Axe

Template:Tabs Axe

Axe 25 + 2.5 20 + 2.2 18 + 1.6
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 670 1440 2254 2562 +3 +5.5 +9 +12.7 +14.15 Mana 75 291 555 891 1011 +0 +0.9 +2.02 +3.42 +3.92 Armor -1 2.33 7.47 13.13 15.3 Magic Resist 25% % % % % Damage Block 16 (50%) Damage 24 28 49 53 84 88 121 125 135 139 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.71/s 0.89/s 1.09/s 1.16/s Attack Range 150 (600) Attack Speed 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.5 + 0.5 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 290 ( 320) Turn Rate 0.6 Collision Size 24 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Default Internal Not Provided

Mogul Khan, the Axe, is a melee strength hero, infamous for creating chaos in battle and thriving off of it.

Axe is commonly played as an initiator, as his potent disables can disrupt the enemy's formation and give his team openings in fights. Axe's fighting style demands that he gets up close and very personal, as he can taunt enemies into attacking him with Berserker's Call, preventing them from engaging his teammates. Once he has the enemy's attention, he can counter those who strike him with a sweeping Counter Helix that slashes all enemies at melee range with pure damage. He also has a slow and damage-over-time nuke in Battle Hunger, which can harass the enemy or force them to join in battle, while also slowing their movement speed and boosting his own. Finally, he has the ability to unconditionally remove weakened enemies from the battlefield if they are under a certain threshold with Culling Blade, while simultaneously boosting his allies' speed. A bloodthirsty and indomitable warrior, Axe's presence on the battlefield is felt by friend and foe alike, dominating the attention of the enemy wherever he goes.

Bio

Mogul Khan, the Axe

▶️ "Axe is all the reinforcement this army needs!"

Lore:

As a grunt in the Army of Red Mist, Mogul Khan set his sights on the rank of Red Mist General. In battle after battle he proved his worth through gory deed. His rise through the ranks was helped by the fact that he never hesitated to decapitate a superior. Through the seven year Campaign of the Thousand Tarns, he distinguished himself in glorious carnage, his star of fame shining ever brighter, while the number of comrades in arms steadily dwindled. On the night of ultimate victory, Axe declared himself the new Red Mist General, and took on the ultimate title of 'Axe.' But his troops now numbered zero. Of course, many had died in battle, but a significant number had also fallen to Axe's blade. Needless to say, most soldiers now shun his leadership. But this matters not a whit to Axe, who knows that a one-man army is by far the best.

Voice:

Jon St. John (Responses)

Abilities

Berserker's Call

▶️QE

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies / Self

Axe taunts nearby enemy units, forcing them to attack him, while he gains bonus armor during the duration.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0.5

Radius: 300

Armor Bonus: 40

Duration: 2/2.4/2.8/3.2

 16/14/12/10

 80/90/100/110

Modifiers [?]

Berserkers Call Armor

Undispellable

Berserkers Call

Undispellable

Mogul Khan's warcry taunts opponents into engaging in an unconquerable battle with the Axe.

• Affected units cannot use any spells or items and are forced to attack Axe for its duration.
  • Units attempt to follow and attack Axe regardless of distance, vision, obstacles, or status.
  • Affected units are still subject to disables and do not gain free pathing.

• If Axe turns invisible during the taunt, affected enemies start attacking the next closest enemy to them.
  • If no enemies are nearby, affected units stand still. While standing still, they can be given one order which they then execute. This order cannot be manually canceled.
  • This can be any order, including casting of an ability or item, or a move or attack order.
  • After that order, the unit cannot do anything and stands still until the taunt expires. However, if Axe turns visible again, affected units start attacking him again.

• The taunt has the same priority as Winter's Curse, but lower priority than Duel.
  • Same priority means that affected units attack the first taunted unit.

• Affects invisible units and units in the Fog of War. Does not affect towers, wards, Roshan, invulnerable or hidden units.

• Re-casting on a unit under the taunt effect of Berserker's Call refreshes the duration.

• When Axe dies, the taunt ends immediately.

Battle Hunger

WR

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies / Self

Damage
Magical

Enrages an enemy unit, causing it to be slowed and take damage over time until it kills another unit or the duration ends. Axe gains movement speed for each unit affected with Battle Hunger.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.5

Cast Range: 750

Damage per Second: 16/24/32/40 ( 116/124/132/140)

Move Speed Slow: 12%

Self Move Speed Bonus: 12%

Duration: 10

 20/15/10/5

 75

Modifiers [?]

Battle Hunger Self

Undispellable

Battle Hunger

Any

Ordinary heroes cannot withstand Mogul Khan's rage for battle, such that it injures them until it is satisfied.

• Axe is granted 12% movement speed for every affected enemy. This effect stacks.

• Casting Battle Hunger multiple times on the same target does not stack, but refreshes the duration instead.

• Denying an ally or destroying buildings or wards also removes the debuff.

• Using Death Pact, Devour, Demonic Conversion, or Hand of Midas also removes the debuff.
  • However, Lich's Sacrifice does not.

• Killing illusions does not remove the debuff.

• The affected unit itself has to make the kill to remove the debuff. Summons or illusions owned by the same player do not remove it when they make a kill.

• Deals damage based on the level upon cast of the ability. Leveling up Battle Hunger does not update the damage of already placed debuffs.
  • However, the damage bonus from the talent is immediately applied to all already placed Battle Hunger debuffs.

• Deals damage in 1 second intervals starting 1 second after cast, resulting in 10 instances.

• Can deal up to 160/240/320/400 ( 1160/1240/1320/1400) damage (before reductions) when lasting its full duration.

Counter Helix

▶️EX

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Pure

When attacked, Axe performs a helix counter attack, dealing damage to all nearby enemies.

Radius: 275

Proc Chance: 20%

Damage: 75/110/145/180

 0.45/0.4/0.35/0.3

Axe is the only reinforcement this army needs.

• Can only proc when an enemy unit lands an attack on Axe, regardless of distance. This means it cannot proc on missed attacks.

• Secondary attacks from , Death Ward, Split Shot and Flak Cannon cannot trigger Counter Helix.

• Can proc on the secondary attacks from other instant attacks.

• Cannot proc on attacks from buildings, wards and allies.

• Despite the visual effects, the damage is applied instantly within the radius.

• Counter Helix uses pseudo-random distribution.

• Counter Helix does not use a regular cooldown. It is neither displayed on the ability icon when proccing, nor is it affected by cooldown manipulating effects.

Culling Blade

▶️▶️RC

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies / Allies

Damage
Magical
(HP Removal)

Axe spots a weakness and strikes, instantly killing an enemy unit with low health, or dealing moderate damage otherwise. When an enemy hero is killed with Culling Blade, its cooldown is reset, and Axe and nearby allied units gain bonus movement speed.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.5

Cast Range: 150

Kill Speed Bonus Radius: 900

Damage: 150/250/300

Kill Health Threshold: 250/325/400 ( 300/425/550)

Kill Move Speed Bonus: 30%

Kill Attack Speed Bonus: 30

Kill Bonus Duration: 6 ( 10)

 75/65/55 ( 6)

 60/120/180

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Decreases cooldown, increases kill threshold, and increases bonus movement speed duration.

Modifiers [?]

Culling Blade Boost

Any

Mogul Khan is the embodiment of battle and fury, launching into a gruesome fatality against those who dare engage the Axe in combat.

• When the target's health is above the threshold, it only applies its regular damage (magical) and plays a different sound.
  • Even when the target dies to the regular damage (possible with damage amplifications), the other effects of Culling Blade are not applied.

• When the target's health is below the threshold, it does the following:
  • It deals damage to the target equal to the health threshold value, in the form of pure damage (flagged as HP Removal).
  • It applies the speed bonus to Axe and nearby allies.
  • If the target was a hero, clone or illusion, its cooldown gets reset.

• The target's health is checked upon reaching the cast point, so if it gained health during that time so it exceeds the health threshold, the cull fails.

• Culling Blade ignores Shallow Grave and kills the target through it if low enough.

Talents

Hero Talents
+100 Battle Hunger DPS	25	+15 Armor
+35 Movement Speed	20	+25 Health Regen
+250 Health	15	+75 Damage
+3 Mana Regen	10	+6 Strength

Notes:

• The mana regen and health regen are added as a bonus and do not benefit illusions.

• The armor and attack damage are added as bonus armor and bonus attack damage, and therefore do not benefit illusions.

• Upgrading health increases maximum health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.

• The damage upgrade to Battle Hunger is applied immediately to already placed Battle Hunger debuffs.

Gameplay

Strategy & Tips

Counters &
Matchups

Audio

Responses

Sounds

History

Lore

Old Abilities

Changelogs

Equipment

Axe Equipment (expand sets) Sets Armor of the Shattered Vanguard Axe Unleashed Black Orc Warboss Bloodmist Armor Set Carnage of the Endless Hunt Days of the Demon Forged in Demons' Blood Set Harbinger of War Heavy Steel Armor Set Lineage The Ram's Head Armaments Red Mist Reaper Set Saberhorn's Armor Set Shackles of the Enduring Conscript Snowblind Survival Snowpack Savage Supreme Black Orc Warboss The Axecutioner Set The Berserker's Blood Set The Defiant Axe Set The Forgemaster's Tools Set The Ram's Head Armaments The Red Conqueror Set Undefeated General Wrathful Annihilator Weapon Axe of Phractos Battleaxe of the Basilisk Berserker's Witchslayer Corpsemaker Corruptor Guillotine Half Measure Headhunter Kingslayer Axe Mountain Splitter Nightmare Blade Ragestone Axe Reaver Red General's Soul Splitter Skullsplitter Axe Sylnashar the Winged Axe Vindicator Wyvernguard Edge Head Berserker's Nethersteel Barbute Crucible of Rile Edgebearer's Helm Golden Crucible of Rile Rampant Outrage Armor Molten Claw Belt Little Blink Dagger Misc Guard of the Red Mist Mantle of the Cinder Baron Taunt Taunt: Come and Get It!

Trivia

• Axe's alternate/Fun name was "Mogul Kahnt Touch This", a reference to MC Hammer's famous song U Can't Touch This.
• Axe, Disruptor, and Warlock are all related as they come from the Oglodi tribe.
• Axe's phrase ▶️ "Better red than dead!" is a reversed reference to an American Cold War slogan stating "Better dead than Red".
• Several of Axe's deny and Culling Blade killing blow responses (such as ▶️ "You get nothing. Good day, sir!") are references to Willy Wonka's infamous rage scene in the 1971 movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
• Axe's name, lore and "one-man army" image may have been inspired by Khan Noonien Singh in the Star Trek series, who was also described as a "one-man army" and killed uncooperative subordinates (along with used-to wearing a red shirt).

Gallery

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  Model and icons before November 21, 2013 Patch

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