--- key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-ground-slam type: mechanic id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-ground-slam lang: en title: Ground slam summary: A ground impact creates a damaging area around its contact point. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-ground-slam/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-ground-slam.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-ground-slam.md aliases: [] tags: - Boss fights - Body and melee sourceIds: - source-8d8e9ed68139ad3d - source-354b6f945a6adcec - source-33fd2e5b8feccbc5 - source-fe1d941d246fcb74 - source-faba29a7bcb74789 - source-86e61d47c3c90f4d - source-0bb18e37eb92d9c5 - source-631be35bfaa1db07 sources: - id: source-8d8e9ed68139ad3d title: 'Boss Fight Atlas: Ground slam (RU)' url: 'https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/ru/mechanics/ground-slam/' verifiedAt: null - id: source-354b6f945a6adcec title: 'Boss Fight Atlas: Ground slam (EN)' url: 'https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/en/mechanics/ground-slam/' verifiedAt: null - id: source-33fd2e5b8feccbc5 title: False Knight · Hollow Knight url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwZmf4u366o&t=151s' verifiedAt: null - id: source-fe1d941d246fcb74 title: 'Godfrey, First Elden Lord · Elden Ring' url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2jd1fqLpsE&t=180s' verifiedAt: null - id: source-faba29a7bcb74789 title: Godrick the Grafted · Elden Ring url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDoJPFDEev0&t=78s' verifiedAt: null - id: source-86e61d47c3c90f4d title: Attack reference · Godfrey stomp and shockwave behavior url: 'https://eldenring.wiki.gg/wiki/Godfrey,_First_Elden_Lord' verifiedAt: null - id: source-0bb18e37eb92d9c5 title: Ori and the Will of the Wisps url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvuB8cImPIg&t=103s' verifiedAt: null - id: source-631be35bfaa1db07 title: Hollow Knight url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwZmf4u366o&t=166s' verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: boss-fight-atlas id: boss-ground-slam title: Boss fights url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/boss-fight-atlas/#boss-ground-slam' categoryIds: - catalog-part-1 supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Ground slam description: A ground impact creates a damaging area around its contact point. image: src: images/mechanics/boss-frame-dvub8cimpig-103.webp width: 1280 height: 720 game: Ori and the Will of the Wisps credit: Moon Studios / Xbox Game Studios; gameplay capture by Gellot rights: >- Game graphics © Moon Studios / Xbox Game Studios. Gameplay recording by Gellot. Visible source markings preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. sourceFrameSeconds: 103 sourceUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvuB8cImPIg&t=103s' originalUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvuB8cImPIg' caption: Horn Beetle strikes the ground after jumping alt: Horn Beetle strikes the ground after jumping markers: - x: 70 'y': 74 label: Ground contact marks the start of the impact effect tips: - >- Distinguish the impact itself from a traveling wave and any lingering hazard. examples: - title: Hollow Knight url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwZmf4u366o&t=166s' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 124 public Boss Fight Atlas mechanic pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; source categories, game/boss associations and reference URLs retained from the atlas. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/boss-fight-atlas --- # Ground slam id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-ground-slam type: mechanic key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-ground-slam lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-ground-slam/ A ground impact creates a damaging area around its contact point. ## At a glance ![Horn Beetle strikes the ground after jumping](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/boss-frame-dvub8cimpig-103.webp) [Ori and the Will of the Wisps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvuB8cImPIg&t=103s) · Game graphics © Moon Studios / Xbox Game Studios. Gameplay recording by Gellot. Visible source markings preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. [Source recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvuB8cImPIg), 103 s 1. Ground contact marks the start of the impact effect - Distinguish the impact itself from a traveling wave and any lingering hazard. - [Hollow Knight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwZmf4u366o&t=166s) ## How it works A ground impact creates a damaging area around its contact point. ## Variants ### How the technique works - A ground impact creates a damaging area around its contact point. ## Context and limits A concise reference to all 124 Boss Fight Atlas mechanics across its 14 source sections. Each entry includes a definition, full RU/EN lesson links, game references and further reading retained from the source. Animations and detailed rules remain in the atlas. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 124 public Boss Fight Atlas mechanic pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; source categories, game/boss associations and reference URLs retained from the atlas. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Boss Fight Atlas: Ground slam (RU)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/ru/mechanics/ground-slam/) (id: source-8d8e9ed68139ad3d) - [Boss Fight Atlas: Ground slam (EN)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/en/mechanics/ground-slam/) (id: source-354b6f945a6adcec) - [False Knight · Hollow Knight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwZmf4u366o&t=151s) (id: source-33fd2e5b8feccbc5) - [Godfrey, First Elden Lord · Elden Ring](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2jd1fqLpsE&t=180s) (id: source-fe1d941d246fcb74) - [Godrick the Grafted · Elden Ring](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDoJPFDEev0&t=78s) (id: source-faba29a7bcb74789) - [Attack reference · Godfrey stomp and shockwave behavior](https://eldenring.wiki.gg/wiki/Godfrey,_First_Elden_Lord) (id: source-86e61d47c3c90f4d) - [Ori and the Will of the Wisps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvuB8cImPIg&t=103s) (id: source-0bb18e37eb92d9c5) - [Hollow Knight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwZmf4u366o&t=166s) (id: source-631be35bfaa1db07) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors