
They are considerably stronger and faster and more difficult to kill. They can be easily told apart from standard Slashers by their black, mottled flesh and glowing eyes.
Enhanced Slasher - Created from corpses that have necrotised over a longer period of time. While this modified foot may aid the creature in rapidly crawling through vents and running, it results in an unstable gait while walking, and as such Slashers have difficulty holding their balance without constantly moving their slashing limbs as counter-weights. The bones of the feet are fused and lengthened while the heel bone is extended almost parallel to the angle of the sole, forming a sharp peg that aids in balance. Another pair of arms can be seen extending from the abdomen that appear vestigial, but can be used to hold down struggling victims. These arms are sometimes created by altering the host's original arms, while in others the slashing arms are entirely new appendages sprouting from the shoulder blades. Created from a single human corpse, the Slasher is so-named due to the growth of elongated bone blades from its hands.
Slashers are the most common variety of Necromorph encountered in the Dead Space video games.