Throw Axe

Throw an axe that cripples foes, dealing bonus damage at lower health thresholds. — In-game description

Animation

Throw Axe

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand axe

Game link

API

14398

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Throw Axe

Throw an axe that cripples foes, dealing bonus damage at lower health thresholds.

  Damage: 312 (0.85)^?

  Damage increase at 50% target health.: 50%

  Damage increase at 25% target health.: 100%

  Cripple (4s): -50% Movement Speed

  Maximum Count: 2

  Count Recharge: 10 seconds

  Count Recharge: 12 seconds

  Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

  Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Tactics

• Leg Specialist — Immobilize a target when you cripple them with a skill. Deal increased strike damage to foes affected with movement-impairing conditions.

Discipline

• Axe Mastery — Gain ferocity. Gain additional ferocity when wielding an axe. Axe skills gain reduced recharge and grant adrenaline when critically striking.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
July 07, 2020	Reduced ammo recharge from 15 seconds to 12 seconds in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Increased ammo recharge from 10 seconds to 15 seconds.
November 07, 2017	This skill now deals 50% more damage if the target is below 50% health, or 100% more damage if the target is below 25% health. Fixed a bug that caused this skill to not update its ammo recharge skill fact when equipped with the Axe Mastery trait.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This skill now uses the ammo system. Ammo count has been set to 2 with a 10-second count recharge. There is a 1-second recharge between uses.
May 16, 2017	Increased damage by 27%.
January 26, 2016	The aftercast delay of this skill has been reduced by 0.5 seconds. The cooldown of this skill has been reduced from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Throw Axe has been added to the game.