Earthshatter

EarthshatterAttack, AoE, Melee, Slam, Duration
Tier: 7
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-55) Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (45-140)% of baseSlam the ground, sending out a fissure that deals area damage to enemies it passes under and thrusts a spike from the ground when it ends. Warcries performed near the spike will cause it to shatter, damaging surrounding enemies.While Dual Wielding, both weapons hit with
30% less attack speed
Deals damage along the fissure's path and in a
1 metre radius around the emerging spike
Spike duration is 6 seconds
Maximum 6 Spikes

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.15-3) maximum SpikesSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemEarthshatter

Earthshatter is a mace melee slam skill. The user sends out a fissure forward, which creates a spike at the end of its path. These spikes can be detonated to deal damage by using a warcry on them.

Gem level progression

Level		Mana Cost	Attack Damage
1	0	7	45%
2	3	8	49%
3	6	9	54%
4	10	10	59%
5	14	11	64%
6	18	13	69%
7	22	14	74%
8	26	16	78%
9	31	17	82%
10	36	19	86%
11	41	21	90%
12	46	24	95%
13	52	26	100%
14	58	29	105%
15	64	33	110%
16	66	36	115%
17	72	40	121%
18	78	45	127%
19	84	49	134%
20	90	55	140%

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Brutality IBrutality ISupport, Physical Category: Brutality Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types.Supported Skills deal 25% more Physical Damage Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage Supported Skills deal no Elemental DamagePlace 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.	Magnified Area IMagnified Area ISupport, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Supported Skills have 35% increased Area of EffectPlace 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.	Upheaval IUpheaval ISupport, Attack, Melee Category: Fissures Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attacks which create fissures in the ground, causing them to create an additional fissure at the cost of damage and attack speed.Supported Skills create an additional fissure Supported Skills have 20% less Attack Speed Supported Skills deal 20% less DamagePlace 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.
II	Brutality IIBrutality IISupport, Physical Category: Brutality Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types.Supported Skills deal 30% more Physical Damage Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage Supported Skills deal no Elemental DamagePlace 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.	CadenceCadenceSupport, Attack Category: Cadence Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks you use yourself. Supported Skills gain more Attack speed each time you use them, but will become unusable if used too frequently in a short time frame.Supported Skills have 8% more Attack speed for each time they've been used Recently Supported Skills are unusable for 10 seconds after being used 6 or more times within four secondsPlace 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.	Skittering Stone ISkittering Stone ISupport, Minion, Physical, Duration Category: Skittering Stone Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create shatterable earthen objects. After killing enough Enemies in range of these objects, they will shatter, releasing skittering stone Minions.After 5 Enemies are killed within 4 metres of objects created by Supported Skills, they will shatter and Trigger Skittering Stones Skittering Stones Creates Skittering Stone Minions from shattered objects created by Supported Skill. Minions from this skill have 1% increased Damage per 1 of your Strength Creates 1 Skittering Stone Level of Minions is based on Level of Triggering Skill Minion duration is 10 seconds Limit 8 Skittering StonesPlace 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.
III	Branching Fissures IBranching Fissures ISupport, Attack, Melee Category: Fissures Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attacks which create Fissures in the ground, causing them to create additional secondary Fissures which branch off from the primary fissure, with lowered area of effect and Damage.Supported Skills' Fissures branch 2 times Supported Skills' Branched Fissures deal 40% less damage Supported Skills' Branched Fissures have 35% less area of effectPlace 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.	ClashClashSupport, Attack, Melee Category: Clash Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attack Skills. Supported Skills deal more Damage while you have a lower percentage of your Life remaining than the target struck, but less Damage when the reverse is true.Supported Skills deal 40% more Melee Damage against Enemies with a higher percentage of their Life remaining than you, but deal 20% less Melee Damage against Enemies with a lower percentage of their Life remaining than youPlace 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.	Magnified Area IIMagnified Area IISupport, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger at the cost of damage.Supported Skills have 45% increased Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 10% less Area DamagePlace 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.
IV	Aftershock IIAftershock IISupport, Attack, Melee, Slam Category: Aftershock Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Slams you use yourself, giving them a chance to create an Aftershock.Supported skills have 35% chance to cause an AftershockPlace 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.	Heavy SwingHeavy SwingSupport, Attack, Melee, Physical Category: Heavy Swing Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attacks, boosting their Physical damage at the cost of Attack Speed.Supported Skills deal 35% more Melee Physical Damage Supported Skills have 10% less Attack SpeedPlace 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.	Skittering Stone IISkittering Stone IISupport, Minion, Physical, Duration Category: Skittering Stone Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create shatterable earthen objects. After killing enough Enemies in range of these objects, they will shatter, releasing skittering stone Minions.After 5 Enemies are killed within 4 metres of objects created by Supported Skills, they will shatter and Trigger Skittering Stones Skittering Stones Creates Skittering Stone Minions from shattered objects created by Supported Skill. Minions from this skill have 1% increased Damage per 1 of your Strength Creates 2 Skittering Stone Level of Minions is based on Level of Triggering Skill Minion duration is 20 seconds Limit 12 Skittering StonesPlace 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.
V	Brutality IIIBrutality IIISupport, Physical Category: Brutality Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types, as well as giving Hits from that skill a chance to ignore Physical Damage reduction.Supported Skills deal 30% more Physical Damage Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage Supported Skills deal no Elemental Damage Hits with Supported Skills have 20% chance to ignore Enemy Physical Damage reductionPlace 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.	HeftHeftSupport, Physical Category: Heft Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which deal Damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.Supported Skills deal 30% more Maximum Physical Hit DamagePlace 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.	Upheaval IIUpheaval IISupport, Attack, Melee Category: Fissures Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attacks which create fissures in the ground, causing them to create additional fissures at the cost of damage and attack speed.Supported Skills create 2 additional fissures Supported Skills have 20% less Attack Speed Supported Skills deal 40% less DamagePlace 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.

Item acquisition

Earthshatter has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Earthshatter has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Earthshatter: Quality now provides 0-6% more Damage with Hits for each Spike, instead of +0-3 to maximum Spikes. Detonation now also triggers existing spikes.
0.2.0	Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread. The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.