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 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

Axe is a strong and hardy strength Hero, infamously known to create chaos in the battle while gaining buffs in the process and commonly played as an initiating tank. He can force an enemy to attack him and endure a lot of attacks while countering them with a devastating strike that can bring more damage to his enemies than he usually takes, thus, items that give survivability is a must. Axe has been infamously known to finish off any weak fools with his ultimate when they are low on life.

Axe is one of the most simple Heroes in the game, offering burst damage potential and great survivability very early in a match. He is recommended for new players.

Bio

Mogul Khan, the Axe "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: Responses

Abilities

Berserker's Call Q E 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: 30 Duration: 1.5/2/2.5/3 10 80/90/100/110 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.

Battle Hunger W R 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: 10% Bonus Movement Speed: 4% 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

Counter Helix E X 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: 100/130/160/190 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.

Culling Blade R C Ability Affects Damage Target Unit Enemy Heroes 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 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: Ring of Health gives Axe even more survivability. Axe's base HP regen is 2hp/s, with Ring of Health he will have 7 hp/s which is incredibly powerful early into the game. It gives him a good lane presence and may cause the player to be perceived as threat. Vanguard is almost always recommended, since Axe can then tank creep waves when he has it. Blink Dagger should always picked up on Axe. It lets the player position himself in team fights or help chasing down enemy heroes. It helps the player make use of Axe's Berserker's Call and Culling Blade effectively. Heart of Tarrasque increases Axe's health and health regeneration to the point where you never have return to the base after fights. Blade Mail should be picked up if the enemy team has a lot of damage dealers. Axe with Blade Mail has the ability to kill off entire teams with their own damage. Blade Mail returns all damage and when used in conjunction with his Berserker's Call will make weaker heroes (for example Bounty Hunter or Riki) take a lot of damage. 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. If the player activates it, Shiva's Guard will slow the entire enemy team's movement speed and attack speed.

Tips

• 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.
• Blink Dagger is a commonly built item to help with initiating as Axe.
• During the starting and early phase of the game. Buy a Stout Shield, this cheap little item is effective enough to survive the lane. If necessary, instead of fighting along with your allied creeps, try to go and clash with the enemy creeps all by yourself in a safe enemy lane. Make sure you don't go to the path where the tower can see you. Your Counter Helix allows you to damage creeps fast.
• While buying two Stout Shields can give you a much higher block chance than one, it is usually a bad idea to have more than two upgraded shields (Vanguard or Poor Man's Shield) as the benefits from stacking those two shields is far lower because of their cost.
• Aghanim's Scepter can be purchased and will reduce the cooldown of his Culling Blade to an incredibly short 6 seconds, allowing you to quickly dispatch multiple enemy heroes as long as you have enough Mana and Health.
• A more advance technique used by player is to max out Battle Hunger by Level 7. This enables Axe to constantly deal DPS (Damage Per Second) in the lane, dealing significant damage during early game. This comes with Axe capability to tank and keeping the enemy at bay, while stopping them from last hitting creeps or denying creep, which would let Battle Hunger deal its full damage.

Trivia

• Axe's alternate/Fun name was "Mogul Kahnt Touch This" due to the consequences of his Counter Helix

Update History

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] Axe received injured animations.
• [Undocumented] Axe received chase animations.

January 12, 2012 Patch

• Aghanim's Culling Blade cooldown from 10 to 6.
• Battle Hunger gives a 4% bonus movement speed per target it affects.
• Berserker's Call cooldown from 14 to 10.
• Counter Helix damage increased from 100/125/150/175 to 100/130/160/190.
• Counter Helix 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).
• 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 Berserker's Call interactions with Repel/Purge.

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

Ability Change Log

6.73

• Aghanim's Culling Blade cooldown 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 cooldown from 14 to 10
• Counter Helix damage increased from 100/125/150/175 to 100/130/160/190
• Counter Helix 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 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