Crowbill vs One-handed Axe

[hollerbach]

The 1h axe is better because it was buffed in the Aug. 2020 BBB / Patch 3.1, while the Crowbill didn’t receive any tweaks:

Axe

• Speed

Attack	Speed
Light 1	0.58s → 0.53s
Light 2	0.53s → 0.48s
Light 3	0.9s → 0.72s
Push Attack	0.98s → 1.03s
Heavy 1	1.13s → 1.03s
Heavy 2	1.13s → 1.03s

• Damage

Attack	Armor	Target	Body	Crit	Head	Crit&Head
Heavy (1, 2)	superarmor	1	23.87 (25%)	35.81 (25%)	35.81 (25%)	47.75 (25%)
Heavy (1, 2)	monster	1	21.48 (15%)	33.42 (15%)	27.45 (15%)	39.39 (15%)

@Fatshark_Hedge

1H Axe (Bardin + Saltzpyre)

• Animation pause after Light 3 reduced from 0.42s to 0.3s
• Light attack animation speed increased by roughly 8%
• Move speed while performing light attacks increased (from 75% to 80%)
• Heavy attack charge time reduced from 0.6s to 0.5s
• Heavy attacks now share a damage profile with 2H Hammer light attacks

Aside from increasing the weapon cleave, Fatshark should probably increase the attack speed to differentiate it further from the 1h axe. Prior to Patch 3.1, the Crowbill was supposed to be the “faster” 1h axe.