It's a great set...for Tankers.
For Brutes it builds Fury at a miserable pace, so people tend to walk away from it.
A weapon set that builds Fury much better is War Mace. And War Mace's damage these days is much, much better than in the past. Crowd Control and Shatter are two of the greatest attacks in this game, and Clobber is amazing these days.
Axe is fun though. Good secondary effects, sounds nice and vicious, some of the most fun customization options in the game available for it.
But your Fury will suck. So put it on a Tanker instead. Tankers don't care about slow.
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It's not in the index for the Brute guides, but if you look at the more recent posts in that thread there's Phosphorescency's Be the Barbarian guide, and in the tank guides there's this slightly older axe guide by Maltese_Knight.
I have an axe/wp at 30 that I'm enjoying. Fury buildup is slower than my elec melee, but seems similar to my super strength brute. Get the enemy attacking you and they can help you build fury quickly.
It feels very brutal and I like the knockdown and knockup effect, and you get lots of cool choices for weapons.
I've played both Axe and Mace to 40+ and really don't see any substantial difference in Fury generation. If anything, Axe built Fury fractionally faster since Axe's three low end attacks animate a touch faster than Mace's. I had no trouble at all building Fury with either.
Mace has a bit better damage, post-Crowd Control especially. Until then, not a huge difference. Clobber from WM is awesome, but Axe's damage mitigation early (when you need it most) is otherwise better, the consistent knockdowns are hugely helpful.
Brawl on auto, take Beheader early, Fury is fine.
Ya, I just got my Ba/Wp to 9th lvl. It seems pretty decent, a bit annoying on the end usage, but alls good. I also noticed how horrible it is on building fury, as most of the mobs are dead before I can build it hehe. Thanks for the help. And your guide on Ba/Wp is very good, thanks man.
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One of those givens...if you have a Brute and he hasn't reached the 20-22 range, endurance management is a challenge. Most characters get better at that range, but Brutes just take off!!
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Wow, Going through the posts here, I find absolutely nothing about Battle Axe. Its not even in the guide to guides...Not even showing that you can actualy choose it as a power, let alone a guide for it. Is Battle Axe that horrible that Ex refused to put it in the post for guide to guides? Also, is it that bad that noone talks about it or even uses it?
See that there is absolutely nothing about Battle Axe anywhere on the brute forums realy is peaking my interest...
Can someone tell me whats wrong with it?
What secondaries would synergize with it?
I hate all this terrorist business. I used to love the days when you could look at an unattended bag on a train or bus and think to yourself.... I'm going to take that.