That's accurate, and in fact you don't need to switch your hot key to bash when you go 1hander either. Just use slam all the time. Thanks guys

I've never played a character with either of these skills so the back and forth between bash / slam is making my head spin. However, when it comes to SK, just listen to Pheer.

I'm pretty sure they're the same thing. Yes, normally the racial Slam just does 1 damage and misses alot. But if you have Bash then using Slam does more damage and you get skill-ups in the Bash skill even though you're using Slam.