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 WinterBarrageable, Spell, Projectile, Cold
Tier: 13
Level: 1
Cost: 12 Mana
Cast Time: 1.10 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, plus an extra burst of shards at the end of its flight. 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 12 to 18 Cold Damage
Fires 8 Shard Projectiles in a Spiral when Projectile ends
Modifiers to number of Projectiles only apply to the final Spiral
Inflicts Critical Weakness on Hit
Gains 50% of damage as the corresponding Type when passing over a Ground SurfaceSkills 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

Related gems

Item		Stats
DespoilerDespoilerSupport, Duration Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills that create Ground Surfaces, causing those surfaces to last 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	1	50% increased duration of Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills
DomainDomainSupport Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create Ground Surfaces, causing created Surfaces to only end when their duration expires.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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	1	Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills cannot be destroyed except by expiring
Eye of WinterEye of WinterBarrageable, Spell, Projectile, Cold Tier: 13 Level: 1 Cost: 12 Mana Cast Time: 1.10 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, plus an extra burst of shards at the end of its flight. 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 12 to 18 Cold Damage Fires 8 Shard Projectiles in a Spiral when Projectile ends Modifiers to number of Projectiles only apply to the final Spiral Inflicts Critical Weakness on Hit Gains 50% of damage as the corresponding Type when passing over a Ground SurfaceSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.	1	Deals 12 to 18 Cold Damage Fires 8 Shard Projectiles in a Spiral when Projectile ends Modifiers to number of Projectiles only apply to the final Spiral Inflicts Critical Weakness on Hit Gains 50% of damage as the corresponding Type when passing over a Ground Surface
SuffuseSuffuseSupport, AoE 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	1	Ground Surfaces created by Supported Skills gain 20% increased Area of Effect per second, up to a maximum of 100%

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.