Axes

Axes

Category: Melee Combat · Command: /axes · Super ability: Skull Splitter

Axes is about big hits: critical strikes, bonus damage, and wrecking your opponent's armor.

Earning XP

Deal damage with an axe. XP is the health the target lost × the mob's multiplier × 10. See Combat XP.

Chopping trees with an axe trains Woodcutting, not Axes.

Super ability: Skull Splitter

Right-click with an axe to ready it, then attack. Unlocks at level 5.

• Every hit also damages enemies around your target, for half the damage you dealt.
• Better axes reach more nearby enemies: a diamond axe hits more of them than a stone one.
• Lasts 2 seconds + 1 second per 5 levels (22 seconds at level 100), with a 240-second cooldown.

(Readying an axe and chopping a log starts Tree Feller instead.)

Abilities

Ability	Unlocks	What it does
Axe Mastery	Level 5 (ranks at 5, 10, 15, 20)	+1 damage per rank, up to +4
Critical Strikes	Level 1	Chance to deal double damage to mobs, or 1.5× to players. The chance rises by 0.375% per level, to 37.5% at level 100.
Armor Impact	Level 1 (20 ranks: level 1, then every 5 levels from 10)	25% chance on hit to damage the target's armor, by 6.5 durability per rank (130 at rank 20)
Greater Impact	Level 25	25% chance on hit against a target wearing no armor: +2 damage and a big knockback
Limit Break	Level 10 (a rank every 10 levels)	Up to +10 damage against armored players. See Limit Break.

Bonus damage and on-hit chances scale with your attack strength, so let the axe recharge between swings.

Tips

• Axes has the strongest crowd ability in Melee Combat: Skull Splitter passes on half your damage, twice what Serrated Strikes does.
• Armor Impact makes Axes a strong choice for PvP against well-geared players.
• Axes is in Melee Combat with Swords, Maces and Spears.