Assassin (Fate/Crossover - Deathstroke)

**Assassin** (バーサーカー, *Asashin*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

"*No more work for hire. From today, I'll decide who needs to die.*" - Deathstroke

## Profile

### Identity

Assassin's true identity is **Slade Wilson**, better known as **Deathstroke**, world's greatest assassin/mercenary and arch enemy of the Teen Titans.

At age sixteen, Slade joined the military, and proved to be an exceptional soldier, earning his fair share of medals and even the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He volunteered for "Project X", which granted him his enhanced physical prowess, senses and intelligence. After he was dishonorably discharged, Slade took to selling out his skills as a hired gun. His enmity with the Titans began with the death of his eldest son Grant Wilson, who took up a contract from the criminal organization known as the H.I.V.E. to defeat the Titans.

### Personality

Slade is a consummate professional, a perfect killer for hire. He is jaded by the work he does and attracted towards a contract basis, especially jobs that regard the Teen Titans, most of all their founder and leader Nightwing. Yet he was also a man with a grey sense of honor and follows a warriors code, no matter how warped it is, specifically he will grant his opponents a quick death in battle. Despite his tough demeanor, he is capable of genuine love for his family and his life-long confidant, Bill Wintergreen, though he greatly struggles with expressing it with the former. As a Servant, he regards his position as just another job, his master another client, and his wish for the Grail the ultimate payment.

A heavy flaw he did possess was that Slade could be too arrogant and overconfident regarding his own abilities. His many victories and reputation built up as a result may have caused this, and as such could be condescending towards his opponents. It has caused him to underestimate Batman and Nightwing initially. After his defeats from them, he was less arrogant but still rather boastful about his accomplishments.

### Relationships

#### **Batman**

The mentor of Nightwing and one of the few martial artists able to match his skills, Slade holds a degree of grudging respect for the Dark Knight Detective.

#### **Deadpool**

Slade finds him to be a constant annoyance and gets aggravated further by any compassions to him or being mistaken for him. A fact Wade very much takes delight in to pester and mock him.

## Abilities

Even before his Project X enhancements, Slade was an exceptionally gifted soldier, highly regarded as one of the best in the US military. After his enhancements, his strength, speed, agility, stamina, durability, healing, senses, and mind were exponentially amplified. He could rend steel restraints with his bear hands, shatter missile proof glass, dodge point-blank automatic gunfire, withstand grenade blasts and impacts able to shatter concrete, fight through stabs to the chest, and perceive and process information nine times faster than the average human.

### Skills

#### Class Skills

* Presence Concealment (A Rank): A Skill to erase one’s presence. When activated, it is almost impossible for the user to be perceived, even if they are a Servant. However, during the moment of them preparing an attack, the effect will be drastically diminished.

* Independent Action (A Rank): It is possible to take action even without a Master. However, to use Noble Phantasms of great magical energy consumption, backup from the Master is necessary. At Rank A, it is possible for a Servant to stay in the world for about a week without a Master.

#### Personal Skills

* Battle Continuation (A Rank): The ability to survive. Makes it possible to fight even with deadly injuries and can remain alive so long as one does not receive a decisive fatal wound.

* All Kinds of Specializations (A Rank): Tactics, academia, espionage, assassination, martial arts and many other skills can be used with proficiency of Rank B or above. Befitting his reputation, Slade is an expert in his field, whose skills know few equal.

* Eternal Arms Mastery (B+ Rank): Prevents degradation of fighting skills when under the effect of mental hindrance. Slade is without any doubt one of the deadliest combatants in the world, with even a missing eye and outbursts of anger from extreme pain doing little, if anything to diminish his effectiveness in combat against even the Justice League.

* Mind's Eye (Fake) (B+ Rank): Capable of calm analysis of battle conditions even when in danger and deduce an appropriate course of action after considering all possibilities to escape from a predicament. Slade's possession of this skill is in no small part due to his enhanced senses and mind, which operates 9 times more efficiently than the average human. Combined with his extensive combat training and experience, he is touted as the World's Greatest Tactician, able to easily match wits with the likes of Batman.

* God-Slayer (E ~ A+ Rank): A Skill that grants a "plus" modifier when attacking Divine Spirits, wraiths and Servants with the Divinity Skill. Slade possesses this skill through his Noble Phantasm, the Godkiller Sword, so this skill's rank will only increase when it is activated.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Godkiller Sword: Fulfiller of the Ultimate Contract**

    A Divine construct crafted by Hephaestus himself, Slade was granted this weapon to assassinate the Titan Lapetus. As Slade was mortal, he was granted the use of this sword to enable him to fight and kill gods. The sword holds many wondrous attributes, although its primary directive is the slaying of immortals. To some degree it also possesses a consciousness of its own, capable of altering its physical form.

The sword can adjust its weight and crackles with an eldritch energy that drives the weapon on. The energy strengthens the user in the heat of harsh battle, guiding and partially controlling their actions, as well as directing them to the point of the destination they wish to reach.

The God Killer has the ability to shape-shift depending on the users own thoughts and instincts, but often will push said wielders thought process to further it's own ends. The God Killer can take on many forms to better accommodate both ones fighting style as well as adapt to stronger opponents such as Gods and/or godlike beings. Some forms it can take on its own are: a Bo Staff, Twin Blades, and a Cat o' Nine Tails for binding & ensnaring.

The God Killer also possesses the ability to unleash vastly powerful shock blasts with decimating effect.

Its edge is able to absorb and redirect whatever force is unleashed upon with twice the impact, even those of a veteran Kryptonian, such as Superman. It can be also be magically recalled to its owner. If ever shattered or somehow broken, The God Killer can repair itself.

When in contact with another divine source, it can feed a deities memories into itself and transfer them to the swords handler.

Due to its immense power, especially against the divine, it uses an overwhelming amount of mana. It is primarily for this reason that Slade restricts to use it as a last resort.

#### **Contract Killer: Tools of the Trade**

This Noble Phantasm grants Slade the tools for whatever job is required of him. His standard gear includes his Ikon Suit, Energy staff, Promethium longsword, and various types of knives, firearms and explosives. Slade almost never comes into battle empty handed or unprepared.

## Gallery

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## References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathstroke

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Deathstroke

* https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Slade\_Wilson\_(Prime\_Earth)

* https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Slade\_Wilson\_(New\_Earth)

https://arkhamcity.fandom.com/wiki/Deathstroke

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Deathstroke\_(Post-Crisis)