Earth damage

Earth Damage is a sub-damage type of elemental damage.

Description
Earth damage is caused by numerous skills and spells as well as earth wands, earth staves and any weapon with an "ebon" upgrade. This type of damage is not very common in PvE whereas it is quite fruitfully used in PvP by elementalist warders.

Weapon Bonuses that cause earth damage:

 * Ebon Axe Haft, Hammer Haft, Sword Hilt, Bow string, Scythe Snathe and Spearhead.
 * Earth Wand and Staff.
 * unusual weapons such as a staff with energy storage req(rarely)

Weapon Bonuses against earth damage:

 * Axe Grip, Hammer Grip, Sword Pommel and Bow grip Of Warding give +4-7 Armor against elemental damage.
 * Additional item modifiers can give +4-7 Armor against elemental damage or +4-10 Armor against earth damage.

Related Skills
These skills cause earth damage:

Ranger Skill: Dust Trap

Elementalist Skills: Aftershock, Ash Blast, Dragon's Stomp, Churning Earth, Earthquake, Ebon Hawk, Eruption, Glowstone, Shockwave, Sliver Armor, Stoning, Stone Daggers, Unsteady Ground

Assassin Skills: Impale, Crippling Dagger, Dancing Daggers, Disrupting Dagger

Dervish Skills: Avatar of Melandru, Dust Cloak, Mirage Cloak, Mystic Sandstorm, Staggering Force

The following skills are related to earth damage:


 * reduces earth damage by 26...45%
 * Turns attack damage done by a foe and all nearby foes into earth damage
 * Turns elemental and physical damage you receive into earth damage
 * Attack Skills that deal Earth Damage blind the foe.
 * Skills related to elemental damage

Effects of Earth damage
The following creatures are vulnerable to Earth damage:
 * Diamond Djinn

Enviromental Effects
The following enviromental effects affect Earth damage:
 * Thirst of the Drought