How to play Axe
Strength · Initiator, Durable, Disabler, Carry · 50.1% win rate
Common mistakes on Axe
From 77 AI match reviews on the site: share of reviews where the mistake repeats.
- Laning · laning — in 25% of reviews
- Purchases · late game — in 25% of reviews
- Teamfights · mid game — in 19% of reviews
- Teamfights · late game — in 18% of reviews
- Deaths · late game — in 10% of reviews
Popular items
- Starting
- Gauntlets of Strength, Iron Branch, Ring of Protection, Tango, Faerie Fire
- Early game
- Boots of Speed, Chainmail, Phase Boots, Splintmail, Bracer
- Mid game
- Blink Dagger, Ogre Axe, Blade Mail, Mithril Hammer, Broadsword
- Late game
- Black King Bar, Shiva's Guard, Lotus Orb, Reaver, Soul Booster
Item timings
- Blink Dagger — by minute 20, 50.4% wins
- Black King Bar — by minute 30, 59.5% wins
- Lotus Orb — by minute 30, 60.2% wins
Axe is strong against
- Morphling — Axe — 62.7% wins
- Terrorblade — Axe — 61.4% wins
- Death Prophet — Axe — 60.0% wins
- Techies — Axe — 59.8% wins
- Winter Wyvern — Axe — 59.5% wins
Who counters Axe
- Bane — Axe — 29.8% wins
- Lycan — Axe — 34.0% wins
- Chen — Axe — 36.7% wins
- Monkey King — Axe — 38.6% wins
- Huskar — Axe — 39.0% wins
Win rate by rank
- Herald — 51.9%
- Guardian — 51.7%
- Crusader — 51.0%
- Archon — 50.3%
- Legend — 49.6%
- Ancient — 49.3%
- Divine — 48.0%