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Best Class for Axes

Axe passives near each class start · Path of Exile 2✓ Checked against game files · 0.5.5
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Warrior
Warrior
10 axe passives within 20 points

Warrior reaches the most axe passives: 10 within 20 points of the class start and 10 within 30 (the tree has 10). Next: Mercenary (4), Druid (4). The nearest axe notable for Warrior is Giant's Blood, 16 points away. No ascendancy node names axes. Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.

All 8 classes for axes

Passives whose text names Axe, within 15, 20, 30 points of each class start; sorted by the 20-point count.

  1. Warrior#1
    Warrior
    1 within 1510 within 2010 within 30
    starts withWooden Club
    Nearest axe notablesGiant's Blood16 ptsEnraged Reaver19 ptsWhirling Onslaught19 pts
  2. Mercenary#2
    Mercenary
    0 within 154 within 2010 within 30
    starts withMakeshift Crossbow
    Nearest axe notablesGiant's Blood18 ptsEnraged Reaver23 ptsWhirling Onslaught23 pts
  3. Druid#3
    Druid
    0 within 154 within 2010 within 30
    starts withVoltaic Staff
    Nearest axe notablesGiant's Blood20 ptsEnraged Reaver23 ptsWhirling Onslaught23 pts
  4. Ranger#4
    Ranger
    0 within 150 within 2010 within 30
    starts withCrude Bow· same tree start as Huntress
    Nearest axe notablesGiant's Blood25 ptsEnraged Reaver30 ptsWhirling Onslaught30 pts
  5. Huntress#5
    Huntress
    0 within 150 within 2010 within 30
    starts withHardwood Spear· same tree start as Ranger
    Nearest axe notablesGiant's Blood25 ptsEnraged Reaver30 ptsWhirling Onslaught30 pts
  6. Witch#6
    Witch
    0 within 150 within 208 within 30
    starts withWithered Wand· same tree start as Sorceress
    Nearest axe notablesGiant's Blood28 ptsEnraged Reaver31 ptsWhirling Onslaught31 pts
  7. Sorceress#7
    Sorceress
    0 within 150 within 208 within 30
    starts withAshen Staff· same tree start as Witch
    Nearest axe notablesGiant's Blood28 ptsEnraged Reaver31 ptsWhirling Onslaught31 pts
  8. Monk#8
    Monk
    0 within 150 within 200 within 30
    starts withWrapped Quarterstaff
    Nearest axe notablesGiant's Blood33 ptsEnraged Reaver38 ptsWhirling Onslaught38 pts

3 axe notables on the tree

  • Giant's Bloodnearest: Warrior, 16 pts
    You can wield Two-Handed Axes, Maces and Swords in one hand
    Triple Attribute requirements of Martial Weapons
    Inherent Life granted by Strength is halved
  • Enraged Reavernearest: Warrior, 19 pts
    +10 to Maximum Rage while wielding an Axe
  • Whirling Onslaughtnearest: Warrior, 19 pts
    50% chance to gain Onslaught on Killing Blow with Axes

How this is counted

Read from the passive tree in the game files (10 passives name Axe). For each class we count the passives you can allocate with 15, 20 and 30 points from its start: every passive on the shortest path costs a point, and another class's start can't be walked through. Ascendancy nodes count the points from the ascendancy start (8 points in total). Ranger and Huntress, and Witch and Sorceress, share a start, so their tree numbers are equal. Plan the path yourself in the passive tree planner.

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