Churning Earth

Make the earth churn, crippling nearby foes before unleashing a seismic wave that damages and bleeds them. — In-game description

Animation

Churning Earth

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Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Weapon

Off hand dagger

Attunement

Earth

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

API

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Make the earth churn, crippling nearby foes before unleashing a seismic wave that damages and bleeds them.

  Damage: 1,284 (3.5)^?

  Damage: 825 (2.25)^?

 ₄ Cripple (1s): -50% Movement Speed

 ₁₂ Bleeding (8s): 2,112 Damage

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 360

  Combo Finisher: Blast

— In-game description

Related traits

Earth

• Serrated Stones — Bleeding you inflict has increased duration. Deal increased damage to bleeding foes.
• Geomancer's Training — Strike damage from nearby foes is reduced. Earth weapon skills gain reduced recharge.

Weaver

• Elemental Pursuit — Gain superspeed when inflicting inhibiting conditions on enemies.

Notes

• This channeled skill is canceled by movement.
• The cripple is applied repeatedly, the period depending on the distance the enemy is from the epicenter.
• As Lightning Flash is an instant cast, it will not interrupt the channeling. Players can channel from a distance and then teleport into range before it ends.
• Combo notifications appear at the start of Churning Earth, even though the actual effects are not applied until the end of the channel. If a combo field expires before Churning Earth finishes channeling, the combo effects are still created.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Recharge reduced from 30 seconds to 20 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 3.5 to 2.25.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: The crippling pulses of this skill will now apply 8 seconds of bleeding in addition to its current effects, bringing the total potential number of bleeding stacks from 8 to 12.
April 19, 2016	The damage of this skill has been increased by 7%.
January 26, 2016	Reduced the casting time of this skill from 3.25 seconds to 2 seconds.
November 15, 2012	This skill's description no longer references "hold and release."
August 28, 2012	Game release: Churning Earth has been added to the game.

Trivia

• This skill was previously a charge skill, but was changed to a channeled skill later.
• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.