Whirling Axe

This article is about the warrior axe skill. For the thief stolen skill, see Whirling Axe (stolen skill).

Whirling Axe

30.5½  15  

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Weapon

Off hand axe

 

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

External links

API

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Spin and attack nearby foes. You can move while spinning.

  Damage (15x): 3,075 (8.388)^?

  Movement Speed Increase: 50%

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 130

  Combo Finisher: Whirl

— In-game description ^[?]

Related Traits

•  Axe Mastery - Gain ferocity. Gain additional ferocity for each axe you are wielding. Axe skills gain reduced recharge and grant adrenaline when critically striking.
•  Dual Wielding - Attack speed is increased when wielding a main-hand weapon in your off hand.

Notes

Bugs:

• Asura warriors only display 7-8 hits instead of the listed 15 times, but it still does full damage.
• Does not give the listed movement speed increase.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 08, 2018	The damage of this skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the higher 20% damage increase in all modes.
February 06, 2018	The damage of this skill has been increased by 20% in PvE only.
November 07, 2017	The physical damage of this skill has been increased by 33%.
February 22, 2017	Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from being canceled when transitioning to gliding.
October 18, 2016	While channeling this skill, you move 50% faster.
January 26, 2016	The PvP and PvE versions of this skill have been remerged, resulting in a 52% damage increase in PvE areas.
July 07, 2015	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to grant 180 precision under some circumstances.
September 09, 2014	Reduced recharge to 15 seconds. Increased damage by 17%. Fixed a bug that caused this skill to continue to channel while dodging.
June 03, 2014	Fixed a bug with this skill's range indicator that caused it to function incorrectly.
April 15, 2014	Fixed a bug in which this skill would interact with combo fields incorrectly. Fixed a bug in which duplicate skill facts would be displayed when mousing over this skill.
August 20, 2013	Updated the skill fact to include a radius.
June 25, 2013	Reduced the aftercast by .2 seconds. Increased the damage by 50% in PvP only.
December 14, 2012	This skill can now be cancelled by other skills.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Whirling Axe has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.