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Last update:17 May 2019

The Slasher inWorld War Zis the frontline character.

This class also provides benefits to the entire team, increasing allies' effectiveness in melee combat.

In this chapter you will learn more about the Slasher class inWorld War Z.

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The class starts with a Stun Gun and a Compact SMG.

The Stun Gun shoots electrodes, capable of stunning and killing over a dozen of enemies in one hit.

The tool can be further enhanced with perks, turning it into a deadly weapon.

PC

The Core Perks of the class are: Shock Trooper, Slice and Dice, Executioner and Blade Master.

The descriptions of all of them can be found in the further part of this chapter.

All of the perks were presented in the following table.

PC

Melee strikes damage two targets at the same time and do twice damage when the character is not tired.

Melee attacks are not slower when tired.

1

Crowd Control

Push radius from melee attacks is increased by 50%.

PC

2

All Elbows

Decreases the movement speed penalty when zombies are very close by 100%.

3

Rooted

Increases the number of zombies required to pin down the character from 8 to 12.

4

Juiced Up

The Stun Gun effect duration is increased by 100%.

PC

6

High Voltage

Increases the damage done by the Stun Gun by 100%.

7

Bullet-dodger

The character takes 90% less friendly fire from bullets while performing melee attacks.

8

Nimble

The character takes 50% reduced damage from zombies while performing melee attacks.

PC

11

Trophy Hunter

The character deals 25% more damage to special zombies.

12

Wheatgrass

Health of the character is increased by 25%.

13

Silent Killer

The character starts with the TMP5 SMG with a pre-installed silencer upgrade.

PlayStation

14

Vigour

Killing 10 zombies in rapid succession with a melee weapon grants a temporary health boost.

The ability has a 30 seconds cooldown.

15

Cloak and Dagger

Killing 10 zombies in rapid succession with a melee weapon grants a masking effect.

Xbox

The ability has a 30 seconds cooldown.

16

Third Hand

Killing 10 zombies with melee strikes in rapid succession instantly reloads your primary weapon.

All Forest Warrior Chainsaw pickups are also improved.

Nintendo

All Taiga-12 Heavy Assault Shotgun pickups are improved.

19

Battle Cry

The character automatically stands up from being pinned after 5 seconds.

20

Executioner

The character can perform 1 more melee strike before becoming tired.

World War Z

Melee damage is increased by 50%.

21

Shock Therapy

The character does not become fatigued when melee attacking zombies electrified by the Stun Gun.

23

Bloodlust

Killing special zombies with a melee weapon increases firearms damage by 50% for 10 seconds.

24

Spare Batteries

The Stun Gun max capacity is increased to 4.

26

Loan Shark

Killing a special zombie gives a 25% chance to restore one charge of your equipment.

28

Swapping Mags!!

SMGs' reload speed is increased by 25%.

29

Adrenaline

Reload speed increased by 50% when health is below 25%.

30

Blade Master

Melee strikes damage 1 more target.

It does not affect melee damage done with Machetes and Chainsaws.

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