Slash Aberrant Form: Scythe Attacks for Groups

Quick answer

Slash is a wide-swiping scythe form built for attacking groups. It appears as one of the three opening Primary Form choices for the Aberrant, next to the faster Flurry daggers and the single-target Slice axe.

What makes Slash distinct

Xbox Wire’s hands-on gives Slash a clear battlefield role rather than only a visual description: its broad scythe swings are intended to catch groups. That separates it from Flurry’s close, rapid pressure and Slice’s high single-target damage. Exact arc width, stagger values and target limits have not been published.

Wide attacks can be valuable when smaller enemies approach from more than one direction. The previewed opening includes encounters where basic enemies continue to create pressure while larger threats occupy Dylan. A group-oriented Primary Form should therefore be evaluated by how reliably it creates space, not only by damage against a lone target.

Primary Form placement

Slash belongs to the first pool of Aberrant choices and controls Dylan’s basic attack sequence. Secondary Forms are selected from another pool for special or charged attacks, while Combo Enders fill a third part of the loadout. Those categories prevent “scythe” from describing the entire build.

Xbox Wire reports that forms not selected first can be unlocked later. The initial decision changes the early moveset but is not presented as a permanent one-weapon save file.

Build questions still open

No official source has supplied Slash’s complete skill tree, critical behavior, aerial inputs or interaction with status effects. It is reasonable to classify it as crowd coverage because the hands-on does so; it is not yet responsible to publish a final tier ranking.

A player planning around Slash can use an ability or Secondary Form that improves single-target pressure. Conversely, a summon-heavy setup may value Slash for personal crowd control while summons attack independently. Compare Flurry, Slice and the Aberrant slot system.