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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 Barrier
Nature Magic
Earth Skills
Unstoppable
Fortifies

Earthen Bulwark Details and Upgrades

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Earthen Bulwark

Rocks surround you for 3 seconds, granting a Barrier that absorbs 45% of you Base Life in damage.

Type: Nature Magic

Cooldown: 16 seconds

Lucky Hit Chance: 30%

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

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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

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Earthen Might

Lucky Hit: Damaging enemies with Earth Skills has up to a 15% chance to:
• Restore all of your Spirit
• Cause your attacks to be guaranteed Critical Strikes and deal 70%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage for 5 seconds
This chance is increased by:
15% for Critical Strikes
15% 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 or Channeling an Earth Skill has a 40% chance to trigger a free Storm Skill of the same category, and vice versa. In addition. You deal 40%[x] more Earth and Storm damage and these free Skills count as both. Skills on your Action Bar are far more likely to trigger.

Tags: Earth, Storm, Nature Magic Passive


Items that affect Earthen Bulwark

There are specific items that will boost Earthen Bulwark in some way.

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
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

* 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

There are no Unique Items that affect Earthen Bulwark.


Changes to Earthen Bulwark

There have been no changes to Earthen Bulwark to date.