Herald of AshSpell, AoE, Fire, Herald, Duration Level: (1-20) Reservation: 25% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: Instant AoE Radius: 10Requires Level 16Grants a buff providing fire damage based on your physical damage. While you have this buff, if you kill an enemy, other enemies near them will be burned based on the overkill damage. The burn inflicted by this skill can only be affected by modifiers to damage over time (burning damage is damage over time).Base duration is 4.00 seconds (0-38)% more Burning Damage Buff grants (15-20)% of your Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage Base Burning Damage is 25% of Overkill Damage
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Base burning damage is an additional (0.25-5)% of Overkill DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Burn on kill: While Herald of Ash is active, when you kill with a hit, enemies near the kill receive a burning debuff based on the overkill damage. Overkill damage refers to total excess damage of the killing hit over the monster's remaining Life and Energy shield, including non-fire damage.[1] The burning damage is affected by increased/more Burning Damage and increased/more Damage Over Time, as well as damage over time multipliers that apply to all damage or Fire damage. The debuff is not an Ignite, and is not affected by modifiers to Ignite or Ailments.
More Burning Damage: The more Burning Damage is not global. It only affects the burning debuff created by Herald of Ash itself.
Area of Effect: Area of Effect modifiers from passives, items, and gems affect the radius of the on-kill effect.
Culling Strike: Hits that leave enemies with less than 10% of their life and then kill through culling strike have no overkill damage. (Though the culling strike modifier does not prevent overkilling in general.)
Strategy
In the case where enemy death occurs uniformly at random with respect to damage dealt, the chance of an enemy dying from a particular hit is proportional to the damage the hit deals. The mean overkill damage for that hit is half the damage of the hit. This makes the mean overkill damage overall equal to
0.5 * (mean damage2) / mean damage
Gem level progression
Level
Phys as Fire Buff
More Burning Damage
Exp.
Total Exp.
1
16
26
18
15%
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0
0
2
20
31
22
15%
2%
49725
49725
3
24
37
25
15%
4%
95714
145439
4
28
42
29
15%
6%
169595
315034
5
31
46
32
15%
8%
199345
514379
6
34
50
35
16%
10%
285815
800194
7
37
54
37
16%
12%
401344
1201538
8
40
58
40
16%
14%
554379
1755917
9
43
62
43
17%
16%
755049
2510966
10
46
66
46
17%
18%
1016533
3527499
11
49
70
48
17%
20%
1898602
5426101
12
52
74
51
18%
22%
1964019
7390120
13
55
78
54
18%
24%
2573731
9963851
14
58
82
57
18%
26%
4676439
14640290
15
60
84
59
19%
28%
3017327
17657617
16
62
87
60
19%
30%
7823001
25480618
17
64
90
62
19%
32%
15264208
40744826
18
66
92
64
20%
34%
26272845
67017671
19
68
95
66
20%
36%
62872274
129889945
20
70
98
68
20%
38%
212023122
341913067
21
72
100
70
21%
40%
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—
22
74
—
—
21%
42%
—
—
23
76
—
—
21%
44%
—
—
24
78
—
—
22%
46%
—
—
25
80
—
—
22%
48%
—
—
26
82
—
—
22%
50%
—
—
27
84
—
—
23%
52%
—
—
28
86
—
—
23%
54%
—
—
29
88
—
—
23%
56%
—
—
30
90
—
—
24%
58%
—
—
31
91
—
—
24%
59%
—
—
32
92
—
—
24%
60%
—
—
33
93
—
—
24%
61%
—
—
34
94
—
—
24%
62%
—
—
35
95
—
—
24%
63%
—
—
36
96
—
—
25%
64%
—
—
37
97
—
—
25%
65%
—
—
38
98
—
—
25%
66%
—
—
39
99
—
—
25%
67%
—
—
40
100
—
—
25%
68%
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Item acquisition
Herald of Ash can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Herald of Ash can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
13
The CataclysmThe Cataclysm13Level 21 Spell Gem CorruptedThe mighty warriors traded in blows, the nimble archers in arrows, yet it was the brazen thaumaturgists who would bring catastrophe to all.
Random corruptedlevel 21 Spell gem
A
6
The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb
Random level 20 gem
A
3
Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality:+20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter
Random gem with 20% quality
A
1
Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Random gem with 1–20% quality
A
1
The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.
Random divination card set exchange
A
Quest reward
This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:
Herald of Ash cannot be obtained from quests or traded for using an Uncarved GemstoneUncarved GemstoneTrade this in to Siosa inside the Library for a Skill Gem through Siosa in Ruthless mode.
Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.
The following unique items are related to Herald of Ash:
Item
Base item
Stats
Circle of AnguishCircle of Anguish Ruby RingRequires Level 52<One to three random Synthesis implicit modifiers>+(20-30) to Strength Adds (20-25) to (26-35) Fire Damage +(20-30)% to Fire Resistance <Two Random Herald of Ash modifier>I condemned an innocent man to the pyres, but to admit this mistake is to condemn myself. My only choice is to strive harder.
Circle of AmbitionCircle of Ambition Prismatic RingRequires Level 64<Three random Synthesis implicit modifiers>+(10-20) to all Attributes +(10-20)% to all Elemental Resistances 10% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Herald Skills <Three Random Herald modifiers>I will build the wall that stands against the tide. The day is coming... I have seen it.
The following passive skills are related to Herald of Ash (These passives may granted from Blight anointment only, or Timeless JewelTimeless JewelPlace into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. or Cluster Jewel):
Nearby Enemies have Fire Exposure while you are affected by Herald of Ash Nearby Enemies have Cold Exposure while you are affected by Herald of Ice Nearby Enemies have Lightning Exposure while you are affected by Herald of Thunder [1]
Herald of Ash has 100% increased Buff Effect +5% to maximum Fire Resistance while affected by Herald of Ash [1]
Related modifiers
These Searing Exarch implicits can be found on some items dropped by the Searing Exarch or Exarch-influenced monsters, and can also be crafted via Searing Exarch currencies. Some high tier mods require Orb of ConflictOrb of ConflictStack Size: 10Unpredictably raise the strength of one Searing Exarch or Eater of Worlds modifier on an item and lower the strength of another Lesser modifiers that have their strength lowered will be removedRight click this item then left click a non-unique item to apply it. Can only be used on items that have both a Searing Exarch and an Eater of Worlds implicit modifier. The chance of raising or lowering a modifier depends on its relative strength. to craft (These datamined tiers are counted from the bottom. Ie, T6 is the highest tier):
Ghostflame Herald of AshGhostflame Herald of AshSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash becomes infused with ghostly fire.
Your Herald of Ash becomes infused with ghostly fire.
Gloom Herald EffectGloom Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a dark effect.
Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a dark effect.
Gore Herald EffectGore Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a gory effect.
Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a gory effect.
Innocence Herald EffectInnocence Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes an innocence effect.
Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes an innocence effect.
Invisible Buff EffectInvisible Buff EffectSkill Gem EffectRemoves the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, plague bearer, phase run, petrified blood, withering step, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.
Removes the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, plague bearer, phase run, petrified blood, withering step, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.
Purple Herald EffectPurple Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a purple effect.
Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a purple effect.
Sin Herald EffectSin Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a sin effect.
Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a sin effect.
The buff now grants 15% of your Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage at gem level 1, scaling up to 20% at gem level 20 (previously 15% at all gem levels).