Slasher

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The Slasher
The Slasher

The Slasher is a common specimen in Killing Floor 2. Unlike other Clots, Slashers are much more twitchy and mutilated than other Clots, with bony growths appearing all over; its collarbone, its shoulders, its knees, and most worryingly for you, its hands. They run in large groups alongside their other brethren, the Alpha Clot and the Cyst.

Though they are classified as lesser enemies, they are quite possibly one of the most dangerous lesser specimen. Their aggressiveness, ability to swiftly dodge bullets, and quick attacks makes being surrounded by Slashers a death sentence, even more so than when surrounded by other Clots.

Base Statistics

Normal Hard Suicidal Hell on earth
Kill Reward 7 7 7 7
XP 8 11 11 11
Health (body) 75 100 100 100
Health (head) 15 20 20 20

For kill reward calculations read Dosh Mechanics.

Attacks

Grab attack (odds, instead of regular attack) 0.38
Melee (damage multipliers vs. doors) 1/4
Melee (damage multipliers vs. players) 0.2/0.4/0.5/1
Melee (damage) 6
Melee (range) 172

The base damage value further modified by the difficulty-specific multipliers.

XP Notes

  • Killing with weapons other than your current perk grants the XP to the perk that weapons belongs to.
  • Damaging with on-perk weapons and then finishing it off with an off-perk weapon divides the XP and grants it to both perks.
  • Assist kills grants full XP.

Speed

Slashers move slowly when docile, and sprint when enraged.
On higher difficulties, Slashers have a chance to enrage upon sighting a Player, and have a chance to enrage when shot.
Once enraged, Slashers will never stop sprinting until they are killed.
Movement speed is randomized within ± 10% range and further modified by a multiplier based on difficulty.

Walking speed (per difficulty) (270 - 330) x (0.9 / 0.95 / 0.95 / 0.95) x (1 / 1 / 1.2 / 1.3)
Running speed (per difficulty) (450 - 550) x (0.9 / 0.95 / 0.95 / 0.95) x (1 / 1 / 1.2 / 1.3)
Hidden speed 600
Sprint chance Normal - 0 / Hard - 0 / Suicidal - 0.85 / HOE - 0.95
Sprint chance (when damaged) Normal - 0 / Hard - 1 / Suicidal - 1 / HOE - 1

1 unit = 1 centimeter.

For comparison, by default a healthy player character with the minimal weight walks at speed of 383 units/s, and sprints at speed of 460 units/s.

Sprint Conditions

Should sprint if can sprint OR (if can sprint when damaged AND damaged) (i.e. if sprint chance met its value). Should sprint when frustrated.

Resistances and Weaknesses

Damage Resistance

Slashers have little to no resistances to most forms of damage, except for Microwave, which they moderately resist.

Piercing Slashing Bludgeon Toxic Fire Microwave Explosives Slashing - Knife Freeze Shells Bleeding EMP
Damage Multipler x1 x0.85 x0.9 x1 x1 x0.25 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1

Ballistic Resistance

Slashers have no resistances to ballistic weaponry, and are extremely vulnerable to SMGs.

Sub-machine Gun Assault Rifle Shotgun Handgun Rifle
Ballistic Multiplier x1.5 x1 x1 x1.01 x1

Hitzones

Slashers only have one weak spot, which is their head.

Damage Multiplier
Head x1.1
All other x1

Incapacitation Resistance

Affliction: Stun Knockdown Stumble Gun hit Melee hit Snare
Torso vulnerability: x2 x1 x1.3 x2.5 x2 x10
Head vulnerability: x2 x1 x1.3 x2.5 x2 x10
Legs vulnerability: x1 x1 x1.3 x2.5 x2 x10
Arms vulnerability: x2 x1 x1.3 x2.5 x2 x10
Special zone vulnerability: x1 x1 x1.3 x2.5 x2 x10
- Incap cooldown 3s 1s 0.2s 0.2s 0s 5.5s
- Incap duration 3s --- --- --- --- 4s
- Dissipation rate -20/s -20/s -20/s -20/s -20/s -20/s
- Incap threshold 100
Affliction: Poison Microwave Fire panic EMP Freeze Bleed
- Vulnerability x1 x0.5 x0.7 x2.5 x2.5 x2
- Incap cooldown 5s 5s 7s 5s 1.5s ---
- Incap duration 4.5s 2s 5s 5s 4s ---
- Dissipation rate -10/s -20/s -10/s -50/s -20/s -20/s
- Incap threshold 100 (EMP Disrupt - 25, Bleed - 65)
Knockdown (getup duration) 1.4s
Stun (time + wakeup duration) 3s + 1.53s, for PvP ZEDs - 2s + 1.53s
Freeze (time + thaw duration) 4s + 1.53s, for PvP ZEDs - 2s + 1.53s
Stumble (duration) Between (0.87-1.33)s
Parry (duration) Between (0.87-1)s

Behavior

The Slasher is a somewhat predictable, melee-only ZED.

Upon spawning, it will walk or sprint towards the nearest player and attempt to scratch them, or grab and bite them, immobilizing their target. However, Slashers are more aggressive and are more likely to spawn enraged than their counterparts.

Slashers have the ability to dodge gunfire, and they will do so more frequently the higher the difficulty is. When fired at, they will either leap to the left or the right, or quickly roll towards the offending player. On Suicidal and Hell On Earth, Slashers will always dodge when they are aimed at.

On Suicidal and Hell On Earth, Slashers gain additional attack animations that they will use when they are enraged. They will begin to leap at players and perform combat dodge rolls to close the distance quickly, before slashing furiously with both arms, dealing multiple hits.

Miscellaneous Information

Teleportation:

Frustration delay Random (2.5-5)s
Disabled, when total AI remains 12
Cooldown 7s
When hidden, can use after 5s
When spawned, can use after 10s

Miscellaneous:

Penetration resistance 1
Parry resistance 0
AI pause, on gun / melee hit 0.65s

Various information:

  • (PvP) Rally boost: forces AI Slashers to sprint, players do x1.2 more damage..
  • Distance to perform grab = 1.88m.
  • Maximum grab range = 2.1m.
  • Grab attack can be interrupted.
  • Damage to doors (possible values) = 6 / 24.
  • ZED mass = 50.
  • Should sprint if can sprint OR (if can sprint when damaged AND damaged) (i.e. if sprint chance met its value). Should sprint when frustrated.
  • Slasher cannot grab the player for 1 second after grenade throw. Slasher cannot grab the player for 0.5 seconds after shooting the healing dart.
  • This ZED can be knocked down when jumped on.
  • Slasher has a chance to evade upon taking damage. Slasher has a chance to evade certain damage sources.
  • Chance to evade after taking damage: Normal - 0.1, Hard - 0.4, Suicidal - 1, HOE - 1. Health loss percentage to trigger evade: all difficulties - 0.01.
  • Resistance to ZED Time, in PvP game: AI Slashers - 25%, player-controlled Slashers - 75%.

Extermination Tactics

Being lesser ZEDs, just about any form of weaponry will take them out very quickly, most particularly SMGs.

Ammunition can be saved in early waves by switching to the knife and cutting their heads off.

In later waves, Slashers are there to populate the waves and distract players from larger threats. Try to take them out quickly so you can focus on the real threats sooner.

However, on Suicidal and Hell on Earth, one has to respect the damage output of Slashers, especially when they spawn in a huge group of 6 and more, which they often do in later waves. They can quickly surround and tear apart unprepared players, leaving them close to death if not outright kill them.

Slashers become high priority threats at harder difficulties, being capable of closing the distance and outputting an impressive amount of damage quickly.

Extremely weak to SMGs, making the SWAT the best perk for quickly exterminating huge groups of Clots.

Beware of their grabs, as Slashers can easily cripple players and let the ZED horde tear them apart. With their high speed and aggression, they are more likely to do this than the other Clot variants.

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