Threatening Smash

General Information

• An active ability found on the first slot of Maces.
• It is unlocked at mastery level 1.

Threatening Smash	Energy Cost	15	Swing your mace in a cone in front of you, dealing 444 physical damage to all enemies hit. Increases your threat towards all mobs hit by 100.
	Cast Time	Instant
	Range	3m
	Cooldown	6s

Note: numerical values are based on gear with 1060 item power.

Equipment

Melee Weapon Elder's Bedrock Mace Elder's Camlann Mace Elder's Heavy Mace Elder's Incubus Mace Elder's Mace Elder's Morning Star Elder's Oathkeepers

Related Patch Notes

Patch Link	Date	Patch Name	Patch Notes
Version 19.010.1	13 December 2021	Lands Awakened Patch 1	One-handed Maces have been very strong in a variety of content types. With the combination of high damage, stun, and mobility, they outperform many similar weapons, making them very strong. The damage output and mobility of Deep Leap have thus been decreased. Threatening Smash (all Maces): Damage 157 → 146 Deep Leap (One-handed Mace): Damage: 203 → 156 Range: 14m → 11m
Version 1.16.396.166567	19 May 2020	Queen Patch 12 (Season 9 Balance Patch) and Hotfix 12.1	Maces Threatening Smash (all Maces): Hit Delay: 0.5s → 0.4s Standtime: 0.6s → 0.5s Area Range: 5m → 6m Deep Leap (One-handed Mace): Reworked the effect; damage no longer scales based on distance Stun Area: 2m → 3m
Version 1.14.381.141987	9 May 2019	Oberon Patch 5 (Midseason Patch)	Maces Threatening Smash (all Maces): Hit Delay: 0.6s → 0.5s Standtime: 0.7s → 0.6s Vendetta (Camlann Mace): Now also stuns all pulled enemies Damage: 113.96 → 62.00 Removed the spell Stalling Slam; added the new spell Sacred Ground in its place: Creates a 3m radius area in front of you. The area lasts for 6s and silences all enemy players within (ignoring crowd control resistance). Creatures in the area are silenced for up to 2.8s. (NOTE: Tooltip will list duration as "8 seconds" until the next patch is deployed.) Cast Time: 0.8s, Cooldown: 7s, Energy cost: 6% of max energy Life Leech (Passive): Heal per Attack: 5.86 → 7.00
Version 1.13.369.130684	21 November 2018	Nimue Update	Maces Removed the spell Threatening Strike (all Maces) Added the new spell Threatening Smash (all Maces) After a 0.7s windup you swing your mace and hit every enemy in front of you. Dealing physic damage and also creating threat on all creatures hit. Cooldown: 6s Removed the spell Silencing Strike (Mace) Added the new spell Deep Leap (Mace) You jump to a ground target location, dealing physical damage to all enemies in a 5m radius. The further away the target, the more damage you deal. Cooldown: 25s