Battleaxes

Battleaxes

Battleaxes are Warrior weapons known for their high damage output and ability to apply heavy pressure to targets within range. However, they lack the ability to lock down targets through crowd control effects. Battleaxes are unlocked by the Axe Fighter node on the Destiny Board.

Once unlocked, the following weapons can be used:

Standard Weapons: Crafted using common resources, these weapons tend to be much easier to obtain than Artifact Weapons.

Weapon	Type
Battleaxe	1-hand
Greataxe	2-hand
Halberd	2-hand

Artifact Weapons: Require specific artifact items to craft, start with higher Item Power than Standard Weapons, and benefit less from Enchantment Levels.

Weapon	Type	Crafted Using	Base IP Bonus
Carrioncaller	2-hand	Morgana Halberd Head (Rune Artifact)	+1 tier
Infernal Scythe	2-hand	Hellish Sicklehead (Soul Artifact)	+2 tiers
Bear Paws	2-hand	Keeper Axeheads (Relic Artifact)	+3 tiers

Abilities

• Abilities are unlocked as you level up the Axe Fighter skill (see the Unlock Table below).
• First, Second, and Passive slot abilities are common to all weapons, while Third Slot abilities are unique to each weapon and do not have a level requirement.
• The default hotkeys for First, Second, and Third Slot abilities are Q, W, and E, respectively.

First Slot Abilities

Rending Strike	Energy Cost	6	Deals 193 physical damage to an enemy target, and inflicts a 5s bleed. The bleed deals 17 physical damage per second, and reduces healing gained by 5%. (Stacks up to 3 times.)
	Cast Time	instant
	Range	melee
	Cooldown	2s

Rending Swing	Energy Cost	6	Swing the weapon around you and deal 160 physical damage to all enemies in a 6m radius. Also inflicts a Rending Bleed to each enemy hit, which lasts for 5s dealing 17 physical damage per second, and reduces healing gained by 5%. (Stacks up to 3 times.)
	Cast Time	instant
	Range	self
	Cooldown	3s

Second Slot Abilities

Deadly Chop	Energy Cost	32	After a short preparation, releases a heavy attack damaging the target for 486, and reducing their resistances by 47 for 8s.
	Cast Time	0.5s
	Range	melee
	Cooldown	15s

Adrenaline Boost	Energy Cost	35	Increases your move speed by 50%, and damage by 20%, for 5s.
	Cast Time	instant
	Range	self
	Cooldown	20s

Battle Rush	Energy Cost	35	Charge toward a target (ally or enemy). Enemy Healing Received is reduced by 20% for 4s in a 5m radius. Ally Healing Received is increased by 20% for 4s in a 5m radius.
	Cast Time	instant
	Range	12m
	Cooldown	20s

Internal Bleeding	Energy Cost	26	Swing your weapon around you, dealing 187 damage to all enemies in a 6m radius. The hits cause internal bleeding, which deals 70 damage per second while an affected enemy is moving. The bleeding lasts for 8 seconds.
	Cast Time	instant
	Range	self
	Cooldown	15s

Raging Blades	Energy Cost	48	The caster is surrounded by magic blades for 2.5s. Every 0.5s the blades deal 77 magic damage to all enemies in a 6m radius. Each hit also increases the caster's damage by 4% for 3s (stacks up to 10 times).
	Cast Time	instant
	Range	self
	Cooldown	12s

Passive Abilities

Deep Cuts	Energy Cost		Every 4 normal attacks, you inflicat a bleeding on the enemy. This deals an additional 53 per second for 1.5s.
	Cast Time
	Range
	Cooldown

Life Leech	Energy Cost	-	Receive 15% of your normal attack damage as Life Steal.
	Cast Time	-
	Range	-
	Cooldown	-

Increased Defence	Energy Cost	-	Every 5 normal attacks, your resistances are increased by 85 for 2s
	Cast Time	-
	Range	-
	Cooldown	-

Aggressive Rush	Energy Cost	-	Every 4 normal attacks, all your damage gets increased by 8% for 3s
	Cast Time	-
	Range	-
	Cooldown	-

Third Slot Abilities

Battleaxe	Vampiric Strike Energy Cost 58 Deals 435 Physical damage to an enemy. Additionally, you steal a portion of the health the enemy lost in the attack. The value depends on the number of Rending Bleed charges active on the target. One charge: Life Steal 30% of the damage dealt Two charges: Life Steal 60% of the damage dealt Three charges: Life Steal 100% of the damage dealt Cast Time insant Range melee Cooldown 15s
Greataxe	Whirlwind Energy Cost 74 Spin around like a whirlwind for 5s, dealing 161 physical damage every 0.5s to all enemies in a 5m radius. While channeling, your move speed is increased by 20%. Cast Time channeled Range self Cooldown 20s
Halberd	Tear Apart Energy Cost 63 Deals 438 physical damage to all enemies around you in a 7m radius. Rending Bleed stacks active on any of the enemies will be applied to all enemies in range (i.e. if one enemy hit has 2 stacks, 2 additional stacks will be applied to every enemy hit). Cast Time instant Range melee Cooldown 15s
Carrioncaller	Morgana Raven Energy Cost 60 Sends a transcendent raven in a straight line dealing 373 physical damage to all enemies hit. Additionally it causes the target to bleed for 63 damage per second for 5s. Over the duration of the bleed, the target's received healing is reduced by 35%. Cast Time instant Range 15m Cooldown 20s
Infernal Scythe	Bloody Reap Energy Cost 63 A mighty attack with your scythe that deals 261 damage twice to enemies around you. The first hit causes the enemy to bleed for 59 damage per second for 5 seconds. Cast Time instant Range self Cooldown 20s
Bear Paws	Razor Cut Energy Cost 70 Jump towards your enemies and slash them in a large cone, dealing 560 physical damage, while also inflicting a severed bleeding dealing 30 true damage per second for 6 seconds. Cast Time instant Range 15m Cooldown 30s

Ability Unlocking and Availability

Abilities become available at the following mastery levels. The item icons on each line indicate the lowest tier of each type of weapon that has access to the indicated ability.

Level	Unlocks	Available On
1	Rending Strike Deadly Chop Adrenaline Boost Deep Cuts	Non-Artifact Weapons   Carrioncaller   Infernal Scythe   Bear Paws
3	Rending Swing	Non-Artifact Weapons   Carrioncaller   Infernal Scythe   Bear Paws
6	Life Leech	Non-Artifact Weapons   Carrioncaller   Infernal Scythe   Bear Paws
15	Battle Rush	Non-Artifact Weapons   Carrioncaller   Infernal Scythe   Bear Paws
20	Increased Defence	Non-Artifact Weapons   Carrioncaller   Infernal Scythe   Bear Paws
40	Internal Bleeding	Non-Artifact Weapons   Carrioncaller   Infernal Scythe   Bear Paws
50	Aggressive Rush (Axes)	Non-Artifact Weapons   Carrioncaller   Infernal Scythe   Bear Paws
70	Raging Blades	Non-Artifact Weapons   Carrioncaller   Infernal Scythe   Bear Paws