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The '''Axes''' skill governs your character's mastery of all axes. These weapons deal moderate-to-high damage, depending on whether you wish to wield one- or two-handed axes. It [[crosstrain]]s with the [[Maces & Flails]] skill and the [[Polearms]] skill.  
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The '''Axes''' skill governs your character's mastery of all axes. These weapons deal only moderate damage, but their [[cleaving]] attacks damage multiple adjacent monsters. It [[crosstrain]]s with the [[Maces & Flails]] skill and the [[Polearms]] skill.  
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In [[0.12]], axes will undergo a major change; all attacks with axes will attack the target enemy at full power, as well as all enemies adjacent to you at half power (except for the tile directly opposite the enemy you actually targeted). To compensate for this massive improvement, the larger axes will have their stats reduced.
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Prior to [[0.12]], axes had higher base damage but lacked the cleaving effect, rendering them almost identical to [[Long Blades]].
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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Revision as of 15:43, 2 May 2013

Version 0.12: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

The Axes skill governs your character's mastery of all axes. These weapons deal only moderate damage, but their cleaving attacks damage multiple adjacent monsters. It crosstrains with the Maces & Flails skill and the Polearms skill.

History

Prior to 0.12, axes had higher base damage but lacked the cleaving effect, rendering them almost identical to Long Blades.

See Also

Skills
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