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Petrify

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Petrify is a Druid skill from the Ultimate skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player Exploits Condition
Physical Dmg Critical Strike Chance
Critical Strike Damage
Stuns (CC)
Nature Magic
Earth Skills
Spirit

Petrify Details and Upgrades

Petrify

Encase all Nearby enemies in stone, Stunning (CC) them for 3 seconds. You deal x30% increased Critical Strike Damage to enemies affected by Petrify.

Against Bosses, the Critical Strike Damage bonus is increased to x 50% and its duration is increased to 6 seconds.

Type: Nature Magic

Damage: Physical

Cooldown: 50 seconds

Tags: Ultimate, Nature Magic, Earth

Upgrades

Prime Petrify

Petrify's effect duration are increased by 1 second.

Supreme Petrify

Killing an enemy affected by Petrify grants 25 Spirit.


Other Skills that work with Petrify

The following skills either:

  • Create a condition Petrify can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Petrify creates
Basic Tree
Wild Earth Spike

Summon a second Earth Spike when hitting an Immobilized or Stunned enemy.

Skill

Fierce Earth Spike

Fortify for 8% of your Base Life whenever Earth Spike damages enemies who are Stunned, Immobilized, or Knocked Back.

Skill

Core Tree
Primal Landslide

When you Immobilize or Stun an enemy, you gain a Terramote. Each enemy hit by Landslide consumes a Terramote causing a guaranteed Critical Strike with x40% Critical Strike Damage. Bosses always have up to a 10% chance to grant a Terramote when hit.

Skill

Raging Landslide

When you strike an Immobilized or Stunned enemy with Landslide, an additional pillar of earth is formed.

Skill

Predatory Instinct

Critical Strike Chance against Close enemies is increased by + 2%/4%/6%

Passive

Companion Tree
Brutal Poison Creeper

Your Critical Strike Chance is increased by +20% against enemies strangled by Poison Creeper.

Skill

Enhanced Wolf Pack

Wolves deal x25% increased damage to Immobilized, Stunned, Slowed, or Poisoned enemies.

Skill

Enhanced Ravens

You have a +5% increased Critical Strike Chance against enemies for 6 seconds after they are hit by Ravens.

Skill

Nature's Reach

Deal x 3%/6%/9% increased damage to Distant enemies. Double this bonus if they are also Slowed, Stunned, Immobilized or Knocked Back.

Passive

Wrath Tree
Natural Boulder

While you have any Fortify, Boulder has +20% increased Critical Strike Chance.

Skill

Savage Boulder

Boulder's Critical Strike Chance is increased by +3% each time it deals damage.

Skill

Crushing Earth

Earth skills deal x 5%/10%/15% increased damage to Slowed, Stunned, Immobilized or Knocked Back enemies.

Passive

Safeguard

Critical Strikes with Earth skills Fortify you for 2%/4%/7% Base Life.

Requires a point in Crushing Earth.

Passive

Stone Guard

While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, your Earth skills deal x 4%/8%/12% increased damage.

Requires a point in Crushing Earth.

Passive

Bad Omen

Lucky Hit: Up to a 10% / 20% / 30% chance when dealing damage to a Vulnerable, Immobilized or Stunned enemy that a Lightning Bolt also hits dealing 55% damage.

Requires a point in Charged Atmosphere or Endless Tempest.

Passive

Ultimate Tree

Defiance

Nature Magic skills deal x 4% / 8% / 12% increased damage to Elites.

Passive

Natural Disaster

Your Earth skills deal x 4% / 8% / 12% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.

Your Storm skills deal x 4% / 8% / 12 increased damage to enemies that are Stunned, Immobilized, or Knocked Back.

Requires point in Defiance.

Passive

Resonance

Nature Magic skills deal 2% / 4% / 6% increased damage.

Triple this bonus if an Earth skill is the next skill cast after a Storm skill or a Storm skill is the next skill cast after an Earth skill.

Requires point in Circle of Life or Natural Disaster.

Passive

Key Passives Tree

Earthen Might

Lucky Hit: Damaging enemies with Earth skills has up to a 5% chance to:

  • Restore all of your Spirit
  • Cause your attacks to be guaranteed Critical Strikes for 5 seconds.

This chance is increased by:

Passive

Nature's Fury

Casting an Earth skill has a 30% chance to trigger a free Storm skill of the same category.

In addition, casting a Storm skill has a 30% chance to trigger a free Earth skill of the same category.

Passive


Items that work with Petrify

The following items either:

  • Grant a bonus when using Petrify
  • Create a condition Petrify can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Petrify creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Mending Stone
Defensive The duration of Earthen Bulwark is increased by [6] seconds. In addition, killing an enemy with Earth Skills replenishes [X] of your active Earthen Bulwark's Barrier.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)

Sealed Archives
(Map)
Dry Steppes Druid
Aspect of Natural Balance
Offensive Casting a Storm Skill grants your Earth Skills [30-45%] Critical Strike Damage for [4.0] seconds.

Casting an Earth Skill increases the Critical Strike Chance of Storm Skills by [8.0-12.0%] for [4.0] seconds.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

N/A Extraction Druid
Aspect of Quicksand
Utility Damage from Earth Skills Slow enemies hit by [25-50%] for [5.0] seconds.

Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)

Ferals' Den
(Map)
Scosglen Druid
Ballistic Aspect
Utility When you have Fortify your Earth Skills gain +[2] Ranks.

Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)

Whispering Pines
(Map)
Scosglen Druid
Crashstone Aspect
Offensive Earth Skills deal [30-40%] more Critical Strike Damage to Crowd Controlled enemies.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

Stockades
(Map)
Scosglen Druid
Earthguard Aspect
Defensive Gain [15-25%] bonus amount to your next Earthen Bulwark for each enemy you Crowd Control up to a maximum of [100.0%].

Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)

N/A Extraction Druid
Nighthowler's Aspect
Offensive Blood Howl increases Critical Strike Chance by [5 - 10%]. In addition, Blood Howl also affects Nearby Companions and Players for [3.0] seconds.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

Forbidden City
(Map)
Fractured Peaks Druid
Subterranean Aspect
Offensive Poison Creeper’s active also casts Landslide in a circle around you. Earth Skills deal 10-20% increased damage to Poisoned enemies.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)

N/A Extraction Druid

* Extraction means the Legendary Aspect can be removed from any Legendary item at the Occultist. A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.

Unique Items

Vasilys_Prayer.png

Vasily's Prayer

"Roots from the Great Oak growing at the seaward statue of Vasily will, on rare occasions, be found twisted back upon themselves, suffused with ferocious magic." - Barrett's Book of Implements

Type: Helm

Description: Your Earth Skills are now also Werebear Skills and Fortify you for [x].

Affixes: - Item Power 725

  • + 10.5 - 17.5% Damage while Shapeshifted
  • + 21 - 42% Overpower Damage
  • + Maximum Life
  • 24.5 - 45.5% Lightning Resistance


Malignant Hearts

The Picana
Vicious
Offensive
Critical Strikes electrically charge the enemy for 0.75-2.50 seconds, causing lightning to arc between them and any other charged enemies dealing 68-136 Lightning damage. Generic
Inexorable Force
Devious
Utility
Up to 30-50 Distant enemies are pulled toward you while you have an Ultimate Skill active. Druid
Creeping Death
Wrathful
Super
Your damage over time effects are increased by 30-40% for each different Crowd Control effect on the target. Unstoppable monsters and Staggered bosses instead take 110-130% increased damage from your damage over time effects. Generic
The Barber
Wrathful
Super
Critical Strikes and all subsequent damage within 2.0 - 4.0 seconds is absorbed by your target. Then, the absorbed damage erupts onto surrounding enemies. Stored damage is increased by 10% per second. Generic


Changes to Petrify

Patch 1.0.3, June 27, 2023

  • Critical Strike Damage Bonus increased from 25% to 30%.