Just curious, been interested in playing him

start off with stoudshield/2tree's/salve then

farm up first item = dagger

then farm up 1vg then get 1blaidmail

after that get phaseboots... dont get phaseboots till u have these items, no need really.

Then what would be my strategy or skill order for killing people

dagger on top of enemy

beserkers call

??

dead

and if by some chance they are still alive - phase boots and ultimate

This post was edited by iamsocool100 on Sep 25 2009 02:48am

Thanks guys, I'll give it a try

I wouldn't recommend blademail. Berserker's call and blademail don't synergy well together, as all the damage you take will be severely reduced by your tremendous armor gain, and if you get Hood it will be reduced against everything. Vanguard is usually unnecessary, as well, unless it's a physical DPS brawl, even then you might consider hood over it, depending on heroes. Statistically, against most teams, it essentially offers the bonus HPs and very little EHP, which generally isn't worth the cost. An early vit booster never hurts though.

Just to make it clear, vanguard is in no way core on Axe. As on many heroes, it's situational at best.

Hood is pretty standard against most lineups. After that, a number of items could work, depending on the situation: Shiva/Heart/Pipe are pretty standard.

If you're pulling creepwaves or jungling double stouts are necessary.

Do you know what you're talking about? I fail to see how taking more damage is good in any way on axe, or even generally in the game. Vanguard is really only a viable choice on Axe, maybe Magina, but no other hero should get it, and I mean NO other hero. I also fail to see how double stouts are required if you're pulling considering how you'll barely be taking damage except for moving the creeps to pull your own.

I believe your second sentence is referring to my comment on blademail; please correct me if I'm wrong. Blademail takes the damage reduced by your defenses and then throws it back it them, applying it to theirs, so it gets reduced twice. Having Hood/+9001 armor makes it pretty useless, as the damage will be pathetically low. The static bonuses it gives don't warrant its use on Axe.

Vanguard is somewhat viable on a few other heroes, bristleback/viper, potentially several others considering the recent changes to bloodstone and heart; it's still a situational item on any hero that takes it. The viability of vanguard, as a general use item, is debatable. The biggest problem with vanguard is that pesky RoH. Most of the time you don't need the health regen, at all, but you have to pay for it. What it boils down to is a slot saver, which doesn't really matter for Axe. The fact that it the damage block isn't that effective to begin with doesn't help.

By pulling I meant diverting creepwaves.

This post was edited by deathbypepsi on Sep 25 2009 08:15pm

dagger vanguard phase/bot depending on how your farm is. hood if they have a lot of casters, then rush heart

Skill order:
1. Counter Helix
2. Berserker's Call
3. Counter Helix
4. Berserker's Call
5. Counter Helix
6. Culling Blade
7. Counter Helix
8-9. Berserker's Call
10. Stats
11. Culling Blade
12-15. Stats
16. Culling Blade
18-22. Stats
23-25. Battle Hunger