Earth magic is awesome.

I would like to point out a few of the more awesome earth skills. (because I'm tried of hearing about fire.)

Obsidian Flame: Ignores armor! FTW. Exhaustion! ftl... but seriously a wonderful spike.

Crystal wave/Tenai's Crystals: Not Really Elemental Damage! Mostly Ignores Armor! AoE! FTW. Slow Recharge! ftl... but seriously still great skills.

Sliver Armor: Hits random foes! Very very quickly! Over and over! For a decent duration! And mediocre defense as well! And rawks for farming! FTW. ...no really not really any downside to this, nope. Double FTW.

Stoneflesh Aura: Highest DR in the game (excluding % damage reduction spells)! Infinitely chainable! Cheap! FTW. slow initial cast time! ftl. But you can just use a glyph of concentration anyway.

Unsteady Ground, Churning Earth, and Eruption: AoE! Decent damage! Heavily disruptive! Relatively quick casting time! FTW. Slow recharge! ftl... but throw these into a fray, totally worth it. Those are the skills I run on my earth ele. Unsteady and churning are awesome in HM because they attack faster and they always have a speed buff(+50%). Lots of kds ^^

Those are the skills I run on my earth ele. Unsteady and churning are awesome in HM because they attack faster and they always have a speed buff(+50%). Lots of kds ^^ What does attacking faster have to do with 'if you're attacking'? There is no delay between attacks, so it doesn't matter if they have IAS or not, they'll still be knocked down the same number of times, only they'll get, on average, more hits in between knockdowns.

The only real argument in this situation is the fact that, in HM, they're high levelled, so attacks deal a ton of damage, so the knockdowns prevent them from occurring.

som 1 willing to share an earth build ? pve [build prof=E/N box earth=12+1+1 energystorage=10+1 curses=8][unsteady ground][eruption][earthquake][ward against melee][enfeebling blood][stoning][earth attunement][glyph of lesser energy][/build]

Is my current favorite. Drop earthquake for a rez, churning earth, or PvE skills if you need. The ward slot can be used for any ward, depending on what you're facing. Enfeebling blood can just be [[email protected]] if you're a sissy.

[build prof=E/N box earth=12+1+1 energystorage=10+1 curses=8][unsteady ground][eruption][earthquake][ward against melee][enfeebling blood][stoning][earth attunement][glyph of lesser energy][/build]

Is my current favorite. Drop earthquake for a rez, churning earth, or PvE skills if you need. The ward slot can be used for any ward, depending on what you're facing. Enfeebling blood can just be [[email protected]] if you're a sissy. I use a similar build to the good Dr's, except I slot PvE skills too [[great dwarf weapon] and [[ebon battle standard of wisdom] are really awesome.