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Build Outline
Gear Attributes Priority
- Versatility > Mastery > Haste
- Purples: Strength > Resilience Break > Armour > Stamina
- Raid Gear Set Bonus: 4pc Shield Bash
Gear Embed (Gems)
- Mastery + Strength
Expertise Skills
- Star Shatter, Sandshroud, Stoneform, Rage Burst
Skill Advancements (Books)
- Rage Burst > Shield Bash > Collapse Loop (Ult)
Battle Imagines
- Tempest Ogre (Mandatory)
- Frost Ogre/Venobzzar Incubator/Tina/Airona (Flex options)
- Jungle Goblin Warrior/Brigand Guard Captain (Purples)
Talents
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Class Introduction
The Earthfort Specialisation focuses on generating and refreshing large shields, making it extremely durable—almost immortal in sustained fights. However, it lacks significant built-in Damage Reduction. Compared to Block Spec, Earthfort requires fewer stat investments, making it much more accessible during the early to mid-game.
Gear Attributes
Versatility should be your highest priority, followed by Mastery. Haste is only recommended for gear slots where neither Versatility nor Mastery is available.
Notable Skills
These are the skills you should keep track of, even when playing on auto. It is strongly recommended to disable auto-casting for Collapse Loop.
Collapse Loop (Ultimate): Greatly increases Physical Defence and Max HP. It can be used as a defensive panic button or offensively to boost damage output through Resolute Breath when survival pressure is low.
Rage Burst: Grants a shield and Damage Reduction. This should be your primary opening skill.
Sandshroud: Your main skill for generating Rage and Sand Crystals. It works well as a rotation starter and should be used off cooldown.
Star Shatter: A gap-closer that allows you to charge at enemies (uninterruptible), generating Rage and stunning targets on impact.
Notable Talents
- Resolute Breath: Enables you to slam down from mid-air using a Basic Attack, detonating all active shields, dealing damage equal to 30% of your Max HP in a wide area. With 70k HP, you would deal at least 21k AoE damage. At late game, combining this with Collapse Loop can push the damage up to 40k. This talent sacrifices all your shields, leaving you vulnerable. It should only be used when survival pressure is low.
Battle Imagines
Tempest Ogre (BiS): Pulls enemies reliably in a large AoE, provides some Damage Reduction, and slightly reduces Battle Imagine cooldowns.
Frost Ogre: Freezes surrounding enemies while dealing high Resilience Break. Often paired with Tempest Ogre to gather and CC large groups. Also useful in boss fights to create DPS windows and reduce survival pressure.
Venobzzar Incubator: Inflicts Vulnerability on the target, increasing the damage dealt to it. Useful offensive support Imagine for improving already good runs.
Tina: Reduces ally skill cooldowns by 50% for 20 seconds. A highly valuable support Imagine, high advancements are important but are costly and difficult for F2P players.
Airona: Allows you to revive allies, making it highly sought after in raids and Master dungeons. Even without advancements, it provides excellent utility.
Jungle Goblin Warrior and Brigand Guard Captain are both Purple Imagines that are relatively easy to raise to max advancements and contribute significantly to Gear Score.