Battleaxes are a new type of weapon. They deal a lot of damage, and by 'a lot,' I mean really a lot! But on the other hand, they take a very long time to charge. And if this is not enough, they also have a 1 in 15 chance of blinding the opponent for one second. But when they do this, their durability decreases by two, not one.
So it's a pretty powerful weapon, right?

Oh, and btw vindicators can now spawn with iron swords or iron battleaxes and piglin brutes have a golden battleaxe, so be careful out there!

This applies to every other one, except for the netherite, lapis and redstone ones.