Earthquake

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Not to be confused with [Quake].
Earthquake
Spell shaman earthquake.png
  • Earthquake
  • Row 2 Elemental shaman talent
  • 40 yd range
  • 60 Maelstrom
  • Instant
  • Causes the earth within 8 yards of the target location to tremble and break, dealing (258% of Nature Spell Power) Physical damage over 6 sec and has a 5% chance to knock the enemy down. Multiple uses of Earthquake may overlap.

    This spell is cast at a selected location.
Properties
Class Shaman
School Nature
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required [Earth Shock]/ [Elemental Blast]
Other information
Improvements [Aftershock], [Deeply Rooted Elements], [Earthshatter], [Eye of the Storm], [Maelstrom Supremacy], [Mountains Will Fall], [Storm Frenzy], [Swelling Maelstrom], [Voltaic Surge]
Related debuffs
  • Earthquake
  • Suffering Physical damage every 1 sec with a chance to be knocked down.

  • Earthquake
  • Stunned.
  • Duration: 1 second

Earthquake is an Elemental shaman talent.

It is an exclusive choice node with [Earthquake], a variant that centers the tremor on the target rather than a selected location.

Notes

  • Earthquake is the primary AoE ability for elemental specced shaman. The knockdown is useful for trash fights in instances, and if enemy players can be made to stand in the effect, it can be useful in PvP as well.
  • Earthquake's knockdown effect has a duration of 1 second, and is not affected by diminishing returns. It can only affect each target once per cast.
  • The spell first appeared in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos as the ultimate hero spell of orcish Far Seers.

Trivia

Patch changes

  • TheWarWithin-Icon-Inline.png Patch 11.0.5 (2024-10-22): Damage increased by 17%.
  • TheWarWithin-Icon-Inline.png Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Damage reduced by 6%.
  • TheWarWithin-Icon-Inline.png Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Now a choice node with an option to have it be cast on your target.
  • Dragonflight-Icon-Inline.png Hotfix (2023-12-19): Damage increased by 50%.
  • Dragonflight-Icon-Inline.png Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Tooltip now states that multiple Earthquakes can overlap.
    Developers' note: This is not a change in functionality, only a clarification on the spell's tooltip.
  • Dragonflight-Icon-Inline.png Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Damage increased by 10%.
  • Dragonflight-Icon-Inline.png Hotfix (2022-11-01): Damage increased by 10%.
  • Dragonflight-Icon-Inline.png Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 Elemental talent (was a level 38 Elemental ability).
  • Shadowlands-Icon-Inline.png Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09): Damage increased by 70%.
  • Shadowlands-Icon-Inline.png Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 38 (was 48).
  • BattleForAzeroth-Logo-Small.png Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Range increased to 40 yards (was 35).
  • Legion-Logo-Small.png Patch 7.3.0 (2017-08-29): Damage increased by 19%.
  • Legion-Logo-Small.png Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Earthquake damage increased by 30%, and no longer gains additional ticks with Haste.
  • Legion-Logo-Small.png Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Duration is now 6 seconds (was 10 seconds) and damage per tick is now 50% (was 30%).
  • Legion-Logo-Small.png Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Earthquake Totem has been renamed to Earthquake and no longer summons a totem. Now learned at level 48 (was 52).
  • Legion-Logo-Small.png Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Changed to Earthquake Totem. Now learned at level 52 (was 60).
  • WoD-Logo-Small.png Hotfix (2014-11-19): Earthquake can now only Stun a target once per cast.
  • WoD-Logo-Small.png Hotfix (2014-11-03): Earthquake's knock down effect is no longer affected by diminishing returns, but the knock down effect now only has a duration of 1.5 seconds.
  • WoD-Logo-Small.png Hotfix (2014-10-30): Visuals are no longer visible for friendly players.
  • WoD-Logo-Small.png Hotfix (2014-10-16): Resolved an issue where the first Earthquake would stop dealing damage when a second Earthquake was triggered by Echo of the Elements.
  • WoD-Logo-Small.png Patch 6.0.3 (2014-10-28): Now costs 50% less mana.
  • WoD-Logo-Small.png Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Damage has been increased by 33%.
  • Mists-Logo-Small.png Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 60 Elemental ability (was a tier 7 Elemental Combat talent).
  • Cata-Logo-Small.png Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): Damage has been increased by roughly 75%.
  • Cata-Logo-Small.png Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): No longer a channeled spell. It now has a 2-second cast time, lasts for 10 seconds, and has a 10-second cooldown. Its damage has been reduced by 40% from its channeled version.
  • Cata-Logo-Small.png Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08):
    • Damage has been increased by approximately 10%.
    • Earthquake's mana cost is now correctly reduced by [Elemental Focus]' clearcasting proc.
  • Cata-Logo-Small.png Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.

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