Slasher

"PATIENT. SADISTIC. CLASSIC."

The **Slasher** is one of the four Fiends. He is sufficient in high-damage per hit and speed although attacks slowly.

He was introduced with the Discord launch of Last Year as part of the original trio of Fiends.

## Lore

*A classic villain, the Slasher is every bit as intense as the horror genre that bears his name. Armed with a blood-stained axe and a tireless thirst for violence, the Slasher will stop at nothing to bury his blade in a terrified victim. Always one to kill with flair, the Slasher can leap from the skylight in a shower of broken glass, sinking his axe into his victim's skull.*

## Appearance

The Slasher is wearing his school janitor outfit with a name tag on the left saying "Bill" and thick yellow gloves. He is always seen wielding an axe. His skin seems almost decomposed and has a scar running down his left eye.

## Tips

###### **Classmates**

* Try to surround the Slasher. Grouping up too closely will make it easy for him to land a massive Cleave.
* The Slasher has the slowest attack speed of all the Fiends. Maintaining a rhythm of attacking and retreating will let you take him down without sustaining much damage.
* The Slasher only takes half damage from fire-based spells and items. Save items like the Molotov and the Flamethrower for other Fiends.

###### **Fiends**

* The Slasher's attack has a sizable delay between clicking and dealing damage. Try to lead your shots a little.
* The Slasher is especially strong when guarding narrow passages, as he is reasonably tough, and Cleaves will become much easier to land. Camping narrow passages can force the Classmates to launch a costly attack or find another route, wasting precious time.
* The Slasher excels at doing hit-and-runs. His Cleave deals high damage, allowing you to leave a sizable dent in your enemies before finding somewhere to despawn.
* The Slasher can do a near-death combo when Spawning in. If you spawn in and catch a classmate off-guard, performing a regular attack and immediately doing Cleave will do 65 damage. If you then use Slasher's Lunge to get another hit, you will have done 90 damage to a singular classmate. This is particularly effective against lone classmates, as you can then despawn and ambush them again, downing them in a single hit if they don't heal.
	+ Be careful using this tactic against groups of classmates, as this will leave you with both of your abilities on cooldown, leaving you with no offensive or defensive power.

## Executions

 **Front** | The Slasher pummels the Classmate with the top of the axe until their head is crushed.

## List of changes

**1.0.0**

* **[BUFF]** Fiend health has been increased.

**1.0.3**

* **[FIX]** Slasher can now jump and attack.

**1.0.13**

* Implemented Resistances and Vulnerabilities.
* Added Cleave ability.
* **[BUFF]** Health increased.
* **[BUFF]** Attack damage increased.
* **[NERF]** Ability cooldowns increased.

**1.0.14**

* **[NERF]** Health reduced by 60.

**1.0.15**

* Added new Ambush animation for Slasher for The Sawmill.
* **[BUFF]** Damage slightly increased.
* **[REWORK]** Ability cooldowns changed for successful and missed attacks.

**1.0.17**

* Added New Lunge Utility.
* **[BUFF]** Cleave ability now knocks back Classmates.
* **[BUFF]** Attack damage increased.
* **[QUALITY OF LIFE]** Slasher's speed has been adjusted to compensate for Fiends no longer having collisions with the Cryptids.

**1.0.18**

* **[NERF]** Increased utility cooldown to 12 seconds.

**1.0.21**

* Resistances and Vulnerabilities removed.

## Trivia

* The Slasher is the figurehead of Last Year's Discord release, always appearing in the cutscenes at the end of a match.
* While Slasher is resistant to fire, he takes the exact same damage to fire as other Fiends.
* The Slasher is the only Fiend to have two different ambush animations.
* The name of the skins "Full Metal Slasher" and "Full Metal" are both references to the 1987 Stanley Kubrick movie "Full Metal Jacket".

## Gallery

Character PortraitPromotional art for the launch of Afterdark. The Slasher can be seen in the background.