Lone Messenger

Lone Messenger

Keystone

You can only have one Herald
50% more Effect of Herald Buffs on you
100% more Damage with Hits from Herald Skills
50% more Damage Over Time with Herald Skills
Minions from Herald Skills deal 25% more Damage
Your Aura Skills are Disabled [1]

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Lone Messenger is a keystone passive skill that significantly improves herald at the cost of disabling the character's auras and have a maximum of one herald. It increase the damage from the minions from Herald of AgonyHerald of AgonySpell, Herald, Minion, Chaos, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 25% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Grants a buff giving more poison damage and a chance to inflict poison. When you poison an enemy while you have this buff, you gain Virulence, and summon an Agony Crawler minion that uses projectile and area attacks. You will lose Virulence over time, at a rate which increases the more Virulence you have. The minion will die when you have no Virulence.Maximum 1 Summoned Agony Crawler
Buff grants 20% chance to Poison on Hit
Grants Virulence when you Poison an Enemy
Buff grants 10% more Damage with Poison
40 Maximum Virulence
Minions cannot Taunt Enemies
Agony Crawler has (2-4)% increased Attack Speed per Virulence you have
Agony Crawler deals (5-9)% increased Physical Damage per Virulence you have
Agony Crawler has (1-45) to (3-84) Added Physical Damage per Virulence you have

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.25-5) to Maximum VirulencePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Herald of PurityHerald 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.Base duration is 12.00 seconds
Maximum 4 Summoned Sentinels of Purity
Minions have (0-38)% more Maximum Life
Summon a Sentinel of Purity when you Kill an Enemy
20% chance to Summon a Sentinel of Purity when you Hit a Rare or Unique Enemy
Buff grants (9-12)% more Physical Damage
Minions deal (0-95)% more Physical Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Minions have (2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., or the explosion hit from Herald of IceHerald of IceSpell, AoE, Cold, Herald
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 25% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%Requires Level 16Grants a buff adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, this skill will cause them to explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. This damage is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Deals (18-308) to (26-462) Cold Damage
Damage cannot be Reflected
Base radius is 1.2 metres
Buff grants (4-38) to (5-56) Added Attack Cold Damage
Buff grants (4-38) to (5-56) Added Spell Cold Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.01-0.2) metres to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and lightning bolts from Herald of ThunderHerald of ThunderSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Herald
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 25% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
AoE Radius: 32Requires Level 16Grants a buff which adds lightning damage to spells and attacks. If you kill a shocked enemy, this skill will create a storm, causing lightning bolts to strike enemies around you for a duration. The damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Deals (1-23) to (31-1108) Lightning Damage
Cannot inflict Shock
Base duration is 6.00 seconds
Storm Hits an Enemy every 0.25 Seconds
Creates a storm when you Kill a Shocked Enemy
Buff grants (2-19) to (7-76) Added Attack Lightning Damage
Buff grants (2-19) to (7-76) Added Spell Lightning Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Storms Hit Enemies with (1-20)% increased FrequencyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., or the damage over time from Herald of AshHerald 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. and the ailment damage over time from hits of Herald. Note that Herald of Thunder's hit cannot inflict shock, while shock, freeze and chill (as well as the alternative ailments: scorch, brittle, and sap) are non-damage ailments. Only bleed, poison, and ignite are damaging ailments, which Lone Messenger only scale their damage if it is inflicted by the Herald.

It can only appear when placing cluster jewels into the player character's skill tree.

Unique items

The following unique items are related to Lone Messenger:

Item	Base item		Stats
Calamitous VisionsCalamitous Visions Small Cluster JewelAdds Lone Messenger"Try as I might, I could not escape it. When I closed my eyes, I saw only death. Each breath tainted with the scent of seared and smouldering flesh, And each sound tangled with pleas for mercy."Place into an allocated Small, Medium or Large Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Added passives do not interact with jewel radiuses. Right click to remove from the Socket.	Small Cluster Jewel	1	Adds Lone Messenger

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3.10.0

The Delirium Challenge League Among the spoils you may find Cluster Jewels. These new jewels are exclusively available from Delirium content and can only be socketed in the outer rim of your Passive Tree. Socketing one of these jewels will expand your tree to reveal brand new passive skills and notables and, if you're lucky, even new Keystones. Like other items in Path of Exile, Cluster Jewels can be crafted to modify their properties.