diff --git a/Jint.Tests/Runtime/PlainAssignmentTests.cs b/Jint.Tests/Runtime/PlainAssignmentTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b10ac4eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jint.Tests/Runtime/PlainAssignmentTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+using Jint.Runtime;
+
+namespace Jint.Tests.Runtime;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Plain assignment to slot-stored bindings takes a fast lane; these pin its parity with the
+/// materialized AssignToIdentifier path: anonymous function/class naming, abrupt completions,
+/// const/TDZ error ordering, and targets rewritten during right-hand side evaluation.
+/// </summary>
+public class PlainAssignmentTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void AnonymousFunctionAndClassGetAssignedName()
+    {
+        var engine = new Engine(static options => options.Strict());
+        var result = engine.Evaluate("""
+            function f() {
+                var g = function () {};
+                var C = class {};
+                var named = function realName() {};
+                var arrow = () => {};
+                return [g.name, C.name, named.name, arrow.name].join('|');
+            }
+            f();
+            """).AsString();
+
+        Assert.Equal("g|C|realName|arrow", result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ValuePositionAndChainedAssignments()
+    {
+        var engine = new Engine(static options => options.Strict());
+        var result = engine.Evaluate("""
+            function f() {
+                var a = 1, b, c;
+                c = (b = a);
+                return '' + b + c;
+            }
+            f();
+            """).AsString();
+
+        Assert.Equal("11", result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ThrowingRightHandSideDoesNotAssign()
+    {
+        var engine = new Engine(static options => options.Strict());
+        var result = engine.Evaluate("""
+            function f() {
+                var a = 'initial';
+                try { a = (function () { throw new Error('x'); })(); } catch (e) { }
+                return a;
+            }
+            f();
+            """).AsString();
+
+        Assert.Equal("initial", result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void RightHandSideRewritingTargetIsOverwritten()
+    {
+        var engine = new Engine(static options => options.Strict());
+        var result = engine.Evaluate("function f() { var b = 0; b = (b = 5, 9); return b; } f();").AsNumber();
+
+        Assert.Equal(9, result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ConstTargetThrowsTypeErrorAfterEvaluatingRightHandSide()
+    {
+        var engine = new Engine(static options => options.Strict());
+
+        var ex = Assert.Throws<JavaScriptException>(() => engine.Execute("""
+            function f() {
+                const c = 1;
+                var order = [];
+                try { c = (order.push('rhs'), 2); } finally { globalThis.order = order.join(','); }
+            }
+            f();
+            """));
+        Assert.True(ex.Error.InstanceofOperator(engine.Intrinsics.TypeError));
+        Assert.Equal("rhs", engine.Evaluate("globalThis.order").AsString());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void AssignmentBeforeLetDeclarationThrowsReferenceError()
+    {
+        var engine = new Engine(static options => options.Strict());
+
+        var ex = Assert.Throws<JavaScriptException>(() => engine.Execute("function f() { { x = 1; let x; } } f();"));
+        Assert.True(ex.Error.InstanceofOperator(engine.Intrinsics.ReferenceError));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Jint/Runtime/Interpreter/Expressions/JintAssignmentExpression.cs b/Jint/Runtime/Interpreter/Expressions/JintAssignmentExpression.cs
index 82999ef34..dbbd3911e 100644
--- a/Jint/Runtime/Interpreter/Expressions/JintAssignmentExpression.cs
+++ b/Jint/Runtime/Interpreter/Expressions/JintAssignmentExpression.cs
@@ -716,11 +716,99 @@ protected override object EvaluateInternal(EvaluationContext context)
             object? completion = null;
             if (_leftIdentifier != null)
             {
+                // a populated global-binding cache means the target is a global — the slot lane
+                // can never apply, and AssignToIdentifier's cached-global arm is the fast path
+                if (_leftIdentifier._cachedGlobalEnv is null
+                    && !_evalOrArguments
+                    && !_leftIsCoverParenthesized
+                    && TryAssignSlot(context, out var slotResult))
+                {
+                    return slotResult;
+                }
+
                 completion = AssignToIdentifier(context, _leftIdentifier, _right, _evalOrArguments, !_leftIsCoverParenthesized);
             }
             return completion ?? SetValue(context);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Plain assignment to a slot-stored binding (`b = a`, `x = f()` on locals): resolves the
+        /// target through the slot-location cache instead of the per-assignment environment walk,
+        /// mirroring <see cref="AssignToIdentifier"/>'s right-hand side semantics exactly
+        /// (anonymous function/class naming, abrupt and generator-abort completions). Const and
+        /// TDZ targets bail before any evaluation so the slow path produces the spec error
+        /// ordering; the target binding is re-validated after the right-hand side runs since it
+        /// may have been written (or in degenerate cases deleted) during evaluation.
+        /// </summary>
+        private bool TryAssignSlot(EvaluationContext context, out JsValue result)
+        {
+            result = null!;
+
+            var engine = context.Engine;
+            if (engine.ExecutionContext.Suspendable is not null)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (!_lhsSlotCache.TryResolve(engine, engine.ExecutionContext.LexicalEnvironment, _leftIdentifier!.Identifier, out var environment, out var slotIndex))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var slots = environment._slots;
+            if (slots is null || (uint) slotIndex >= (uint) slots.Length)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            {
+                ref var binding = ref slots[slotIndex];
+                if (!binding.Mutable || !binding.IsInitialized())
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            JsValue completion;
+            var right = _right;
+            if (right is JintClassExpression classExpression && right._expression.IsAnonymousFunctionDefinition())
+            {
+                completion = classExpression.EvaluateWithName(context, _leftIdentifier.Identifier.Value.ToString());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                completion = right.GetValue(context);
+            }
+
+            if (context.IsAbrupt() || context.IsGeneratorAborted())
+            {
+                result = completion;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            var rval = completion.Clone();
+
+            if (right._expression.IsFunctionDefinition() && right is not JintClassExpression)
+            {
+                ((Function) rval).SetFunctionName(_leftIdentifier.Identifier.Value);
+            }
+
+            ref var bindingAfterRight = ref slots[slotIndex];
+            if (bindingAfterRight.Mutable && bindingAfterRight.IsInitialized())
+            {
+                slots[slotIndex] = bindingAfterRight.ChangeValue(rval);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // degenerate: the right-hand side changed the binding's state; the full store
+                // produces the exact semantics
+                environment.SetMutableBinding(_leftIdentifier.Identifier, rval, StrictModeScope.IsStrictModeCode);
+            }
+
+            result = rval;
+            return true;
+        }
+
         internal override bool HasDiscardFastPath => _structurallyNumeric;
 
         internal override void EvaluateAndDiscard(EvaluationContext context)