Earthquake

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Earthquake is a Rage Barbarian skill unlocked at Level 19, which causes a huge wave of damage in all directions.




Background

Earthquake in action.

The Barbarian's ancestors aid him by splitting the earth asunder around him, wreaking havoc upon any enemies caught in it.


Skillrune Effects

The following is a very quick summary. See the Earthquake 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.

<skill class="Barbarian">Earthquake</skill>


Skill Design

Not much is known about this skill, since it was pretty high in the skill tree in the BlizzCon 2009 demo. It could be a combination of Ground Stomp and Seismic Slam, causing a huge seismic slam in all directions that either knockbacks, stuns or do both to enemies. It could very well be that this skill is still being worked on, and may be changed or removed in the future.


Synergies

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


Development

Earthquake was introduced at BlizzCon 2009 in the Juggernaut Skill Tree at Tier VI. For the BlizzCon 2010 demo, after skill trees were removed, Earthquake was a Tier 7 skill. At both events, it was too high a level to try out, so there are no gameplay reports describing it.

Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Earthquake became a level 24 skill, and then a level 21 skill. The skill system was once again overhauled for the Beta Patch 13, and Earthquake was classified as a Rage skill and moved to level 19.


Media

Earthquake can be seen in action on video here:

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


References