Herald of Fire/Ice mechanics?

I've been trying to get the curse on hit to work with herald of ice. It is properly linked, but no curses are being applied. Any idea how this works?

Curse on hit gem doesn't work for some skills, it will probably be fixed unless it's intended.

It seems Herald of Ice (Add Cold Damage to X and Explosion Damage) can be modified by Spell Damage, Elemental Damage with Spells, Cold Damage. But not by Inner Force.

I tried to by pass the curse on hit dillema, into cast on crit but sadly it does not interact with CoC :(

edit: nevermind im such a noob, of course it doesnt lol

How does EE interact with Herald of Ice? If i use a fire spell + HoI, will the mob get +25 fire, +25 ice and -50 lightning resist, or will it get +25 -50 -50 first and -50 +25 -50 immediately after HoI hits?

Edit: i tested it, its +25 +25 -50.

I tested some combo:

Supports on Herald of Ice:
Added damage:
shatter dmg: YES (30% effectiveness), bonus damage: NO
Conc effect:
shatter dmg: YES, bonus damage: NO
Totem/Mine/Trap
does nothing
Curse on Hit:
probably works with shatter dmg (the linked support icon shows up on herald of ice)

Supports on dmg skill:
Conc effect:
increases the bonus dmg from herald of ice

It seems like you can think of it as an aura gem + a triggered skill gem (Cast on Shatter + Cold Snap).

hey can anyone tell me if aura nodes effect Herald skills? i dont want to waste nodes if they have no effect

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Rubixcubelube wrote:

hey can anyone tell me if aura nodes effect Herald skills? i dont want to waste nodes if they have no effect

Herald skills are not auras. However, they are partially buffs (the extra damage on your attacks/spells is a buff, the overkill/shattering effects are spells) and they do reserve mana. So: 'aura effect' doesn't work, 'aura radius' doesn't work, 'buff effect' does work and 'reduced mana reserved' does work.