Ground Slam

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Ground Slam.

Raising a staff or two handed mace high above their head, the player slams it earthward with a crackling thud. The force of this blow sunders soil and rock, forking outward to stun and damage enemies that stand ahead. At greater levels of skill, the fissures from Ground Slam travel a long distance, causing tremendous harm to anything caught in their path.

Description on the official Path of Exile website

Ground Slam is a melee attack creating a wave that travels forwards and damages enemies with an increased chance to stun.

Skill functions and interactions

• Accuracy: Accuracy is a factor despite the nature of the skill. Ground Slam can miss.

• Dual Wielding: Ground slam with Dual Wielding will not function unless a mace is in the main hand. Only the main hand weapon is used to attack.

• Reduced Enemy Stun Threshold: This essentially means that enemies struck by Ground Slam have a greater chance to be stunned than with other attacks.

Gem level progression

Level			Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Radius	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	115%	115%	N/A	0	0
2	2	0	119%	118.8%	N/A	70	70
3	4	16	123%	122.7%	N/A	308	378
4	7	22	127%	126.5%	N/A	1554	1932
5	11	31	130%	130.4%	N/A	6667	8599
6	16	41	134%	134.2%	N/A	26047	34646
7	20	50	138%	138.1%	N/A	49725	84371
8	24	58	142%	141.9%	N/A	95714	180085
9	28	67	146%	145.7%	N/A	169595	349680
10	32	75	150%	149.6%	N/A	283759	633439
11	36	83	153%	153.4%	N/A	453996	1087435
12	40	92	157%	157.3%	N/A	703128	1790563
13	44	100	161%	161.1%	N/A	1061223	2851786
14	48	109	165%	164.9%	N/A	2065870	4917656
15	52	117	169%	168.8%	N/A	2507110	7424766
16	56	125	173%	172.6%	N/A	5798936	13223702
17	60	134	176%	176.5%	N/A	15083919	28307621
18	64	142	180%	180.3%	N/A	27792735	56100356
19	67	148	184%	184.2%	N/A	43869739	99970095
20	70	155	188%	188%	N/A	242081556	342051651
21	72	159	192%	191.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	196%	195.7%	N/A	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	200%	199.5%	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	203%	203.4%	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	207%	207.2%	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	211%	211.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	215%	214.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	219%	218.7%	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	223%	222.6%	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	226%	226.4%	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	228%	228.3%	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	230%	230.3%	N/A	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	232%	232.2%	N/A	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	234%	234.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	236%	236%	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	238%	237.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	240%	239.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	242%	241.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	244%	243.7%	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	246%	245.6%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Ground Slam:

Note that the jewels may be drop disabled and only be found in the permanent leagues as legacy items.

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop Enabled
Rapid ExpansionRapid Expansion Crimson JewelLimited to: 2 Radius: Medium(8-12)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Ground Slam has a 35% chance to grant an Endurance Charge when you Stun an Enemy With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Ground Slam has a 50% increased angleChitus began to aggressively expand his empire into neighbouring nations at great human cost. But for absolute power, there is no price that a Perandus won't pay.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	2	Medium	(8-12)% increased Global Physical Damage With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Ground Slam has a 35% chance to grant an Endurance Charge when you Stun an Enemy With at least 40 Strength in Radius, Ground Slam has a 50% increased angle	0

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Ground Slam.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Ground Slam Angle 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Ground Slam has a 16% increased angle	helmet 100
Enchantment Ground Slam Angle 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Ground Slam has a 24% increased angle	helmet 100
Enchantment Ground Slam Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Ground Slam Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Ground Slam Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Ground Slam Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Ground Slam Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Ground Slam Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Ground Slam Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Ground Slam Area of Effect	helmet 100

Version history

Version	Changes
2.6.0	Ground Slam gains 1 additional unit of radius every 3 levels. No longer gain increased area of effect radius.
2.4.0	15% more damage at gem level 20.
2.1.0	Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards. Ground Slam now gains increased area of effect radius of 1% for each level after the first.
2.0.3	Increased the base damage of Ground Slam at all levels. (80% base damage to 85% base damage at level 1, progressing at the same rate to level 20).
0.11.6	The damage wave of Ground Slam is no longer connected to attack speed, so no matter how fast you attack, the damage wave will still move at the same speed. This does not prevent you from repeat attacking. Ground Slam: increased from 70% to 80% weapon damage. Its reduced stun threshold has been reduced from 35% to 25%.
0.9.13	Ground Slam now attacks at the speed of your weapon.
0.9.12qq	Damage modifiers are now factored into Damage Effectiveness rather than being listed as separate stats.
0.9.12m	Reduced the damage of Ground Slam by 20%. The damage penalty is now factored into the Damage Effectiveness of the skill, rather than as a negative stat.
0.9.12f	Fixed a newly introduced bug where Ground Slam would always get critical strikes.
0.9.4c	Fixed a crash that can occur with Ground Slam.
0.9.4	Changed the quality stat to Stun Duration (rather than Reduced Stun Threshold).
0.9.3c	Increased damage by raising its flat damage penalty from -15% to -12%.
0.9.1	Fixed the behaviour of Ground Slam so that you don't miss things really close to you.
0.7.1	Leap Slam and Ground Slam now check your Accuracy Rating
0.6.8	Improved Ground Slam effects
0.6.0	Added new skills: Ground Slam, Elemental Hit and Cleave