Ground Stomp
Ground Stomp is a Tier III skill from the Barbarian's Juggernaut Skill Tree, which stuns enemies around the Barbarian for a limited period of time.
Contents
Background
| Diablo III Skill [e] | |
|---|---|
| |
| Ground Stomp Active, 5 ranks | |
| Used by: | Barbarian |
| Stomp the ground, stunning all nearby enemies for X Seconds. | |
| Type: | Direct |
| Quantity: | Cast |
| Effect: | Circular AoE |
| School: | Physical |
| Fury cost: | None |
| Cast time: | None |
| Duration: | None |
| Cooldown: | 14 seconds |
| Synergies: | None |
| Requires: | N/A |
| Prereq of: | N/A |
The Barbarian stomps the ground with such fury, that enemies around him are left bedazzled and cannot move.
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 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 a very easy job.
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.
Skill Rank Table
(A) = Assumed
- Rank: 1/5
- Stomp the ground, stunning all nearby enemies for 3.0 Seconds.
- Cooldown: 14 seconds
- Fury Cost: 1 Fury Orb
- Rank: 2/5
- Stomp the ground, stunning all nearby enemies for 3.5 Seconds. (A)
- Cooldown: 13 seconds (A)
- Fury Cost: 1 Fury Orb
- Rank: 3/5
- Stomp the ground, stunning all nearby enemies for 4.0 Seconds. (A)
- Cooldown: 12 seconds (A)
- Fury Cost: 1 Fury Orb
- Rank: 4/5
- Stomp the ground, stunning all nearby enemies for 4.5 Seconds. (A)
- Cooldown: 11 seconds (A)
- Fury Cost: 1 Fury Orb
- Rank: 5/5
- Stomp the ground, stunning all nearby enemies for 5.0 Seconds. (A)
- Cooldown: 10 seconds (A)
- Fury Cost: 1 Fury Orb
Synergies
- None known.
Skill Rune Effects
- None known.
Development
Ground Stomp was first introduced in the WWI 2008 gameplay demo. The original Ground Stomp also gave enemies a slight knockback and had a much shorter cooldown.
As of June 2009 it was said to have no cost to Fury reserves but would be subject to a cooldown[1].
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
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery.
Stomp a-hoy!
References
