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missing warped axe

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The LONGhaft axe is the fourth longest greataxe. My life is a lie

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I miss the Black Knight great axe. Is there any great axe that shares a similar moveset?

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still a smidge worse than greathammers imo, but now very usable

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One of these things is not like the others!

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In 1.09, the Executioner's Greataxe is now the undisputed best greataxe (for a normal Heavy-infused Strength build). It already had the best range and crit multiplier, but now it also simply has the best damage, and Greataxes as a whole had their range, speed and recovery time buffed.

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The basic charge attack of these weapons (not the crescent/godrick greataxe one) has almost the same attack time as an uncharged strong attack ever since the buff patch. It's like less than 0.1 second difference maybe.

Axe talisman (REAL)

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I hope these get the curved greatsword treatment at some point, they could use it.

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There are certainly disappointments in the moveset, but I feel like the running R2 is greatly unappreciated. It surprises me how many times I've caught people off guard with it, I guess because it has an annoying delay. Compare it to the katana running R2, and I'd say this one is equally useful.

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Default greataxe is somehow responsible for one of my best win streaks in the colosseum. Greataxes are in a pretty good spot right now, even if you don't just jump spam L1. Their moveset is still pretty uninspired but war cries help, as do some other ash of war attacks like swords dance

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are grataxes that bad nvm i will just use one anyway

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Its a fine PvE weapon choice, but sadly for PvP you get heavily restricted by the awful R1 chain. The saving grace for these is the wide swing R2 from the godrick and crescent axe.

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damn these are cool. shame their movesets suck ass

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whyyyyy does the second r1 attack slightly to the side its literally DESIGNED to miss people

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You gotta be kidding me.... Greataxes CAN be parried! WTF? Just got parried in Colosseum when twohanding a Crescent Moon GA. Isn't it enough that big axes are bit meh, they are also parriable lol.

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Where is the Nights Cavalry Axe?

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warped axe isn't a greataxe yet it shows up in the table if you select a filter

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I got my axe in 12 kills you got yours in 200. We are not the same

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Anyone know why the Warped Axe is in thus category and not in the axe category?

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While an undesirable wep class for a lotta reasons.. a lot of these have something unique going for them, crescent, long shaft, greataxe, executioner all have little niche differences that are effective based on how you like it. Very cool imo

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I'm honestly not sure what's with this game and giving short range to most weapon classes (beside halberds, spears, great spears and some glaring exceptions), even the longest axe in this game is shorter than ds3 dragon slayer great axe, not to mention ds3 machetes...

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It is so sad that Greataxes don't get any love in this game. They don't have close to the stagger potential as the great hammers do, greatswords are faster and have lower requirements and more ashes that they can use.

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Why isnt theere an Great Axe with the moveseet of thee BKGA from Ds3....

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Dragonslayer armour requires Justice, wheres my lightning greataxe that deals 1000+ damage?

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I've been going back to DS3 and my god... greataxes used to actually be great.

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No way is Executioner's the longest. I need to double check this data because I'm pretty sure Longhaft and Godrick's are longer.

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What kinda weapons do you guys want from up coming DLCs? Something similar to yhorms great machete would be my choice, I also want anything that looks like BLACK KNIGHT GREATAXE

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Few great axes in this game so sad...

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Sadly still a very underpowered PvP weapon class. Greatswords are faster, lighter, have less stat requirements and offer a greater variety of ashes for customization at the cost of only having 20-30 less AR. Only reason to use greataxes is for style points because most of them only do what other weapons do better. I guess Anchor would be the only exception since it has pierce damage on all attacks but even so most weapons hit faster than you and some can even interrupt you which robs you of the counter hit entirely because the large wapon hyperarmor in this game remains a broken mess. Forgot to mention the nice bonus of aim punch making you miss your opponent entirely many times as well even if you do poise through their attack. 4/10, only use these in PvE unless you're going for a meme one-shot build with the anchor.

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Lolwut, executioner’s is supposed to be the worst one for Dex, but it ends up being the best for Dex based Lightning infusion as well. Greataxe gets a touch more ar at the expense of losing the crit bonus and a miserably short reach.

Slap prayerful strike or lightning strike on this and call it a day.

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I still don't get why Fromsoft gave greataxes a higher dex scaling component than colossal swords. Like, I understand you need at least some dexterity to wield a sword, even a very large one, but greataxes are literal barbarian weapons.

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Unreal. Fully charged r2's stunlock banished knights one-handed. I loved this weapon class before but now it it a PvE god. Needs more testing for viability in pvp

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1.06 is gonna be greataxe supremacy, as it always should have been

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Why are there weapons with a Dex requirement of 8? Of all the starting classes, Warrior has the lowest Dex with 9 and I can't think of any way to lower your stats below starting levels.

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Whelp now with attack speed buff across the board great axes are even more to be reckoned with .

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greataxes may not be the best option but they are a **** ton of fun and a lot of damage so worth using

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why is greataxe so trash in PVP? it gets outranged by all the brainded thrusting weapons smh

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I'm pretty sure the crescent greataxe R2s have extended range.
Check the animation: the handle part of the haft is longer than those of other greataxes and your character's hands change position, going lower for r2s than r1s.

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You can put Sword Dance on the infusable ones. yw :)

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Why is the AXE of godfrey not in the greataxe section?

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warped axe is on the max heavy upgrade list even though it is just an axe

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rusted anchor: greataxe
butcher knife: greataxe
deer antlers: greataxe
Godfrey's Greataxe: colossal weapon

???

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I miss black knight axe, it wasn't anything amazing but it was beautiful enough that it made me use it, the design of great axe here is quite ugly

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Butchering knife ❤️. When I first found it I hated it. I put waves of darkness on it and have been screwing around with it and I’m in love now

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Uh... So for some reason warped axe is noted on the max standard value table. Warped axe is a normal axe, not a greataxe.

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Here’s my take on their moveset. Dual wielding is the same as the great hammers which is great. But I miss the running one handed light attack the great hammers have.
I also love the two handed running heavy attack the great hammers have and wish they had this.
The crescent axe with its special r2 underhand move that looks super cool would look great as a running heavy attack.
I prefer dual wielding the crescent axes but would of loved those two moves in instead. Still tons of fun and they look badass.

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Is there a single greataxe that has a horizontal slashing attack? What happened to all the greataxes from DS2 that had big swinging movesets that could actually hit a creature standing still directly in front of you?

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Why did they make the longhaft axe so worthless, but also so cool looking?

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Is is just me or are these now actually slower than colossal weapons after the buff that weapon class received? At least heavy charged attacks seem slower?

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For all Ash of War capable greataxes (+25), here are the two-handed Attack Powers in descending order with 60 Strength and 20 Dexterity:
---Heavy---
Greataxe 762
Anchor 757
Executioner's 757
Longhaft 753
Crescent 744
Omenkiller 732
Gargoyle's 710
Butchering 681

---Fire---
Crescent 821
Longhaft 821
Greataxe 820
Anchor 816
Executioner's 804
Omenkiller 798
Butchering 769
Gargoyle's 757

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I have recently been using the Gargoyle's Great axe and Gargoyle's black axe in a Str Faith build. I have a fire enchant on the great axe. Great damage and fashon

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All greataxe running R1s badly need more travel distance. I can fly across the map with Heavy Thrusting weapons, but greataxes barely reach further than their generic R1s.

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Greataxes could do with a bit of an increase in either base damage or scaling. They seem to get outclassed by colossal swords, great hammers and halberds. I still use one because having a huge axe is lots of fun, but mechanically there's absolutely no reason to use this over a halberd for reach and moveset, or a colossal sword for reach and damage, or a great hammer for damage and stagger.

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Why are there zero interesting greataxes lol. Theyre all physical damage and dont do much

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Get two of these, heavy infuse them, get flame of the redmanes, get blodflame blade, get flame grant me strength, get raptor cloak, get claw talismen.

You stagger enemies in like 2-3 hits while your redmanes does almost 1k with buffs, and you jump attack does an insane amount. Very very good for a pure strength build, but ON TOP OF THIS, you can bleed an enemy crazy easily.

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dualist axes where?

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seems to be missing rotten greataxe

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The Warped Axe is showing up in some of the tables above, however it is not a greataxe (just a normal axe).

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this weapon class feels so much better to use in this game than in ds3

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powerstancing two crescent moon axes with pure str is the most fun build ive done so far and the damage is insane

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So much complaining here...jfc. and not only that but A LOT of people here talking about 80 STR with these greataxes which is a complete waste. Youre very rarely EVER going to use the 1handed moveset, so why not just have 66 STR which gives you the bonus up to 99 when 2handing? You guys are using a heavy type weapon but complain that its slow? What do you expect. You have to learn how to make it work...utilize jumping attacks and powerful single hits to punish and get out. My greataxe/greathammer build is one of the most fun builds ive used since release.

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I found the rotten greataxe it's pretty sick really big and it's all bloody

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Damn I miss my bkga…

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Man the greataxes are all super boring...

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Where is the duelist greataxe in here?

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Can great weapons like these be parried?

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Greataxes were pretty bad in DS3... I don't know why they made them even worse. They aren't even fun to use anymore, at all. Worse speed/endlag than any greatsword, same stagger, lower damage, less range. Worse stagger & damage type than (already mediocre) great hammers. I do love the game overall... but like, what's the point of including these at this point? Colossal weapons feel undertuned, greataxes just feel like a prank on Str builds.

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Can we get some pvp testing. Cause i just got parried by blood priest while two handing crescent moon axe...

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Can we get some pvp testing. Cause i just got parried by blood priest while two handing crescent moon axe...

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any advice what builds whud this 3 axes be good at end game? Crescent Moon Axe ; Executioner's Greataxe and Longhaft Axe

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What about a greataxe, we saw in the game trailer, where the guy fight against someone like Tree Sentinel? There is an enemies In Stormveil castle, wielding similar looking weapon. It has a big slightly curved blade. This axe also looks similar to Crescent moon axe, but bigger.

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For the tip, +24 heavy enchanted executioner axe is the strongest when your strength is 80 (and beyond I think, base damage is slightly lower than great axe, and can make A strength modifier), heavy gagoyle's great axe can have '+S' strength modifier, but base damage is so low, it is weaker than normal great axe, but weight is only 8.5. But obviously you can just take hound step for skill, and ignore the 'heavy weight limit' by using hound step instead of rolling. So the heavier the better if you choose hound step.

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I have weapon looked exactly like Butchering Knife but it's called Sacred Butchering Knife.

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Gargoyle Black Axe is missing of this list

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Gargoyale's Black Axe is not on this list. Dropped from one of the big gargoyales I think in the Capital City.

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Unlisted weapon: "Great Omenkiller Cleaver" very fast GA with bleed built in. Dropped from the capra demon guy in the volcano manor ruins.

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Does anyone know if you can get the axe from the gladiator guys in the capital? They have a ball and chain attached to the axe and use it as a weapon also

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I got a Rotten Greataxe from the scarlet duelist northwest of Ordina Liturgical Town in the Consecrated Snowfield.

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Is it possible to dual weild two great axes?

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Obvious the worst weapon categories. No great legend weapons

Lesser damage, worst reach, lesser stagger power, but faster than Colossal swords, but CS can overcome the negative thing with hound step with stabbing.

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found gargoyle's black axe on a boss gargoyle on the way to the giant place. Current best great axe base ar cant change weapon art though so stuck with war cry would recommend powerstancing with the greataxe using flame of the redmanes for a wide range attack very op aslo jumping attacks with a powerstanced greataxes are so good

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