Ground Slam

Ground SlamAttack, AoE, Slam, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 6 Mana
Attack Speed: 90% of base
Attack Damage: (115-188)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (115-188)%
AoE Radius: 35Slams the ground in front of you, creating a wave that travels forward and damages enemies with an increased chance to stun. The wave deals more damage to closer enemies. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Staff or Unarmed.25% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold
+(0-10) to radius
Deals up to (40-49)% more Damage with Hits to closer targets

Additional Effects per 1% Quality:
1% increased Stun Duration on enemies
0.5% increased Area of Effect0.5% increased Attack Speed2% increased anglePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Drop level: 5Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemGroundSlam

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

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 will use both weapons when dual wielding.

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

Gem quality

Type	Stats (per 1% quality)	Weight
Superior	1% increased Stun Duration on enemies 0.5% increased Area of Effect	50
Anomalous	0.5% increased Attack Speed	100
Divergent	2% increased angle	50

Item acquisition

Ground Slam can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Ground Slam can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	Random level 20 gem	A
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Gem Alternate Quality: +19%Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality	A
8	The HookThe Hook8Level 21 Gem Alternate Quality: +23% CorruptedEvery obsession began with a single, innocent taste.	Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality	A
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	Random gem with 20% quality	A
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters. Shift click to unstack.	Random gem with 1–20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Enemy at the Gate Act 1 Nessa	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

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.

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

Alternate skill effects

Ground Slam has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Celestial Ground Slam EffectCelestial Ground Slam EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Ground Slam becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Ground Slam becomes a Celestial Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.20.1	Updated various descriptions of conditional modifiers, such as the increased Damage against Ignited Enemies modifier on Gang's MomentumGang's Momentum Legion BootsArmour: (270-336) Energy Shield: (54-70)Requires Level 58, 54 Str, 54 Int(160-180)% increased Armour and Energy Shield +(50-60)% to Fire Resistance 25% increased Movement Speed (10-15)% chance to Ignite (25-40)% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments against Ignited EnemiesBecome one with the unstoppable flame., to clarify the kinds of damage they can apply to. (Undocumented) Updated Deals up to (40-49)% more Damage to closer targets to Deals up to (40-49)% more Damage with Hits to closer targets. Note: this is just a visual change.
3.17.0	Ground Slam now has +10 to radius at gem level 20 (previously +6). Quality on the Divergent Ground Slam Skill gem no longer provides 0-60% increased Area of Effect. It now provides 0-40% increased Angle (previously 0-40% reduced).
3.15.0	Now deals 188% of Base Damage, and has 188% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 20 (previously 150%).
3.11.0	The visual effects have been improved. No longer has added Attack Physical Damage. Now deals base damage and has an added damage effectiveness of 115% at gem level 1 (from 95%), up to 150% at gem level 20 (from 125%). No longer tagged as a Physical gem.
3.7.0	Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 95% at gem level 1 (from 100%), up to 125% at gem level 20 (unchanged). Now adds 2 to 3 physical damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 75 to 113 at gem level 20. Now has an attack speed multiplier of 90%. Now gains 1% increased Stun Duration on enemies and 0.5% increased area of effect per 1% gem quality (from 1.5% increased Stun Duration on enemies per 1% gem quality).
3.6.0	Can now affect up to 40 targets per attack (from 20).
3.5.0	Ground Slam is no longer main-hand only.
3.3.0	Previously dealt damage in a cone in front of the attacker, based on weapon damage. Now deals damage in a cone in front of the attacker, based on weapon damage, but also deals up to 40% more damage to closer targets at gem level 1, up to 49% at gem level 20. Now has a significantly wider area of effect. Now has an added damage effectiveness and base damage of 100% at gem level 1 (up from 90%), up to 123% at gem level 20 (up from 120%). Can be used with axes.
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