Body Slam

Body Slam is the most powerful basic grapple finisher in the Blue Stamina tree's Grapple chain. After seizing an enemy with Grapple, Body Slam slams the full weight of Kliff's body onto the target from an elevated position, dealing heavy blunt damage and causing an extended knockdown that is significantly longer than the standard Grapple throw finishers. It is the recommended finisher against all elite enemies and bosses where grapple initiation is possible.

Body Slam has a unique damage characteristic: the more stamina Kliff has invested (via Blue tree Stamina level upgrades), the harder the landing hits. At Stamina Level 16, a full-strength Body Slam on a Blinded or Defense-Reduced target represents one of the highest single-hit damage outputs of any non-Falling Palm ability in the game. For unarmed builds that delay Falling Palm investment in favor of early Blue tree Stamina stats, Body Slam functions as the interim damage ceiling.

Observation Learning improvements to Body Slam are available from the Bonepit gladiator Muskan: watching him perform his variant of the ability unlocks an enhanced version with increased air time and heavier landing impact. This enhanced Body Slam is a mandatory investment for serious unarmed builds, as the damage improvement is substantial and the Observation opportunity is conveniently located at the same fight where Muskan also teaches grapple-chain improvements.

For advanced players, Body Slam scales most effectively when combined with Blinding Flash to guarantee the grapple window, followed by a full Grapple-to-Lariat-to-Body Slam chain that maximizes the stamina scaling bonus. Investing in both the Blue Stamina tree's passive stamina nodes and the Grapple branch's damage multipliers creates a multiplicative scaling curve where Body Slam's damage grows exponentially rather than linearly. In endgame Abyss dungeon runs, pairing Body Slam with Mantle of Frost on the target adds shatter damage on top of the slam impact, pushing total burst well beyond what most other single abilities can achieve in a single damage window.

Body Slam is a powerful Unarmed ability where Kliff hurls his entire body weight onto an enemy, dealing heavy impact damage and potentially knocking them prone. It works as an excellent follow-up to Grapple or as a standalone attack against staggered foes. The ability's high stagger value makes it effective even against larger enemies, and upgrading it increases both damage and the prone duration, giving you more time for follow-up attacks.