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Earthen Bulwark

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Earthen Bulwark is a Druid skill from the Defensive skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player Exploits Condition
Barrier Barrieru
Nature Magic
Earth Skills
Unstoppable
Fortifies

Earthen Bulwark Details and Upgrades

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Earthen Bulwark

Cooldown: 16 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 30%
Rocks surround you for 3 seconds, granting a Barrier that absorbs 45% of your Maximum Life in damage.

Tags: Defensive, Nature Magic, Earth

Upgrades

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Enhanced Earthen Bulwark

Earthen Bulwark makes you Unstoppable while active.

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Innate Earthen Bulwark

Rock shrapnel flies outward when Earthen Bulwark is destroyed or expires, dealing 60% to surrounding enemies. This damage is increased by Barrier bonuses.

Preserving Earthen Bulwark Upgrade

Preserving Earthen Bulwark

Casting Earthen Bulwark grants 18% of your Maximum Life (1) as Fortify .


Other Skills that work with Earthen Bulwark

The following skills either:

  • Create a condition Earthen Bulwark can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Earthen Bulwark creates


Defensive Tree
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Vigilance

You gain 7% Damage Reduction for 6 seconds after using a Defensive Skill.

Tags: Defensive Passive

Wrath Tree
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Natural Boulder

While you have any Fortify, Boulder has +20% increased Critical Strike Chance.

Skill

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Crushing Earth

Earth Skills deal 5%[x] increased damage to Slowed (CC), Stunned (CC), Immobilized (CC) or Knocked Back (CC) enemies.

Tags: Earth, Nature Magic Passive

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Safeguard

Critical Strikes with Earth Skills Fortify you for 3% of your Maximum Life (1).

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Earth, Nature Magic
Prerequisite: Can also reach Safeguard via Boulder. Passive

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Stone Guard

While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, your Earth Skills deal 4%[x] increased damage.

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Earth, Nature Magic
Prerequisite: Can also reach Stone Guard via Boulder. Passive

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Unrestrained

Reduce the duration of Control Impairing Effects by 5%. Double this effect while you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life.

Damage: Physical Damage
Passive

Ultimate Tree
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Defiance

Nature Magic Skills deal 4%[x] increased damage to Elites.

Tags: Nature Magic Passive

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Natural Disaster

Your Earth Skills deal 4%[x] increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.
Your Storm Skills deal 4%[x] increased damage to enemies that are Stunned (CC), Immobilized (CC) or Knocked Back (CC).

Tags: Earth, Storm, Nature Magic
Prerequisite: Can also reach Natural Disaster via Petrify. Passive

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Resonance

Nature Magic Skills deal 2%[x] increased damage. Triple this bonus if an Earth Skill is the next Skill cast after a Storm Skill, or a Storm Skill is the next Skill cast after an Earth Skill.

Tags: Nature Magic, Earth, Storm
Prerequisite: Can also reach Resonance via Petrify. Passive

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Defensive Posture

Increases the amount of Fortify you gain from all sources by 5%[+] and you gain 3% Damage Reduction while Fortified.

Damage: Physical Damage
Passive

Key Passives Tree
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Earthen Might

Lucky Hit: Damaging enemies with Earth Skills has up to a 10% chance to:
• Restore all of your Spirit
• Cause your attacks to be guaranteed Critical Strikes for 5 seconds
This chance is increased by:
10% for Critical Strikes
10% if the target is Stunned (CC), Immobilized (CC), or Knocked Back (CC)

Tags: Earth, Nature Magic Passive

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Nature's Fury

Casting an Earth Skill has a 35% chance to trigger a free Storm Skill of the same category, and vice versa. In addition, these free Skills count as both Earth and Storm Skills.

Tags: Earth, Storm, Nature Magic Passive


Items that work with Earthen Bulwark

The following items either:

  • Grant a bonus when using Earthen Bulwark
  • Create a condition Earthen Bulwark can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Earthen Bulwark creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Mending Stone
Defensive The duration of Earthen Bulwark is increased by 6 seconds. In addition, killing an enemy replenishes 35 - 264 of your active Earthen Bulwark's Barrier.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)
Sealed Archives
(Map)
Dry Steppes Druid
Aspect of Mending Stone
Defensive The duration of Earthen Bulwark is increased by 6 seconds. In addition, killing an enemy replenishes 35 - 264 of your active Earthen Bulwark's Barrier.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)
Sealed Archives
(Map)
Dry Steppes Druid
Aspect of Quicksand
Utility Damage from Earth Skills Slow (CC) enemies hit by 20 - 60% for 5 seconds.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)
Ferals' Den
(Map)
Scosglen Druid
Earthguard Aspect
Defensive Gain 10 - 30% bonus amount to your next Earthen Bulwark for each enemy you Crowd Control up to a maximum of 100%.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)
N/A Extraction Druid
Ballistic Aspect
Utility When you have Fortify your Earth Skills gain +2 Ranks.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)
Whispering Pines
(Map)
Scosglen Druid
Crashstone Aspect
Offensive Earth Skills deal 35 - 75% [x] more Critical Strike Damage to Crowd Controlled enemies.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Stockades
(Map)
Scosglen Druid
Earthguard Aspect
Defensive Gain 10 - 30% bonus amount to your next Earthen Bulwark for each enemy you Crowd Control up to a maximum of 100%.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)
N/A Extraction Druid
Subterranean Aspect
Offensive Poison Creeper's active also casts Landslide in a circle around you. Earth Skills deal 15 - 35% increased damage to Poisoned enemies.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
N/A Extraction Druid

* Extraction means the Legendary Aspect can be removed from any Legendary item at the Occultist. A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.

Unique Items

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Fleshrender

"This weapon is a reminder of the unbridled savagery of our druidic ancestors, the wisdom of which I see more clearly with every day that passes." - Moreg, Druidic Scholar


Type: Unique Mace
Class: Druid

Description: Casting a Defensive Skill deals [150 - 450] damage to Nearby Poisoned enemies, increased by 15%[x] for every 100 Willpower you have.Current Bonus: 0%[x]

  • +85.0% Damage to Poisoned Enemies

Affixes: (Item Power 925)
  • +[153 - 225] Willpower
  • +[957 - 1,259] Maximum Life
  • [6.0 - 8.0]% Cooldown Reduction
  • +[2 - 3] to Defensive Skills
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Vasily's Prayer

"Roots from the Great Oak growing at the seaward statue of Vasily will, on rare occasions, be found twisted back upon themselves, suffused with ferocious magic." - Barrett's Book of Implements


Type: Unique Helm
Class: Druid

Description: Your Earth Skills are now also Werebear Skills and Fortify you for [2.0 - 5.0]% of your Maximum Health.


    Affixes: (Item Power 925)
    • +[638 - 873] Maximum Life
    • +[3.1 - 7.3]% Willpower
    • +[3 - 4] to Defensive Posture
    • +[1,500 - 1,750] Armor


    Changes to Earthen Bulwark

    Patch 2.0, October 8, 2024

    Patch 1.2.0, October 17, 2023