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.

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Ground Slam:

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

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats	Drop Enabled

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.
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