Herald of Purity

Herald of PuritySpell, Herald, Minion, Duration, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 25% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Grants a buff which lets you deal more physical damage. When you kill an enemy while you have this buff, this skill will summon a Sentinel of Purity, or refresh the duration and life of an existing one instead if you have the maximum number of them. The Sentinels of Purity have a single-target melee attack and an area melee attack.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Minion Movement SpeedMinions have 0.5% chance to Taunt on HitSummoned Sentinels have 1% increased Cooldown Recovery RateBase duration is 12 seconds
Maximum 4 Summoned Sentinels of Purity
20% chance to Summon a Sentinel of Purity when you Hit a Rare or Unique Enemy
Grants (9-12)% more Physical Damage
Summon a Sentinel of Purity when you Kill an Enemy
Minions deal (0-95)% more Physical Damage
Minions have (0-38)% more LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
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Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemHeraldOfPurity

Herald of Purity is a herald skill gem. When activated, it reserves mana for a buff that grants more physical damage for attacks and spells. It also summons a Sentinel of Purity minion when the player kills an enemy or on hitting a rare or unique enemy while active.

Skill functions and interactions

• Sentinels: Sentinels use regular melee attacks, as well as Shield ChargeShield ChargeAttack, AoE, Movement, Travel, Physical, Melee
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 10 Mana
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Radius: 8 / 16Requires Level 10Charges at a targeted location or enemy, pushing away enemies in your path and repeatedly dealing off-hand damage in a small area in front of you. You deal damage in a larger area when you reach the target. The further you travel, the more damage you deal, and the greater your chance of stunning enemies. Cannot be supported by Multistrike.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent1% increased Movement Speed1% increased Damage1% more Damage with Hits at Maximum Charge Distance75% increased Stun Threshold reduction on enemies at Maximum charge distance
  (90-109)% increased Movement Speed
  100% more Damage with Hits at Maximum Charge Distance
  (16-190) to (24-284) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
  3 to 4 Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield
  Base Off Hand Attack time is (0.53-0.48) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. on a cooldown. They can also use Crusade Slam, which deals area of effect damage in a cone in front of them.

• Support Gems: The Sentinels' attacks can be supported by gems such as Melee Physical Damage SupportMelee Physical Damage SupportMelee, Physical, Support, Attack
  Icon: M
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 18Supports melee attack skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical DamageSupported Skills have +0.1 to Melee Strike RangeSupported Skills Overwhelm 0.25% Physical Damage ReductionSupported Skills deal (30-49)% more Melee Physical Damage
  Supported Skills deal (30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding and Poison caused by Melee HitsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. or Minion Damage SupportMinion Damage SupportSupport, Minion
  Icon: d
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports skills which create Minions.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentMinions from Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased DamageMinions from Supported Skills have 0.15% chance to deal Double DamageMinions from Supported Skills deal 2% increased Damage with AilmentsMinions from Supported Skills deal (25-49)% more DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.. This will result in a higher mana reservation. Sentinels cannot be supported by Curse on Hit (to for example apply an curse on enemies).

• Sentinel stats scale heavily with the gem level of Herald of Purity. For example at gem level 20 they have a base physical damage of 729 to 1,094 (before the inherent "Minions deal x% more Physical Damage" modifier) with a total life of 10,119 per Sentinel (before the inherent "Minions have x% more Life" modifier), while at gem level 15 their base physical damage is 438 to 657 with a total life of 6,171 per Sentinel.

• Sentinels have 40% Elemental Resistances and 20% Chaos Resistance.

• Sentinels have a base attack time of 1.20.

Gem level progression

Level					Cost and Reservation Multiplier	Critical Strike Chance	Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Stored Uses	Cooldown	Vaal souls	Stored Uses	Soul Prevention Time	Attack Damage	Base duration	Attack Speed	More Physical Damage	More Minion Physical Damage	More Minion Life	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	16	0	26	18	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9%	N/A	N/A	0	0
2	20	0	31	22	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9%	5%	2%	49725	49725
3	24	0	37	25	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9%	10%	4%	95714	145439
4	28	0	42	29	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9%	15%	6%	169595	315034
5	31	0	46	32	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	9%	20%	8%	199345	514379
6	34	0	50	35	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10%	25%	10%	285815	800194
7	37	0	54	37	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10%	30%	12%	401344	1201538
8	40	0	58	40	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10%	35%	14%	554379	1755917
9	43	0	62	43	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10%	40%	16%	755049	2510966
10	46	0	66	46	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	10%	45%	18%	1016533	3527499
11	49	0	70	48	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11%	50%	20%	1898602	5426101
12	52	0	74	51	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11%	55%	22%	1964019	7390120
13	55	0	78	54	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11%	60%	24%	2573731	9963851
14	58	0	82	57	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11%	65%	26%	4676439	14640290
15	60	0	84	59	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	11%	70%	28%	3017327	17657617
16	62	0	87	60	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12%	75%	30%	7823001	25480618
17	64	0	90	62	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12%	80%	32%	15264208	40744826
18	66	0	92	64	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12%	85%	34%	26272845	67017671
19	68	0	95	66	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12%	90%	36%	62872274	129889945
20	70	0	98	68	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	12%	95%	38%	212023122	341913067
21	72	0	100	70	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	13%	100%	40%	-341913067	0
22	74	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	13%	105%	42%	0	0
23	76	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	13%	110%	44%	0	0
24	78	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	13%	115%	46%	0	0
25	80	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	13%	120%	48%	0	0
26	82	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	14%	125%	50%	0	0
27	84	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	14%	130%	52%	0	0
28	86	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	14%	135%	54%	0	0
29	88	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	14%	140%	56%	0	0
30	90	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	14%	145%	58%	0	0
31	91	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	14%	147%	60%	0	0
32	92	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	15%	150%	62%	0	0
33	93	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	15%	152%	64%	0	0
34	94	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	15%	155%	66%	0	0
35	95	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	15%	157%	68%	0	0
36	96	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	15%	160%	70%	0	0
37	97	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	15%	162%	72%	0	0
38	98	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	15%	165%	74%	0	0
39	99	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	15%	167%	76%	0	0
40	100	0	0	0	0%	0%	0	0%	0	0.00 sec	0	0	0 sec	0%	0.00 sec	0%	15%	170%	78%	0	0

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Herald of Purity:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Herald of Purity. No results found

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Herald of Purity:

Item	Base Item		Stats

Related passive skills

The following passive skills are related to Herald of Purity (this list does not included notables that affect all type of Herald): No results found for the given query.

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Alternate skill effects

Herald of Purity has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Blood Guard Herald EffectBlood Guard Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Blood Guard Effect.	Your Herald becomes a Blood Guard Effect.
Celestial Herald EffectCelestial Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Herald becomes a Celestial Effect.
Demonic Herald EffectDemonic Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Demonic Effect.	Your Herald becomes a Demonic Effect.
Dragon Hunter Herald EffectDragon Hunter Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Dragon Hunter Effect.	Your Herald becomes a Dragon Hunter Effect.
Faith Guard Herald EffectFaith Guard Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a Faith Guard Effect.	Your Herald becomes a Faith Guard Effect.
Invisible Buff EffectInvisible Buff EffectSkill Gem EffectRemoves the visual effects on the player from arctic armour, tempest shield, blood rage, molten shell, phase run, petrified blood, 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, phase run, petrified blood, any aura, any blasphemied curse, or any herald gem.
White Herald EffectWhite Herald EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Herald becomes a White Effect.	Your Herald becomes a White Effect.

Monster stats

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0.83	5.0	2.66	2.0	5.6	6	12	Melee • HeraldOfLightMinionSlamEmpyrean • ChampionTeleport • SentinelHolySlamEmpyrean	3					Metadata/Monsters/Champion/HeraldOfPurityEmpyrean	Sentinel of Purity	red_blood

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Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	No longer grants added Physical Damage with Spells and Attacks. Now grants 9% more Physical Damage at gem level 1, up to 12% more Physical Damage at gem level 20.
3.8.0	Summoned Sentinels can now use Crusade Slam regardless of Ascendancy. Previously, this required a specific Guardian notable.
3.5.0	Minions summoned by this skill now deal more Physical Damage based on gem level, rather than more Damage.
3.4.3f	Now has a chance to summon a Sentinel of Purity when you hit a Rare enemy.
3.4.0	Herald of Purity has been added to the game.