Earth Assault
Overview
Earth Assault is a standard power set that is a secondary set for Dominators.
"With Earth Assault, you can damage foes with the very ground they walk upon. You can conjure stone weapons, hurl boulders, and even cause magma to erupt from the ground."
Power Table
The Earth Assault power set is available as a secondary set for Dominators. The following table shows the level at which each power is available:
| Power | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|
 Stone Spears
|
1 | Ranged, DMG(Lethal), Foe Knock Up |
 Stone Mallet
|
1 | Melee, DMG(Smash), Foe Knockdown |
 Tremor
|
4 | PBAoE, DMG(Smash), Foe Knockback |
 Hurl Boulder
|
10 | Ranged, DMG(Smash), Foe Knockback, -Fly |
 Power Up
|
16 | Self +Special, +Dmg(All) |
 Heavy Mallet
|
20 | Melee, DMG(Smash), Foe Knockdown |
 Seismic Smash
|
24 | Melee, DMG(Smash), Foe Hold |
 Mud Pots
|
28 | Toggle: PBAoE, DoT(Fire), Foe Immob, -SPD |
 Fissure
|
30 | Close (Targeted AoE), DMG(Smash), Foe Knockdown, Disorient |
Powers
Fissure
This powerful stomp can crack the earth itself, damaging a nearby targeted foe and any foes around it. This Fissure can only affect foes on the ground, dealing moderate smashing damage and possibly throwing them into the air or disorienting them.
- Damage
- 1.17 Smashing
- Recharge
- 16 seconds
- Minimum Level
-
30 (Dominator) - Effects
- Close (Targeted Area of Effect)
Foe Knockdown, Disorient - Enhancements
-
Enhance Accuracy 
Enhance Damage
Enhance Disorient
Reduce Endurance Cost
Enhance Knockback 
Enhance Range
Enhance Recharge Speed - Customization
- Original, Color Tintable, Lava, Crystal
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
- 2.76 Smashing
- Recharge
- 15 seconds
- Minimum Level
-
20 (Dominator)
- Effects
- Melee
Foe Knockdown - Enhancements
-
Enhance Accuracy Enhance Damage Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Knockback Enhance Recharge Speed
- Set Categories
- Customization
- Original, Color Tintable, Lava, Crystal
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
- 2.28 Smashing
- Recharge
- 12 seconds
- Minimum Level
-
10 (Dominator)
- Effects
- Ranged
Foe Knockback, -Fly - Enhancements
-
Enhance Accuracy Enhance Damage Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Knockback Enhance Range Enhance Recharge Speed
- Set Categories
- Customization
- Original, Color Tintable, Lava, Crystal
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.
- Damage
- 0.13 Fire Damage over Time every 2 seconds
- Recharge
- 4 seconds
- Minimum Level
-
28 (Dominator)
- Effects
- Toggle: Point Blank Area of Effect
Foe Immobilize, -Speed - Enhancements
-
Enhance Accuracy Enhance Damage Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Recharge Speed
Enhance Slow Movement - Set Categories
- Customization
- Original, Color Tintable
Power Up
Boosts the damage and secondary effects of your powers. Your powers' effects like Heals, Defense Buffs, Endurance Drains, Disorients, Holds, Immobilizes, and more, are all improved. The effects of Power Up last a short while, and only the next couple of attacks will be boosted.
This power improves the strength of your Heals, Endurance drains and gifts, Runspeed powers, Flight powers, Defense buffs and debuffs, and ToHit buffs and debuffs, as well as the duration of your Sleep, Hold, Disorient, Immobilize, Fear, and Confuse status effects. It does not increase the strength of your Knockback effects.
- Recharge
- 90 seconds
- Minimum Level
-
16 (Dominator)
- Effects
- Self +Special, +Damage(All)
- Enhancements
-
Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Recharge Speed
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
- 3.56 Smashing
- Recharge
- 20 seconds
- Minimum Level
-
24 (Dominator)
- Effects
- Melee
Foe Hold - Enhancements
-
Enhance Accuracy Enhance Damage Reduce Endurance Cost
Enhance Hold Enhance Recharge Speed - Set Categories
- Customization
- Original, Color Tintable, Lava, Crystal
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
- 1.64 Smashing
- Recharge
- 8 seconds
- Minimum Level
-
1 (Dominator)
- Effects
- Melee
Foe Knockdown - Enhancements
-
Enhance Accuracy Enhance Damage Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Knockback Enhance Recharge Speed
- Set Categories
- Customization
- Original, Color Tintable, Lava, Crystal
Stone Spears
Stone spears erupt from the ground at the feet of your target. This attack can only be used against targets on the ground, and does moderate lethal damage.
- Damage
- 1 Lethal
- Recharge
- 4 seconds
- Minimum Level
-
1 (Dominator)
- Effects
- Ranged
Foe Knockup - Enhancements
-
Enhance Accuracy Enhance Damage Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Knockback Enhance Range Enhance Recharge Speed
- Set Categories
- Customization
- Original, Color Tintable, Lava, Crystal
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
- 0.997 Smashing
- Recharge
- 18 seconds
- Minimum Level
-
4 (Dominator)
- Effects
- Point Blank Area of Effect
Foe Knockdown - Enhancements
-
Enhance Accuracy Enhance Damage Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Knockback Enhance Recharge Speed
- Set Categories
- Customization
- Original, Color Tintable, Lava, Crystal
Historical
Developer Quotes
This section contains information about a past event in Homecoming: City of Heroes/Villains. It is provided for historical purposes.
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 Power Set Proliferation [1]
Sunstorm then made the following statement [2]
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.
In a Dev Diary released on August 13, 2009, Castle confirmed the power lineup of the set, and again commented on the creation of Earth Assault:
Earth Assault began life as a training exercise for Jonathan "Sunstorm" Courney. Shortly after he began working here, he decided to build a new assault set for Dominators in order to help familiarize himself with the powers system. He spent some time picking the powers, dreaming up new ones and testing them, and in general just doing some really innovative and crazy things with them. After a while, he decided to take his test bed and turn it into something that could be released to the fans. This led to a lot of rebalancing, rebuilding, and when he was finally satisfied with it, he pitched it to me. Although it's taken awhile for it to be implemented, we're happy that we're finally able to include it with Issue 16.
Earth Assault, like other Assault sets, combines a good mix of Ranged and Melee powers. It has a healthy dose of soft control, good damage, and with Mud Pots - one of the best Damage Auras available.
Other
This section contains information about changes that took place in Homecoming: City of Heroes/Villains. It is provided for historical purposes.
- This set was added to the game for Dominators in Issue 16.
- This set was reworked in Issue 26, Page 2.