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Axe build & guide (7.41)

Taunts and forces enemies to attack him

Axe Offlane build

Divine – Immortal · 49.9% win rate · 21,570 matches · Tier B · Sep 11 – Sep 17

Skill order

Skill priority Counter Helix › Berserker's Call › Battle Hunger › Culling Blade

  1. Level 1: Battle Hunger
  2. Level 2: Counter Helix
  3. Level 3: Counter Helix
  4. Level 4: Berserker's Call
  5. Level 5: Counter Helix
  6. Level 6: Culling Blade
  7. Level 7: Counter Helix
  8. Level 8: Berserker's Call
  9. Level 9: Berserker's Call
  10. Level 10: Berserker's Call
  11. Level 11: Movement Speed per active Battle Hunger (talent)
  12. Level 12: Battle Hunger
  13. Level 13: Culling Blade
  14. Level 14: Battle Hunger
  15. Level 15: Battle Hunger
  16. Level 16: Battle Hunger Damage Per Second (talent)
  17. Level 18: Culling Blade
  18. Level 20: +15 Strength (talent)
  19. Level 25: Culling Blade Damage (talent)

Items

Starting items

  • Iron Branch 77% pick · 48.8% win rate
  • Tango 76% pick · 48.2% win rate
  • Gauntlets of Strength 68% pick · 48.7% win rate
  • Quelling Blade 51% pick · 48.3% win rate
  • Ring of Protection 34% pick · 48.3% win rate
  • Circlet 31% pick · 48.8% win rate

Early game

  • Magic Wand 6 min · 63% pick · 49.9% win rate
  • Bracer 2 min · 53% pick · 49.1% win rate
  • Soul Ring 12 min · 19% pick · 52.4% win rate

Boots

  • Phase Boots 8 min · 94% pick · 49.0% win rate
  • Boots of Travel 42 min · 8% pick · 66.5% win rate

Core build

  • Blade Mail 15 min · 94% pick · 49.2% win rate
  • Black King Bar 28 min · 73% pick · 52.6% win rate
  • Lotus Orb 32 min · 20% pick · 58.2% win rate

Situational

  • Aghanim's Shard 28 min · 15% pick · 55.5% win rate
  • Shiva's Guard 38 min · 14% pick · 63.2% win rate
  • Heart of Tarrasque 38 min · 13% pick · 72.7% win rate
  • Kaya and Sange 33 min · 12% pick · 67.2% win rate
  • Consecrated Wraps 25 min · 6% pick · 56.7% win rate
  • Eul's Scepter of Divinity 35 min · 5% pick · 60.2% win rate

Late game

  • Blink Dagger 7/10 games
  • Aghanim's Scepter 2/10 games

Talents

  • Level 25: Berserker's Call AoE 82% pick · 61.5% win rate or Culling Blade Damage 18% pick · 64.2% win rate
  • Level 20: Counter Helix Damage 65% pick · 57.1% win rate or +15 Strength 35% pick · 58.0% win rate
  • Level 15: Battle Hunger Damage Per Second 69% pick · 53.3% win rate or Berserker's Call Armor 31% pick · 48.2% win rate
  • Level 10: Movement Speed per active Battle Hunger 82% pick · 49.0% win rate or Culling Blade Kill Buff Bonus Duration 18% pick · 47.8% win rate

Matchups

Strong against

  • Terrorblade +6.8% advantage · 56.2% win rate · 908 games
  • Muerta +5.5% advantage · 56.7% win rate · 455 games
  • Morphling +5.3% advantage · 54.3% win rate · 766 games
  • Bristleback +4.6% advantage · 56.6% win rate · 599 games
  • Phantom Lancer +4.5% advantage · 49.7% win rate · 2,146 games
  • Enchantress +4.3% advantage · 54.1% win rate · 532 games

Weak against

  • Abaddon -5.5% advantage · 41.4% win rate · 539 games
  • Warlock -5.0% advantage · 44.7% win rate · 792 games
  • Keeper of the Light -4.6% advantage · 42.1% win rate · 959 games
  • Grimstroke -4.2% advantage · 42.4% win rate · 1,668 games
  • Beastmaster -3.9% advantage · 46.6% win rate · 444 games
  • Doom -3.5% advantage · 45.9% win rate · 1,857 games

Builds from 37,666 parsed games

Axe counters & matchups

  • Strength: 25 +2.7
  • Agility: 18 +1.7
  • Intelligence: 18 +1.6
  • Damage: 56–60
  • Armor: 3
  • Move speed: 315
  • Attack range: 150

Axe abilities

Berserker's Call

Axe taunts nearby enemy units, forcing them to attack him while he gains bonus armor during the duration.

Aghanim's Shard: Berserker's Call applies Battle Hunger to affected units.

Battle Hunger

Enrages an enemy unit, causing it to take damage over time until it kills another unit or the duration ends. The enemy is slowed as long as they are facing away from Axe.

Aghanim's Shard: Multiple instances of Battle Hunger can stack on a single target.

Counter Helix

After a set number of attacks, Axe will perform a helix counter attack, dealing pure damage to all nearby enemies.

Aghanim's Scepter: Counter Helix now applies a stacking debuff to enemies hit by it that causes them to deal less total attack damage to Axe. Counter Helix no longer has a cooldown and its counter advances when Axe attacks.

Culling Blade

Axe spots a weakness and strikes, dealing pure damage. When an enemy hero is killed with Culling Blade, its cooldown is reset, and all nearby allied units gain bonus movement speed and armor. Axe permanently drenches his blade every time he kills an enemy Hero with Culling Blade, gaining bonus armor for each stack.

One Man Army

Axe gains Strength based on 50% of his Armor as long as there are no allied heroes within 700 distance from Axe. The effect fades over 3s after approaching an ally.

One after another, Axe cuts down his foes. Marching ahead of his team, he locks his enemies in battle then counters their blows with a deadly spin of his weapon. Slamming his culling blade through a weakened enemy, he is always charging onward.