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

Powers

The following powers are in the Earth Assault powerset.

StoneMastery Fissure.png 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 V archetypeicon dominator.png 38 (Dominator)
Effects Close (Targeted Area of Effect)
Foe Disorient, Knockback
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training KnockBack Distance.png Enhance Knockback Distance
TO Training Range.png Enhance Range
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
TO Training Disorient Duration.png Enhance Disorient Duration
Set Categories IO Damage.png Targeted AoE Damage
IO Disorient Duration.png Stuns
IO Knockback Distance.png Knockback

StoneMelee HeavyMallet.png 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 V archetypeicon dominator.png 20 (Dominator)
Effects Melee
Foe Knockback
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training KnockBack Distance.png Enhance Knockback Distance
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories IO Melee Damage.png Melee Damage
IO Knockback Distance.png Knockback

StoneMelee HurlBoulder.png 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 V archetypeicon dominator.png 10 (Dominator)
Effects Ranged
Foe Knockback, -Fly
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training KnockBack Distance.png Enhance Knockback Distance
TO Training Range.png Enhance Range
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories IO Ranged Damage.png Ranged Damage
IO Knockback Distance.png Knockback

StoneMelee BuildUp.png 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 V archetypeicon dominator.png 16 (Dominator)
Effects Self +Special
Enhancements TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories None

StoneArmor Clay.png 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 V archetypeicon dominator.png 35 (Dominator)
Effects Toggle: Point Blank Area of Effect
Foe: Immobilize, -Speed
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
TO Training Slow powers.png Enhance Slow
Set Categories IO PBAoE Damage.png PBAoE Damage
IO Slow.png Slow Movement

StoneMelee SeismicSmash.png 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 V archetypeicon dominator.png 28 (Dominator)
Effects Melee
Foe Hold
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training Hold Duration.png Enhance Hold Duration
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories IO Melee Damage.png Melee Damage
IO Hold Duration.png Holds

StoneMelee StoneMallet.png 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 V archetypeicon dominator.png 2 (Dominator)
Effects Melee
Foe Knockback
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training KnockBack Distance.png Enhance Knockback Distance
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories IO Melee Damage.png Melee Damage
IO Knockback Distance.png Knockback

StoneMelee Fault.png 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 V archetypeicon dominator.png 1 (Dominator)
Effects Ranged
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories IO Ranged Damage.png Ranged Damage

StoneMelee Tremor.png 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 V archetypeicon dominator.png 4 (Dominator)
Effects Point Blank Area of Effect
Foe Knockback
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training KnockBack Distance.png Enhance Knockback Distance
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories IO PBAoE Damage.png PBAoE Damage
IO Knockback Distance.png 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.
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