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{{flavour|This brutal weapon, long thought lost to history, combines the extended reach of a polearm with the cleaving sharpness of an axe.}}

[[File:lochaber axe.png]] '''''the +5 lochaber axe'''''

+5 lochaber axe (modified [[bardiche]]; 19 damage, -7 accuracy, base delay 20) <br>
[[Cleave]]s all targets within two tiles<br>
Uses the highest of [[Axes]] or [[Polearms]] skill<br>
[[Drain]]s the user on unequip

==Desirability==
The '''lochaber axe'''<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|art-data.txt|1705}}</ref> combines [[reaching]] and [[cleaving]] for an extremely impressive supercleave. However, the stipulations make it less effective than it may seem. It has no damage [[brand]], meaning it suffers in comparison to other two-handers. It requires a lot of skill to use practically, swinging slower and even less accurately than a base bardiche. Just being a two-handed weapon works against it; many characters won't want to give up their off-hand, and [[kobold]]s and [[spriggan]]s are outright incapable of using it.

This weapon isn't the greatest against single targets. Still, if you have ever dreamed of striking 20-ish enemies with a single swing, the lochaber axe can make that happen.

==History==
*Prior to [[0.30]], the lochaber axe did not drain on unequip.
*The lochaber axe was reintroduced in [[0.29]] as an [[unrand]] [[artefact]], with the same base stats as a pre-reaching bardiche.
*In [[0.4]], lochaber axes were renamed to [[bardiche]]s.
*This weapon was introduced in [[0.1]].

==References==
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[[Category:Unrands]] [[Category:Polearms]]

Lochaber axe - Revision history

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