Slam¶

An attack that hits the ground in an area: the area attacks of sledges and similar weapons, and alternative attacks that a mastery turns into a slam. Slam bonuses and aftershocks apply to these hits. A slam is not a strike and never splits its damage between targets.

Referenced by¶

Passive Tree¶

Notables¶

	Name	Effect
	Breath Before the Fracture	10% reduced slam stamina cost
	Circle of Broken Earth	15% increased slam knockback on stagger with slams recently 10% increased slam area of effect
	Earth Shall Tremble	25% increased stagger build-up with slams
	Earthquake Stance	20% reduced slam stamina cost on block recently
	Fractured Plains	10% increased slam area of effect
	Giant's Resonance	10% increased slam knockback 10% increased slam area of effect
	Jotun's Tread	10% increased slam area of effect 10% increased slam knockback
	Rumble Underfoot	10% reduced slam stamina cost 15% increased slam knockback on stagger recently
	Spreading Earth	10% increased slam knockback
	Stone Ripples	2.5% increased slam area of effect per 5 points of m of fall height
	Valley Hammer	10% increased slam area of effect 10% reduced slam stamina cost

Masteries¶

	Option	Effect
	Slam Echo	+16% slam aftershock chance

Small passives¶

Stat	Nodes
4% increased slam area of effect	14
4% reduced slam stamina cost	7
4% increased slam knockback	5
10% increased stagger build-up with slams	2

Items¶

Mods (4)¶

Mod	Type	Rolls on	From (item level)
#% increased slam area of effect	Suffix	must be jewel and Strength jewel	Meadows (1)
#% increased slam knockback	Suffix	must be jewel and Strength jewel	Meadows (1)
#% increased stagger build-up with slams	Suffix	must be jewel and Strength jewel	Meadows (1)
#% reduced slam stamina cost	Suffix	must be jewel and Strength jewel	Meadows (1)

Mentioned in¶

Aftershock

Data from Path of Valheiman 5.1.0, extracted 2026-10-19.