Archetype:Demon Slayer

Demon Slayer
The Doom Slayer (DOOM) has dedicated himself to destroying the forces of Hell.
Power/Ability to:	Kill demons/demonic entities.

"You can call me 'Dante the Demon Killer'. Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?"

― Dante (DMC: Devil May Cry)

"And in his ravenous hatred, he found no peace; and with boiling blood, he scoured the Umbral Plains, seeking vengeance against the dark lords who had wronged him. He wore the crown of the Night Sentinels, and those that tasted the bite of his sword named him... the Doom Slayer."

― Slayer's Testament I (Doom 2016)

"The Demon Slayer Corps. We number in the hundreds. An organization completely unrecognized by the government. Since ancient times, we have existed to hunt down demons."

― Sakonji Urokodaki to Tanjiro Kamado (Kimetsu no Yaiba)

The power to kill demons/demonic entities. Variation of Slayer. Opposite to Angel Slayer.

Also Called

• Devil/Demon/Satanic Slayer/Hunter/Killer
• Demonic Hunter/Killer

Capabilities

Users can kill demons/demonic entities of any form, being able to go toe-to-toe with even the strongest of demons and gain resistance to their demonic powers and demonic corrupting effects.

Applications

• Death Inducement to demonic beings.
• Demonic Power Immunity
• Possession Immunity
• Demonology Mastery
• Angelology Mastery
• Greater Damage Effectivity
• Paranormal Expertise; on how to kill demons.
• Divine Attacks/Smiting
• Exorcism
• Healing
• Enhanced/Supernatural Condition
• Enhanced Combat/Supernatural Combat
• Enhanced Durability/Supernatural Durability
• Enhanced/Supernatural Strength
• Killing Instinct
• Killing Mastery
• Combat Perception
• Combat Specialism
• Enhanced/Supernatural Tracking
• Hunting Mastery
• Humanization/Conversion Negation: May be able to cure a being of their supernatural traits while either trying to defeat or save them
• Indomitable Will
• Fear Masking
• Horror Survivor: is driven to survive and kill the monster or killer that threatens their lives by any means; not a few such demonic slayer are survivors of supernatural horrors that claimed less fortunate friends and loved ones.
• High Resistance
• Martial Arts Mastery
• Predator Instinct
• Tactical Analysis
• Tranquil Fear: can control their fears while retaining tranquility and are able to face what they're afraid of with the relentless courage of a warrior while gaining the vigilance and precaution of a survivor.
• Enhanced Caution
• Enhanced Preparedness
• Trapping Intuition: can create many different types of traps that are effective in different ways while combating the supernatural.
• Supernatural Detection: can sense the presence of supernatural beings and identify them.
• Weapon Proficiency/Supernatural Weapon Proficiency
• Special Ops Mastery
• Demonic Weaponry
• Divine Weaponry
• Spiritual Weaponry
• Improvised Weapon Proficiency
• Demon Imprisonment
• Theurgy
• Occultism
• Spiritual Awareness
• Detail Detection
• Enhanced/Supernatural Stealth
• Enhanced/Supernatural Senses
• Enhanced Investigation/Supernatural
• Christian Mysticism
• Divine Communication
• White Arts
• Divine Territory
• Salvation
• Clairvoyance
• Soul Channeling
• Divine Empowerment
• Enhanced/Supernatural Archery
• Invulnerability

Associations

• Archangel Physiology
• Demon Manipulation
• Demon Physiology
• Divine Combat
• Omnislayer
• Patron Saint
• Transcendent Blade Proficiency
• Supernatural Hunter
• Supernatural Priest Physiology
• Supernatural Shrine Maiden Physiology
• Supernatural Weapon Proficiency
• True Hero
• Unavertable Death

Limitations

• Transcendent Demons may be difficult to slay or need special weaponry.
• May need different skills/powers to kill specific types of demons.
  • Alien Slayer for alien demons.
  • Undead Slayer for undead demons.
    • Transcendent undead demons may be difficult to slay or need special weaponry.
  • Divine Slayer for divine demons.
  • Superior Entity Slayer to superior demons
  • Mutant Slayer to mutant demons
  • Witch Slayer for demonic mages and witches
    • Transcendent demonic mages may be difficult to slay
  • Dragon Slayer to demonic dragons
  • Giant Slayer to Demonic Giants
  • Angel Slayer to Nephalems
    • Transcendent Nephalems may be difficult to slay

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Guts (Berserk)
• Skull Knight (Berserk)
• Exorcists (Blue Exorcist)
• Devil Hunters (Chainsaw Man)
• Satou Pendragon (Death March to Parallel World Rhapsody)
• Haruka Mano (Devil Hunter Yohko)
• Yohko Mano (Devil Hunter Yohko)
• Akira Fudo (Devilman)
• Demon Slayer Corps. (Demon Slayer:Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Demon Busters (Devilman)
• Devil Slayers (Fairy Tail)
  • Silver Fullbuster
  • Gray Fullbuster
  • Bloodman
• Exorcists (Highschool DxD)
• Sango (InuYasha)
• Negi Springfield (Negima)
• Law Mages (Outlaws/Lawless Zone)
• Various Characters (Ramia-Yana: Hero and Demon Lord Chronicles)
  • Ramia
• Users of Ra Tilt (Slayers)
• Ashborn (Solo Leveling)
• Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
• Sung Suho (Solo Leveling)
• Taimanin (Taimanin Series)
• Ushio Aotsuki (Ushio and Tora)
• Mages (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End); via Zoltraak

Comics

• Etrigan/Jason Blood (DC Comics)
• John Constantine (DC/Vertigo Comics)
• Sebastian Faust (DC Comics)
• Gary (Gary and his Demons)
• Hellboy (Hellboy/BPRD)
• Saint of Killers (Preacher)

Folklore/Mythology

• Angels (Abrahamic Religions)
  • Archangels
• Various Gods (Hindu Mythology)
  • Durga/Kali
  • Indra
  • Shiva

Literature

• Chris Gordon (Demon Accords)
• Shadowhunters (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)

Live Television

• Slayers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Witches (Charmed)
• Gungtan (Island)
• Van (Island)
• Fenix (Kamen Rider Revice)
• Hunters (Supernatural)
  • Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
  • Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
  • Castiel (Supernatural)
• Counters and Yung People (Uncanny Counter)

Tabletop Games

• Knights of Saint Adrian (Chronicles of Darkness); via Ink
• Impilturan demonslayer (Forgotten Realms)
• Seraphon (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar)
• Ordo Malleus (Warhammer 40,000)
  • Grey Knights
• Heavenly Successors Of The Demon-Eater (World of Darkness)
• Tal'Mahe'Ra (World of Darkness)

Video Games

• Miriam (Bloodstained series)
• Zangetsu (Bloodstained series)
• Belmont clan (Castlevania series)
• cuphead (Cuphead)
• Mugman (Cuphead)
• Dante Alighieri (Dante's Inferno)
• Chosen Undead (Dark Souls)
• Bearer of the Curse (Dark Souls II)
• Ashen One (Dark Souls III)
• Slayer of Demons (Demon's Souls)
• Devil Hunters (Devil May Cry series)
  • Dante
  • Lady
  • Nero
  • Trish
• Vergil (Devil May Cry series)
• Demon Hunters (Diablo)
• Jahan (Divinity: Original Sin)
• Dante (DmC: Devil May Cry)
• Vergil (DmC: Devil May Cry)
• Doom Slayer (DOOM)
• The Inquisitor (Dragon Age: Inquisition); via the anchor
• Demon Busters (Megami Tensei)
• Alucard (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)
• Granger (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)
• Link (The legend of zelda series)
• Garcia Hotspur (Shadows of the Damned)
• Charlemagne (TYPE-MOON); via Holy Knight Emperor
• Minamoto no Raikou (TYPE-MOON/Fate/Grand Order)
• Rama (TYPE-MOON/Fate/Grand Order); via Brahmastra
• Yamato Takeru (TYPE-MOON/Fate/Samurai Remnant); via Extermination of Gods and Demons
• Reimu Hakurei (Touhou Project)

Web Animation/Comics

• Exorcists/Exterminators (Hazbin Hotel)
• Mobian Inquisition (Exterminatus Now)
• Stacy Weathers (Stacy the Demon killer)

Known Objects

• Dragon Slayer (Berserk)
• Maken & Firearms (Blue Exorcist)
• Crucible Blades (Doom Eternal)
• Demon-Slaying Runes (Dragon Age: Inquisition)
  • Certainty
  • Firm Templar Mace
  • Knight-Commander Longbow
  • Sten Battleaxe
  • Templar Mace
  • Templar's First
  • Vidathiss
• The God-Killer (Drive Angry)
• Demonslayer (Exile/Avernum series)
• Ice Devil’s Chill (Fairy Tail)
• Light-based weapons (Final Fantasy XV)
  • Dominator
  • Durandal
  • Orichalcum
  • Radiant Lance
• Exorcist weapons (Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss)
• Holy Swords (Highschool DxD)
• Anti-Niskaru Weapons (Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning)
  • Archsage's Light
  • Blade of the Pariah
  • The Dragon's Spurs
  • Hellbane
  • Mystic Hammer
• Revice Driver (Kamen Rider Revice)
• Nichirin Bullets/Weapons (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Angel Blades/Archangel Blades (Supernatural)
• The Colt (Supernatural)
• Demon-Killing Knife (Supernatural)
• The First Blade (Supernatural); when empowered by the Mark of Cain
• The Lance of Michael (Supernatural)
• Defigere Et Depurgare (Supernatural)
• Master Sword (The Legend of Zelda)

Gallery

Users

Archangels (Abrahamic Mythology) are said to be powerful demon slayers because of their divinity.

Michael (Abrahamic Mythology) is said to be the most fearless archangel general, who has slain many fallen angels/demons in the war for heaven and is destined to fight the final battle against Satan/Lucifer and his remaining hordes.

Before being branded by the God Hand during the Eclipse, Guts (Berserk) fought and defeated the sadistic Apostle known as Wyald and has only grown more powerful in killing the demonic monsters...

...and through the Berserker Armor he is unstoppable beast of infinite rage.

Skull Knight (Berserk) has slayed thousands of his archenemies, the Apostles with great ease.

Devil Hunters (Chainsaw Man) are humans who have taken it upon themselves to hunt Devils whenever a threat related to them should arise in the world.

Witches like the Charmed One (Charmed) are powerful demon slayers due to their magic.

Despite being small cartoony cups, Cuphead and Mugman (Cuphead) are strong enough to take on the Devil himself.

Dante Alighieri (Dante's Inferno) is a powerful and courageous human that can slay demons with his Holy Cross, a true relic, and Death's Scythe, a demonic weapon.

The Demon Slayer Corps (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) is an organization dedicated to the annihilation of all demons in existence.

Dante (Devil May Cry Series) is a cambion and profession Devil Hunter.

Being the eldest son of Sparda, Vergil (Devil May Cry Series) is more than a match against lesser demons, allowing him to match and even surpass his twin little brother Dante in battle.

As the son of Vergil and nephew Dante, Nero (Devil May Cry Series) is a demonic-human hybrid that possesses great demonic powers which allows him to slay the strongest of demons who gained an increase in power from the Ascension Ceremony and even hold his own against his uncle Dante.

Lady (Devil May Cry)

Dante, and Vergil (DMC: Devil May Cry) are powerful demon slayers due to their nephalem heritage.

Impilturan demon slayers (Forgotten Realms) are rangers who utilize dual weapons and dabble in arcane magic in order to fearlessly hunt the demonic or plague-changed enemies of Impiltur's people.

Hellboy (Hellboy/BPRD) has single handily killed many demons throughout his career.

Exorcist like Dulio Gesulado (Highschool DxD) is specifically trained to slay devils and fallen angels.

Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics) has slain countless demons and is the bane to all of Marvel's infernal beings.

Saint of Killer (Preacher) killing the devil.

Etrigan (DC Comics)

John Constantine (Vertigo/DC Comics)

The Shadowhunters (Shadowhunters) are powerful demon killers sworn to protect mundanes from the shadow world.

Sam and Dean Winchester (Supernatural) have held their ground and even killed very powerful demons, something that many hunters before them claimed to be impossible.

Angels like Castiel (Supernatural) are natural demon killers with and without their angel blades.

With his Holy Knight Emperor skill, Charlemagne (TYPE-MOON) deals extra damage to demonic enemies

Yamato Takeru's (TYPE-MOON) Extermination of Gods and Demons skill them an advantage over both Divine and Demonic opponents.

Asharah (Mortal Kombat) was a demon in Netherealm, working for Quan Chi. Until she free herself from his clutches and has since ben slaying demons with her enchanted kriss sword.

Karlach (Baldur's Gate 3)

Ever since being cursed and resurrected as a demon, Daniel Cassidy/Blue Devil (DC Comics) has been doing his due diligence slaying demons.

Reimu Hakurei's (Touhou Project) main job is to exterminate youkai.

Weapons

The Dragon Slayer (Berserk)

Demonslayer (Exile/Avernum series), a legendary enchanted sword capable of killing even high-tier demons and beings who augmented by infernal forces such as the evil sorcerer Garzahd.

Forged from special minerals found on mountains constantly being bathed in sunlight, Nichirin Swords (Kimetsu no Yaiba)...

…are the only weapons in the world capable of severely wounding and fully killing demons.

The First Blade (Supernatural), when empowered by the Mark of Cain, can kill any demon, including Knights of Hell.

The Demon-Killing Knife (Supernatural) is a mystical weapon forged by the Kurdish people, able to kill most demons and hellhounds with a single stab to a vital area.

The Colt (Supernatural) can kill any supernatural creature with one shot including demons of all kinds.

The Beast Spear (Ushio and Tora)

Videos

Supernatural - Dean Kills Azazel - S2E22 - Logoless-2

Rengoku vs Akaza full fight Demon slayer twixtor-2

Supernatural - Dean and Crowley fight demons - S9E11 - Logoless

Supernatural - Dean receives the mark of Cain - S9E11 - Logoless-2

Berserk Guts vs Snake Master - DUB ENGLISH-2

Devil May Cry Anime EP 10 - Dante vs Spardas Disciples -DUB- -720p--2

Devil May Cry 2 HD - Ending & Final Boss (Argosax The Chaos)-2

Devil May Cry 5 Dante Vs Urizen (Final Form) - S-Rank - Devil Hunter-2

ManBearPig vs. Satan - South Park-2

Gary and His Demons - Still The One (Full Episode)

Guts VS Nightmare (Berserk VS Soul Calibur) DEATH BATTLE!

Dante VS Bayonetta DEATH BATTLE!

Tanjiro VS Jonathan Joestar (Demon Slayer VS JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) - DEATH BATTLE!

Guts VS Dimitri (Berserk VS Fire Emblem) - DEATH BATTLE!-2

Ghost Rider VS Lobo (Marvel VS DC) - DEATH BATTLE!-2

Music

Ushio and Tora - Opening 1 - Mazeru no Kiken

Ushio and Tora - Opening 2 - Shuugawari no Kiseki no Shinwa

Devil May Cry 5- The Dante Dance-2

Bury the Light - Vergil's battle theme from Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition-2

デビル メイ クライ Devil May Cry Anime Opening -BD Ver--2

『チェンソーマン』第４話ノンクレジットエンディング - CHAINSAW MAN -4 Ending│TOOBOE 「錠剤」-2