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Overview

Earth Assault is a secondary powerset for Dominators that will be included with Issue 16: Power Spectrum.

In line with Stone Melee and Stone Armor, this powerset may be released as Stone Assault or Stony Assault instead. The developers have a tendency to use internal names for powers and powersets instead of their release names. The most infamous of these is "Gadgets", the internal name for Devices.

The following powers have been confirmed to be in the Earth Assault set by Comic Con attendees.[1]. Note that power effects may be altered from their original versions, as is often the case with Assault sets.

Power Tables

Dominator

The Earth Assault powerset is available as a secondary set for Dominators. The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

	Power	Level	Effect
	Stone Spears	1	Ranged, Moderate Damage(Lethal)
	Stone Mallet	2	Melee, High Damage(Smashing), Foe Knockback
	Tremor	4	Point Blank Area of Effect, Moderate Damage(Smashing), Foe Knockback
	Hurl Boulder	10	Ranged, High Damage(Smashing), Foe Knockback, -Fly
	Power Boost	16	Self +Special
	Heavy Mallet	20	Melee, Superior Damage(Smashing), Foe Knockback
	Seismic Smash	28	Melee, Extreme Damage(Smashing), Foe Hold
	Mud Pots	35	Toggle: Point Blank Area of Effect, Minor Damage over Time(Fire), Foe: Immobilize, -Speed
	Fissure	38	Close (Targeted AoE), Moderate DMG(Smashing/Lethal), Foe Disorient, Knockback

Powers

The following powers are in the Earth Assault powerset.

Fissure

This powerful stomp can cause a seismic disturbance. This will crack the earth itself and send a fault towards a targeted foe. Affected targets take moderate damage and may be thrown in the air and possibly disoriented.

Damage	Moderate (Smashing/Lethal)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	38 (Dominator)
Effects	Close (Targeted Area of Effect)
	Foe Disorient, Knockback
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Disorient Duration
Set Categories	Targeted AoE Damage
	Stuns
	Knockback

Heavy Mallet

A more impressive form of Stone Mallet, the Heavy Mallet deals more damage, but is slower to swing. It has a greater chance of knocking down opponents.

Damage	Superior(Smashing)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	20 (Dominator)
Effects	Melee
	Foe Knockback
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Melee Damage
	Knockback

Hurl Boulder

You are able to tear up a chunk of ground beneath your feet and Hurl it at an enemy. This attack deals moderate damage, and can knock foes back and even drop them out of the air if they are flying.

Damage	High(Smashing)
Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	10 (Dominator)
Effects	Ranged
	Foe Knockback, -Fly
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Ranged Damage
	Knockback

Power Boost

Greatly boosts the secondary effects of your powers. Your powers' effects like heals, defense buffs, endurance drains, disorients, holds, immobilizes, knockbacks and more, are all improved. The effects of Power Boost last a short while, and only the next couple of attacks will be boosted.

Recharge	Long
Minimum Level	16 (Dominator)
Effects	Self +Special
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	None

Mud Pots

While this power is active, you draw upon the geothermal power of the Earth to create a bubbling pool of hot mud around yourself. All foes in melee range will become snared and entrapped in the mud, Immobilizing some and Slowing others. The boiling heat from Mud Pots may also deal some damage over time to the snared foes.

Recharge	Fast
Damage	Minor Damage over Time(Fire)
Minimum Level	35 (Dominator)
Effects	Toggle: Point Blank Area of Effect
	Foe: Immobilize, -Speed
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Slow
Set Categories	PBAoE Damage
	Slow Movement

Seismic Smash

This massive attack hits with all the force of the Earth itself. It deals tremendous amounts of damage, and may Hold the target if they are not defeated outright.

Damage	Extreme(Smashing)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	28 (Dominator)
Effects	Melee
	Foe Hold
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Hold Duration
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Melee Damage
	Holds

Stone Mallet

Your control over the earth allows you to form a mallet of solid stone. This Stone Mallet deals heavy damage, and can knock down weak foes.

Damage	High(Smashing)
Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	2 (Dominator)
Effects	Melee
	Foe Knockback
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Melee Damage
	Knockback

Stone Spears

You can cause Stone Spears to erupt around an enemy target. The Stone Spears deal moderate lethal damage.

Damage	Moderate(Lethal)
Recharge	Fast
Minimum Level	1 (Dominator)
Effects	Ranged
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Ranged Damage

Tremor

You can cause a localized earthquake immediately around you. This will deal moderate damage to every foe in melee range, while knocking them back.

Damage	Moderate(Smashing)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	4 (Dominator)
Effects	Point Blank Area of Effect
	Foe Knockback
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	PBAoE Damage
	Knockback

Developer Quotes

According to Castle, Earth Assault was a personal project to help Sunstorm learn the ropes when he first started. Once the project was complete, they went ahead and proposed it for the (then) next round of Powerset Proliferation [2]

Sunstorm then made the following statement [3]

Never played a more "tankish" feeling dominator, despite it having no armors. ... Earth Assault will be a very melee heavy set. Also opted for the regular Hurl boulder Animation, since the Propel Boulder animation uses the full 3.5 second long propel animation. Now I may be a huge fan of propel for my grav doms/Trollers, but the thought of having 2 versions of it didn't seem too fun.