Whirling Axe

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

Spin and attack nearby foes. You can move while spinning. — In-game description

Whirling Axe

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Weapon

Off hand axe

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

14399

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30.5½  

15

18

 

Whirling Axe

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

  Damage (15x): 3,075 (8.388)^?

  Damage (15x): 1,635 (4.47)^?

  Damage (15x): 2,055 (5.595)^?

  Movement Speed Increase: 50%

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 130

  Combo Finisher: Whirl

— In-game description

Related traits

Discipline

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

Notes

Bugs:

• Asura warriors only display 7-8 hits instead of the listed 15 times, but it still does full damage.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 04, 2022	Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.373 to 0.298 in WvW only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.5592 to 0.373. Increased cooldown from 15 seconds to 18 seconds.
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.