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1.7%
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0.9%
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0.4%
Blood Mage
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%
Martial Artist
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%
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2.3%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
0.5%
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Witchhunter
1.1%

Herald of Thunder

(Monk) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 14 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Herald of Thunder is a highly effective skill for the Monk in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 14 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Elemental Armament II, Living Lightning II, Magnified Area II. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Heartstopping, Struck Through, For the Jugular 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
92.9%
└
Living Lightning II
42.9%
└
Magnified Area II
42.9%
└
Longshot II
35.7%
└
Lightning Mastery
28.6%
└
Elemental Focus
21.4%
└
Culling Strike II
21.4%
└
Pinpoint Critical
21.4%
└
Lightning Penetration
14.3%
└
Blind II
14.3%
└
Armour Explosion
14.3%
└
Culmination II
14.3%
└
Oisín's Oath
14.3%
└
Concentrated Area
7.1%
└
Fire Attunement
7.1%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Herald of Ash
50%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Fire Mastery
85.7%
└
Swift Affliction II
57.1%
└
Cannibalism I
28.6%
└
Armour Demolisher II
28.6%
└
Acrimony
28.6%
└
Compressed Duration II
14.3%
└
Precision II
14.3%
└
Swift Affliction III
14.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
14.3%
Wind Dancer
42.9%
└
Blind II
83.3%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Maim
33.3%
└
Culmination II
33.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
33.3%
└
Knockback
33.3%
└
Magnified Area I
16.7%
└
Quill Burst
16.7%
└
Cannibalism I
16.7%
└
Living Lightning II
16.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
16.7%
└
Deep Cuts II
16.7%
└
Bleed III
16.7%
Flicker Strike
35.7%
└
Rakiata's Flow
80%
└
Elemental Armament II
80%
└
Hit and Run
60%
└
Concentrated Area
60%
└
Close Combat II
40%
└
Rapid Attacks II
40%
└
Perpetual Charge
40%
└
Elemental Focus
20%
└
Culmination II
20%
└
Rageforged II
20%
└
Execute III
20%
└
Minion Pact II
20%
Charged Staff
35.7%
└
Blazing Critical
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Innervate
60%
└
Elemental Armament II
40%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
40%
└
Ice Bite II
40%
└
Perpetual Charge
20%
└
Freeze
20%
└
Bhatair's Vengeance
20%
└
Shock
20%
└
Magnified Area II
20%
└
Oisín's Oath
20%
Ghost Dance
35.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
80%
└
Clarity II
40%
└
Direstrike I
20%
└
Precision I
20%
Blasphemy
35.7%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
80%
└
Slow Potency
60%
└
Hex Bloom
40%
└
Focused Curse
40%
└
Cursed Ground
20%
└
Prolonged Duration II
20%
└
Fire Mastery
20%
Temporal Chains
35.7%
└
Magnified Area II
80%
└
Slow Potency
60%
└
Ritualistic Curse
60%
└
Hex Bloom
40%
└
Cursed Ground
20%
└
Focused Curse
20%
└
Prolonged Duration II
20%
Elemental Conflux
35.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
60%
└
Fire Mastery
40%
└
Lightning Mastery
40%
└
Atziri's Communion
20%
└
Cold Mastery
20%
└
Dialla's Desire
20%
└
Direstrike II
20%
└
Clarity I
20%
└
Uhtred's Omen
20%
└
Precision II
20%
└
Compressed Duration II
20%
Herald of Ice
28.6%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
75%
└
Elemental Focus
50%
└
Armour Explosion
50%
└
Uruk's Smelting
50%
└
Living Lightning II
25%
└
Concentrated Area
25%
└
Longshot II
25%
└
Cold Mastery
25%
└
Tul's Stillness
25%
└
Armour Break III
25%
└
Execute III
25%
Freezing Mark
28.6%
└
Charged Mark
75%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Eternal Mark
50%
└
Rapid Attacks III
25%
└
Efficiency II
25%
Whirling Assault
28.6%
└
Living Lightning II
100%
└
Culmination II
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Ailith's Chimes
100%
└
Rage III
75%
└
Vorana's Siege
25%
Trinity
28.6%
└
Cold Mastery
50%
└
Fire Mastery
50%
└
Vitality II
25%
└
Direstrike I
25%
└
Armour Demolisher II
25%
Charge Regulation
28.6%
└
Uhtred's Omen
25%
└
Cannibalism I
25%
Eternal Rage
28.6%
└
Precision II
25%
└
Cannibalism I
25%
└
Armour Demolisher II
25%
Herald of Blood
21.4%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Uruk's Smelting
66.7%
└
Armour Break III
66.7%
└
Bleed III
66.7%
└
Poison III
33.3%
└
Admixture
33.3%
└
Bursting Plague
33.3%
Falling Thunder
21.4%
└
Nova Projectiles I
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Breachlord's Amalgam
66.7%
└
Fist of War II
66.7%
└
Perpetual Charge
66.7%
└
Fork
66.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
Voltaic Mark
21.4%
└
Charged Mark
66.7%
└
Rapid Attacks III
33.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
Pinnacle of Power
21.4%
└
Perpetual Charge
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Heightened Charges
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
Power Siphon
21.4%
Mirage Deadeye
21.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
66.7%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Freeze
33.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Overcharge
33.3%
Mirage Archer
21.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
66.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
33.3%
└
Deliberation
33.3%
└
Bleed III
33.3%
└
Pinpoint Critical
33.3%
Tornado Shot
21.4%
└
Overabundance II
100%
└
Durability
100%
└
Efficiency II
66.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Maim
33.3%
└
Rapid Attacks I
33.3%
└
Blind II
33.3%
Barrage
21.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Perpetual Charge
100%
└
Heightened Charges
66.7%
└
Rapid Casting II
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
33.3%
Galvanic Shards
21.4%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Fork
100%
└
Ratha's Assault
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
66.7%
└
Prolonged Duration II
33.3%
└
Deep Cuts II
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
Life Remnants
21.4%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency III
66.7%
└
Precision I
33.3%
└
Remnant Potency II
33.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
33.3%
Plasma Blast
21.4%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
└
Deep Cuts II
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Concoct II
66.7%
Time of Need
21.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
66.7%
└
Uhtred's Omen
33.3%
Hand of Chayula
14.3%
└
Rapid Attacks III
50%
└
Charged Mark
50%
Sniper's Mark
14.3%
└
Rapid Attacks III
50%
└
Charged Mark
50%
Quarterstaff Strike
14.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
└
Rage III
50%
└
Culmination II
50%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
└
Charge Profusion II
50%
└
Close Combat II
50%
Mana Remnants
14.3%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
└
Remnant Potency III
50%
Purity of Fire
14.3%
└
Cool Headed
50%
└
Clarity II
50%
└
Strong Hearted
50%
└
Warm Blooded
50%
Ice Shot
14.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Charged Shots II
50%
└
Ice Bite II
50%
└
Deliberation
50%
└
Freeze
50%
└
Fork
50%
└
Breachlord's Rift
50%
Ice-Tipped Arrows
14.3%
└
Elemental Focus
100%
└
Culling Strike II
50%
└
Elemental Armament III
50%
└
Cold Exposure
50%
└
Short Fuse II
50%
└
Short Fuse I
50%
└
Freeze
50%
└
Uhtred's Constellation
50%
└
Elemental Armament II
50%
Bow Shot
14.3%
└
Cold Attunement
50%
└
Rapid Attacks III
50%
└
Blind II
50%
└
Fork
50%
└
Ice Bite I
50%
└
Innervate
50%
└
Rapid Attacks I
50%
└
Bleed I
50%
└
Mobility
50%
└
Corrosion
50%
Azmerian Swarms
14.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Blind II
50%
└
Culling Strike II
50%
└
Minion Mastery
50%
└
Cold Exposure
50%
└
Fire Exposure
50%
└
Lightning Exposure
50%
Arctic Armour
14.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Execute III
50%
└
Zenith II
50%
└
Cold Mastery
50%
└
Embitter
50%
Crossbow Shot
14.3%
└
Bleed III
50%
└
Stun III
50%
└
Ricochet II
50%
└
Concentrated Area
50%
Berserk
14.3%
└
Precision I
50%
Plague Bearer
7.1%
└
Blazing Critical
100%
└
Ambush
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Heft
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
Gas Arrow
7.1%
└
Heft
100%
└
Deadly Poison II
100%
└
Multishot II
100%
└
Persistent Ground III
100%
└
Escalating Poison
100%
Poisonburst Arrow
7.1%
└
Bursting Plague
100%
└
Corrosion
100%
└
Heft
100%
└
Deadly Poison II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
Toxic Growth
7.1%
└
Long Fuse II
100%
└
Arakaali's Lust
100%
└
Deadly Poison II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Punch
7.1%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
Herald of Plague
7.1%
└
Cannibalism II
100%
Explosive Transmutation
7.1%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Heft
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Concussive Spells
100%
Shattering Palm
7.1%
└
Living Lightning II
100%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Culmination II
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
└
Ailith's Chimes
100%
Siphon Elements
7.1%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
Freezing Salvo
7.1%
└
Freeze
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Ice Bite II
100%
Azmerian Wolf
7.1%
└
Blind II
100%
└
Hulking Minions
100%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
Discipline
7.1%
Shockburst Rounds
7.1%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Fresh Clip II
100%
└
Elemental Focus
100%
Convalescence
7.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Second Wind III
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
Called Shots
7.1%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Eternal Mark
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
└
Mark of Siphoning II
100%
Snipe
7.1%
└
Window of Opportunity II
100%
└
Tasalio's Rhythm
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Elemental Focus
100%
Lightning Arrow
7.1%
└
Overcharge
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Garukhan's Resolve
100%
└
Fork
100%
└
Innervate
100%
└
Rakiata's Flow
100%
Lightning Rod
7.1%
└
Multishot II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Concentrated Area
100%
└
Blindside
100%
└
Lightning Attunement
100%
Lightning Warp
7.1%
└
Living Lightning II
100%
└
Thrill of the Kill II
100%
└
Static Shocks
100%
Reaper's Invocation
7.1%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Overabundance I
100%
└
Energy Retention
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
Profane Ritual
7.1%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Overabundance I
100%
└
Energy Retention
100%
└
Charge Profusion II
100%
Enfeeble
7.1%
Elemental Weakness
7.1%
└
Focused Curse
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
└
Ritualistic Curse
100%
Archon of Chayula
7.1%
└
Vorana's Siege
100%
└
Chaos Mastery
100%
└
Profanity II
100%
└
Esh's Radiance
100%
└
Supercritical
100%
Voltaic Barrier
7.1%
└
Runeforged Blades
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Kaom's Madness
100%
└
Ahn's Citadel
100%
Twister
7.1%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Longshot II
100%
└
Innervate
100%
└
Salvo
100%
Whirling Slash
7.1%
└
Blazing Critical
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Pinpoint Critical
100%
Spear Stab
7.1%
└
Ancestral Call II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Rage II
100%
Righteous Descent
7.1%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Fist of War II
100%
Cast on Block
7.1%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
Despair
7.1%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
Repulsion
7.1%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Spell Cascade
100%
Into the Breach
7.1%
└
Remnant Potency I
100%
└
Khatal's Rejuvenation
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
Remnants of Kalguur
7.1%
└
Remnant Potency I
100%
└
Harmonic Remnants II
100%
Spear Throw
7.1%
└
Poison III
100%
Raise Shield
7.1%
Cast on Elemental Ailment
7.1%
└
Vitality II
100%
└
Biting Frost II
100%
└
Branching Fissures II
100%
Entangle
7.1%
└
Vitality II
100%
└
Biting Frost II
100%
└
Branching Fissures II
100%
Refutation
7.1%
└
Vitality II
100%
└
Biting Frost II
100%
└
Branching Fissures II
100%
Glacial Bolt
7.1%
└
Vorana's Siege
100%
└
Elemental Armament II
100%
└
Kaom's Madness
100%
└
Ahn's Citadel
100%
└
Rakiata's Flow
100%
Verisium Manifestations
7.1%
└
Pierce III
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Multishot II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
└
Biting Frost II
100%
Pounce
7.1%
└
Maim
100%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
└
Rapid Attacks III
100%
└
Blind II
100%
└
Biting Frost II
100%
Virtuous Barrier
7.1%