Earth 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, Staff head, Sword Hilt and Bow string.
 * Earth Wand and Staff.

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 +4-8 Armor against earth damage.

Related Skills
These skills cause earth damage:

Assassin Skills: Impale, Crippling Dagger, Dancing Daggers

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

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 damage done by a foe and all nearby foes into earth damage
 * Turns damage you receive into earth damage
 * Skills related to elemental damage