Earthen Rush

Quickly dash along the ground, summoning spikes along the way and then delivering an area strike. — In-game description

Earthen Rush

Profession

Elementalist (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand dagger

Attunement

Earth

Movement

Leap

Game link

API

5559

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0.5½  

12

15

 

Earthen Rush

Quickly dash along the ground, summoning spikes along the way and then delivering an area strike.

 Damage: 660 (1.8)^?

 Damage: 147 (0.4)^?

 Immobilize (2s): Unable to move.

 Spike Maximum Targets: 1

 Final Strike Maximum Targets: 5

 Spike Radius: 60

 Impact Radius: 240

 Evade: 0.5½ seconds

 Combo Finisher: Leap

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Earth

• Strength of Stone — Gain condition damage based on your toughness. Inflict bleeding when you immobilize a foe. Bleeding can only occur on the same target once per interval.
• Geomancer's Training — Strike damage from nearby foes is reduced. Earth weapon skills gain reduced recharge.

Water

• Flow like Water — Deal increased strike damage, which is further increased while your health is above the threshold. Blocking or evading an attack heals you.

Weaver

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

Catalyst

• Vicious Empowerment — Gain Elemental Empowerment and might when you disable or immobilize a foe.
• Evasive Empowerment — Gain Elemental Empowerment and vigor while evading an attack.

Notes

• Each spike inflicts immobilize when the final damage happens, inflicting immobilize across the entire path done.

Bug:

This skill is affected by Swiftness, Superspeed, Chilled, and Crippled.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 25, 2024	Reduced the cooldown from 18 seconds to 15 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 14, 2023	This skill will now stop moving when it reaches the targeted enemy if one exists.
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Recharge reduced from 18 seconds to 12 seconds. Damage multiplier increased from 1 to 1.8.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.4.
April 23, 2019	Magnetic Leap has been renamed Earthen Rush and reworked.
August 28, 2018	Magnetic Leap now immobilizes the struck foe for 2.5 seconds. Decreased Magnetic Leap damage by 66%. Increased the cooldown from 12 seconds to 18 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance.
June 03, 2014	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to trigger the passive effect of Signet of Restoration twice.
January 29, 2013	Magnetic Leap has been added to the game.