Talk:Earth damage

I'm curious - does anyone know what ebon damage is good for? I mean, fire, for instance,. works well against ice elementals. What's ebon good against?


 * At the very least, it's a type of damage most creatures are not prepared for. i.e. most people will wear armor resistant to fire dmg or physical damage. --Karlos 17:28, 10 Oct 2005 (EST)


 * Anything in PVE reliably use earth damage? I'm assuming the Stone Elementals will; what else? --Nunix 22:04, 12 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Stone Summit elementalists (not ice golems) use earth. It seemed like many Maguuma creatures used earth, but it's been a while since I've gone through Maguuma. Scytale 22:10, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Though it is not labeled as such, Aftershock does cause earth damage. Since I had been curious I verified this myself with Mantra of Earth active while fighting Sand Drakes in Diviners' Ascent. DaveK 20:50, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Earth Resistance/Vulnerability

 * moved to Talk:Cold_damage

Usefulness in PvP?
I've noticed whilst perusing PvXwiki that in many cases it lists the weapon choices as follows: Vampiric for spiking, Ebon for Warriors, Rangers, and Paragons, Zealous for energy management. Any clue why this is? Matrim 00:45, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Vampiric gives more damage than anything else for spikes, Zealous should be obvious, but I've never understood why ebon was the preferred either. Someone said because people often bring shields against Fire/Lightning damage, but not against earth. Which doesn't make sense, because if everyone is supposed to bring ebon bringing fire/lightning would give them the advantage. --Shadowcrest 00:48, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * That's probably because outside of Ebon weapons, earth damage is almost never dealt in PvP. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 00:50, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, Ebon is NEVER used against Rangers, you use Sundering for them, cause you DO NOT want to use elemental damage against them --Gimmethegepgun 00:52, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Warriors have higher armor versus physical damage. If you are fighting a warrior, switching to an elemental weapon is often beneficial. Ebon tends to be chosen because people are less likely to have ebon shields than cold, fire, and lightning. As far as I know, it doesn't matter that much. Ebon however shouldnt be used against Rangers in place of a physical weapon because they have more armor versus elemental and against paragons it really doesnt matter. they have equal phys and ele armor. &mdash;♥Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 00:55, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, thank you, and I said ranger cause I thought there was another in that list, I just couldn't think of it. Obviously it wasn't ranger, I thank you all for clarifying this issue for me. Matrim [[Image:Squirrel crossbow.png]] 00:59, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Against Paragons you'd probably be better off using a Sundering like with the Ranger anyway, because then sometimes you'd get better damage off on them, and the ebon won't change a thing. Basically ebon is for Warriors exclusively --Gimmethegepgun 03:28, 11 February 2008 (UTC)