Herald of Ice

Herald of IceSpell, AoE, Cold, Herald
Mana Reserved: 25%
Can store 1 use(s)
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Damage Effectiveness: 80%Requires Level 16Channel ice through your hands, adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, they explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. The AoE cold damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Per 1% Quality:
0.75% increased Cold DamageAdds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Spells
Adds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Attacks
Deals (18-308) to (26-462) Cold Damage
Damage cannot be ReflectedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 16Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Orb of Alteration

Sell Price
1x Scroll Fragment

Herald of Ice is a self-cast buff that reserves mana to increase damage output. See also Herald of AshHerald of AshSpell, AoE, Fire, Herald, Duration
Radius: 10
Mana Reserved: 25%
Can store 1 use(s)
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Cast Time: 1.00 secRequires 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).Per 1% Quality:
0.75% increased Fire DamageGain 15% of your Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
Base duration is 4 seconds
Base Burning Damage is 25% of Overkill Damage
(9-12)% more Spell Fire Damage
(0-38)% more Burning DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Herald of ThunderHerald of ThunderSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Herald
Radius: 32
Mana Reserved: 25%
Can store 1 use(s)
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Damage Effectiveness: 120%Requires Level 16Channel lightning through your hands, adding lightning damage to spells and attacks. If you kill a shocked enemy, lightning bolts will strike enemies around you for a short duration. The lightning bolt damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Per 1% Quality:
0.75% increased Lightning DamageAdds (2-19) to (7-76) Lightning Damage to Spells
Adds (2-19) to (7-76) Lightning Damage to Attacks
Deals (1-27) to (34-1303) Lightning Damage
Base duration is 6 seconds
Cannot apply ShockPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Mechanics

Like Herald of AshHerald of AshSpell, AoE, Fire, Herald, Duration
Radius: 10
Mana Reserved: 25%
Can store 1 use(s)
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Cast Time: 1.00 secRequires 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).Per 1% Quality:
0.75% increased Fire DamageGain 15% of your Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
Base duration is 4 seconds
Base Burning Damage is 25% of Overkill Damage
(9-12)% more Spell Fire Damage
(0-38)% more Burning DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Herald of ThunderHerald of ThunderSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Herald
Radius: 32
Mana Reserved: 25%
Can store 1 use(s)
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Damage Effectiveness: 120%Requires Level 16Channel lightning through your hands, adding lightning damage to spells and attacks. If you kill a shocked enemy, lightning bolts will strike enemies around you for a short duration. The lightning bolt damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Per 1% Quality:
0.75% increased Lightning DamageAdds (2-19) to (7-76) Lightning Damage to Spells
Adds (2-19) to (7-76) Lightning Damage to Attacks
Deals (1-27) to (34-1303) Lightning Damage
Base duration is 6 seconds
Cannot apply ShockPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Herald of IceHerald of IceSpell, AoE, Cold, Herald
Mana Reserved: 25%
Can store 1 use(s)
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Damage Effectiveness: 80%Requires Level 16Channel ice through your hands, adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, they explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. The AoE cold damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Per 1% Quality:
0.75% increased Cold DamageAdds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Spells
Adds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Attacks
Deals (18-308) to (26-462) Cold Damage
Damage cannot be ReflectedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. has two separate effects on the player:

• the first adds flat x-y cold damage to spells and attacks.
• the second is the on-kill effect. Upon shattering an enemy, the enemy explodes dealing cold secondary damage to surround targets in an AoE. Enemies will shatter if they are killed whilst frozen. Added damage support gems such as Added Lightning Damage SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportLightning, Support
  Icon: L
  Mana Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Lightning DamageSupported Skills have (1-21) to (8-402) added Lightning 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. will be added to the explosion only.

It is worth noting that Herald of Ice is a secondary damage and not spell damage, and does not receive any direct bonuses from spell damage modifiers. This includes bonuses from items, passive nodes and spell only support gems such as Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
Icon: k
Mana Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, or skills which reserve mana.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Spell DamageSupported Skills Repeat an additional time
Supported Skills have (51-70)% more Cast Speed
Supported Skills deal 10% less 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. and Iron Will SupportIron Will SupportSpell, Support
Icon: wRequires Level 18Supports spell skills, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their spell damage.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Spell DamageStrength's damage bonus applies to Spell Damage as well for Supported Skills
Supported Skills deal (0-38)% increased Spell 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.

The quality of the gem is global. This means that the increased Cold Damage will affect all types of cold skills, not just Herald of Ice.

Gem level progression

Level				Spell Cold Damage	Attack Cold Damage	Cold Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	16	26	18	4–5	4–5	18–26	0	0
2	20	31	22	5–7	5–7	23–35	49,725	49,725
3	24	37	25	6–8	6–8	30–45	95,714	145,439
4	28	42	29	7–10	7–10	38–57	169,595	315,034
5	31	46	32	8–12	8–12	45–67	199,345	514,379
6	34	50	35	9–14	9–14	53–80	285,815	800,194
7	37	54	37	10–16	10–16	62–94	401,344	1,201,538
8	40	58	40	12–18	12–18	73–110	554,379	1,755,917
9	43	62	43	13–20	13–20	85–128	755,049	2,510,966
10	46	66	46	15–23	15–23	99–149	1,016,533	3,527,499
11	49	70	48	17–26	17–26	115–173	1,898,602	5,426,101
12	52	74	51	19–29	19–29	134–200	1,964,019	7,390,120
13	55	78	54	22–33	22–33	154–232	2,573,731	9,963,851
14	58	82	57	24–37	24–37	178–267	4,676,439	14,640,290
15	60	84	59	26–39	26–39	195–293	3,017,327	17,657,617
16	62	87	60	28–42	28–42	214–321	7,823,001	25,480,618
17	64	90	62	30–46	30–46	235–352	15,264,208	40,744,826
18	66	92	64	33–49	33–49	257–386	26,272,845	67,017,671
19	68	95	66	35–53	35–53	282–422	62,872,274	129,889,945
20	70	98	68	38–56	38–56	308–462	212,023,122	341,913,067
21	72	100	70	40–61	40–61	337–505	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	43–65	43–65	368–552	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	46–70	46–70	402–603	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	50–75	50–75	438–658	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	53–80	53–80	478–717	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	57–85	57–85	521–782	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	61–91	61–91	568–852	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	65–98	65–98	619–928	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	69–104	69–104	674–1010	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	74–111	74–111	733–1100	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Quest reward

This skill is given as quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Intruders in Black Act 2	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Vendor reward

This skill can be bought at the listed npc vendors after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Root of the Problem Act 2 Yeena	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Divine Herald Effect Divine Herald EffectHerald Skin Stack Size: 20Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a divine effect.	125	Replaces the standard effect on a Herald skill gem with a divine effect. Preview
Gloom Herald Effect Gloom Herald EffectHerald Skin Stack Size: 20Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a dark effect.	125	Replaces the standard effect on a Herald skill gem with a dark effect. Preview
Gore Herald Effect Gore Herald EffectHerald Skin Stack Size: 20Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a gory effect.	125	Replaces the standard effect on a Herald skill gem with a gory effect. Preview
Purple Herald Effect Purple Herald EffectHerald Skin Stack Size: 20Your Herald of Ash, Thunder or Ice becomes a purple effect.	125	Replaces the standard effect on a Herald skill gem with a purple effect. Preview

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Herald of Ice

Name		Stats
EnchantmentHeraldOfIceDamage1_	66	25% increased Herald of Ice Damage
EnchantmentHeraldOfIceDamage2	75	40% increased Herald of Ice Damage
EnchantmentHeraldOfIceManaReservation1	66	20% reduced Herald of Ice Mana Reservation
EnchantmentHeraldOfIceManaReservation2	75	30% reduced Herald of Ice Mana Reservation

Version history

Version	Changes
1.3.0	Herald of IceHerald of IceSpell, AoE, Cold, Herald Mana Reserved: 25% Can store 1 use(s) Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Cast Time: 1.00 sec Damage Effectiveness: 80%Requires Level 16Channel ice through your hands, adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, they explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. The AoE cold damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Per 1% Quality: 0.75% increased Cold DamageAdds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Spells Adds (4-38) to (5-56) Cold Damage to Attacks Deals (18-308) to (26-462) Cold Damage Damage cannot be ReflectedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Herald of ThunderHerald of ThunderSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Herald Radius: 32 Mana Reserved: 25% Can store 1 use(s) Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec Cast Time: 1.00 sec Damage Effectiveness: 120%Requires Level 16Channel lightning through your hands, adding lightning damage to spells and attacks. If you kill a shocked enemy, lightning bolts will strike enemies around you for a short duration. The lightning bolt damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Per 1% Quality: 0.75% increased Lightning DamageAdds (2-19) to (7-76) Lightning Damage to Spells Adds (2-19) to (7-76) Lightning Damage to Attacks Deals (1-27) to (34-1303) Lightning Damage Base duration is 6 seconds Cannot apply ShockPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. have been changed from Spell to Cast active skill types to indicate that they deal secondary damage and not spell damage.
1.2.4	Herald of Ice no longer has the Spell tag, and instead has the Cast tag (to make it more clear that it does not deal spell damage).
1.2.3	The shattering damage area of effect radius has been increased by 20%. The damage on shatter has been increased by 100%.
1.2.0	Herald of Ice has been added to the game.