The Slasher has been called weak by the community because he lacks a ranged projectile. This analysis argues the opposite: the Slasher's invisibility coding is so dominant that adding a projectile would break the killer's design intent.
Why invisibility is the weapon
The Slasher's Terror Radius is zeroed out entirely. The community has documented cases where the Slasher manifests directly adjacent to survivors before the engine can register a heartbeat trigger. This pre-ambush window is the entire identity of the entity.
The counter-meta
Counters are dark Connection (which mutually reveals both entities at 15-stud proximity), Just A Scratch (no audio, no scratch marks), and a coordinated stack of survivors who constantly check behind themselves.