Axe
Patch 7.41e31.07.2026-1.51 (1.51)
GENERAL
- NERFBase Agility decreased from 20 to 18-10%
Abilities
Battle Hunger
- NERFDamage per second decreased from 12/18/24/30 to 12/16/20/240%-11%-17%-20%
Patch 7.41d05.06.2026-0.58 (0.58)
GENERAL
- NERFBase Health Regen decreased by 0.5?Sense of Foreboding increased from 0 to 0.5-20%
Abilities
Battle Hunger
- NERFCast Range decreased from 700/775/850/925 to 600/700/800/900-14%-10%-6%-3%
Patch 7.4124.03.2026+1.57 (1.57)
Abilities
Coat of Blood→One Man Army
- NEWNew innate ability.
Passive
Whenever Axe kills an enemy hero, he gains +0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 permanent armor (by Culling Blade rank). Kills with Culling Blade give 3× that amount.
Permanent armor per kill
+0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5
Culling Blade kill multiplier
3
Passive
Increases Axe's Strength by 50% of his armor, as long as there are no allied heroes within a 700 unit radius of him.
The effect fades over 3s after an ally walks within range. Bonus Strength can be broken.
Strength from armor
50%
Ally check radius
700
Fade duration
3s
Culling Blade
- NEWNow each hero kill made with Culling Blade provides a permanent stack, which provides 1/1.5/2 armor depending on the current level of Culling Blade
Patch 7.40c22.01.2026-0.59 (0.59)
GENERAL
- NERFStrength gain decreased from 2.8 to 2.7-4%
Talents
- NERFLevel 15 Talent: Battle Hunger Damage Per Second decreased from +10 to +8-20%
Patch 7.40b23.12.2025-0.31 (0.31)
Talents
- NERFLevel 15 Talent: Battle Hunger Damage Per Second decreased from +12 to +10-17%
Patch 7.4016.12.2025-0.14 (4.10)
Abilities
Berserker's Call
- BUFFDuration increased from 1.8/2.2/2.6/3s to 2.1/2.4/2.7/3s+17%+9%+4%0%
- NERFCooldown increased from 17/15/13/11s to 18/16/14/12s+6%+7%+8%+9%
Battle Hunger
- REWORKDamage type changed from Physical to Pure
- BUFFNo longer has reduced movement slow against creeps
- DELNo longer has an armor-based damage multiplier
Talents
- SWAPLevel 15 Talent: +10% Battle Hunger Slow replaced with +12 Battle Hunger Damage Per Second
- SWAPLevel 20 Talent: +100 Culling Blade Damage replaced with +15 Strength ?TalentLevelValueCulling Blade Damage20 → 25+100 → +150 +50%
- SWAPLevel 25 Talent: 2x Battle Hunger Armor Multiplier replaced with +150 Culling Blade Damage?TalentLevelValueCulling Blade Damage20 → 25+100 → +150 +50%
- BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Counter Helix Damage increased from +30 to +40+33%
Patch 7.39d05.08.2025-1.90 (1.90)
Abilities
Berserker's Call
- NERFMana Cost increased from 80/90/100/110 to 90/100/110/120+12%+11%+10%+9%
Culling Blade
- NERFKill Armor Bonus decreased from 20/25/30 to 10/15/20-50%-40%-33%
Patch 7.39c24.06.2025-0.78 (0.78)
Talents
- NERFLevel 10 Talent: Movement Speed per active Battle Hunger decreased from +10% to +8%-20%
- NERFLevel 25 Talent: Berserker's Call AoE decreased from +100 to +85-15%
Patch 7.39b29.05.2025-1.21 (1.21)
Abilities
Counter Helix
- NERFAghanim's Scepter Attack Damage Reduction decreased from 15% to 12%-20%
Patch 7.3922.05.2025+1.19 (1.19)
Facets
Call Out
- BUFFBonus Armor increased from +5 to +6?Total value increased from 17/18/19/20 to 18/19/20/21 — +6%+6%+5%+5%+20%
Abilities
Battle Hunger
- BUFFMovement Slow increased from 15/20/25/30% to 18/22/26/30%+20%+10%+4%0%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Counter Helix Damage increased from +25 to +30+20%
Patch 7.3819.02.2025+0.57 (3.78)
GENERAL
- BUFFBase damage increased by 1?Now it's 31. Before this patch it was changed in 7.32c (4 years 1 month ago)Damage at level 1 increased from 55-59 to 56-60+3%
Abilities
Battle Hunger
- BUFFDamage per second increased from 10/15/20/25 to 12/18/24/30+20%
Counter Helix
- NERFDamage rescaled from 95/120/145/170 to 100/120/140/160+5%0%-3%-6%
- NERFAghanim's Scepter Attack Damage Reduction decreased from 20% to 15%-25%
Culling Blade
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 100/85/70s to 80/75/70s-20%-12%0%
Patch 7.37e20.11.2024-1.01 (1.01)
Abilities
One Man Army
- NERFArmor as Strength decreased from 50% to 40%-20%
Battle Hunger
- NERFMovement Slow rescaled from 11/19/27/35% to 15/20/25/30%+36%+5%-7%-14%
Patch 7.37b14.08.2024-0.72 (1.35)
Abilities
Counter Helix
- NERFRadius decreased from 300 to 275-8%
Talents
- SWAPLevel 15 Talent: +20 Counter Helix Damage replaced with +10 Berserker's Call Armor?TalentLevelValueBerserker's Call Armor20 → 15+12 → +10 −17%Counter Helix Damage15 → 20+20 → +25 +25%
- SWAPLevel 20 Talent: +12 Berserker's Call Armor replaced with +25 Counter Helix Damage?TalentLevelValueCounter Helix Damage15 → 20+20 → +25 +25%Berserker's Call Armor20 → 15+12 → +10 −17%