Earthshatter PoE Build

Earthshatter Earthshatter is a Strength Slam Skill Gem: slam the ground, sending out rectangular fissures that deal area damage to enemies and thrust a spike from the ground when they end. Warcries or other Slam Attacks performed by you or allied players near any spike will cause them to shatter, damaging surrounding enemies. Works with Maces, Sceptres, Axes, Staves and Unarmed.

It requires Level 12, 33 Str. Tag: Attack, AoE, Slam, Duration, Melee.

Slam the ground, sending out rectangular fissures that deal area damage to enemies and thrust a spike from the ground when they end. Warcries or other Slam Attacks performed by you or allied players near any spike will cause them to shatter, damaging surrounding enemies. Works with Maces, Sceptres, Axes, Staves and Unarmed.

Attack, AoE, Slam, Duration, Melee. Level: 1–20. Cost: 8 Mana. Attack Speed: 80% of base. Attack Damage: 125–200% of base. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 125–200%. AoE Radius: 20. Requires Level 12.

  • Base duration is 6 seconds
  • (0–19)% more Area of Effect
  • Shattering Spikes deal 30% less damage
  • Maximum 15 Spikes
  • Creates 5 fissures

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Earthshatter(0–10)% increased Area of Effect50

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Related Gems

Earthshatter Support Gems

  • Melee Physical Damage Support Melee Physical Damage Support(Red): 81%
  • Fist of War Support Fist of War Support(Red): 76%
  • Brutality Support Brutality Support(Red): 73%
  • Fortify Support Fortify Support(Red): 73%
  • Pulverise Support Pulverise Support(Red): 53%
  • Impale Support Impale Support(Green): 37%
  • Close Combat Support Close Combat Support(Green): 16%
  • Ruthless Support Ruthless Support(Red): 8%
  • Shockwave Support Shockwave Support(Red): 8%
  • Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Elemental Damage with Attacks Support(Red): 5%
  • Maim Support Maim Support(Red): 5%

Earthshatter Build Berserker Example

Class Popularity

  • Berserker: 57%
  • Juggernaut: 18%
  • Chieftain: 9%

1. Character: 91 Berserker

Life: 6024 Strength: 479
Energy Shield: 25 Dexterity: 111
Mana: 748 Intelligence: 70
Evasion Rating: 661 Charges: E: 4 / F: 3 / P: 3
Armour: 13176

2. Skill Gems Build

These are the support skill gems for it:

Body Armour: Earthshatter Earthshatter (Red) (17), Fortify Support Fortify Support (Red) (19), Brutality Support Brutality Support (Red) (7 / 20), Melee Physical Damage Support Melee Physical Damage Support (Red) (10 / 20), Pulverise Support Pulverise Support (Red) (19), Fist of War Support Fist of War Support (Red) (19),

Weapon: Steelskin Steelskin (Red) (19), Leap Slam Leap Slam (Red) (20), Herald of Purity Herald of Purity (Red) (19), Cast when Damage Taken Support Cast when Damage Taken Support (Red) (19), Blood Rage Blood Rage (Green) (11),

Gloves: Berserk Berserk (Red) (9 / 20), Empower Support Empower Support (Red) (1), Increased Duration Support Increased Duration Support (Red) (19), Ruthless Support Ruthless Support (Red) (14 / 20),

Helmet: Seismic Cry Seismic Cry (Red) (11 / 20), Second Wind Support Second Wind Support (Green) (9 / 20), Intimidating Cry Intimidating Cry (Red) (12 / 20), Enduring Cry Enduring Cry (Red) (11 / 20),

Boots: Pride (Red) (20), Enlighten Support Enlighten Support (Blue) (2 / 10), Blood and Sand Blood and Sand (Red) (5), Flesh and Stone Flesh and Stone (Red) (15),

3. Passive Skill Build

Keystones / Ascendency:

  • War Bringer: 87%
  • Aspect of Carnage: 84%
  • Crave the Slaughter: 82%
  • Resolute Technique: 71%
  • Rite of Ruin: 67%
  • Pain Reaver: 47%
  • Imbalanced Guard: 31%
  • The Impaler: 19%
  • Unwavering Stance: 14%
  • Flawless Savagery: 13%
  • Glancing Blows: 5%
  • Call to Arms: 4%
  • Iron Reflexes: 2%
  • Crimson Dance: 2%
Earthshatter Build

4. Equipment Build

Weapons Build:

  • Two Handed Axe: 64%
  • Two Handed Mace: 25%
  • Staff: 9%
  • Mace / Shield: 1%
  • Sword / Shield: 0.7%

Body Armour: Golem Mantle Astral Plate

Weapon: Storm Etcher Vaal Axe

Helmet: Mind Veil Royal Burgonet

Gloves: Vortex Vortex Vise Hydrascale Gauntlets

Boots: Doom Dash Dash Goliath Greaves

Belt: Rift Bond Leather Belt

Amulet: Carnage Heart Carnage Heart Onyx Amulet

Ring: Woe Coil Coral Ring, Bramble Spiral Topaz Ring

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelStrengthBase Damage#% more Area of EffectExperience
11233125%15,249
21539128.9%141,517
31948132.9%281,983
42356136.8%3147,968
52764140.8%4250,557
63173144.7%5405,086
73581148.7%6447,718
83888152.6%7615,318
94194156.6%8834,639
1044100160.5%91,570,760
1147106164.5%101,633,987
1250113168.4%112,151,030
1353119172.4%122,812,189
1456125176.3%135,099,360
1559132180.3%149,400,731
1662138184.2%1515,273,366
1764142188.2%1626,286,582
1866146192.1%1762,890,590
1968151196.1%18212,046,017
2070155200%19
2172203.9%20
2274207.9%21
2376211.8%22
2478215.8%23
2580219.7%24
2682223.7%25
2784227.6%26
2886231.6%27
2988235.5%28
3090239.5%29
3191241.4%29
3292243.4%30
3393245.4%30
3494247.4%31
3595249.3%31
3696251.3%32
3797253.3%32
3898255.3%33
3999257.2%33
40100259.2%34

Skill functions and interactions

Ancestral Warchief: Even though this skill is tagged as a slam skill, it will not trigger Earthshatter's shattering spikes.

Fissure damage only hits enemies 1 time per attack, no matter how many fissures it creates.

Spikes

  • All spikes from one attack can hit a single target. The following methods increase the chance of multiple spikes hitting the same target:
    • Using earthshatter in a very small room makes all spikes land close to one another and the enemy.
    • Large enemies are easier to hit with all spikes than smaller enemies.
    • The labyrinth helmet enchantment that gives plus 1 fissures.
    • Increased area of effect will increase the length of the fissures and the size of the spike explosions. Therefore increased area of effect will not necessarily increase the chance of multiple spikes hitting a single target in all situations. However, when used in a small room that prevents spikes from moving outwards to their full length, increased area of effect will definitely increase the chance of multiple spikes hitting the same target.
  • The spike damage is considered an attack that hits. Therefore it will still gain damage from things like Fist of War Support and exerted attacks from wacries.
  • Up to 15 spikes can be placed on the ground before enemies spawn, allowing for a maximum of 3 attacks worth of spike damage ready before a fight begins.
  • The total damage of 5 spikes hitting a single enemy is (70 x 5) = 350% of the damage of the fissure hit.

Item acquisition

Earthshatter can drop anywhere. Drop level: 12.

Recipes

Earthshatter can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
6 The Fox Random level 20 gem
8 Dying Anguish Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8 The Hook Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3 Gemcutter's Promise Random gem with 20% quality
1 Gemcutter's Incubator Random gem with 1–20% quality
1 The Void Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence
Act 1

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence
Act 1
Nessa
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Earthshatter:

Item Limit Radius Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Earthshatter.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Earthshatter Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Earthshatter deals 25% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Earthshatter Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Earthshatter deals 40% increased Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Earthshatter Radius 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth Earthshatter has 16% increased Area of Effect helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Earthshatter Radius 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth Earthshatter has 24% increased Area of Effect helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Earthshatter Additional Spike 1 75 Eternal Labyrinth Earthshatter creates +1 fissures helmet 100
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Earthshatter has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
Verdant Earthshatter Effect Your Earthshatter becomes a Verdant Effect.

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