Slasher
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Slashers are the most common Necromorph form encountered in the game. Their main weapons are the two blade arms coming out of their shoulders, with two pairs of grabbing arms coming out of the abdomen. They attack through pure melee combat (with the exception of the Female slasher, which can also shoot acidic spheres a small distance.), and when up close, like to grab Isaac and bite into his neck.
Enhanced Slashers are created when an Infector infects a host, and are characterized as having louder growls and being black or dark brown in appearance with glowing eyes. Enhanced Slashers are stronger, faster and more aggressive. Their melee capabilities combined with sudden bursts of speed against their victims makes Slashers quite dangerous when they catch Isaac up close and in numbers. Slashers are normally seen in groups and are seldom caught alone unless they were just created by an Infector or in some cases chasing down an unfortunate victim. They also like to play dead to surprise their victims, and are capable of limited locomotion even with both their legs missing, dragging themselves along with their claws; some start out like this.
Additionally, some Slashers are later created from humans in a military RIG suit of a similar design to Isaac's. These suits had stasis modules which have become fused with the body as a result of the infection process. As a result, these "twitcher" variants are insanely fast, capable of rushing across a long room in only a couple seconds. Other slashers are former security staff of the Ishimura, and have the remnants of body armour on their legs. This armour makes it virtually impossible to dismember a leg before the slasher has closed the distance between itself and Isaac; aiming for the arms instead is greatly recommended. Fortunately these particular variants of slasher are few and far between.
Slashers are easily recognized by their distinctive appearance and their loping and flailing gait when running, both of which also give them a distinctive shadow.
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[edit] Variants
[edit] Male
One of the most common types of Necromorphs encountered, they brandish their blades and charge towards their victims en masse as their primary means of killing. Simply shoot their limbs off for an easy kill. It's also possible to trick them into playing dead, at which point you can just run over and crush them into a pulp with a well-placed stomp; you may, however, prefer a ranged kill to avoid their arms.
The nature of the victim determines, to a degree, the Necromorph itself:
- The weakest are Slashers made out of Ishimura civilians, and are third only to Enhanced Slashers and Twitchers in their charge speed. These Slashers's blades are also made by having the blades come out of the hands of the corpse, unlike the other Slashers.
- Slashers that were formerly engineering personnel can be seen wearing the remains of their overalls; they have a slower charge but are slightly more resilient to damage.
- Slashers made out of Hydroponic workers have limbs that are easier to remove, but require more dismemberment than other slashers.
- Finally security personnel that have fallen prey to Necromorph infection have an armoured uniform remaining around their legs, making them very resilient to leg dismemberment, combined with their tendency to charge early makes the latter especially dangerous.
[edit] Female
Female Slashers have the same attacks and behavior of a Male, but they also have the ability to spit miniature organic bombs that explode on contact.
They possess only two arms (as shown) as their normal arms have been directly mutated to have the blades grow out of them, they also maintain the green clothing of the former human female as well as their breasts. This gives them a slightly more distinctive, human-like appearance, and makes it easier to determine them from Male Slashers.
[edit] Enhanced
Fast and deadly - two words that describe the Enhanced Slasher well. An Enhanced Slasher is made whenever an Infector infects a corpse. The first enhanced Slasher Isaac encounters is in Chapter 2: Intensive Care at the Morgue, which also happens to be what was formerly the corpse of the Ishimura's Captain, Benjamin Matthius. The flamethrower seems decently effective against them, but stay back; they can deal some serious damage, even on the Easy difficulty, easily taking out half of Isaac's health in a short flurry of attacks.
[edit] Twitcher
- Main article: Twitcher
Twitcher is the result of the corpse of a Marine, stationed aboard the USM Valor, being consumed by a Necromorph. Twitchers are made unique by what their host body is; a Marine equipped with a stasis module. They are physically similar to Slashers, but as they were created from Marines and not civilians, they are tougher and have increased speed.
[edit] Hunter
- Main article: Hunter
The Hunter is a Necromorph that was biologically engineered by Doctor Challus Mercer on the Ishimura.
[edit] Strategy
Slashers seem to be the bread and butter enemy in Dead Space. Players can deal with them in several ways such as chop their legs off or dismember away their arms. Against two or more of them you can consider using a crowd control weapon like a Line gun when you clump them together.
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Slashers have a wide variety of responses depending on which body parts are severed.
- Severing both arms seems to immediately kill slashers and is the recommended way to dispatch them.
- Severing one or more legs will cause them to use their blade arms to crawl along the floor to try and attack Isaac. This slows them down to make them more manageable and makes the arms an easier target. However, it is easier to lose track of them once this happens, especially in areas with many obstacles, or corpses of other necromorphs you have killed.
- If you decapitate a Slasher, this will not kill them. It only makes it much harder for the Slasher to find you. They will flail around and slash wildly in an attempt to find Isaac. They will eventually recover and act normally however. Female slashers cannot use their projectile attack upon decapitation, but simply killing the slasher before it can do this is more practical.
- Slashers sometimes like to feign death upon taking minor damage, and will pounce when you turn your back or shoot at it.
- Whenever you happen to come across a slasher body inconspicuously lying on the floor, shoot the arms. It's another of the Slasher's "playing dead" tricks, and they will jump at Isaac if he gets too close.
- The pose a Slasher playing dead is the same for every Slasher playing dead. It helps to know what this pose looks like to visually distinguish a "dead" Necromorph and an active one feigning death.
- Isaac can also use his Telekinesis ability to check that the seemingly "dead" slasher is actually dead. If he can pick it up, it's dead. If he can't pick it up, take aim at the arm joints and fire away, give it a good foot-stomp, or use Telekinesis to launch a nearby sharp object (this includes severed Slasher blades) at its arms.
- Some Slashers, rather than charge at Isaac head-on, will instead leap into a nearby vent (where they won't be exposed to danger) and travel to a vent closer to him and burst out from that vent to attack you. Be wary of the location of vents in a room with multiple Slashers; stay away from them and listen for persistent bumping sounds in the ventilation system.
- Slashers will try to sneak up on Isaac when they are behind him. When he turns around to see them they will charge. Use the movable camera view to look around for possible "sneakers".
- When a Slasher is about to attack you, use stasis to slow them down,also if a slasher is running towards you and you don`t want to miss use stasis to dismember them easily.Some slashers have armor in their legs,if they have blue pants use stasis and shoot them in the arms.
[edit] Dead Space: Extraction
- Slashers generally behave the same in Extraction. The same general rules apply to killing them as in Dead Space. However, there are some notable facts that are worth knowing.
- Cutting off both arms is still an insta-kill.
- Cutting off one or both legs will cause it to crawl at you. However, they now tend to require both arms to be shot off while crawling, instead of the original game, where they usually died after having just one blown off.
- Melee is even less effective now. The unlimited ammo Rivet Gun is much more useful.
[edit] Trivia
- Interestingly, in the animated movie Dead Space: Downfall, the creation of male Slashers differs in comparison to their creation in the game. In the game, the male corpse's arms shift downwards to the abdomen while the bladed arms burst out at the shoulders, whereas male Slashers in the movie have the blades burst directly out of the palms of their hands while a new pair of grabbing claws burst out from the abdomen. However, some of the male Slashers in the game have the blades coming out of their palms like the movie depicts them, including the grabbing claws depicted in the film, so what becomes of the corpse's arms is considered random.
- If the action sequence is succeeded, Isaac will push the slasher away and punch its head off with his weapon. This is not aguaranteed kill though. However, should the action sequence be failed the slasher will continue to chomp on Issac's neck, throw him to the ground (which decapitates him) then bites its headless body.
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 Isaac battles Slashers |
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 Isaac is surrounded by Slashers |
 Isaac faces a group of Slashers |
 Isaac dismembers Slashers |
 Don't be fooled |
| Necromorphs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Standard Forms | Brute • Divider • Drag Tentacle • Exploder • Flyer • Flytrap • Grabber • Guardian • Infector • Leaper • Lurker • Pregnant • Slasher • Stalker • Swarmer • Twitcher • Wheezer | |
| Advanced Forms | The Hive Mind • The Hunter • The Leviathan • The Slug • The Spider • The Urchin | |
| Deleted Material | Graverobber | |
