Slasher
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The Slasher is cheap, but versatile. It's been manufactured en masse, making it one of the most common vessels in Minmatar space. The Slasher is extremely fast, with decent armaments, and is popular amongst budding pirates and smugglers. SHIP BONUSES
Traits:
Ship Attributes
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4 (1/3) 
2 
4
45 MW 
125 tf
480 m/sec
94 m³
Summary
The Slasher is the Minmatar Attack Frigate. The Slasher's extraordinary speed, agility, and bonus to propulsion jamming modules (warp disruptors, warp scramblers and stasis webifiers) make it an excellent tackle frigate. The ship’s four mid slots allow it to be fit with more than one propulsion jammer, or a variety of other support modules, making the Slasher tricky to predict and counter. The Slasher also has bonuses to projectile weapons, though Slasher tacklers are sometimes too far from their targets to apply much damage with them. The Slasher is the most versatile of the four racial Attack Frigates, and can be flown in a number of different ways. But the job of a Slasher pilot is typically the same as that of any tackler: to pin down an enemy and stay alive long enough for fleetmates to arrive and deliver the punch.
The Slasher’s versatility makes it an excellent hull for new pilots learning different approaches to tackling and scouting. Flying the Slasher provides great practice for eventually flying fleet interceptors (such as the Stiletto), which are more commonly used as fleet scouts and first tacklers. Nevertheless, even though the Tech I Slasher isn't quite as effective as a Tech II Interceptor, it can still serve as an amazing long-point tackle ship. E-UNI Slasher pilots are strongly advised to read the UniWiki guide to tackling, and to attend a Tackling 101 practical.
The Slasher has relatively low base HP, which is evenly spread between hull, armor and shield. As a result, the Slasher is difficult to tank, and is the flimsiest of the four racial Attack Frigates after fitting. The ship makes up for its poor tank with a low signature radius and high speed, which makes the Slasher tough to hit. Like other tackle frigates, the tackle Slasher is typically equipped with a microwarpdrive and a warp disruptor (“point”) in two of its mid slots. But the other two mids can be fit with a variety of different modules—a shield extender, a warp scrambler (“scram”), a stasis webifier (“web”), a signal amplifier for fast lock time, or even a tracking or guidance disruptor to mitigate enemy damage. Different fits require different tactics, some of which are described in the Tactics section below. In the end, Slasher pilots are encouraged to try out different layouts, and experience first-hand how their choices affect the way the ship flies.
Some inherent limitations make the Slasher less effective as a damage dealer, PvE, or solo PvP ship. The Slasher receives bonuses to projectile damage and tracking, but the short range of small projectiles means that the ship must fly close to an enemy to apply damage. This puts the Slasher within range of an opponent’s scram, web, and neuts, which spell danger for the nimble Slasher. The Slasher can avoid this by kiting the enemy, if it is fit with longer-range small artillery, but the damage output of artillery is lower. Minmatar characters interested in a PvE frigate may be better off flying one of the two Minmatar Combat Frigates (the Breacher or Rifter). And Minmatar PvP pilots might wait to skill into the Republic Fleet Firetail, which is an exceptional PvP ship.
Skills
- From the ship description:
- Core Competency - Basic [Certificate]
- Frigate Projectile Turrets - Basic [Certificate]
- Propulsion Jammer Operator - Basic [Certificate]
- High Velocity Helmsman - Basic [Certificate]
Fitting
Fleet PvP - Day 1 Tackle
125mm Gatling AutoCannon I
125mm Gatling AutoCannon I
Medium Shield Extender I
Faint Scoped Warp Disruptor
Faint Epsilon Scoped Warp Scrambler
5MN Cold-Gas Enduring Microwarpdrive
Type-D Restrained Nanofiber Structure
Damage Control I
Small Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Small Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I
Small Ancillary Current Router I
Proton S x1
- Guns exist purely to tag targets for killmails. Your damage is negligible, and not the purpose of the fit.
Instalocker
Festival Launcher
200mm Light Prototype Automatic Cannon
200mm Light Prototype Automatic Cannon
200mm Light Prototype Automatic Cannon
F-90 Compact Sensor Booster
F-90 Compact Sensor Booster
5MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive
Warp Disruptor II
Damage Control II
F-89 Compact Signal Amplifier
Small Targeting System Subcontroller I
Small Targeting System Subcontroller I
Small Auxiliary Thrusters I
Titanium Sabot S x1000
EMP S x2000
Scan Resolution Script x2
Snowball x50
- Get tackle for fleet and as soon as secondary tackle confirmed - warp away!
Fleet Tackle
125mm Gatling AutoCannon II
125mm Gatling AutoCannon II
125mm Gatling AutoCannon II
Warp Scrambler II
Warp Disruptor II
Medium Shield Extender II
5MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive
Damage Control II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II
Small Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Small Core Defense Field Extender I
Small Core Defense Field Extender I
Republic Fleet EMP S x1200
- Downgrade T2 modules to meta if not enough PWG or CPU in the following sequence: Guns (least important), Scram , Shield Extender, Disruptor (most important)
Hulltank Scram Kiter
Small Gremlin Compact Energy Neutralizer
200mm Light 'Scout' Autocannon I
200mm Light 'Scout' Autocannon I
200mm Light 'Scout' Autocannon I
Baker Nunn Enduring Tracking Disruptor I
Fleeting Compact Stasis Webifier
Faint Epsilon Scoped Warp Scrambler
1MN Y-S8 Compact Afterburner
Counterbalanced Compact Gyrostabilizer
IFFA Compact Damage Control
Small Projectile Burst Aerator I
Small Transverse Bulkhead I
Small Transverse Bulkhead I
Barrage S x720
Republic Fleet EMP S x720
Republic Fleet Fusion S x720
Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S x720
Optimal Range Disruption Script x1
Solo PvP
200mm AutoCannon II
200mm AutoCannon II
200mm AutoCannon II
Medium Ancillary Shield Booster
1MN Afterburner II
X5 Enduring Stasis Webifier
J5b Enduring Warp Scrambler
Damage Control II
Type-D Restrained Nanofiber Structure
Small Projectile Collision Accelerator I
Small Projectile Burst Aerator I
Republic Fleet EMP S x720
Republic Fleet Fusion S x720
Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S x720
Barrage S x720
- Very tight on CPU fitting requirements. Needs Weapon Upgrades V and CPU Management V
- AB/Scram/Kite archetype for Faction Warfare PVP
Tactics
When flying a slasher as an interceptor you need to take a little time to understand how your ship operates under high speed conditions, and set up your orbit ranges appropriately. Your preferred ships to tackle are anything bigger than you (Cruisers, Battle Cruisers, Battleships), as you have a chance to effectively speed tank any guns that may be on their ships. If you are scram fitted you might be able to assist your other frigate pilots in catching another MWD frigate such as a Dramiel or Interceptor.
- Long Point: With the warp disruptor your orbit should be set to approximately 14-17 KM. This will allow you to stay at 16-18 km, inside of your warp disruption range and outside of medium energy neutralizing range. Hold point (keep the module) active for as long as possible or until someone calls a replacement point (someone else has a scram) and move onto your next target.
- Short Point: Set your orbit to 500 meters and shut off your MWD once you get within 8-11 km of your target. This will allow your ship to quickly achieve a stable orbit at extremely close range to hopefully get under and stay under enemy guns. If you turn your MWD off too late you will 'yo-yo' on the target and potentially loose your scramble and allow a watchful pilot to instapop your fragile frigate as you re-approach. Leaving your MWD on for a low skilled pilot can cause issues with maintaining cap, make it very easy for other ships to shoot you (huge signature radius), and your elliptical orbit may be large enough to push you outside of scram range.
- Spiraling: In both cases you will need to learn how to spiral onto targets. This requires a bit of 'manual' flying. Manual flying is where you double click in space to set your ship trajectory rather than using the approach or orbit command buttons. In the case of spiraling, you want to fly into the target ship at angles when possible. Place the target ship in the center of your screen and double click in space halfway been the ship and the edge of your screen. Once you start getting closer reposition the target ship to the center of your screen and again, double click half way. Do this until you feel you can safely dive onto the target (scramblers) or start you long distance orbit (disruptors) safely.
- Call your point: When you turn your warp disruption module on the target you can briefly call out over com's, "+1 Thorax" if you managed to put a warp disruptor on a thorax, or "+2 Drake" if you managed to put a scrambler on a drake. +1 is for Warp disruptors +2 is for scramblers. Do not say anything else. If your ship is going down and you are about to be blown up, do not call out over coms "I'm gonna die!" That is bad. Simply call out briefly over com's "-1 Thorax" or "-2 Drake" and warp your pod off so you can reship.
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Patch History
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YC119.3 V.1.0 – Build: 1132976 – 14.03.17
YC119.2 v.1.0 – Build: 1121744 – 14.02.17
YC118.8 v.1.0 – Build: 1077233 – 13.09.16
March 2016 v.1.0 – Build: 1030955 – 08.03.16
December v1.0 – Build: 995003 – 08.12.15
Retribution v.1.0 – Build: 476047 – 04.12.12
Inferno v.1.2 – Build: 404131 – 08.08.12 The next step in the ongoing removal of ship Tiers (as described in this Dev Blog) affects the Attack Frigates: the Executioner, Condor, Atron and Slasher. Attack Frigates are designed as high speed damage dealing and tackling vessels.
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