Axe Builds?

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it'd be like going to a bar with a bunch of bikers shooting pool and saying, "one time on the style network, they said pink was the new 'tough guy' look.... i think you guys should wear pink!!" I think that is reaching a bit. I made a bad suggestion. That's it. I'm a financial analyst. When someone makes a bad suggestion about structuring a loan, I don't tell them "they don't have a clue". I explain to them with civility why the deal won't work. There is nothing productive about making people feel stupid in these posts.

I want to echo what Stormlord Alex and Coloneh already said and add in my personal preferences.

I prefer Axes to Swords in general PvE. It is a mix of Energy and Adrenaline attacks, you can easily fit in Wild Blow without getting hurt too much by the adrenaline loss.

My (slightly varied) suggestion:

12+1+1 Axe
Rest: optional, usually Strength

1. Triple Chop
2. Cyclone Axe
3. Whirlwind Attack
4. Dismember
5. Exec Strike
6. Brawling Headbutt <- very useful touch-KD
7. optional (FGJ or Flail with cancel stance... or both)
8. optional / Rez / Wild Blow

If you want Save Yourselves, Watch Yourself or whatever, up to you. I just cannot get rid of Brawling Headbutt anymore!

For a DSlasher, I usually run this

1. Dragon Slash
2. Sun and Moon Slash
3. Save Yourselves
4. Brawling Headbutt
5. Steelfang Slash (use after BH)
6. Flail
7. For Great Justice
8. optional


OK, going too much into detail. Just my 50 cent.

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makes me wanna do it for kicks

Please don't forget Dismember in your axe builds unless you're running Eviscerate. [avoid Decapitate, sounds good on paper, but very poor in practice]

My AoE nuclear Axe user usually runs a PvE setup consisting of W. skills:

Triple Chop
Cyclone Axe
Whirlwind Attack
Dismember

If that's the first half of your skill bar, you're probably doing better than 70% of the PvE AoE warriors out there... Hopefully the 2nd half of your skill bar won't involve energy skills cause having 2 5e. skills will eat your energy away, even with a zealous at times...

i ran decap once to try it and it puts out decent dmg but you really have to watch it while using it. I would always rather use Evis over it though

Quote: Originally Posted by Yukito Kunisaki Please don't forget Dismember in your axe builds unless you're running Eviscerate. Definitely. Axes aren't just for AoE, they're for AoE and deep wound (unconditional and spammable). There is no single-target skill that you could bring that will do as much damage as Dismember (other than probably Flail).

Triple Chop, Dismember, and Flail should be the core three damage skills on an axe bar.
From there, you just add on other skills depending on where you are and what you're trying to do, such as Cyclone Axe, Whirlwind, Executioners, Furious Axe, Disrupting Chop, etc.
For example, I'd add on Cyclone and Whirlwind if I wanted heavier AoE, while I would add on Executioners and Furious if I wanted heavier single-target damage. Add on Disrupting Chop if you want an interrupt, Wild Blow for certain bosses, etc. etc.

i love hammer but i also LOVE axe "dont like sword at all rly"

axe 12+1+1
strength 11+1
air 6

[skill]eviscerate[/skill][skill]executioner's strike[/skill][skill]agonizing chop[/skill][skill]flail[/skill][skill]wild blow[/skill][skill]enraging charge[/skill][skill]shock[/skill][skill]resurrection signet[/skill]

axe 12+1+1
strength 11+1
water 6

[skill]cleave[/skill][skill]executioner's strike[/skill][skill]dismember[/skill][skill]flail[/skill][skill]wild blow[/skill][skill]enraging charge[/skill][skill]conjure frost[/skill][skill]resurrection signet[/skill]


on both builds you can take out executioner's for body blow, and on the 2nd build if you do this add in agonizing chop other then dismember. wild blow can also be taken out for healing sig "i take strength down to 9 and add it in to tactics"

Why....do....you.....have.....wild....blow........ ?

those are some pretty terrible attribute spreads...

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you did read i said you can replace it with other skills right?
if you dont like 1 skill on a bar does not mean the bar is bad, the slot is rly up 2 you, lots of skills you can put in there i added wild blow cuz its pve who cares