Ground effect

A ground effect is an area of effect on walkable terrain that applies a beneficial effect to you and allies, or a detrimental effect to enemies, that are standing on it.

Mechanics

Detrimental ground effects do not affect the ground effect's creator or their allies. Beneficial ground effects do not affect your enemies, unless they also grant a detrimental effect.

Most ground effects passively existing from environmental effects are usually considered enemy ground effects, though in certain cases they may affect enemies as well.

Note that certain player or minion skills can interact with enemy ground effects; for example, Eye of WinterEye of WinterSpell, Projectile, Cold
Tier: 13
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (19-195) Mana
Cooldown Time: 15.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 1.40 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 12.00%Fire a single Eye Projectile which does not Hit enemies. The Eye constantly releases damaging shard Projectiles in a spiral as it flies. If the Eye passes over an Elemental ground surface or Orb, it will take on that surface's effect causing shards to deal more damage of the corresponding Type.Deals (1-40) to (2-59) Cold Damage
Gains 100% of damage as damage of the corresponding
Type when passing over an Elemental Ground Effect or Orb
Each use of this Skill deals 900% more damage with its
first Hit against each enemy

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1.5-30)% increased Projectile SpeedSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. can benefit from an enemy's ground effect.

List of ground effects

List of ground effects

Ground effect	Type	Effects
Ignited ground	Detrimental	Enemies are ignited
Chilled ground	Detrimental	Enemies are chilled
Shocked ground	Detrimental	Enemies are shocked
Caustic ground	Detrimental	Inflicts chaos damage over time
Consecrated ground	Beneficial	Grants life regeneration and reduced effect of curses on you
Oiled ground	Detrimental	Applies Covered in Oil
Poison cloud	Detrimental	Applies poison
Withering ground	Detrimental	Inflicts Withered every second

Related gems

Item		Stats
Encroaching GroundEncroaching GroundSupport, AoE Category: Encroaching Ground Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Skills that create Ground Surfaces, causing those Surfaces to grow over time, up to a limit.Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills gain 20% increased Area of Effect per second, up to a maximum of 100%Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	1	Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills gain 20% increased Area of Effect per second, up to a maximum of 100%
Persistent Ground IPersistent Ground ISupport Category: Persistent Ground Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Ground Surfaces, causing created Surfaces to last much longer.50% increased duration of Ground Surfaces created by Supported SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	1	50% increased duration of Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills
Persistent Ground IIPersistent Ground IISupport Category: Persistent Ground Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Ground Surfaces, causing created Surfaces to last much longer and only end when their duration expires.50% increased duration of Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills cannot be destroyed except by expiringPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	1	50% increased duration of Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills cannot be destroyed except by expiring
Persistent Ground IIIPersistent Ground IIISupport Category: Persistent Ground Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Ground Surfaces, causing created Surfaces to last much longer as well as lowering the Cooldown Recovery Speed of affected Enemies. Ground Surfaces from Supported Skills only end when their duration expires.50% increased duration of Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills Ground Surfaces from Supported Skills apply Suppressive Ground Suppressive Ground inflicts 30% less Cooldown Recovery Rate Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills cannot be destroyed except by expiringPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	1	50% increased duration of Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills Ground Surfaces from Supported Skills apply Suppressive Ground Suppressive Ground inflicts 30% less Cooldown Recovery Rate Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills cannot be destroyed except by expiring

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0	Skills with Expanding ground effects were unintentionally scaling radius over time instead of area of effect. They still scale the radius, though we have updated the descriptions and lowered the values on many of the affected skills.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.