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Axes are heavy chopping weapons in Fatekeeper. They trade swing speed for higher per-hit damage, more stagger, and follow-through that commits the Druid through the swing arc. Axes are a strong early pickup for melee bruisers and pair well with parry-counter play, where each successful parry creates an opening for a bigger axe blow than a sword could land.

Swing Profile

• Heavy commit. Slower swings, longer recovery. Read the room before swinging.

• Stagger. Connecting hits visibly stagger most light enemies.

• Reach. Comparable to a sword but with a wider arc on heavy attacks.

Build Roles

Limits

Axes do not benefit from the Shatter pipeline (that is the blunt-weapon family) and do not throw like daggers. Their recovery makes them risky against fast multi-attack enemies, so axe Druids should pair the class with strong defensive timing or a fast secondary loadout.