Axe

A right hand weapon that causes slashing or piercing damage, axes come in a variety of styles in Guild Wars. The Warrior's Axe Mastery attribute improves damage dealt by the axe and related skills, and is often a requirement for this weapon type. Skills from this attribute can only be performed when equipped with an axe.

Axes tend to have a wider range of damage than swords, however the average damage output is comparable (e.g. a sword may do 5-7 damage, whereas an axe of the same quality would do 3-9). The maximum damage range for axes is 6-28.

Axes swing every 1.33 seconds.

Axes may have have their hafts and/or grips upgraded to add extra bonuses to the weapon.