Earthen Blast

Gain barrier and cripple nearby foes when attuning to earth. Also triggers on overload skills. Barrier will not be gained when attuning to the same element. — In-game description

Earthen Blast

Specialization

Earth (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Minor

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

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Earthen Blast

Gain barrier and cripple nearby foes when attuning to earth.
Also triggers on overload skills. Barrier will not be gained when attuning to the same element.

 Damage: 96 (0.36)^?

 Damage: 27 (0.1)^?

 Barrier: 1,302 (0.75)^?

 Barrier: 800 (0.5)^?

 Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Cannot Critical Hit

 Combat Only

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Tempest —   Overload Earth activates this trait at the beginning.
• Evoker — This trait has a 5-second cooldown when specialized in earth attunement.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 11, 2025	Reduced the base barrier from 1,302 to 800 and the healing power scaling from 0.75 to 0.5 in PvP only.
June 25, 2024	This trait now grants barrier to the user in addition to its other effects. Barrier will not be granted when attuning to the same element.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.36 to 0.1.
July 16, 2019	Increased the number of targets from 3 to 5. Fixed an incorrect damage tooltip and added a missing tooltip for Combat Only. Casting Overload Earth now triggers the trait Earthen Blast.
December 11, 2018	The damage of this trait has been increased by 20%. It no longer critically hits foes.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic.
March 26, 2013	The Sunspot, Electric Discharge, and Earthen Blast traits no longer trigger when changing attunements while out of combat.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Earthen Blast has been added to the game.