Berserker's Call
без целиAxe taunts nearby enemy units, forcing them to attack him while he gains bonus armor during the duration.
Pros max it by level 15
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Axe: Melee, position 3 (offlane), Initiator, Durable, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 50.4% win rate in pubs and a 16.6% pick rate.
Meleeposition 3 (offlane)InitiatorDurableDisabler
50.4%Win rate · all pubs
16.6%picked in 1 of 6 games
50.5%Turbo · 265,233 games
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Axe
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
2′
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2′6′6′7′Core
15′
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25′
15′16′25′Core items in order: Blink Dagger (around minute 15), Soul Ring (around minute 16), Black King Bar (around minute 25).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+8% Movement Speed per active Battle Hunger16+8 Battle Hunger Damage Per Second18+15 Strength
Max Counter Helix, then Battle Hunger, then Berserker's Call.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Meepo, Leshrac and Bounty Hunter; easiest: Batrider, Muerta and Shadow Fiend.
All 126 opponents →4How much to farm?
510average595good656great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 510 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 656.
5Common mistakes by role
Missed objective windowNo TP to defendLost laneFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
Compare your Axe match with this cheat sheet
The coach shows on the map where you fell behind the pros on items and where you died.
Review my matchMistake guides for the mid and offlane role
- Missed objective windowThree enemies were dead, and your team took no tower and no Roshan.
- No TP to defendThe enemy was taking a building, your TP was ready, and you stayed put.
- Lost laneFell behind your lane opponent in last hits and gold by the end of laning.
- Death streakDied three times in a row almost without a break, or right after respawning.
Picked by the hero's role. Once the hero has 20 reviews, its real common mistakes show up here.
AI coach
A review of your Axe game
Sign in with Steam and pick a match: the coach reads the replay second by second and in a couple of minutes shows where the game slipped.
- Every death and fight becomes a moment on the map: the fog of war as you saw it, and what the enemy saw that second.
- Your pace against the Axe benchmark: 510 GPM for an average player, 595 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Blink Dagger by minute 15, and the coach shows where you lose time.
- Five-game homework the coach checks in your next review, plus a chat with the coach about the match.
Review my matchA month of subscription as a gift, no card and no auto-renewal.How a match review works
Pro build by minute
Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′Starting
2′39%
6′35%
6′100%
7′63%
12′82%
15′98%16′62%25′87%
27′72%
30′20%
35′22%
36′20%
2′39%6′35%6′100%7′63%12′82%15′98%16′62%25′87%27′72%30′20%35′22%36′20%Skill build
11% of 99 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+8% Movement Speed per active Battle Hunger
- Lvl 16+8 Battle Hunger Damage Per Second
- Lvl 18+15 Strength
Battle Hunger
на цельEnrages an enemy unit, causing it to take damage over time until it kills another unit or the duration ends. The enemy is slowed as long as they are facing away from Axe.
Pros max it by level 10
Counter Helix
пассивнаяAfter a set number of attacks, Axe will perform a helix counter attack, dealing pure damage to all nearby enemies.
Pros max it by level 7
Culling Blade
на цельAxe spots a weakness and strikes, dealing pure damage. When an enemy hero is killed with Culling Blade, its cooldown is reset, and all nearby allied units gain bonus movement speed and armor. Axe permanently drenches his blade every time he kills an enemy Hero with Culling Blade, gaining bonus armor for each stack.
Pros max it by level 17
One Man Army
пассивная · innateAxe gains Strength based on 50% of his Armor as long as there are no allied heroes within 700 distance from Axe. The effect fades over 3s after approaching an ally.
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Counter Helix.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Battle Hunger.
+85 Berserker's Call AoE25+150 Culling Blade Damage
+15 Strength20+40 Counter Helix Damage
+8 Battle Hunger Damage Per Second15+10 Berserker's Call Armor
+3s Culling Blade Kill Buff Bonus Duration10+8% Movement Speed per active Battle Hunger
Matchups
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Axe: counter picks →Benchmarks on the hero
Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
Gold per minute
average 510good 595great 656
Experience per minute
average 685good 849great 1,035
Last hits per minute
average 5.5good 6.6great 7.7
Hero damage per minute
average 627good 805great 964
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
It does best in Guardian (52.0% wins) and wins 50.5% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 3 (offlane) in 93% of games. Pros usually build Blink Dagger, Soul Ring and Black King Bar by minute 25. It struggles most against Meepo, Leshrac and Bounty Hunter and has the easiest time against Batrider, Muerta and Shadow Fiend.