Axe · Offlane (pos. 3)
Axe in Turbo
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Overview
Turbo is regular Dota sped up: more gold and experience, faster respawns and a quicker courier. Games are shorter, so early fights matter more and the late game comes sooner. In Turbo fights start almost immediately: rush Blink Dagger and initiate as soon as your team is grouped.
Strengths
- Reliable taunt: Berserker's Call sets up kills.
- Valve tags Axe as Durable: it stays in fights longer than most heroes.
- Clear job in the team: survive a hard lane, bother the enemy carry and start the fights.
Weaknesses
- No escape in the kit: without good positioning and vision, Axe is easy to catch.
- Low base armor (0): vulnerable to physical harass early on.
Build cheat sheet
Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.
Builds
Turbo build
When to use it
Turbo gives more gold and faster respawns: skip most laning items and go straight for your core, then the damage items.
Where it's played
Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.
192%- OfflaneMain92% of matchesOff lane as the space-making core (pos. 3).
Starting items
Core items
- 1Blink Dagger
- 2Blade Mail
- 3Black King Bar
- 4Aghanim's Shard
Boots
Late game
Skill order
Max order:Counter Helix›Battle Hunger›Berserker's C…
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Talents by level
- +150 Culling Blade Damage+85 Berserker's Call AoE25
- +15 Strength+40 Counter Helix Damage20
- +8 Battle Hunger Damage Per Second+10 Berserker's Call Armor15
- +8% Movement Speed per active Battle Hunger+3s Culling Blade Kill Buff Bonus Duration10
Abilities
- Berserker's Call18 / 16 / 14 / 12s90 / 100 / 110 / 120 mpAxe taunts nearby enemy units, forcing them to attack him while he gains bonus armor during the duration.
- Radius
- 315
- Bonus armor
- 12·13·14·15
- Duration
- 2.1·2.4·2.7·3
- Enemy attack speed bonus
- 0
- Battle Hunger20 / 15 / 10 / 5s50 / 60 / 70 / 80 mpEnrages an enemy unit, causing it to take damage over time until it kills another unit or the duration ends. The enemy is slowed as long as they are facing away from Axe.
- Duration
- 12
- Movement slow
- 18·22·26·30
- Damage per second
- 12·16·20·24
- Counter HelixPassive0.3sAfter a set number of attacks, Axe will perform a helix counter attack, dealing pure damage to all nearby enemies.
- Damage
- 100·120·140·160
- Radius
- 275
- Attacks to helix
- 7·6·5·4
- Culling Blade80 / 75 / 70s100 / 125 / 150 mpAxe spots a weakness and strikes, dealing pure damage. When an enemy hero is killed with Culling Blade, its cooldown is reset, and all nearby allied units gain bonus movement speed and armor.
Axe permanently drenches his blade every time he kills an enemy Hero with Culling Blade, gaining bonus armor for each stack.
- Damage
- 275·375·475
- Kill move speed bonus
- 20·25·30
- Kill armor bonus
- 10·15·20
- Kill buff duration
- 6
- Kill buff radius
- 900
- Armor per stack
- 1·1.5·2
One Man ArmyPassiveAxe gains Strength based on 50% of his Armor as long as there are no allied heroes within 700 distance from Axe. The effect fades over 3s after approaching an ally.
Most played skill order
The most played order in the last 100 professional matches with this hero. Highlighted levels are the points spent on talents.
Max order:Counter Helix›Battle Hunger›Berserker's C…
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Strategy
1What changes
Turbo is regular Dota sped up: more gold and experience, faster respawns and a quicker courier. Games are shorter, so early fights matter more and the late game comes sooner.
2Build adjustments
Turbo gives more gold and faster respawns: skip most laning items and go straight for your core, then the damage items.
3Fighting
You go in first: land Berserker's Call on as many heroes as you can and soak the spells your carry fears. In Turbo fights start almost immediately: rush Blink Dagger and initiate as soon as your team is grouped.
Tips
- In Turbo fights start almost immediately: rush Blink Dagger and initiate as soon as your team is grouped.
- Use Culling Blade in every big fight: in this mode there's always another one coming.
- Don't chase alone: the enemy is always grouped.
- Buy your core items first: in Turbo you get them much earlier.
Changelog
- Guide created for patch 7.41.
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