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Axes is an skill that adds various abilities to make fighting with an axe more effective. Most passive abilities focus on buffing the default Armour Shred ability, whilst the others are more damage output based abilities.

XP Gain

Experience is gained through hitting mobs or players with an axe. Based off server configuration, different axe materials can give different bonuses to the exp gained by hitting a mob, with a gold axe giving the most (1.5* exp) by default.

Default Ability

Shred

This ability is usable by everyone regardless of player's level. By default this should max out at the highest axes level; 1000. This ability will have a chance of dealing 1 damage to a random piece of armour when attacking a player. This ability is great for tanks who need to quickly break down opponents armor either for teammates to finish off or to allow the player themselves to stand a better chance.

Passive Unlocked Abilities

Heavy Strike

Heavy Strike is an ability that will increase the activation chance of Shred. This ability will speed up battles, allowing players with high tiers to demolish opponents armor, giving them or their team a better advantage in terms of gear.

Tier	Unlock Level	Activation Chance Increase
I	50	5.0%
II	125	7.5%
III	250	10.0%
IV	375	12.5%
V	500	15.0%

Blood Frenzy

Blood Frenzy will give the player a few seconds of Haste and Regeneration when they kill a player with an axe, allowing the player to be more of a threat for a short while in team fights and giving Axes users the role of DPS/last hitter. This ability is a snowball type ability as well, meant to encourage use of axes as a killing weapon as opposed to just Shredding.

Tier	Unlock Level	Haste Duration	Haste Level	Regeneration Duration	Regeneration Level	Work On Mobs
I	150	4 seconds	I	2 seconds	I	false
II	275	5 seconds	I	3 seconds	I	false
III	425	6 seconds	I	4 seconds	I	false
IV	575	8 seconds	I	6 seconds	I	false
V	700	10 seconds	II	6 seconds	II	false

Sharper Axe

Sharper Axe will increase the range of damage that Shred can deal to armour. In order to give the ability a worthwhile feel when it comes to upgrading, there had to be an increase to damage every level. If it was +1 damage per tier, then a Tier V ability would do 6 armour damage a hit which is incredibly strong. As such, the better approach is to offer an upgrading range to offer a bit of randomness and lower the overall upper bound that would be required for this ability to work.

Tier	Unlock Level	Shred Damage Range
I	250	1-2
II	400	1-3
III	650	2-3
IV	700	2-4
V	850	3-4

Active Unlocked Abilities

Whirlwind Strike

Whirlwind Strike is an ability that can be activated by attacking an entity after readying. However, in order to use the abilities, your offhand must be empty in order to 'swing' the axe with two hands. This ability will deal minor damage to all nearby enemies and send them flying.

Tier	Unlock Level	Damage	Range
I	100	1	2 blocks
II	225	2	2 blocks
III	350	3	2.5 blocks
IV	500	4	3 blocks
V	650	7	3 blocks

Ares Blessing

Ares Blessing is an active ability that is activated by attacking an opponent after readying. Activating it will give a short buff of strength and resistance for a while, but after the buffs end, the player will get a long debuff of weakness and mining fatigue.

Tier	Unlock Level	Strength Duration	Strength Level	Resistance Duration	Resistance Level	Weakness Duration	Weakness Level	Mining Fatigue Duration	Mining Fatigue Level	Cooldown
I	200	15 seconds	II	15 seconds	II	180 seconds	I	180 seconds	I	200
II	350	17 seconds	II	17 seconds	II	160 seconds	I	160 seconds	I	200
III	500	20 seconds	II	20 seconds	II	140 seconds	I	140 seconds	I	200
IV	650	25 seconds	II	25 seconds	II	120 seconds	I	120 seconds	I	200
V	800	30 seconds	II	30 seconds	II	100 seconds	I	100 seconds	I	200

Crippling Blow

Crippling Blow is an ability that is activated by hitting a target after readying. For a short bit, any entity struck by your axe will gain slowness and nausea. This ability has great chemistry with Shred and Heavy Strike, allowing you to slow down your target and deal further armor damage before they can escape.

Tier	Unlock Level	Ability Duration	Slowness Duration	Slowness Level	Nausea Duration	Cooldown
I	300	3 seconds	5 seconds	I	3 seconds	160 seconds
II	475	3 seconds	7 seconds	I	3 seconds	160 seconds
III	650	4 seconds	8 seconds	I	5 seconds	160 seconds
IV	825	4 seconds	10 seconds	I	6 seconds	160 seconds
V	1000	5 seconds	15 seconds	I	7 seconds	160 seconds