War Axe

For its predecessor, see  Bloodlust Axe.

“	This battleaxe is said to have been wielded by the Leonins' ancestors as they resisted the Abyss forces, along with the Elves. When they could fight no longer, the weapon and its power fell into a deep slumber. As of late, it has been awoken by the rage and battle spirit of a certain Leonin warrior.	”
	—MLBB

War Axe
Continuous Damage Boost
+35 Physical Attack +400 HP +10% Cooldown Reduction +12% Spell Vamp
Unique Passive - Fighting Spirit: Attacks grants 12 extra Physical Attack per second for 4 seconds, up to 6 stacks. Deals 10% extra True Damage based on the damage dealt (no damage reduction counted) at full stacks. (Marksmen, Mages, and Supports only receive 50% of these stacked effects.)
Recipe
Price	2100
Upgrade price	550
Sell	1260
In-depth information
Type	Attack
Sellable?	Yes
Available for?	All heroes
Takes slot?	Yes

War Axe is an equipment in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

Summary

“	Best equipped by Fighters that need good sustainability.	”
	—MLBB Equipment Tips

• The War Axe is a fitting item for a fighter as it provides an adequate amount of HP, cooldown reduction, an improving physical attack, and a much appreciated spell vamp and true damage.
• It is suggested that this item be purchased after footwear equipment to get high damage & spell vamp in the early game to keep sustain on the battlefield.
• This item is perfect as one of the core items for sustain heroes, mostly fighters to increase their damage & spell vamp to keep sustaining in combat.

Item Combinations

• It is best coupled with  Queen's Wings,  Brute Force Breastplate and  Oracle to get high physical attack, high HP, 40% cooldown reduction, physical defense, magic defense, spell vamp, movement speed, resilience, damage reduction, instant skill's cooldown reduction, damage increase, healing received and true damage.
  • You can also add  Thunder Belt and  Guardian Helmet to keep stacking hybrid defense while tanking a lot of damage in combat.
• It is also perfect with  Blade of Despair to increase the amount of physical attack.
• If a hero with attack effect like Aulus equipped both War Axe and  Golden Staff, the True Damage can be triggered multiple times by  Golden Staff's "Endless Strike".

Recommended Heroes

Here are some recommended heroes for each role (note: only 5 examples are given at most):

• Tanks: Barats, Terizla
• Fighters: Alpha, Balmond, Lapu-Lapu, Ruby, Yu Zhong
• Assassins: Fanny, Hayabusa, Lancelot, Yi Sun-shin

Effective Against

When War Axe's Unique Passive - "Fighting Spirit" reaches full stacks, the hero will deal extra true damage, which makes it effective against heroes or items with high defense:

Heroes

Here are some effective against heroes for each role (note: only 5 examples are given at most):

• Tanks: Atlas, Gatotkaca, Grock, Johnson, Khufra
• Fighters: Alucard, Lapu-Lapu, Leomord, Lukas, Ruby

Items

Here are some effective against (note: only 3 examples are given at most):

•  Blade Armor
•  Chastise Pauldron
•  Guardian Helmet

Weaknesses

The strength of War Axe lies in its stackable physical attack and spell vamp. To counter these advantages, it is recommended to use heroes or buy items that possess the ability to reduce enemy's damage or lifebane effects.

Heroes

• Heroes with damage reduction effects such as:
  • Kaja's Wrath Sanction
  • Martis' Mortal Coil
  • Suyou's Transient Immortal
    • However, this can only reduce the physical damage from the enemy hero since War Axe's true damage is unaffected by damage reduction.
• Baxia's Baxia Mark can greatly reduce War Axe's Spell Vamp effect.

Items

•  Antique Cuirass is able to reduce the physical damage of the enemy.
  • However, you can only reduce the physical damage, not the true damage from its passive.
• Items with Lifebane passive can greatly reduce War Axe's Spell Vamp effect:
  •  Dominance Ice
  •  Glowing Wand
  •  Sea Halberd

Notes

• Primary Marksmen, Mages, and Supports only receive 50% of these stacked effects.
• Damage from battle spells and equipment do not benefit from the extra damage.
• When you attack a turret, you can still stack its passive effect, which makes it a great pushing item.

History

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Patch Notes 1.8.44

• ADDED + [Unique Passive - Fighting Spirit] Dealing damage grants 12 extra Physical Attack and 2% extra Spell Vamp per second for 4s, up to 6 stacks. Deal 10% extra True Damage according to Base Damage at full stacks. (This effect is reduced to 50% for Marksmen, Mages, and Supports)
• REMOVED - [Unique Passive - Fighting Spirit] Enter a battle stance upon dealing damage to any enemy unit. This increases the hero's Physical Attack by 10 and Physical Penetration by 2 each second for 3s, to a max of 8 stacks (Marksmen/Mages/Supports only receive 50% of these stacked effects); also grants 15% Movement Speed at full stacks.
• NERF ↓ Physical Attack: 40 → 25

Patch Notes 1.7.82

• BUFF ↑ Physical Attack: 35 → 40

Marksman/Mage/Support Effects: These have been adjusted to the normal 50%, for ease of understanding.

Patch Notes 1.6.26

• NERF ↓ Craft Cost: 1980 >> 2100.

Patch Notes 1.6.10

• NERF ↓ Movement Speed Boost at Max Stacks: 20% → 15%

Patch Notes 1.5.96

• NERF ↓ Physical Attack: 55 → 45.
• ADJUST ~ Attributes of each stack of effect: 8 Physical Attack + 4 Physical Penetration → 9 Physical Attack + 3 Physical Penetration.
• NERF ↓ Stacked effects granted to Marksmen/Mages/Supports: halved → 33%.

Trivia

• War Axe was previously known as Vengeful Battleaxe during Advanced Server development.
• According to War Axe's lore, this item was wielded by Aulus.