Axes

This page is about the weapon type "Axes". For the individual weapon, see Axe.

"One-handed axes are cleaving weapons with wooden or metal hafts. They’re less precise than swords or daggers, but they compensate with flesh-chopping power."

- Game Guide^(src)

An Axe is a type of weapon having a sharp edge on a single side or both sides, that is useful in breaking and cutting through more flexible material, while working well on harder material as well. It is seen in the Diablo series games and is the weapon of choice for the Barbarian. While axes may be one-handed or two-handed, only in Diablo III the latter are a separate class.

Diablo I

In Diablo I, all axes were two-handed and were the weapon of choice for the Warrior and, in the expansion, the Barbarian. 

Diablo II

Diablo II Axes

Normal Axes — Hand Axe • Axe • Double Axe • Military Pick • War Axe • Large Axe • Broad Axe • Battle Axe • Great Axe • Giant Axe
Exceptional Axes — Hatchet • Cleaver • Twin Axe • Crowbill • Naga • Military Axe • Bearded Axe • Tabar • Gothic Axe • Ancient Axe
Elite Axes — Tomahawk • Small Crescent • Ettin Axe • War Spike • Berserker Axe • Feral Axe • Silver-Edged Axe • Decapitator • Champion Axe • Glorious Axe

Diablo II Unique Axes

Normal Axes — The Gnasher (Hand Axe) • Deathspade (Axe) • Bladebone (Double Axe) • Skull Splitter (Military Pick) • Rakescar (War Axe) • Axe of Fechmar (Large Axe) • Goreshovel (Broad Axe) • The Chieftain (Battle Axe) • Brainhew (Great Axe) • Humongous (Giant Axe)
Exceptional Axes — Coldkill (Hatchet) • Butcher's Pupil (Cleaver) • Islestrike (Twin Axe) • Pompeii's Wrath (Crowbill) • Guardian Naga (Naga) • Warlord's Trust (Military Axe) • Spellsteel (Bearded Axe) • Stormrider (Tabar) • Boneslayer Blade (Gothic Axe) • The Minotaur (Ancient Axe)
Elite Axes — Razor's Edge - (Tomahawk) • Rune Master (Ettin Axe) • Cranebeak (War Spike) • Death Cleaver (Berserker Axe) • Ethereal Edge (Silver-Edged Axe) • Hellslayer (Decapitator) • Messerschmidt's Reaver (Champion Axe) • Executioner's Justice (Glorious Axe)

Diablo III

Axes are faster than maces in Diablo III, but slower than swords. All three weapon types can be transmogrified into each other freely.

Barbarian's Mighty Weapons are often shaped like Axes.

See also

• Axe Mastery
• Two-Handed Axes