He's a villain. He primarily kills people for money. His goal is to kill people for money. On a secondary note he'll team up with protagonists to take down common enemies, but plenty of villains do that too. Zod teamed up with Superman to fight Brainiac on New Krypton, Bane teamed up with Batman against King Snake, etc.

Villain

a villain with anti-villain tendencies

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@jonny_anonymous: someone with anti-villain tendencies is an anti-villain...

@extremis: 10 points for observation

@jonny_anonymous: can't you give me wiki points or something :/

he do what he want.

He's a anti-villain

Mercenary, if he has to works with heroes or be heroic, he will be heroic.

anti villain like the pre grant morrison pre tony daniel pre 52 jason todd was

p.s thats at least 4 crappy writter crapping on jason god i hate you dc

More of a villain.

I think it really depends on whose writing him, he could be anti-hero or full on villain. I prefer when he sort of a mixture of both, its make him more compelling.

Marv Wolfman's 60 issue "Deathstroke the Terminator" series is probably one of my favorite series of all time, and that's how I like seeing him portrayed; as a mercenary anti hero. However over the years he became more villainous to the point of becoming a straight up villain. In the new 52 he's become sort of an anti hero again, but I just find New 52 Deathstroke extremely boring.

He's a mercenary meaning all of the above

He's not a villain in the sense that he's not 'evil'. If you say he's a villain because he devoted his life to crime, then yes, he is. I say he's an anti-villain because anti-heroes usually do immoral things for a noble cause, and Slade's cause is money. Slade isn't evil for evil's sake though, he just does what can be considered as evil things.

I don't like how almost everyone are anti-heroes plus I think he's more anti-villain than anti-hero. :)

Neutral.

Nah, civilians are neutral. This guy murders people for money.

He's an outright villain with a code of honor every once and a while, like Captain Cold or Ra's al Ghul.

Anti-villain.

@jonez_: I say neutral because he sometimes do the right thing by his own choice like Lady Shiva.

He has no typical alignment in my opinion. He definitely isn't a straight up villain because he generally doesn't kill out of hate but for money. He doesn't plot, hate or obsess, he just does what he's good at to make a living. If I had to chose an alignment I would say anti-hero for most runs but it changes depending on the writing and the book. For example, in his own series he will be portrayed as more heroic whereas if he appears in a titans book he will be portrayed as more villainous. His alignment will change to fit the story

Anti-Villian

I say Villian because of the business part. But, Anti-Villian for his morale & discipline... Slade Wilson is still my *igga though... But, technically he is really neutral...

Well it depends, on his solo series and post tales of the Teen Titans, he was a anti-villain.

Pretty much every storyline has involved him trying to bring back his son. In the Titans (pre-flashpoint) he worked for Lex Luthor and killed a bunch of people all in order to bring back his son Jericho. He repeated this type of thing over and over even in the newest “Titans” the Lazarus Contract except with Grant. His intentions aren’t villainous, but his methods are.

Still the best answer.

Although, not sure what he is at Rebirth.

Villian for the most part.