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1.7%
Acolyte Of Chayula
0.9%
Amazon
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%
Titan
2.3%
Warbringer
0.3%
Warrior
0.5%
Witch
Witchhunter
1.1%

Herald of Blood

(Smith of Kitava) Builds
<7575-8990+

Sample size: 23 characters analyzed.
Last updated: 2026-07-28 19:43:54 UTC

The Herald of Blood is a highly effective skill for the Smith of Kitava in Path of Exile 2. Based on our latest ladder analysis of 23 top players in the 90-plus bracket, this build frequently maximizes damage by utilizing support gems such as Poison III, Bursting Plague, Bleed III. To optimize survivability and DPS, players commonly allocate key passives like Smith's Masterwork, Blood Magic, Kitavan Engraving on the skill tree.

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

★ Selected Main Skills

Herald of Blood
100%
└
Poison III
91.3%
└
Bursting Plague
91.3%
└
Bleed III
87%
└
Magnified Area II
69.6%
└
Escalating Poison
69.6%
└
Corrosion
21.7%
└
Overreach
13%
└
Vorana's Siege
13%
└
Armour Break III
8.7%
└
Bleed IV
8.7%
└
Brutality III
8.7%
└
Uruk's Smelting
4.3%
└
Life Leech III
4.3%
└
Tacati's Ire
4.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
4.3%

Other Active Skills & Auras

Raise Shield
91.3%
└
Deadly Resolve
14.3%
└
Life Leech III
9.5%
└
Rage III
4.8%
└
Armour Demolisher II
4.8%
└
Armour Break III
4.8%
└
Poison III
4.8%
└
Bleed III
4.8%
└
Corrosion
4.8%
└
Steadfast II
4.8%
└
Mobility
4.8%
└
Magnified Area II
4.8%
└
Physical Mastery
4.8%
└
Concentrated Area
4.8%
└
Vorana's Siege
4.8%
└
Tacati's Ire
4.8%
Infernal Cry
82.6%
└
Raging Cry
89.5%
└
Tireless
78.9%
└
Corrupting Cry II
52.6%
└
Efficiency II
47.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
47.4%
└
Enraged Warcry II
31.6%
└
Echoing Cry
21.1%
└
Magnified Area II
15.8%
└
Fire Mastery
15.8%
└
Brutality III
15.8%
└
Paquate's Pact
15.8%
└
Swift Affliction II
10.5%
└
Second Wind III
10.5%
└
Fire Penetration II
5.3%
└
Lifetap
5.3%
Scavenged Plating
78.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
83.3%
└
Physical Mastery
61.1%
└
Vitality I
27.8%
└
Armour Demolisher II
22.2%
└
Precision II
22.2%
└
Cannibalism II
16.7%
└
Cannibalism I
16.7%
└
Vitality II
5.6%
└
Prolonged Duration I
5.6%
Shield Wall
73.9%
└
Poison III
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
82.4%
└
Heft
64.7%
└
Concentrated Area
35.3%
└
Ahn's Citadel
23.5%
└
Close Combat II
17.6%
└
Kaom's Madness
17.6%
└
Vorana's Siege
11.8%
└
Rapid Attacks II
11.8%
└
Heavy Swing
5.9%
└
Defy I
5.9%
└
Uul-Netol's Embrace
5.9%
└
Admixture
5.9%
└
Physical Mastery
5.9%
Herald of Plague
73.9%
└
Chaos Mastery
100%
└
Precision I
29.4%
└
Armour Demolisher II
23.5%
└
Cannibalism I
11.8%
└
Deadly Herald
5.9%
└
Vitality I
5.9%
└
Vitality II
5.9%
└
Dialla's Desire
5.9%
└
Uhtred's Omen
5.9%
Resonating Shield
69.6%
└
Poison III
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Uruk's Smelting
68.8%
└
Styrn's Ferocity
62.5%
└
Rage III
43.8%
└
Styrn's Mountain
37.5%
└
Heft
31.2%
└
Close Combat II
18.8%
└
Rapid Attacks II
6.2%
└
Uul-Netol's Embrace
6.2%
└
Corrosion
6.2%
└
Tacati's Ire
6.2%
└
Steadfast II
6.2%
└
Physical Mastery
6.2%
Magma Barrier
69.6%
└
Enduring Impact II
87.5%
└
Charge Profusion II
87.5%
└
Stun III
50%
└
Magnified Area II
43.8%
└
Fire Attunement
43.8%
└
Rage III
37.5%
└
Fire Mastery
37.5%
└
Elemental Armament II
18.8%
└
Stun II
12.5%
└
Wildfire
6.2%
└
Ignite III
6.2%
└
Heft
6.2%
└
Armour Demolisher II
6.2%
└
Immolate
6.2%
Fortifying Cry
65.2%
└
Poison III
80%
└
Admixture
80%
└
Escalating Poison
73.3%
└
Enraged Warcry II
66.7%
└
Deadly Poison II
46.7%
└
Raging Cry
26.7%
└
Rage III
20%
└
Heft
13.3%
└
Heavy Swing
13.3%
└
Bleed III
13.3%
└
Arakaali's Lust
6.7%
└
Bursting Plague
6.7%
└
Tacati's Ire
6.7%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
6.7%
Berserk
56.5%
└
Dialla's Desire
38.5%
└
Uhtred's Omen
30.8%
└
Vitality II
15.4%
└
Armour Demolisher II
15.4%
└
Uhtred's Augury
15.4%
└
Her Declaration
15.4%
└
Cannibalism II
7.7%
Mace Strike
52.2%
└
Heft
50%
└
Rapid Attacks II
33.3%
└
Rage III
33.3%
└
Heavy Swing
25%
└
Magnified Area II
25%
└
Elemental Armament II
16.7%
└
Ancestral Call II
16.7%
└
Armour Break III
16.7%
└
Fire Penetration II
8.3%
└
Fire Attunement
8.3%
└
Bleed III
8.3%
└
Blind II
8.3%
└
Defy II
8.3%
└
Close Combat II
8.3%
└
Bleed I
8.3%
Shield Charge
30.4%
└
Rage III
71.4%
└
Stun III
42.9%
└
Rapid Attacks III
42.9%
└
Rapid Attacks II
42.9%
└
Poison III
42.9%
└
Bleed III
42.9%
└
Cadence
28.6%
└
Vanguard II
14.3%
└
Enduring Impact II
14.3%
└
Heft
14.3%
└
Close Combat II
14.3%
└
Bursting Plague
14.3%
└
Life Leech III
14.3%
└
Efficiency II
14.3%
Leap Slam
21.7%
└
Enduring Impact II
40%
└
Holy Descent
40%
└
Stun III
40%
└
Rapid Attacks III
40%
└
Rapid Attacks II
40%
└
Lifetap
40%
└
Bleed III
40%
└
Poison III
20%
└
Heft
20%
└
Fist of War II
20%
└
Opening Move
20%
└
Aftershock II
20%
└
Cadence
20%
Time of Need
17.4%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
100%
└
Vitality II
50%
└
Armour Demolisher II
25%
└
Cannibalism II
25%
Ancestral Cry
13%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Close Combat II
100%
└
Zerphi's Infamy
100%
└
Brambleslam
100%
└
Quill Burst
66.7%
└
Fire Penetration II
33.3%
Armour Breaker
13%
└
Rage III
100%
└
Uruk's Smelting
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
└
Barbs III
66.7%
└
Heft
33.3%
Molten Shower
13%
└
Multishot II
66.7%
└
Close Combat II
66.7%
└
Retreat III
33.3%
└
Scouring Flame
33.3%
└
Culling Strike II
33.3%
└
Fire Penetration II
33.3%
Cast on Block
13%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Energy Retention
66.7%
└
Heft
33.3%
Repulsion
13%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Boundless Energy II
100%
└
Energy Retention
66.7%
└
Heft
33.3%
Refutation
13%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Atziri's Impatience
100%
└
Rapid Casting II
100%
└
Efficiency II
100%
Seismic Cry
13%
└
Raging Cry
66.7%
└
Echoing Cry
66.7%
└
Magnified Area II
33.3%
└
Heft
33.3%
└
Physical Mastery
33.3%
└
Armour Demolisher II
33.3%
└
Cooldown Recovery II
33.3%
└
Efficiency I
33.3%
└
Efficiency II
33.3%
Herald of Ash
13%
└
Magnified Area II
66.7%
└
Fire Mastery
66.7%
└
Armour Demolisher II
33.3%
└
Precision I
33.3%
Forge Hammer
13%
└
Heft
66.7%
└
Fist of War II
66.7%
└
Close Combat II
66.7%
└
Elemental Armament II
66.7%
└
Rapid Attacks II
66.7%
└
Defy II
33.3%
└
Rage III
33.3%
└
Uruk's Smelting
33.3%
└
Branching Fissures II
33.3%
└
Bleed III
33.3%
Spear Throw
8.7%
Parry
8.7%
Perfect Strike
8.7%
└
Cadence
100%
└
Perfected Endurance
100%
└
Perfection
100%
└
Rapid Attacks II
50%
└
Rapid Attacks III
50%
Eternal Rage
8.7%
Iron Ward
8.7%
└
Heft
100%
└
Rageforged II
100%
└
Thornskin II
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Punch
8.7%
└
Perpetual Charge
50%
└
Poison III
50%
└
Heightened Charges
50%
└
Prolonged Duration II
50%
└
Rapid Attacks III
50%
└
Execute I
50%
└
Rage III
50%
└
Magnified Area I
50%
└
Bleed I
50%
Untether
4.3%
Attrition
4.3%
Pounce
4.3%
└
Culling Strike II
100%
└
Maim
100%
└
Brutus' Brain
100%
└
Opening Move
100%
└
Blind II
100%
Blood Hunt
4.3%
└
Rapid Attacks II
100%
└
Heft
100%
└
Physical Mastery
100%
└
Life Leech II
100%
Bloodhound's Mark
4.3%
└
Execute II
100%
└
Heft
100%
└
Culling Strike II
100%
└
Charged Mark
100%
Spear Stab
4.3%
└
Blind II
100%
└
Rapid Attacks I
100%
Manifest Weapon
4.3%
Shockwave Totem
4.3%
└
Urgent Totems III
100%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Hardy Totems II
100%
└
Reinforced Totems II
100%
Wind Dancer
4.3%
└
Poison III
100%
└
Bursting Plague
100%
└
Corrosion
100%
└
Life Leech III
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Stampede
4.3%
└
Jagged Ground II
100%
└
Heft
100%
└
Fist of War II
100%
└
Medved's Felling
100%
└
Bleed III
100%
Hammer of the Gods
4.3%
└
Heft
100%
└
Zerphi's Infamy
100%
└
Heavy Swing
100%
└
Aftershock II
100%
└
Fist of War III
100%
Rolling Slam
4.3%
└
Heft
100%
└
Fist of War II
100%
└
Heavy Swing
100%
└
Atalui's Bloodletting
100%
└
Rakiata's Flow
100%
Fire Spell on Hit
4.3%
└
Mysticism I
100%
└
Fire Mastery
100%
Soaring Midnight
4.3%
└
Projectile Acceleration III
100%
└
Magnified Area II
100%
└
Heavy Swing
100%
└
Pierce II
100%
War Banner
4.3%
└
Prolonged Duration II
100%
└
Daresso's Passion
100%