Slayer

	No judge. No jury. Just the executioner.

The Slayer is an Ascendancy class for Duelists.

Overview

The Slayer is a offense oriented class based around attacks. He is a effective boss killer with Headsman and Bane of Legends and gains access to defensive bonuses involving life leech, including the ability to leech beyond his maximum health pool with Brutal Fervour. He also possesses bonuses towards area of effect and critical strike attack builds, as well as Masterful Form for maximizing frenzy and endurance charges.

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Attack Damage, Area of Effect	10% increased Attack Damage 10% increased Area of Effect [1]
Attack Damage, Attack Speed	10% increased Attack Damage 5% increased Attack Speed [1] [2]
Attack Damage, Critical Strike Chance	10% increased Attack Damage 15% increased Critical Strike Chance [1]
Attack Damage, Frenzy and Endurance Charge Duration	10% increased Attack Damage 15% increased Frenzy Charge Duration 15% increased Endurance Charge Duration [1]
Attack Damage, Life Leech	10% increased Attack Damage 0.4% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life [1] [2]

This class has the following notable passive skills:

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive
Bane of Legends	10% more Damage if you've Killed Recently Cannot take Reflected Physical Damage 20% more Damage with Hits and Ailments against Unique Enemies		Attack Damage, Attack Speed
Headsman	Kill Enemies that have 20% or lower Life when Hit by your Skills Gain 10% increased Attack Speed for 20 seconds when you Kill a Rare or Unique Enemy Gain 10% increased Movement Speed for 20 seconds when you Kill an Enemy	Bane of Legends	Attack Damage, Attack Speed
Endless Hunger	20% of Overkill Damage is Leeched as Life 20% increased Attack Speed while Leeching Cannot be Stunned while Leeching You are Unaffected by Bleeding while Leeching	Brutal Fervour	Attack Damage, Life Leech
Brutal Fervour	100% increased Maximum Recovery per Life Leech Life Leech effects are not removed at Full Life 10% reduced Damage taken while Leeching		Attack Damage, Life Leech
Overwhelm	Base Critical Strike Chance for Attacks with Weapons is 8% +10% to Critical Strike Multiplier per Nearby Enemy, up to +100% Nearby enemies have -30% to Critical Strike Multiplier		Attack Damage, Critical Strike Chance
Impact	50% increased Global Accuracy Rating +4 to Melee Strike Range 5% increased Area of Effect per Enemy killed recently, up to 50% Deal up to 15% more Melee Damage to Enemies, based on proximity		Attack Damage, Area of Effect
Masterful Form	Your Maximum Endurance Charges is equal to your Maximum Frenzy Charges +1 to Maximum Frenzy Charges		Attack Damage, Frenzy and Endurance Charge Duration

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Swapped Endless Hunger and Brutal Fervour in the skill tree position.
3.7.0	The small passives leading to Headsman and Bane of Legends now grant 10% increased attack damage, rather than 14% increased damage with two handed weapons. The small passive leading to Overwhelm now grants 10% increased attack damage and 10% increased critical strike chance (previously granted 14% increased damage with two handed weapons and 5% reduced enemy stun threshold). The small passives leading to Endless Hunger and Brutal Fervour now grant 10% increased attack damage, rather than 14% increased damage with two handed weapons. The small passive leading to Impact now grants 10% increased attack damage, rather than 14% increased damage with two handed weapons. Added a new Slayer notable - Masterful Form. The small passive leading to Masterful Form grants 10% increased attack damage, 10% increased endurance charge duration and 10% increased frenzy charge duration.
3.2.0	Swapped Bane of Legends and Headsman in the skill tree position.
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.