri's Communion
18.8%
└
Seraph's Heart
18.8%
└
Precision II
12.5%
└
Warm Blooded
12.5%
└
Cool Headed
12.5%
└
Cannibalism II
6.2%
└
Vitality II
6.2%
└
Breachlord's Rift
6.2%
└
Clarity I
6.2%
└
Strong Hearted
6.2%
└
Direstrike I
6.2%
Trinity
55.6%
└
Atziri's Communion
33.3%
└
Fire Mastery
33.3%
└
Uhtred's Omen
26.7%
└
Cold Mastery
20%
└
Clarity II
13.3%
└
Dialla's Desire
13.3%
└
Direstrike II
13.3%
└
Cool Headed
13.3%
└
Warm Blooded
13.3%
└
Uhtred's Augury
13.3%
└
Clarity I
13.3%
└
Esh's Prowess
6.7%
└
Lightning Mastery
6.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
6.7%
└
Direstrike I
6.7%
Whirling Assault
48.1%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Ailith's Chimes
92.3%
└
Culmination II
84.6%
└
Living Lightning II
69.2%
└
Charge Profusion II
53.8%
└
Pinpoint Critical
23.1%
└
Efficiency II
15.4%
└
Oisín's Oath
7.7%
└
Vorana's Siege
7.7%
└
Magnified Area II
7.7%
└
Heft
7.7%
└
Ancestral Call II
7.7%
└
Heavy Swing
7.7%
└
Vruun's Inevitability
7.7%
└
Bhatair's Vengeance
7.7%
Quarterstaff Strike
40.7%
└
Magnified Area II
27.3%
└
Execute III
18.2%
└
Rapid Attacks III
18.2%
└
Living Lightning II
18.2%
└
Culling Strike II
18.2%
└
Elemental Armament II
9.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
9.1%
└
Perpetual Charge
9.1%
└
Hit and Run
9.1%
└
Practiced Combo
9.1%
└
Heavy Swing
9.1%
└
Culmination II
9.1%
└
Ancestral Call II
9.1%
└
Bleed III
9.1%
└
Shock
9.1%
Herald of Ash
29.6%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Fire Mastery
75%
└
Compressed Duration II
37.5%
└
Acrimony
25%
└
Prolonged Duration II
12.5%
└
Uruk's Smelting
12.5%
└
Cool Headed
12.5%
└
Prolonged Duration I
12.5%
└
Armour Demolisher II
12.5%
Punch
25.9%
└
Perpetual Charge
42.9%
└
Prolonged Duration II
28.6%
└
Rapid Attacks III
28.6%
└
Magnified Area II
28.6%
└
Ancestral Call II
14.3%
└
Close Combat II
14.3%
└
Hit and Run
14.3%
└
Impale
14.3%
└
Stormfire
14.3%
└
Culmination II
14.3%
└
Heightened Charges
14.3%
└
Innervate
14.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
14.3%
└
Lightning Exposure
14.3%
└
Mana Leech
14.3%
Purity of Fire
25.9%
└
Cool Headed
71.4%
└
Warm Blooded
71.4%
└
Clarity II
71.4%
└
Strong Hearted
57.1%
└
Precision II
14.3%
└
Vitality II
14.3%
└
Cannibalism II
14.3%
└
Herbalism II
14.3%
Profane Ritual
25.9%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Overabundance I
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Energy Retention
85.7%
└
Fluke
14.3%
Blasphemy
22.2%
└
Magnified Area II
83.3%
└
Ritualistic Curse
83.3%
└
Slow Potency
66.7%
└
Hex Bloom
66.7%
└
Culmination II
16.7%
└
Living Lightning
16.7%
└
Ailith's Chimes
16.7%
└
Charge Profusion II
16.7%
└
Clarity II
16.7%
└
Heightened Curse
16.7%
Reaper's Invocation
22.2%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Overabundance I
100%
└
Energy Retention
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
Ice Strike
18.5%
└
Living Lightning II
100%
└
Culmination II
100%
└
Ailith's Chimes
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
80%
└
Rage III
60%
└
Crescendo II
20%
└
Charge Profusion I
20%
└
Efficiency II
20%
Mana Remnants
18.5%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
80%
└
Remnant Potency III
40%
└
Remnant Potency I
20%
Temporal Chains
18.5%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
└
Slow Potency
80%
└
Hex Bloom
80%
└
Clarity II
20%
└
Heightened Curse
20%
Shattering Palm
18.5%
└
Living Lightning II
100%
└
Culmination II
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Ailith's Chimes
100%
└
Rage III
60%
└
Breachlord's Rift
20%
└
Rage II
20%
Mantra of Destruction
14.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Chaos Mastery
100%
└
Delayed Gratification
100%
└
Mobility
75%
└
Deliberation
25%
└
Profanity II
25%
Azmerian Wolf
11.1%
└
Romira's Requital
66.7%
└
Hulking Minions
33.3%
└
Kurgal's Leash
33.3%
└
Elemental Army
33.3%
└
Brutus' Brain
33.3%
└
Catha's Brilliance
33.3%
└
Blind II
33.3%
└
Fire Exposure
33.3%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
33.3%
└
Loyalty
33.3%
└
Feeding Frenzy II
33.3%
└
Minion Instability
33.3%
Discipline
11.1%
└
Clarity II
33.3%
Tempest Flurry
11.1%
└
Culmination II
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Ailith's Chimes
100%
└
Living Lightning II
66.7%
└
Medved's Felling
66.7%
└
Rage III
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
33.3%
Berserk
11.1%
└
Vitality I
33.3%
Raise Shield
11.1%
└
Living Lightning II
33.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
33.3%
└
Supercritical
33.3%
Hollow Focus
7.4%
└
Armour Explosion
50%
Spirit Vessel
7.4%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
50%
└
Meat Shield II
50%
└
Romira's Requital
50%
Elemental Conflux
7.4%
└
Dialla's Desire
100%
└
Uhtred's Omen
100%
Purity of Lightning
7.4%
└
Cool Headed
100%
└
Clarity II
100%
└
Strong Hearted
50%
└
Warm Blooded
50%
└
Precision II
50%
└
Vitality II
50%
Refutation
7.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
50%
└
Mobility
50%
Infernal Cry
3.7%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Hollow Resonance
3.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Eternal Rage
3.7%
Arctic Howl
3.7%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
100%
└
Meat Shield II
100%
└
Romira's Requital
100%
Storm Wave
3.7%
└
Execute III
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Rigwald's Ferocity
100%
└
Kaom's Madness
100%
└
Rakiata's Flow
100%
Repulsion
3.7%
└
Culmination II
100%
└
Living Lightning
100%
└
Ailith's Chimes
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
Cast on Critical
3.7%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Overabundance I
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Fluke
100%
Shockwave Totem
3.7%
Shield Charge
3.7%
Hollow Form
3.7%
Malice
3.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
War Banner
3.7%
└
Direstrike I
100%
└
Cannibalism I
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
Tempest Bell
3.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Close Combat II
100%
└
Ancestral Call II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
Cast on Block
3.7%
Hand of Chayula
3.7%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Hit and Run
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
Sniper's Mark
3.7%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Hit and Run
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
Blink
3.7%
└
Mobility
100%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Dialla's Desire
100%
Purity of Ice
3.7%
└
Strong Hearted
100%
└
Warm Blooded
100%
└
Clarity II
100%
└
Herbalism II
100%
└
Cool Headed
100%