Ground effect

A ground effect is the general term for a patch of terrain that has some consequence on characters or monsters positioned on it. Burning ground created by the skill is one common example of a ground effect.

Mechanics

Detrimental ground effects do not affect allies of the character that created them, while those ground effects created by monsters or the environment will not affect other monsters. The inverse is true for beneficial ground effects. All totems are immune to ground effects.

'Flying' monsters, including Soulless Watchers, are not affected by certain ground effects that lie close to the ground. Other ground effects, such as those that consist of vapor or smoke, can influence monsters above the ground as well.

Ground effect	Affects flying
Burning ground	✗
Chilling ground	✗
Shocking ground	✗
Consecrated ground	✓
Desecrated ground	✓
Tarred ground	✗
Poison cloud	✓
Smoke cloud	✓

Characters and monsters can be affected simultaneously by different types of overlapping ground effects. Those of the same type do not cumulatively stack their effects. For ground effects that inflict damage, only one of each type with the highest damage per second will cause damage at any given moment.

Types of ground effects

Burning ground

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Burning ground

Burning ground is a detrimental ground effect that deals burning damage (fire damage over time). The amount of damage per second inflicted by burning ground depends on its source.

There are several notable sources of burning ground:

• The skill
• Hellions, which burst into flames upon death
• The Firestorm spell repeatedly cast by Burning Shrines
• The environment in maps and corrupted areas with the 'of Flames' suffix

Chilling ground

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Chilling ground

Chilling ground is a detrimental ground effect that inflicts chill.

There are many different sources of chilling ground, notably:

• The Arctic Armour, , and skills
• Vaal Oversoul's spray of ice shards.
• The Ice Nova spell repeatedly cast by Freezing Shrines
• The environment in maps and corrupted areas with the 'of Ice' suffix

Shocking ground

Shocking ground

Shocking ground is a detrimental ground effect that inflicts shock.

There are a few sources of shocking ground:

• The Vaal Lightning Trap skill
• The Flicker Strike skill used by Dominus
• The Shock Nova spell repeatedly cast by Lightning Shrines
• The environment in maps and corrupted areas with the 'of Lightning' suffix
• Shock and Horror's lightning warp totems ().

Consecrated ground

Consecrated ground

Consecrated ground is a beneficial ground effect that provides additional life regeneration.

There are only two sources of consecrated ground; both of which are created by unique items:

• Zahndethus' CassockZahndethus' Cassock
  Sage's RobeEnergy Shield: (177-225)
  Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 37, 104 IntAdds 1 to 40 Lightning Damage to Attacks
  (125-150)% increased Energy Shield
  +(40-50)% to Chaos Resistance
  25% increased Light Radius
  100% chance to create Consecrated Ground when you Block
  Consecrated Ground regenerates 6% Life per second (Hidden)
  Consecrated Ground has a radius of 18 (Hidden)When dead men rise and darkness falls
  Only faith can be your walls
  Walls of Light, not of brick
  Twice as strong and twice as thick
• Gifts from AboveGifts from Above
  Diamond RingRequires Level 28(20-30)% increased Global Critical Strike ChanceTrigger Level 10 Consecrate when you deal a Critical Strike
  (30-35)% increased Global Critical Strike Chance
  (10-15)% increased Light Radius
  (40-50)% increased Rarity of Items Dropped by Enemies killed with a Critical Strike
  50% increased Damage while on Consecrated Ground
  +5% Chance to Block Attack Damage while on Consecrated GroundGod blesses those who bless themselves.

The character and his allies regenerate and additional 4% of their maximum life per second.

Desecrated ground

Desecrated ground

Desecrated ground is a detrimental ground effect that deals chaos damage over time. The amount of damage per second inflicted by desecrated ground depends on its source.

There are only three sources of desecrated ground:

• The skill
• Lightbane RaimentLightbane Raiment
  Ornate RingmailArmour: (569-715)
  Energy Shield: (118-148)
  Movement Speed: -5%Requires Level 47, 69 Str, 69 Int(120-140)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
  30% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
  Reflects 30 Chaos Damage to Melee Attackers
  25% reduced Light Radius
  100% chance to create Desecrated Ground when you Block
  Desecrated Ground deals 250 Chaos Damage per second (Hidden)
  Desecrated Ground has a radius of 16 (Hidden). . . and the Light faded and hope waned
  Zahndethus cast aside his faith
  and embraced the darkness.
• The skill used by Beheader Ataguchu and Q'ura

Desecrated ground from Lightbane Raiment has a radius of 16 and deals 75 chaos damage per second for 8 seconds.

Tarred ground

Tarred ground

Tarred ground is a detrimental ground effect that reduces movement speed by 60%.

There are only two sources of tarred ground:

• Certain zombies, which spread tar when destroyed
• Matua TupunaMatua Tupuna
  Tarnished Spirit ShieldChance to Block: 24%
  Energy Shield: (29-45)
  Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 63, 60 Int(5-10)% increased Spell Damage+2 to Level of Socketed Minion Gems
  (40-80)% increased Energy Shield
  +(15-25) to maximum Mana
  20% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills on your Minions
  20% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills
  Spreads Tar when you BlockYou carried me through life,
  The least I can do is carry you through death.

Poison cloud

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Poison cloud

Poison clouds are a detrimental ground effect that inflicts poison.

There are several notable sources of poison clouds:

• The skill
• The poison bomb thrown by Undying Alchemists
• Certain zombies, which release poisonous vapor when destroyed
• Strongboxes with the 'Contaminated' prefix

Smoke cloud

Smoke cloud

Smoke clouds are a detrimental ground effect that inflicts blind.

There are only two sources of smoke clouds:

• The skill
• The effect of Shrouded Shrines

Version history

Version	Changes
1.0.6	Desecrated Ground, created by the unique Lightbane Raiment and the new skill Desecrate, now deals flat chaos damage per minute rather than a percentage of life as chaos damage.
1.0.0	The new Ground Ice looks awesome.
0.10.8c	Added buff icons for Consecrated and Desecrated ground effects.
0.10.8	Consecrated Ground is a ground effect that provides life regeneration to allies. Desecrated Ground is a ground effect that does chaos damage to enemies.
0.10.7b	Poison Arrow and Ground Fire should now cause fewer graphical performance issues.
0.10.2	Improved the performance of Ground Ice and Ground Tar. Improved the audio for ground effects, gore effects and Pyromaniac projectiles.
0.10.0	The "Chilled" statuses from cold damage and ground ice do not stack any more.
0.9.9	Added support for ground fire and other environmental hazards.