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Ground Stomp is a Defensive Barbarian skill unlocked at level 4, which stuns enemies around the Barbarian for a limited period of time.

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Background[edit | edit source]

The Barbarian stomps the ground with such fury, that enemies around him are left bedazzled and cannot move.

Skill Rune Effects[edit | edit source]

The following is a very quick summary. See the Ground Stomp rune effects page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.

Name	Stats (Hover over)	Level Unlocked
Trembling Stomp	(Stats)	28
Wrenching Smash	(Stats)	18
Jarring Slam	(Stats)	54
Foot of the Mountain	(Stats)	40
Deafening Crash	(Stats)	12

Skill Design[edit | edit source]

Ground Stomp is a useful skill, it will buy the Barbarian precious time should the need arise. However, it is unknown if it will work on bosses.

On regular enemies, stars can be seen circling around the heads of stunned monsters.

The skill has unique properties as well, Skeletal Shieldmen for example, have a shield that blocks most if not all damage, but a well placed Ground Stomp will cause them to drop their shields, making these skeletons easy pickings.

This skill has an impressive and very powerful graphic. The earth trembles when the Barbarian stomps, and glowing yellow lines radiate out from the impact point, like pavement cracking under the weight of a dropped safe.

Video[edit | edit source]

A video of Ground Stomp in use can be seen below, courtesy of the DiabloInc You Tube channel.

Synergies[edit | edit source]

The following Barbarian passives provide a benefit to Ground Stomp, runed or not:

Bloodthirst - The Barbarian gains life based on the amount of damage he deals always.
Weapons Master - Provides a damage bonus when the Barbarian is wielding a sword or dagger.
Berserker Rage - Inflicts additional damage while the Barbarian is at maximum Fury.
Brawler - Increases the Barbarian's damage when he is swarmed.

Development[edit | edit source]

Ground Stomp was first introduced in the WWI 2008 gameplay video, as a Tier III skill in the Juggernaut Skill Tree. The original Ground Stomp gave enemies a slight knockback and had a very short cooldown. In June 2009 Bashiok said it was to cost no Fury reserves but would be subject to a much longer cooldown.[1]

Ground stomp is an exception mainly because of the nature of its use. A cooldown allows it to be used as an “oh crap I’m overwhelmed” ability without also requiring you to have fury built up.

At BlizzCon 2009, Ground Stomp was shown with the longer cooldown, no knockback, and moved to Tier II. Flux discovered another use for it:[2]

The radius of attack is very limited, just a few meters, so while this one worked to knock Dune Dervishes out of their invulnerable (to melee attacks) Whirlwind mode, you had to get quite close to use it, and time it just right.

In the BlizzCon 2010 gameplay demo, Flux was able to try it out with a rune that added knockback:[3]

I can imagine high level Barbs having fun with GS and knockback. If you had gear to lengthen the duration of the stun, it might be fun to torture monsters, banging them around like shuffleboards and trying to push them in various directions. You’d need high hit point enemies though, so you didn’t prematurely kill them during the maneuvers.

Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, allowing skills to unlock steadily from levels 1 to 30. Consequently, all skill levels were adjusted and Ground Stomp became a level 1 skill.

Beta[edit | edit source]

Ground Stomp was bumped to level 8 for the beta. With the Patch 13 changes, it was classified as a Defensive skill (but stayed at level 8). For the Beta Patch 14, it was dropped to level 4.

Previous Versions[edit | edit source]

See the Barbarian skill archive for more details on previous versions of Ground Stomp and other Barbarian skills.

In Other Games[edit | edit source]

Ground Stomp is similar to Diablo II's Barbarian skill War Cry, which does damage to monsters, in addition to stunning them.

The name and mechanic of this skill is possibly directly inspired by the Tauren Chieftain hero in WarCraft 3. The Tauren racial in World of WarCraft called "War Stomp" is also very similar.

Media[edit | edit source]

Ground Stomp can be seen in action on video here:

You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:

Stomp a-hoy!

References[edit | edit source]

Bashiok on the Barbarian's Fury — Incgamers 10th Jun 2009
BlizzCon 2009 Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats
BlizzCon 2010 Barbarian Hands-on Report
Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
Silva's Barbarian Runestone Effects — IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
Barbarian Active Skills — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site

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-'''Ground Stomp''' is a [[Barbarian]] Tier 2 [[Barbarian_skills|skill]] unlocked at [[Clvl|level]] 3, which [[stun]]s enemies around the Barbarian for a limited period of time.
+[[File:IconGroundStomp.png|left]]
+[[Image:Barb-stomp1.jpg|thumb|300px|These boots are heavier than they look...]]
+'''Ground Stomp''' is a Defensive [[Barbarian skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 4, which [[stun]]s enemies around the Barbarian for a limited period of time.
+<strong>[https://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/barbarian/active/ground-stomp Hover for latest stats]</strong>
+<br><br><br>__TOC__
 ==Background==
-{{Skillbox D3
-|portrait= Barb-stomp1.jpg
-<!-- |portrait-width= -->
-|name= Ground Stomp
-|user= Barbarian
-|tier= 2
-|clvl= 3
-|description= Stomp the ground, [[stun]]ning all nearby enemies for X Seconds.
-|type= [[AoE]]/[[Debuff]]
-|resource= Costs [[Fury]]
-|alabaster= Unknown
-|crimson= Unknown
-|golden= Unknown
-|indigo= Unknown
-|obsidian= Unknown
-}}
 The Barbarian stomps the ground with such fury, that enemies around him are left bedazzled and cannot move.
+==Skill Rune Effects==
+The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Ground Stomp rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
+<table>
+<tr>
+<th>Icon</th>
+<th>Name</th>
+<th>Stats (Hover over)</th>
+<th class="inc_js_sortable inc_sort_desc">Level Unlocked</th>
+</tr>
+<tr id="">
+<td>[[File:runea.png]]</td>
+<td class="name">[[Trembling Stomp]]</td>
+<td>
+[https://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/barbarian/active/ground-stomp#a+ (Stats)]</td>
+<td>28</td>
+</tr>
-==Skill Design==
+<tr id="">
-[[Image:Barb-stomp1.jpg|thumb|left|These boots are heavier than they look...]]
+<td>[[File:runeb.png]]</td>
-Ground Stomp is a useful [[skill]], it will buy the Barbarian precious time should the need arise. However, it is unknown if it will work on [[boss]]es.
+<td class="name">[[Wrenching Smash]]</td>
+<td class="name">
+[https://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/barbarian/active/ground-stomp#b+ (Stats)]</td>
+<td>18</td>
-On regular enemies, stars can be seen circling around the heads of stunned monsters.
+</tr>
-The skill has unique properties as well, [[Skeletal Shieldmen]] for example, have a shield that blocks most if not all damage, but a well placed Ground Stomp will cause them to drop their shields, making these skeletons easy pickings.
-This skill has an impressive and very powerful graphic. The earth trembles when the Barbarian stomps, and glowing yellow lines radiate out from the impact point, like pavement cracking under the weight of a dropped safe.
+<tr id="">
-{{clear-left}}
+<td>[[File:runec.png]]</td>
+<td class="name">[[Jarring Slam]]</td>
+<td class="name">
+[https://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/barbarian/active/ground-stomp#c+ (Stats)]</td>
+<td>54</td>
+</tr>
-==Skill Rank Table==
+<tr id="">
-*'''Rank 1:''' Stomp the ground, stunning all nearby enemies for 3.0 Seconds. Cooldown is 14 seconds.
+<td>[[File:runed.png]]</td>
-*'''Rank 2:''' Stomp the ground, stunning all nearby enemies for 3.5 Seconds. Cooldown is 13 seconds. (A)
+<td class="name">[[Foot of the Mountain]]</td>
-*'''Rank 3:''' Stomp the ground, stunning all nearby enemies for 4.0 Seconds. Cooldown is 12 seconds. (A)
+<td class="name">
-*'''Rank 4:''' Stomp the ground, stunning all nearby enemies for 4.5 Seconds. Cooldown is 11 seconds. (A)
+[https://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/barbarian/active/ground-stomp#d+ (Stats)]</td>
-*'''Rank 5:''' Stomp the ground, stunning all nearby enemies for 5.0 Seconds. Cooldown is 10 seconds. (A)
+<td>40</td>
+</tr>
-(A) = Assumed
+<tr id="">
+<td>[[File:runee.png]]</td>
+<td class="name">[[Deafening Crash]]</td>
+<td class="name">
+[https://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/barbarian/active/ground-stomp#e+ (Stats)]</td>
+<td>12</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+==Skill Design==
+Ground Stomp is a useful [[skill]], it will buy the Barbarian precious time should the need arise. However, it is unknown if it will work on [[boss]]es.
+On regular enemies, stars can be seen circling around the heads of stunned monsters.
-==Trait Synergies==
+The skill has unique properties as well, [[Skeletal Shieldmen]] for example, have a shield that blocks most if not all damage, but a well placed Ground Stomp will cause them to drop their shields, making these skeletons easy pickings.
-Ground Stomp receives [[synergy]] bonuses from the following [[trait]]s:
-* [[Intimidation]]: Increases damage done and reduces vendor costs.
-* [[Cruelty]]: Increases your chance of dealing critical strikes.
-* [[Weak Spot]]: Increases critical strike damage.
-<br>
-Ground Stomp may benefit from the following traits:
-* [[Frenzied Attacks]]: Increases the chance to deal critical strikes and increases critical strike damage when the Barbarian is wielding two weapons.
-* [[Thunderous Blows]]: Increases damage done when the Barbarian is wielding a two-handed weapon.
-* [[Beast Hunter]]: Damage bonus against Beasts.
-* [[Demonsbane]]: Damage bonus against Demons.
-* [[Just...Stay...Dead!]]: Damage bonus against Undead.
-* [[Massive Blow]]: You have a chance to hit all nearby targets with a single hit. Requires a two-handed weapon.
-* [[Pig Sticker]]: Increases damage done when the Barbarian is wielding a polearm, spears or when he throws weapons.
-* [[Die by the Sword]]: Increases damage done when the Barbarian is wielding swords.
-* [[Axe Murderer]]: Increases damage done when the Barbarian is wielding axes.
-* [[Brain Basher]]: Increases damage done when the Barbarian is wielding maces.
-'''Note:''' The current trait list is very out-of-date and will no doubt be overhauled before game release.
+This skill has an impressive and very powerful graphic. The earth trembles when the Barbarian stomps, and glowing yellow lines radiate out from the impact point, like pavement cracking under the weight of a dropped safe.
+{{clear-left}}
+===Video===
+A video of Ground Stomp in use can be seen below, courtesy of [http://www.youtube.com/Diablo3Inc the DiabloInc You Tube channel].
+<youtube>g00utvYvE5A</youtube>
-==Skill Rune Effects==
-The following [[rune]] effects for Ground Stomp are known:
-* Unknown Rune: Adds damage and knockback.
+==Synergies==
+The following [[Barbarian passives]] provide a benefit to Ground Stomp, runed or not:
+* [[Bloodthirst]] - The [[Barbarian]] gains life based on the amount of damage he deals always.
+* [[Weapons Master]] - Provides a damage bonus when the [[Barbarian]] is wielding a [[sword]] or [[dagger]].
+* [[Berserker Rage]] - Inflicts additional damage while the [[Barbarian]] is at maximum [[Fury]].
+* [[Brawler]] - Increases the [[Barbarian]]'s damage when he is swarmed.
 ==Development==
 '''Ground Stomp''' was first introduced in the [[WWI 2008]] gameplay video, as a Tier III skill in the [[Juggernaut Skill Tree]].
-The original Ground Stomp gave enemies a slight [[knockback]] and had a very short [[cooldown]]. In June 2009 [[Bashiok]] said it was to cost no Fury reserves but would be subject to a much longer cooldown[http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/bashiok-on-the-barbarians-fury/].
+The original Ground Stomp gave enemies a slight [[knockback]] and had a very short [[cooldown]]. In June 2009 [[Bashiok]] said it was to cost no Fury reserves but would be subject to a much longer cooldown.[http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/bashiok-on-the-barbarians-fury/]
-<blockquote>''Ground stomp is an exception mainly because of the nature of its use. A cooldown allows it to be used as an “oh crap I’m overwhelmed” ability without also requiring you to have fury built up.</blockquote>
+<blue>Ground stomp is an exception mainly because of the nature of its use. A cooldown allows it to be used as an “oh crap I’m overwhelmed” ability without also requiring you to have fury built up.</blue>
 At [[BlizzCon 2009]], Ground Stomp was shown with the longer cooldown, no knockback, and moved to Tier II. [[Flux]] discovered another use for it:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-barbarian-skill-trees-and-stats1/]
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 <blockquote>''I can imagine high level Barbs having fun with GS and knockback. If you had gear to lengthen the duration of the stun, it might be fun to torture monsters, banging them around like shuffleboards and trying to push them in various directions. You’d need high hit point enemies though, so you didn’t prematurely kill them during the maneuvers.</blockquote>
+Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], allowing skills to unlock steadily from levels 1 to 30. Consequently, all skill levels were adjusted and Ground Stomp became a level 1 skill.
+===Beta===
+Ground Stomp was bumped to level 8 for the beta. With the Patch 13 changes, it was classified as a Defensive skill (but stayed at level 8). For the [[Beta Patch 14]], it was dropped to level 4.
 ===Previous Versions===
 See the [[Barbarian skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Ground Stomp and other Barbarian skills.
-===Ground Stomp in Other Games===
+===In Other Games===
 Ground Stomp is similar to [[Diablo II]]'s {{iw|Barbarian Barbarian}} skill {{iw|War_Cry War Cry}}, which does damage to monsters, in addition to stunning them.
 The name and mechanic of this skill is possibly directly inspired by the Tauren Chieftain hero in WarCraft 3. The Tauren racial in World of WarCraft called "War Stomp" is also very similar.
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 ==Media==
+Ground Stomp can be seen in action on video here:
+* [[Gameplay WWI2008|Gameplay: WWI 2008]]
+* [[Skill Animations Videos#Barbarian Video|Video: August 2011 Barbarian Skill Animations]]
 You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/ Diablo III screenshots and pictures]
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 ==References==
-* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/bashiok-on-the-barbarians-fury/ Bashiok on the Barbarian's Fury] -- Incgamers 10th Jun 2009
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/bashiok-on-the-barbarians-fury/ Bashiok on the Barbarian's Fury] — Incgamers 10th Jun 2009
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-barbarian-skill-trees-and-stats1/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats]
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-barbarian BlizzCon 2010 Barbarian Hands-on Report]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8007726&postcount=1 Silva's Barbarian Runestone Effects] — IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
+* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/barbarian/active/ Barbarian Active Skills] — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site
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