Flying Axe

Barbarian skill · Brutality line · tier 1

Beta 0.7.2

Hurls the spinning axe and pulls it back by the chain.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 6 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Flying Axe scales with Attack. Its value at each rank is 19.1 + 5.5 × rank:

Rank12345678910
Value24.630.135.641.146.652.157.663.168.674.1

The value is the game's internal number for this skill.

in combat = round(value × skill power × max(0.35, hero damage ÷ 600))
hero damage = Attack + all elemental damage
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Brutality skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

The damage factor has a minimum of 0.35 and no maximum. A hero with 600 damage and no line mastery or synergies gets the listed value; how it becomes damage or healing per hit depends on the skill's type and timing.

How to unlock it

  1. 1
    Always openTier 1 skills need no other skill first.
  2. 2
    Hero level 2A hero's first skill point can go straight into it.
  3. 3
    One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Rank 5 in Flying Axe opens Fissure and Spin.

Mastery and synergies

Line mastery: every point in the other Brutality skills makes Flying Axe 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.

Flying Axe has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.

Brutality line

SkillTierTypeCooldownScales with
Flying Axe1Direct damage6 sAttack
Fissure2Debuff10 sPenetration
Spin3Area damage9 sAttack
Crush4Direct damage6 sAttack
Massacre5Ultimate16 sAttack

Other Barbarian skills

Source: closed-beta game client 0.7.2. Data from the closed beta, so values may change at launch.