Earthquake

Earthquake is a melee attack dealing damage in an area and leaving a crack in the ground. After a duration, the crack releases an aftershock, dealing more damage in a larger area. Requires an axe, mace or staff.

Skill Functions and Interactions

• Duration: increases and reductions to duration increase or reduce time between impact and aftershock respectivly. The following gems and items reduce skill's duration: Less Duration SupportLess Duration SupportSupport, Duration
  Icon: d
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that has a duration.Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Damage
  Supported Skills have (40-49)% less Skill Effect Duration
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% less Skill Effect DurationThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket., Swift Affliction SupportSwift Affliction SupportSupport, Duration
  Icon: r
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.Supported Skills deal (25-39)% more Damage over Time
  25% less Duration of Supported Skills and Damaging Ailments they inflict
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Damage over TimeThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. and Warped TimepieceWarped Timepiece
  Turquoise AmuletRequires Level 50+(16-24) to Dexterity and Intelligence(10-25)% increased Attack Speed
  (10-25)% increased Cast Speed
  (10-15)% increased Movement Speed
  (20-10)% reduced Skill Effect Duration
  Debuffs on you expire 100% fasterAs you have lived, so you shall die
  forever trying to keep up with me.
  Your blood on these hands of mine
  forever makes me the public enemy.. Be aware that Warped Timepiece will apply globally and reduce duration to buffs and other effects such as Fortify.
• Dual Wielding: Using Earthquake while dual wielding will alternate the weapon used for attacking.
• Aftershock: The aftershock is a specific part of the skill that hits. Damage over time effects do not hit and thus are not affected by aftershock multiplier.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	67	85%	85%	0	0
2	31	73	88%	88.4%	199345	199345
3	34	79	92%	91.8%	285815	485160
4	37	85	95%	95.3%	401344	886504
5	40	92	99%	98.7%	554379	1440883
6	42	96	102%	102.1%	477437	1918320
7	44	100	106%	105.5%	583786	2502106
8	46	104	109%	108.9%	710359	3212465
9	48	109	112%	112.4%	1355511	4567976
10	50	113	116%	115.8%	1138877	5706853
11	52	117	119%	119.2%	1368233	7075086
12	54	121	123%	122.6%	1638338	8713424
13	56	125	126%	126.1%	1956648	10670072
14	58	130	129%	129.5%	3655184	14325256
15	60	134	133%	132.9%	3017327	17342583
16	62	138	136%	136.3%	7759995	25102578
17	64	142	140%	139.7%	15138193	40240771
18	66	146	143%	143.2%	26083825	66324596
19	68	151	147%	146.6%	62620247	128944843
20	70	155	150%	150%	211708088	340652931
21	72	159	153%	153.4%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	157%	156.8%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	160%	160.3%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	164%	163.7%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	167%	167.1%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	171%	170.5%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	174%	173.9%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	177%	177.4%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	181%	180.8%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	184%	184.2%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	186%	185.9%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	188%	187.6%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	189%	189.3%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	191%	191.1%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	193%	192.8%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	194%	194.5%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	196%	196.2%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	198%	197.9%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	200%	199.6%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	201%	201.3%	N/A	N/A

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Gore Earthquake EffectGore Earthquake EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Earthquake becomes a gory effect.	75	Replaces the standard effect on an EarthquakeEarthquakeAttack, AoE, Duration, Slam, Melee Level: (1-20) Cost: 10 Mana Attack Speed: 75% of base Attack Damage: (85-150)% of base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (85-150)% AoE Radius: 18 / 28Requires Level 28Smashes the ground, dealing damage in an area and cracking the earth. The crack will erupt in a powerful aftershock after a duration. Cracks created before the first one has erupted will not generate their own aftershocks. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.Base duration is 1.00 seconds Aftershock deals 150% more Damage with Hits and Ailments Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Aftershock deals +(1.5-30)% more Damage with Hits and AilmentsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. skill gem with a gorey effect. Preview

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Earthquake.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Earthquake Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Earthquake Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Earthquake Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Earthquake Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Earthquake Damage per 0.1s Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Earthquake deals 5% increased Damage per 0.1 seconds Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Earthquake Damage per 0.1s Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Earthquake deals 8% increased Damage per 0.1 seconds Duration	helmet 100
Enchantment Earthquake Duration 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	20% reduced Earthquake Duration	helmet 0
Enchantment Earthquake Duration 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	30% reduced Earthquake Duration	helmet 0
Enchantment Earthquake Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Earthquake Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Earthquake Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Earthquake Area of Effect	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
3.1.0	Radius has been increased from 25 to 28 for the second stage.
2.6.0	Earthquake's initial hit radius has been reduced from 20 to 18 units.
2.4.0	Aftershock damage has been reduced to 50% more at all Levels. Mana cost has been increased from 6 to 10. Aftershock area of effect has been reduced by 12%.
2.2.0	Added to the game.