Slashing damage

Slashing damage is the type of physical damage inflicted by most swords, axes and scythes as well as certain daggers and some types of pets.

Equipment that protects against slashing damage

• Armor
  • Saboteur's Insignia
• Inscription
  • Focus item / Shield Inscriptions
    • "The Riddle of Steel"

Skills that protect against slashing damage

• Echoes
  • Bladeturn Refrain (PvP)

Skills that inflict slashing damage

• Enchantment spells
  • Vow of Strength (elite) - to adjacent foes when attacking with a scythe
• Skills
  • Hundred Blades (elite) - to all adjacent foes for each attack you make
  • Ursan Strike - target touched foe takes damage, and slashing damage
• Spells
  • Animate Flesh Golem (elite) - the Flesh Golem's attacks inflict slashing damage
  • Animate Shambling Horror - the Shambling Horror's attacks inflict slashing damage

Monsters specifically resistant to slashing damage

• Elementals
  • Avalanches

Monsters specifically vulnerable to slashing damage

• Plants
  • Ancient Oakhearts
  • Dragon Lillies
  • Dragon Mosses
  • Entangling Roots
  • Entangling Roots
  • Grasping Roots
  • Island Guardians
  • Large Spined Aloes
  • Life Pods
  • Oakhearts
  • Seeds of Corruption
  • Snarling Driftwoods
  • Spirit Shepherds
  • Spirit Woods
  • Thorn Stalkers
  • Thorn Stalker Sprouts
  • Twisted Barks
  • Undergrowths
  • Uprooted Malices
• Blessed Griffons

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