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Boulder

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Boulder is a Druid skill from the Wrath skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player Exploits Condition
Physical Dmg Fortify
Nature Magic Critical Strike Damage
Earth Skills
Slows (CC)
Stuns (CC)
Knocks Back (CC)
Critical Strike Chance

Boulder Details and Upgrades

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Boulder

Unearth a large rolling boulder that repeatedly Knocks Back enemies, dealing 46% damage with each hit.

Lucky Hit Chance: 4%
Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Wrath, Nature Magic, Earth

Upgrades

Enhanced Boulder Upgrade

Enhanced Boulder

When Boulder reaches the end of its path, enemies hit are Slowed (CC) by 30% for 3 seconds. If Boulder Overpowered , enemies are Stunned (CC) for 4 seconds instead.

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Natural Boulder

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

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Savage Boulder

Boulder's Critical Strike Chance is increased by +3% each time it deals damage.


Other Skills that work with Boulder

The following skills either:

  • Create a condition Boulder can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Boulder creates
Basic Tree
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Wild Earth Spike

Summon a second Earth Spike when hitting an Immobilized or Stunned enemy.

Skill

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Fierce Earth Spike

Fortify for 12% of your Maximum Life whenever Earth Spike damages enemies who are Stunned, Immobilized, or Knocked Back.

Skill

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Enhanced Maul

If an enemy is hit by Maul, then Fortify for 8% of your Maximum Life.

Skill

Core Tree
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Primal Landslide

When you Immobilize or Stun an enemy, you gain a Terramote. Each enemy hit by Landslide consumes a Terramote causing a guaranteed Critical Strike with x40% Critical Strike Damage. Bosses always have up to a 10% chance to grant a Terramote when hit.

Skill

Raging Landslide Upgrade

Raging Landslide

When you strike an Immobilized (CC) or Stunned (CC) enemy with Landslide , an additional pillar of earth is formed.

Skill

Defensive Tree
Preserving Earthen Bulwark Upgrade

Preserving Earthen Bulwark

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

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Debilitating Roar

Shapeshift into a Werebear and bellow a mighty roar, reducing Nearby enemies' damage dealt by 70% for 4 seconds.

Damage: N/A
Tags: Defensive, Shapeshifting, Werebear, Shout Skill

Companion Tree
Enhanced Wolf Pack Upgrade

Enhanced Wolf Pack

Wolves deal 25%[x] increased damage to Immobilized (CC), Stunned (CC), Slowed (CC), or Poisoned enemies.

Skill

Ferocious Wolf Pack Upgrade

Ferocious Wolf Pack

Lucky Hit: Your Wolves' attacks have up to a 40% chance to Fortify you for 8% of your Maximum Life (1) .

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Nature's Reach

Deal 3%[x] increased damage to Distant enemies. Double this bonus if they are also Slowed (CC), Stunned (CC), Immobilized (CC), or Knocked Back.

Damage: Physical Damage
Passive

Wrath Tree
Natural Trample Upgrade

Natural Trample

Casting Trample grants 20% of your Maximum Life (1) as Fortify .

Skill

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Crushing Earth

span class="white">Earth Skills deal 5%[x] increased damage to Slowed (CC), Stunned (CC), Immobilized (CC) or Knocked Back enemies.

Damage: Physical Damage
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 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 Passive

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Bad Omen



Lucky Hit: Up to a 10% chance when dealing damage to a Vulnerable, Immobilized (CC) or Stunned (CC) enemy that a Lightning Bolt also hits dealing 55% damage.
Damage: Lightning Damage
Tags: Nature Magic, Storm Passive

Ultimate Tree
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Petrify

Encase all Nearby enemies in stone, Stunning them for 3.75 seconds. You deal 30%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage to enemies affected by Petrify.
Against Bosses, the Critical Strike Damage bonus is increased to 50%[x] and its duration is increased to 7.5 seconds.

Damage: N/A
Tags: Ultimate, Nature Magic, Earth Skill

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Supreme Grizzly Rage

Gain 8% Maximum Life as Fortify per second while Grizzly Rage is active.

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Defiance

span class="white">Nature Magic Skills deal 4%[x] increased damage to Elites.

Damage: Physical Damage
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.

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Earth, Storm, Nature Magic Passive

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Resonance

span class="white">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.

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Nature Magic, Earth, Storm Passive

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Defensive Posture

Increases the amount of Fortify you gain from all sources by 5%[+].

Damage: Physical Damage
Passive

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Thick Hide

Whenever you are Stunned (CC), Immobilized (CC) or Knocked Down (CC), Fortify for 10% of your Maximum Life (1).

Damage: Physical Damage
Passive

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Nature's Resolve

span class="range">5% chance when struck to Fortify you for 4.4% of your Maximum Life (1).

Damage: Physical Damage
Passive

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Natural Fortitude

Shapeshifting Fortifies you for 2% of your Maximum Life (1).

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Shapeshifting Passive

Key Passives Tree
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Earthen Might

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

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Earth, Nature Magic Passive

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Nature's Fury

Casting an Earth Skill has a 30% 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.

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Earth, Storm, Nature Magic Passive

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Perfect Storm

span class="white">Storm Skills that you cast grant 1 Spirit and deal 20%[x] increased damage when damaging a Vulnerable, Immobilized (CC) or Slowed (CC) enemy.

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Storm, Nature Magic Passive


Items that work with Boulder

The following items either:

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

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Mending Stone
Defensive The duration of Earthen Bulwark is increased by 6 seconds. In addition, killing an enemy replenishes 359 of your active Earthen Bulwark's Barrier.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)

Sealed Archives
(Map)
Dry Steppes Druid
Aspect of Metamorphic Stone
Offensive Boulder is now a Druid_Skill_Tree#Core|Core Skill and costs 40 Spirit to cast dealing 88% of normal damage.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

N/A Extraction Druid
Aspect of Natural Balance
Offensive Casting a Storm Skill grants your Earth Skills 29.0%[x] Critical Strike Damage for 4 seconds.Casting a Earth Skill increases the Critical Strike Chance of Storm Skills by 7.7%[+] for 4 seconds.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

N/A Extraction Druid
Aspect of Quicksand
Utility Damage from Earth Skills Slow enemies hit by 18% for 5 seconds.

Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)

Ferals' Den
(Map)
Scosglen Druid
Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast
Offensive The duration of Grizzly Rage is increased by 2.5 seconds. In addition, Critical Strikes while Grizzly Rage is active increase your Critical Strike Damage by 10%[x] for the duration, up to a maximum of 200%[x].

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

Endless Gates
(Map)
Hawezar Druid
Crashstone Aspect
Offensive Earth Skills deal 24%[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 9% 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 9% 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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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: Ancestral Unique Helm
Class: Druid

Description: Your Earth Skills are now also Werebear Skills and Fortify you for [14 - 28].


    Affixes: (Item Power 925)
    • +[10.5 - 17.5]% Damage while Shapeshifted
    • +[42.0 - 63.0]% Overpower Damage
    • +[403 - 873] Maximum Life
    • +[19.0 - 40.0]% Lightning Resistance


    Changes to Boulder

    Patch 1.1.0a, July 18, 2023

    • Damage increased from 33% to 46%.