Slayer

This page is about the Ascendancy class. For the Ascendant passive, see Slayer (Ascendant passive).

Slayer

Duelist

No judge. No jury. Just the executioner.

The Slayer is an Ascendancy class for Duelists.

Overview

The Slayer class focuses on raw power and maintaining sustainability as they fight. They possess bonuses to life leech and stun and passives such as Bane of Legends gives them an edge against tougher monsters. Due to the minor nodes all having increased attack speed and two-handed damage bonuses, this class is well suited for attack skills for two-handed weapons and bows.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Bonuses
Two Handed Damage, Attack Speed	5% increased Attack Speed 14% increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons
Two Handed Damage, Reduced Enemy Stun Threshold	5% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold 14% increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons
Two Handed Damage, Life Leech	0.2% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life 14% increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons
Two Handed Damage, Area of Effect	14% increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons 10% increased Area of Effect of Area Skills

Notable skills

This class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Bane of Legends	Gain Onslaught for 20 seconds when you Kill a Rare or Unique Enemy Kill Enemies that have 20% or lower Life when Hit by your Skills		Two Handed Damage, Attack Speed
Headsman	50% reduced Reflected Physical Damage taken 20% more Damage if you've Killed Recently 15% increased Radius of Area Skills if you've Killed Recently	Bane of Legends	Two Handed Damage, Attack Speed
Endless Hunger	20% of Overkill Damage is Leeched as Life Life Leech effects are not removed at Full Life		Two Handed Damage, Life Leech
Brutal Fervour	100% increased Life Leeched per second +10% of maximum Life per second to maximum Life Leech rate Cannot be Stunned while Leeching You are Immune to Bleeding while Leeching	Endless Hunger	Two Handed Damage, Life Leech
Overwhelm	Your Damaging Hits always Stun Enemies that are on Full Life 100% increased Stun Duration against Enemies that are on Full Life 100% increased Stun Duration against Enemies that are on Low Life 20% chance to double Stun Duration		Two Handed Damage, Reduced Enemy Stun Threshold
Impact	Single-target Melee attacks deal Splash Damage to surrounding targets 50% less Damage to surrounding targets 20% increased Area of Effect of Area Skills		Two Handed Damage, Area of Effect Radius

Version history

Version	Changes
2.3.0	Skill Tree reworked: Impact and Overwhelm now only require 2 points to reach. Swapped Headsman and Bane of Legends in the skill tree position. Swapped Brutal Fervour and Endless Hunger in the skill tree position.