The recent balance patch Weapon balance update! Patch 6.11.0 patch notes — Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has made the Elven Axe, Kerillian’s weakest weapon, even weaker by removing the crit chance bonus on its swings. The buff wasn’t enough to significantly improve its horde clear, boss damage, or special and elite damage, while removing the crit chance bonus to its light swings has removed its synergy with sister of the thorn’s lingering blackvenon (AOE poison/stagger on crit), which at least made for a fun non-meta build.
Please at least reintroduce the bonus to crit chance in the weapon’s light swings, and consider buffing it more.
Elven version of axe didn’t have crit chance on light attacks, it only had +20% crit chance on the push attack.
Imo it’s much more approachable than it used to be, in big part due to the massive mobility buff + some cleave, but it could do with +10% crit chance on at least some attacks - and this is from perspective of a person who loves the new axe on bardin and saltzpyre.
Elf axe simply still feels a bit worse in comparison to other elf melee picks; +10% crit chance would help with SS uptime but I feel like it wouldn’t overshadow other good picks atm.