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1.6%
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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%
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Witchhunter
1.1%

Harbinger of Madness

(Monk) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 26 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-29 19:45:52 UTC

The Harbinger of Madness is a highly effective skill for the Monk in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 26 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Armour Break III, Uruk's Smelting, Bursting Plague. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Dominion, Archon of Chayula, Waking Dream on the skill tree.

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

★ Selected Main Skills

Harbinger of Madness
100%
└
Armour Break III
96.2%
└
Uruk's Smelting
88.5%
└
Bursting Plague
80.8%
└
Corrosion
76.9%
└
Poison III
53.8%
└
Poison II
19.2%
└
Heft
15.4%
└
Poison I
11.5%
└
Concentrated Area
7.7%
└
Magnified Area II
7.7%
└
Bleed IV
7.7%
└
Blind II
7.7%
└
Physical Mastery
3.8%
└
Deadly Poison II
3.8%
└
Armour Demolisher II
3.8%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Blasphemy
92.3%
└
Magnified Area II
91.7%
└
Living Lightning II
87.5%
└
Poison III
66.7%
└
Hex Bloom
62.5%
└
Ritualistic Curse
20.8%
└
Doedre's Undoing
4.2%
└
Vitality I
4.2%
└
Bursting Plague
4.2%
└
Bleed III
4.2%
└
Slow Potency
4.2%
└
Heightened Curse
4.2%
└
Vitality II
4.2%
└
Physical Mastery
4.2%
└
Clarity I
4.2%
Archon of Chayula
84.6%
└
Prolonged Duration II
90.9%
└
Vorana's Siege
90.9%
└
Profanity II
86.4%
└
Chaos Mastery
81.8%
└
Xoph's Pyre
68.2%
└
Poison III
13.6%
└
Close Combat II
9.1%
└
Esh's Radiance
9.1%
└
Execute II
4.5%
└
Rapid Attacks II
4.5%
└
Chaos Attunement
4.5%
└
Admixture
4.5%
└
Arakaali's Lust
4.5%
└
Escalating Poison
4.5%
└
Concentrated Area
4.5%
Into the Breach
84.6%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
90.9%
└
Remnant Potency III
90.9%
└
Armour Demolisher II
77.3%
└
Vitality II
9.1%
└
Remnant Potency II
4.5%
└
Remnant Potency I
4.5%
└
Clarity II
4.5%
Repulsion
80.8%
└
Living Lightning II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
95.2%
└
Poison III
76.2%
└
Hex Bloom
71.4%
└
Ritualistic Curse
19%
└
Doedre's Undoing
4.8%
└
Bursting Plague
4.8%
└
Bleed III
4.8%
Despair
80.8%
└
Heightened Curse
95.2%
└
Cursed Ground
85.7%
└
Atziri's Allure
81%
└
Expanse
81%
└
Magnified Area II
19%
└
Ritualistic Curse
19%
└
Doedre's Undoing
9.5%
└
Efficiency II
4.8%
└
Vitality I
4.8%
Raise Shield
76.9%
└
Magnified Area II
10%
└
Rage II
5%
└
Close Combat II
5%
└
Poison III
5%
└
Vanguard II
5%
└
Blind II
5%
└
Stoicism II
5%
└
Mobility
5%
└
Living Lightning II
5%
└
Physical Mastery
5%
└
Lightning Attunement
5%
Molten Shower
73.1%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
89.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
84.2%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
78.9%
└
Concentrated Area
78.9%
└
Fire Attunement
68.4%
└
Rakiata's Flow
15.8%
└
Xoph's Pyre
10.5%
└
Fire Penetration II
5.3%
└
Retreat III
5.3%
└
Culling Strike II
5.3%
└
Oisín's Oath
5.3%
└
Ignite III
5.3%
└
Projectile Acceleration II
5.3%
└
Close Combat II
5.3%
Scavenged Plating
73.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
5.3%
└
Direstrike I
5.3%
└
Clarity II
5.3%
Freezing Mark
53.8%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
92.9%
└
Mark for Death II
85.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
42.9%
└
Efficiency II
14.3%
└
Mark for Death
14.3%
└
Charged Mark
7.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
7.1%
└
Second Wind III
7.1%
Mana Remnants
46.2%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency I
83.3%
└
Remnant Potency III
16.7%
└
Clarity I
8.3%
└
Clarity II
8.3%
Mace Strike
38.5%
└
Rapid Attacks III
40%
└
Rage III
30%
└
Rapid Attacks II
30%
└
Behead II
30%
└
Concentrated Area
30%
└
Armour Break III
30%
└
Magnified Area II
30%
└
Poison III
30%
└
Volcanic Eruption
20%
└
Perpetual Charge
10%
└
Prolonged Duration II
10%
└
Hit and Run
10%
└
Close Combat II
10%
└
Elemental Armament II
10%
└
Fire Attunement
10%
Time of Need
26.9%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Second Wind III
28.6%
└
Clarity II
14.3%
└
Precision II
14.3%
Infernal Cry
15.4%
└
Tireless
75%
└
Fire Mastery
50%
└
Raging Cry
50%
└
Battershout
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery I
50%
└
Enraged Warcry II
25%
└
Corrupting Cry II
25%
└
Echoing Cry
25%
└
Slow Potency
25%
└
Corrosion
25%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Paquate's Pact
25%
Leap Slam
15.4%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Rapid Attacks III
50%
└
Persistent Ground III
50%
└
Holy Descent
50%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
└
Rage III
50%
└
Encroaching Ground
25%
└
Aftershock II
25%
└
Fire Attunement
25%
└
Maim
25%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Stun III
25%
└
Syzygy
25%
Molten Blast
11.5%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Fire Penetration II
33.3%
└
Multishot II
33.3%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Concentrated Area
33.3%
└
Nova Projectiles II
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Fork
33.3%
└
Lifetap
33.3%
└
Nova Projectiles I
33.3%
└
Salvo
33.3%
Plague Bearer
11.5%
└
Bursting Plague
100%
└
Tacati's Ire
100%
└
Deadly Poison II
66.7%
└
Expanse
33.3%
└
Armour Break III
33.3%
└
Execute II
33.3%
└
Admixture
33.3%
└
Vorana's Siege
33.3%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
33.3%
└
Arakaali's Lust
33.3%
Resonating Shield
11.5%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Deadly Resolve
66.7%
└
Styrn's Ferocity
66.7%
└
Rage II
33.3%
└
Life Leech II
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks III
33.3%
└
Bleed III
33.3%
└
Poison III
33.3%
└
Corrosion
33.3%
└
Uruk's Smelting
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
33.3%
Temporal Chains
7.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
└
Living Lightning II
50%
└
Slow Potency
50%
└
Heightened Curse
50%
Forge Hammer
7.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Rageforged II
50%
└
Blindside
50%
└
Fist of War III
50%
└
Branching Fissures II
50%
└
Poison III
50%
└
Admixture
50%
└
Rupture
50%
└
Tul's Stillness
50%
└
Corrosion
50%
Earthshatter
7.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Aftershock II
100%
└
Blazing Critical
50%
└
Rage III
50%
└
Kaom's Madness
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Bhatair's Vengeance
50%
└
Branching Fissures II
50%
Ancestral Cry
7.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Heightened Charges
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
└
Lightning Penetration
50%
└
Brambleslam
50%
└
Close Combat II
50%
Refutation
7.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Uhtred's Rite
50%
└
Mobility
50%
└
Rapid Casting II
50%
└
Efficiency II
50%
└
Second Wind III
50%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
50%
Sunder
7.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Stoicism I
50%
└
Aftershock II
50%
└
Kaom's Madness
50%
└
Poison III
50%
└
Heavy Swing
50%
└
Branching Fissures II
50%
└
Bleed III
50%
Fragments Of The Past
7.7%
└
Short Fuse II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Shock
50%
└
Lightning Exposure
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
Voltaic Barrier
7.7%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Ahn's Citadel
100%
└
Kaom's Madness
100%
└
Neural Overload
50%
Herald of Blood
7.7%
└
Bursting Plague
100%
└
Deadly Poison II
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Corrosion
50%
└
Magnified Area II
50%
└
Poison III
50%
└
Uul-Netol's Embrace
50%
Ghost Dance
7.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Second Wind III
50%
Herald of Plague
7.7%
└
Chaos Mastery
100%
└
Uhtred's Omen
50%
Eternal Rage
7.7%
└
Her Declaration
50%
Ravenous Swarm
3.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Armour Demolisher II
100%
└
Armour Break III
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Voltaic Mark
3.8%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Mark for Death II
100%
└
Eternal Mark
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
Consecrate
3.8%
└
Expanse
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Persistent Ground III
100%
└
Encroaching Ground
100%
Companion: Rabid Dog
3.8%
└
Maim
100%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
└
Catha's Brilliance
100%
└
Minion Mastery
100%
└
Minion Splash II
100%
Herald of Thunder
3.8%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Eonyr's Thunder
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Lightning Penetration
100%
Volcanic Fissure
3.8%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Garukhan's Resolve
100%
└
Blindside
100%
└
Rakiata's Flow
100%
Wolf Pack
3.8%
└
Meat Shield II
100%
└
Elemental Army
100%
└
Deathmarch
100%
└
Amanamu's Tithe
100%
└
Romira's Requital
100%
Summon Infernal Hound
3.8%
└
Minion Splash II
100%
└
Infernal Legion II
100%
Herald of Ash
3.8%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
War Banner
3.8%
└
Expanse
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Daresso's Passion
100%
Charge Regulation
3.8%
└
Cannibalism I
100%
Cast on Block
3.8%
Firestorm
3.8%
Explosive Transmutation
3.8%
└
Bursting Plague
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Zenith II
100%
Wind Dancer
3.8%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Knockback
100%
└
Life Leech I
100%
Boneshatter
3.8%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Oisín's Oath
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Knockback
100%
Herald of Ice
3.8%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Cold Mastery
100%
└
Cold Penetration
100%
└
Elemental Focus
100%
Overwhelming Presence
3.8%
└
Cannibalism I
100%
└
Vitality I
100%
Pounce
3.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Unearth
3.8%
Herald of the Royal Queen
3.8%
└
Poison III
100%
└
Bursting Plague
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Execute II
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
Entangle
3.8%
└
Slow Potency
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Accelerated Growth II
100%
└
Kaom's Madness
100%
Stampede
3.8%
└
Slow Potency
100%
└
Maim
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Holy Descent
100%
Seismic Cry
3.8%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Blind II
100%
└
Stun III
100%
└
Corrupting Cry II
100%
Reap
3.8%
Vulnerability
3.8%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Vitality II
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Clarity I
100%
Hammer of the Gods
3.8%
└
Poison III
100%
└
Tectonic Slams
100%
└
Zerphi's Infamy
100%
└
Fist of War III
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Grim Pillars
3.8%
└
Icicle
100%
└
Cold Exposure
100%
└
Controlled Destruction
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
Conductive Runes
3.8%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Lightning Attunement
100%
└
Close Combat II
100%
└
Pin II
100%
Frostflame Nova
3.8%
└
Living Lightning II
100%
└
Impale
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Supercritical
100%
Elemental Weakness
3.8%