Slice

Slice
Release date	20 November 2012 (Update)
Members	No
Skill	Attack
Level	0
Type	Basic
Target	Single-target
Adrenaline	+8%
Equipment	Any
Cooldown	3 seconds (5 ticks)
Description
Slice at the target's weak points. 30%-120% ability damage. Instead if target is bound or stunned deal 80%-146% ability damage.
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Slice is a basic Attack ability, requiring no Attack level to use.

When activated, the player deals deals 30%-120% ability damage. If the target is stunned or bound, Slice instead deals 80%-146% damage.

The stun from Backhand or Kick is too short for Slice to deal its boosted damage, as the stun only lasts for 1.2 seconds and abilities may only be activated every 1.8 seconds. Forceful Backhand or Stomp gives enough time for the user to use Slice once for its boosted damage. The bind from Barge last for 6.6 seconds, which is enough for two Slices and one Punish or two Punishes and one Slice.

The Energising perk will make Slice deal 20% less damage, but it will generate an additional 0.6% adrenaline per rank instead.

Hit Timing

Slice hits the tick after it was activated.

Monsters that use Slice

• Ahoeitu the Chef
• Armadylean ambusher
• Armadylean myrmidon
• Armadylean warrior
• Bandit Brawler
• Bandosian ambusher
• Bandosian reaver
• Black Knight (Invasion of Falador)
• Crystal Shapeshifter
• Donny the Lad
• Dragon-hunter warrior
• Eastern mercenary
• Eastern soldier
• Elite Sotapanna
• Enlightened Sotapanna
• Godless ambusher
• Gu ronin
• Hein (Skulls champion)
• Imperial warrior akh
• Iorwerth guard
• Iorwerth scout
• Iorwerth scout (Faction PvP)
• JMod clone
• Jade the Unruly
• Menaphite guard captain
• Mercenary Joe
• Monkey warrior
• New Varrock guard
• New Varrock guard captain
• Ninja cabbage
• Reese
• Renegade Menaphite soldier
• Saradominist enforcer
• Saradominist gatherer
• Saradominist minelayer
• Saradominist rogue
• Sarkhan the Serpentspeaker
• Sir Leye
• Skulls bosun
• Skulls mercenary
• Skulls mercenary (Uncharted Isles)
• Skulls press-ganger
• Skulls scout
• Sotapanna
• Stone clone
• Temple Knight (Battle of the Monolith)
• The Violet Lotus
• Ulthven Keith
• Unnatural Trahaearn titan
• Warrior cabbage
• White Knight (Invasion of Falador)
• Xiang the Water-shaper
• Yukimura of Hanto
• Zamorakian blackguard
• Zamorakian footsoldier
• Zamorakian gatherer
• Zamorakian minelayer
• Zamorakian rogue

Update history

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• patch 14 March 2022 (Update):
  • The Impatient Invention perk will now work with Slice, Piercing Shot, Wrack, and Wrack & Ruin.

• patch 12 August 2019 (Update):
  • Updated the Slice ability description to let players know it works on stunned or bound opponents.

• patch 14 December 2015 (Update):
  • Slice will now deal up to 146% weapon damage against stunned opponents.

• patch 17 February 2014 (Update):
  • The animations used on several combat abilities - Slice, Backhand, Kick, Slaughter, Piercing Shot, and Asphyxiate - have been updated.

• update 20 November 2012 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Slice used to deal 125% weapon damage and have a flat 10% greater chance of landing a critical hit. With the release of Legacy Mode its damage was lowered and the increased critical hit chance was removed. It used to be considered the equivalent of Wrack and Piercing Shot, but now Punish takes that role.
• Slice was named Strike in Jagex's test servers for the Evolution of Combat.