- "You can call me 'Dante the Demon Killer'. Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?"
- ― Dante (DmC: Devil May Cry)
- "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 power to kill demons/demonic entities. Variation of Slayer. Opposite to Divine Slayer.
Also Called
- Devil/Demon/Satanic Slayer/Hunter/Killer
- Demonic Hunter/Killer
Capabilities
The user 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
- Demonic Power Negation
- Demonology Intuition
- Enhanced/Supernatural Combat
- Immortality Negation
- Greater Damage Effectivity
Variations
- Demonic Power Absorption
- Divine Conduit
- Divine Empowerment
- Divine Weaponry
- Paranormal Expertise; on how to kill demons.
- Smite
Associations
- Archangel Physiology
- Demon Manipulation
- Demon Physiology
- Divine Combat
- Omnislayer
- 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 some types of demons.
- Alien Slayer for alien demons.
- Undead Slayer for undead demons.
- Transcendent Demonic-Undead may be difficult to slay.
- Divine Slayer for divine demons.
- Superior Entity Slayer to superior demons
- Mutant Slayer to mutant demons
- Witch hunter to demonic mages
- Transcendent Demonic Mage may is difficult to slay
- Dragon Slayer to demonic dragons
- Giant Slayer to Demonic Giants
Known Users
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Guts (Berserk)
- Devil Hunters (Chainsaw Man)
- Satou Pendragon (Death March to Parallel World Rhapsody)
- Haruka Mano (Devil Hunter Yohko)
- Yohko Mano (Devil Hunter Yohko)
- Demon Busters (Devilman)
- Devil Slayers (Fairy Tail)
- Exorcists (Highschool DxD)
- Sung Jin-Woo (Solo Leveling)
- Sango (Inuyasha)
- Negi Springfield (Negima)
- Users of Ra Tilt (Slayers)
- Ushio Aotsuki (Ushio and Tora)
Cartoons/Comics
- Jason Blood/Etrigan The Demon (DC Comics)
- John Constantine (DC/Vertigo Comics)
- Sebastian Faust (DC Comics)
- Gary (Gary and his Demons)
- Hellboy (Hellboy/BPRD)
- Exterminators (Hazbin Hotel)
Folklore/Mythology
- Angels (Mythology)
- Archangels
- Gods (Mythology)
Literature
- Shadowhunters (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)
Live Television
- Slayers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Witches (Charmed)
- Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
- Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
- Castiel (Supernatural)
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)
- Heavenly Successors Of The Demon-Eater (World of Darkness)
- Tal'Mahe'Ra (World of Darkness)
Video Games
- Miriam (Bloodstained series)
- Zangetsu (Bloodstained series)
- 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)
- Dante (Devil May Cry)
- Vergil (Devil May Cry)
- Nero (Devil May Cry)
- Trish (Devil May Cry)
- Lady (Devil May Cry)
- 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 anchor
- Minamoto no Raikou (Fate/Grand Order)
- Rama (Fate/Grand Order); via Brahmastra
- Demon Busters (Megami Tensei)
- Garcia Hotspur (Shadows of the Damned)
- Player (Terraria)
Other
- Exterminators (Hazbin Hotel)
Known Objects
- Dragon Slayer (Berserk)
- Nichirin Blades/Bullets/Weapons (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Crucible Blades (Doom Eternal)
- Demon-Slaying Runes (Dragon Age: Inquisition)
- The God-Killer (Drive Angry)
- Light-based weapons (Final Fantasy XV)
- Dominator
- Durandal
- Orichalcum
- Radiant Lance
- Holy Swords (Highschool DxD)
- Anti-Niskaru Weapons (Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning)
- 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)