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{{weapon
|name = Broad axe
|cost = ?
|skill = Axes
|damage = 13
|accuracy = -2
|basedelay = 16
|mindelay = 7 at skill 18
|hands = 1H
|size = Medium
|damtype = Chopping
|ranged = No
|acquirement = 10
}}
{{flavour|An axe with langets, spikes, a lengthed haft and a single-bladed crescent head.

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"Weapon, shapely, naked, wan! 
Head from the mother's bowels drawn! 
Wooded flesh and metal bone! limb only one, and lip only one! 
Gray-blue leaf by red-heat grown! helve produced from a little seed sown! 
Resting the grass amid and upon 
To be lean'd, and to lean on."

-Walt Whitman, _Song of the Broad-Axe_, l. 1-6. 1867}}

{{crawlquote|This weapon falls into the [[Axes]] category. It is a one handed weapon.}}

'''Broad axes''' are the most powerful one handed axes, though have the highest base delay. They don't do as much damage as two-handed axes, but they are still good enough to make them a viable choice throughout the game, especially if you find a nice [[artefact]] axe.

Like all axes, this weapon allows the player to [[cleave]], which helps compensate somewhat for its relatively mediocre base damage and speed.

==Strategy==
Broad axes are as strong as a [[morningstar]], but with a 1 higher base delay. Morningstars are strong enough to win the game, and broad axes, with the extra cleave, are no different.

They aren't ''common'' per-se, but are somewhat less rare than other "top tier" one-handers like the [[eveningstar]] or [[double sword]]. This is because broad axes can be wielded by a number of enemies, including [[orc warrior]]s, [[orc knight]]s, and [[vault guard]]s.<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|mon-gear.cc|339}}</ref> You shouldn't rely on this fact, but it's worth noting anyhow.

{| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
! || Image
|-
| '''Mundane''' || [[File:Broad axe1.png]]
|-
| '''Magical''' || [[File:Broad axe2.png]]
|-
| '''Artifact''' || [[File:Broad axe3.png]]
|}

{| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
! || [[Unrandarts|Unrandart]] Broad Axes
|-
| '''"[[Arga]]"''' || [[File:Mithril_axe_arga.png]]
|-
| '''[[Obsidian Axe]]''' || [[File:Obsidian_axe.png]]
|}

==History==
*In [[0.27]], the base delay was changed back to 16.
*In [[0.26]], the broad axe's base delay was increased from 16 to 17, with the minimum attack delay requiring 20 [[Axes]] skill instead of 18.
*Prior to 0.12, broad axes had 14 base damage and no [[cleaving]].

==References==
<references />

A more complete list of monsters that can spawn with a broad axe can be found at {{source ref|0.31.0|mon-gear.cc|585}} and {{source ref|0.31.0|mon-gear.cc|621}}. It is 1/120 for "NAGA_WEAPONS" and 1/25 for "ORC_KNIGHT_WEAPONS" / "ORC_WARLORD_SPEC".

{{weapons}}
[[Category:Axes]]

Broad axe - Revision history

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