Axe

Axe

The Dire

25 + 2.5 20 + 2.2 18 + 1.6

Level 1 16 25 Hit Points 625 1366 2145 Mana 234 572 988 Damage 49-53 88-92 129-133 Armor 1.8 6.7 11.88 Attacks / Second 0.7 0.91 1.12

Movement Speed 290 Turn Rate 0.6 Sight Range 1800/800 Attack Range Melee Missile Speed Instant Attack Duration 0.5+0.5 Cast Duration 0.3+0.51 Base Attack Time 1.7

Mogul Khan the Axe is a savage melee strength hero, infamous for creating chaos in battle and thriving off of it.

He is commonly played as an initiator with a large semi-carry presence that quickly transitions into a support role later in the game. His fighting style demands that he gets up close and very personal. He can taunt enemies into targeting him and counters those who try to strike him with a sweeping Counter Helix that slashes all enemies at melee range. Axe has a tendency to draw opponents so deep in the fight that they do not have a chance to escape, each soul he draws infusing his own love of war; his ultimate, Culling Blade bolsters that talent with an attack that unconditionally kills.

Bio

Mogul Khan, the Axe Play "No business but war. No family but death. No mercy but the grave!" Role: Durable / Initiator / Disabler / Jungler Lore: As a grunt in the Army of Red Mist, Mogul Khan set his sights on the rank of Red Mist General. In battle after battle he proved his worth through gory deed. His rise through the ranks was helped by the fact that he never hesitated to decapitate a superior. Through the seven year Campaign of the Thousand Tarns, he distinguished himself in glorious carnage, his star of fame shining ever brighter, while the number of comrades in arms steadily dwindled. On the night of ultimate victory, Axe declared himself the new Red Mist General, and took on the ultimate title of 'Axe.' But his troops now numbered zero. Of course, many had died in battle, but a significant number had also fallen to Axe's blade. Needless to say, most soldiers now shun his leadership. But this matters not a whit to Axe, who knows that a one-man army is by far the best. Voice: Jon St. John (Responses)

Abilities

Berserker's Call Q Ability Affects No Target Enemies Axe taunts nearby enemy units, forcing them to attack him, while he gains bonus armor during the duration. Radius: 275 Bonus Armor: 40 Duration: 1.5/2/2.5/3 10 80/90/100/110 The taunt can't be purged, but Axe's armor buff can. Mogul Khan's warcry taunts opponents into engaging in an unconquerable battle with the Axe.

Notes: Berserker's Call affects invisible units, as well as units with magic immunity. Enemies who are taunted by Berserker's Call will be frozen for the duration if Axe dies or couldn't be attacked.

Battle Hunger W Ability Affects Damage Target Unit Enemies Magical Enrages an enemy unit, causing it to be slowed and take damage over time until it kills another unit or the duration ends. Axe gains movement speed for each unit affected with Battle Hunger. Duration: 10/13/16/19 Movement Slow: 8% Bonus Movement Speed: 8% Damage Per Second: 15/21/27/33 20/15/10/5 75/85/95/105 Ordinary heroes cannot withstand Mogul Khan's rage for battle, such that it injures them until it is satisfied.

Notes: Heroes affected with this buff cannot be denied when their HP is low. Killing illusions, destroying buildings, or denying will also remove the spell. Has a maximum range of 900 Total Damage: 150/273/432/627

Counter Helix E Ability Affects Damage Passive Enemies Physical When attacked, Axe performs a helix counter attack, dealing damage to all nearby enemies. Radius: 275 Chance to Helix: 17% Damage: 100/135/170/205 0.65/0.6/0.55/0.5 Axe is the only reinforcements this army needs.

Notes: Counter Helix checks for triggering whenever an attack against Axe begins, not when Axe is actually damaged by said attack. Attacks from mechanical units cannot trigger Counter Helix. This includes Towers, Siege Creeps, Plague Wards, Serpent Wards, the Death Ward, and some others. Does not damage mechanical units.

Culling Blade R Ability Affects Damage Target Unit Enemies Magical Axe spots weakness and strikes, dealing moderate damage but instantly killing an enemy unit with low health. When an enemy unit is killed in this way, Axe and nearby allied units gain bonus movement speed. Kill Threshold: 300/450/625 Damage: 150/250/300 Range: 150 Bonus Movement Speed: 25% Movement Speed Radius: 600 Movement Speed Duration: 6 75/65/55 (6*) 120/160/200 Instant kill can't be blocked, normal hit can. Buff after cull can be purged. Decreases cooldown. Mogul Khan is the embodiment of battle and fury, launching into a gruesome fatality against those who dare engage the Axe in combat.

Notes: Damage type: magical (regular), 100000000 physical (killing blow) The killing blow goes through magic immunity. The killing blow removes all buffs from the target unit before killing it. This includes any hero that is under the effects of Shallow Grave as well.

Recommended items

Explanation: Starting: Stout Shield helps Axe shrug off harassment in lane and builds into Vanguard, one of his core items. Early Game: Tranquil Boots let Axe recover health after trading damage while in lane Core: Vanguard works well with Berserker's Call by blocking damage and giving Axe more health. Blink Dagger lets Axe jump in and initiate with Berserker's Call or pick off a weak target with Culling Blade. Blade Mail gives armor and returns damage when opponents attack Axe. Situational: Heart of Tarrasque increases Axe's health and health regeneration to the point where you never have to return to the base after teamfights, and is a good pick for him when he is already dominating mid-game fights. Shiva's Guard is a luxury item for Axe. In team fights, it might become extremely useful as it allows the player to take even more damage due to the armor increase and the slow to the entire enemy team's movement speed and attack speed. Boots of Travel are a perfect fit for Axe, granting him even greater movement speed to almost guarranteeing the ability to outrun the entire enemy team. Generally, you should not haste to improve movement speed however, as Axe is great up until mid-late game with only the basic Boots of Speed. Heaven's Halberd makes a surprisingly good pairing with Counter Helix, since it will trigger even before Counter Helix's effect begins. Aghanim's Scepter provides Axe with an extremely low cooldown Culling Blade that easily may even be used twice in a teamfight. Pipe of Insight comes in handy when facing nukers such as Lina or Zeus when possible in the mid-game, and the Barrier buff given to your team will be of great use in teamfights.

Tips

• Axe is especially dangerous early game with high starting statistics and the speed from Battle Hunger contributing to his ability to push up to the enemy tower relatively safely, even for a semi-carry.
• Berserker's Call provides the full armor bonus at level one. It is the primary factor in his ability to survive physical damage without good statistics.
• Resist using Culling Blade when not roaming. While Axe is powerful early game, he levels stat-wise fairly badly, and it is best to drop kills to a carry past the point when a team acquires their ultimate.
• Items such as the Vanguard, Hood of Defiance and the Shiva's Guard are essential as they help reduce the damage being dealt to Axe while he tanks and initiates a battle without a Blink Dagger. With a Blink Dagger, this aspect can be ignored when initiating to an extent.
• During the early phase of the game, a Stout Shield is all Axe needs to survive the lane. If possible, instead of fighting along with allied creeps, Axe can try to go and clash with the enemy creeps by himself with Counter Helix allowing him to take down unstacked creeps by himself.
• A more advanced technique used by players is to max out Battle Hunger by Level 7. This enables Axe to constantly deal dots (damage over time) in the lane, dealing crippling damage and blocking any potential to push or counterpush. This meshes well with Axe's capability to tank and keep the enemy at bay while stopping them from last hitting or denying creeps, allowing Battle Hunger deal its full damage.
• If Axe is going against two weak melee heroes in a lane without sufficient burst damage (such as Phantom Assassin or Spirit Breaker, etc.), do not hesitate to stand between them and their creeps. It allows for complete lane dominance as they cannot last hit and it denies them of experience and gold as Counter Helix hurts a lot early game.
• You can put "dota_health_per_vertical_marker 300" in the console without quotes to easily find the instakill hp thresholds for Axe's ultimate. Change the number according to Axe's ultimate. This sets each bar of health to the value you set, which means when they are under 1 bar of health, you can ultimate. This can also be applied to Dagon, but Magic Resist should be factored in.

Trivia

• Axe's alternate/Fun name was "Mogul Kahnt Touch This", a reference to MC Hammer's famous song "U Can't Touch This".
• Axe, Disruptor, and Warlock are all related as they come from the Oglodi tribe.
• Two of Axe's deny phrases are a reference to Willy Wonka's infamous rage scene in the 1971 movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

Update history

January 03, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added additional animations for Axe when using Force Staff.

August 02, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added new Axe and Crystal Maiden responses.

April 26, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added a new teleport end animation for Axe.

April 12, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Culling Blade ending after death effects like Diabolic Edict and Epicenter.

March 08, 2012 Patch

• Added idle injured animations for Axe.

February 16, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Battle Hunger self buff sticking on Axe permanently if the spell was dodged by Puck's Phase Shift.
• [Undocumented] Added injured animations for Axe.
• [Undocumented] Added chase animations for Axe.

January 12, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Counter Helix doing the damage when the attack impacted rather than started.

December 01, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Berserker's Call to properly force affected invisible enemies to attack.

November 17, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the following ability interactions with Repel/Purge: Inner Vitality, Weave, Moonlight Shadow, Overload, Holy Persuasion, Warcry, Shadow Word, Focus Fire, Sukuchi, Berserker's Call, Chilling Touch.

October 13, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Battle Hunger against Roshan.
• Fixed Berserker's Call against Roshan.

October 06, 2011 Patch

• Added bloody footprints to Axe's Cull effect.

August 02, 2011 Patch

• Battle Hunger is no longer purgable.
• Culling Blade is no longer absorbable with Linkens' Sphere.
• Siege units don't trigger and don't take damage from Counter Helix.

July 29, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Cull to to work on magic immune units.
• Fixing Axe's counter helix to hit mechanical and use proficiency correctly.

July 22, 2011 Patch

• Puck: Fixed a bug with Phase Shift on autocast that could cause him/her/it to get stuck attacking Axe permanently.

July 01, 2011 Patch

• Axe - Berserker's Call now works on ethereal units.
• Changed how force attack targets work (Axe's Berserker's Call) so the force attack target persists even if the called unit cannot currently attack Axe.

May 26, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Counter Helix procing off of things it can't hurt

May 20, 2011 Patch

• Axe's counter helix will now hit magic immune targets.

April 20, 2011 Patch

• Temporarily disabled Axe, Necrolyte, and Sven.

April 14, 2011 Patch

• Temporarily disabled Axe, Necrolyte, and Sven.

April 09, 2011 Patch

• Axe's Berserker's Call now works properly with neutral creeps.

February 04, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Berserker's Call working on towers.

January 27, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Counter Helix triggering off of tower attacks

Balance changelog

6.75

• Berserker's Call bonus armor increased from 30 to 40.
• Battle Hunger's slow decreased from 10% to 8%.
• Battle Hunger's movement bonus increased from 4% to 8% per affected enemy.
• Counter Helix's damage increased from 100/130/160/190 to 100/135/170/205.

6.73

• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Culling Blade's cooldown decreased from 10 to 6.
• Base Int from 14 to 18.
• Base HP regeneration from 1.25 to 2.
• Battle Hunger gives Axe a 4% bonus movement speed per target it affects.
• Berserker's Call's cooldown decreased from 14 to 10.
• Counter Helix's damage increased from 100/125/150/175 to 100/130/160/190.
• Counter Helix's proc cooldown decreased from 0.7/0.65/0.6/0.55 to 0.65/0.6/0.55/0.5 .
• If Culling Blade kills a unit, Axe unleashes a war cry, giving nearby allied units (600 AoE) a temporary movement bonus (25% for 6 seconds).

6.72d

• Base HP regeneration from 1 to 1.25.

6.72

• Base HP regenration from .25 to 1.

6.71

• Battle Hunger's cooldown reduced from 25/20/15/10 to 20/15/10/5.

6.70

• Berserker's Call bonus armor from 5/10/15/20 to a constant 30.

See also

• Axe responses