Enables critical hits for listed weapons. Doubles overall critical damage.
Slash (XVI) is one of the Arcanas in Vampire Survivors. It is unlocked by reaching Level 50 with Lama.
When this Arcana is active, certain weapons can deal critical damage, while certain weapons have increased critical chance (?). More importantly, critical hits from all sources deal double damage.
This Arcana applies to the following weapons:
Whip and Bloody Tear (Enables critical hits)- Knife and Thousand Edge (Enables critical hits)
- Axe and Death Spiral (Enables critical hits)
- Heaven Sword
- Vento Sacro and Fuwalafuwaloo
- Victory Sword (Enables critical hits)
- Celestial Voulge
- Santa Javelin and Seraphic Cry
- Muramasa
- Eskizzibur and Legionnaire (Enables critical hits)
- Flash Arrow and Millionaire
- Impostongue
- Alchemy Whip and Vampire Killer(Enables critical hits)
- Wind Whip and Spirit Tornado Tip(Enables critical hits)
- Platinum Whip and Cross Crasher Tip(Enables critical hits)
- Dragon Water Whip and Hydrostormer Tip(Enables critical hits)
- Sonic Whip and Crissaegrim Tip(Enables critical hits)
- Jet Black Whip and Mormegil Tip(Enables critical hits)
- Vibhuti Whip and Daybreaker Tip(Enables critical hits)
- Vanitas Whip and Aurablaster Tip(Enables critical hits)
- Tyrfing and Rune Sword
- Confodere, Vol Confodere and Melio Confodere(Enables critical hits)
Reinhardt Schneider starts with this Arcana.
Tips[]
- Slash increases the potential damage output for the listed weapons by a staggering amount, besides Arcana that focuses on stat increases, Iron Blue Will and Waltz of Pearls are recommended to increase the potential amount of enemies being hit.
- Despite being able to naturally deal critical hits, Santa Javelin and Seraphic Cry do not benefit from Slash.
Trivia[]
- The name of this Arcana is a reference to "Slash", which is the theme song to Stage 4 of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.
- The name and sprite of this Arcana is also a reference to "Power Slash", which is a Celestial Brush technique from Okami. By stroking a horizontal line of ink across some objects, it will cut them in half. While the sprite does not show a horizontal line, it is still an ink trail. Its effect also has the theme of dealing damage as Power Slash is used to deal supplementary damage while in combat.
- The weapons that Slash can affect are traditionally melee weapons that can cause laceration (which is almost all of them in the full list of weapons), fitting for its name.
- This may explain why it does not affect Cross, which is a boomerang without sharp edges in Castlevania that bludgeons enemies, while Heaven Sword is affected.
- Some weapons like Phiera Der Tuphello, Eight The Sparrow, Phieraggi, and most DLC weapons have the parameter for crit chance and multiplier filled in but their ability to crit is disabled and Slash does not activate them like Whip or Knife.
