the 1h axe is only effective on zealot. zealot can take a few hits without it being much of a deal since he can get thp faster and do more dmg. zealot can also gain a lot more attack speed than the other salts careers which makes him get thp and deal more dmg faster.
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Zealot or Griffonfoot BH yeah.
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This.
I was running Crit=20% more damage taken, which combos well with the Axe’s inherent Crit%, too.
Axe is incredible on zealot. I happen to be playing axe zealot last two weeks, cata campaign and CW, twitch and regular. I’m typically getting most kills and high damage. Take talent for cooldown reduction on hits, so ult is always up, and ult into every group or monster. One of the strongest class setups I’ve played in 2500 hours. I’ve found axe is the best zealot weapon, but too slow on BH or WHC. Heavy attack is mostly pointless, except to headshot chaos warriors. Light attacks strongly damage everything, so it’s safer than axe&falcion. In hordes, aim for heads with light 3, push occasionally. No problem generating thp or clearing hordes. Feels like cheating.
To be fair, basically every melee weapon slaps when you’re at +35% power. I don’t know if it’s really a counterpoint to say the weapon only works well on one career. Especially considering the useless heavy attacks. Like, the weapon probably isn’t fine if half the attacks aren’t worth using.
I’m basically agreeing with OP that axe is sub-par in most cases, except on zealot where it is absolute beast. Many weapons in the game are suited to one class, even though maybe playable on others. Axe and flail are zealot weapons, and great ones. Flail is too weak against armor though, so IMO axe is his best weapon. A&F is excellent but higher risk having to heavy attack elites. I wouldn’t mind better heavy attacks on axe, but axe is already approaching OP on zealot.
Could you share your build with axe, please?
This zealot axe setup works well
1-1-1-2-3-3
Axe: BCR, Crit Chance, swift slaying
Necklace: Health, BCR, Boon of Shallya for big temp but barkskin is strong too
Charm: Attack Speed, Power vs Chaos, proxy
Trinket: Crit Chance, Stamina Recovery, trait of choice
I like brace of pistols or crossbow
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Appreciated
With Zealot imo the AS boosts are more what make the axe shine. In general lots of AS allows low cleave weapons to perform well against hordes against. More power/cleave on top is even better.
Still, I wouldn’t want FS to ‘fix’ this by just slapping AS on it. James’ idea to half push cost would be an interesting start since it would give the weapon better control without really altering its attack style.
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Agreed with your first point but want to nitpick this one. Heavy attacks have better super armour DPS. That’s their use, yes it’s pretty limited but it’s incorrect to say it’s useless.
I would take James’ suggestion as a starting point:
And add shield breaking to the heavy attacks as well as the push attacks to give them a second function in combat. Maybe consider bumping their headshot damage up a bit too so they can be a better single target opener attack.