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An axe with langets, spikes, a lengthed haft and a single-bladed crescent head.
"Weapon, shapely, naked, wan!
Head from the mother's bowels drawn!
Wooded flesh and metal bone! limb only one, and lip only one!
Gray-blue leaf by red-heat grown! helve produced from a little seed sown!
Resting the grass amid and upon
To be lean'd, and to lean on."
-Walt Whitman, _Song of the Broad-Axe_, l. 1-6. 1867
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This weapon falls into the Axes category. It is a one-handed weapon.
Broad axes are the most powerful axes you can wield that allow shields, but also the slowest, requiring a significant skill investment to reach min delay. As most axe-wielders prefer to use two-handed weapons, they aren't terribly popular, but they still deal enough damage to make them a viable choice throughout the game if you find a particularly nice artefact.
Like all axes, this weapon allows the player to cleave, which helps compensate somewhat for its relatively mediocre base damage and speed.
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History
- In 0.26, the axe's base delay will be increased from 16 to 17. The minimum attack delay will require skill level 20 instead of 18.
- Prior to 0.12, broad axes had 14 base damage and no cleaving.
