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Axe

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

Abilities

patch 7.41f · Valve
Berserker's Call

Berserker's Call

без цели

Axe taunts nearby enemy units, forcing them to attack him while he gains bonus armor during the duration.

Pros max it by level 15

Battle Hunger

Battle Hunger

на цель

Enrages 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

Counter Helix

пассивная

After 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

Culling Blade

на цель

Axe 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

One Man Army

пассивная · innate

Axe 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 Scepter

Upgrades Counter Helix.

Counter Helix now applies a stacking debuff to enemies hit by it that causes them to deal less total attack damage to Axe. Counter Helix no longer has a cooldown and its counter advances when Axe attacks.

Aghanim's Shard

Upgrades Battle Hunger.

Multiple instances of Battle Hunger can stack on a single target.

Talents

+85 Berserker's Call AoELvl 25+150 Culling Blade Damage
+15 StrengthLvl 20+40 Counter Helix Damage
+8 Battle Hunger Damage Per SecondLvl 15+10 Berserker's Call Armor
+3s Culling Blade Kill Buff Bonus DurationLvl 10+8% Movement Speed per active Battle Hunger
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.
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