How to play Axe in Dota2

Start being a killing machine with Axe.  We have compiled some hints and tips to make you a better player and wreak havoc.

One thing about Axe is that he isn't very shy with just running into the enemy and get bombarded with attacks. That is actually what you want to happen when you play Axe. The reason for this is:

§  He has one very naughty Ultimate, Culling Blade, this spell kills any unit below 300,  450 and 625 hitpoints. (depending on the level of the spell itself.) The spell goes through magic immune units so even if the hero has a shield on him which enables him to take no spell damage. Culling Blade will still kill him if he is below 300, 450, 625 hitpoints. (Depending on the level of the spell.)

§  He has a very strong and high damage passive spell called, Counter Helix, this spell enables Axe to get a 17% chance on every enemy attack to spin in a circular motion and deal damage.

§  He also has one brutal spell called, Battle Hunger,  it damages a target over time and slows the target with 8% of its movement speed. Now this could be a very nasty spell to use in the beginning of the game because it is light on mana and does some serious damage if not deactivated. The other nasty part of the spell comes in that the only way to deactivate the spell is either to kill a hero or creep (denying your own creeps count) or you can wait until the spell ends.

§  He also has the lovely spell called, Berserker's Call, it forces any enemy unit in the range of 275 around Axe to attack him. Now usually when this happens Axe is going to spin quite a few times and deal some serious damage to his targets.

How you going to play Axe.

There are two ways to play Axe. One is to go farm up in the neutral creep camps located on both teams and the other method is to fight in lanes where normal creeps run up and down.

If you want to farm up in the neutral creep camps follow these steps. First you need to know in which neutral creep camp you should farm up. If you are on the Radiant side look for the green dots located most south on your mini map. If you are on the Dire side look for the green dots located most north on your mini map. ( Your mini map is located on the bottom left of your screen )

If you want to lane against heroes and normal creeps follow these steps. Be aggressive and don't be shy to just run in and use the spell Berserker's Call and start doing some seriously damage with your passive spell Counter Helix. You can also spam your Battle Hunger spell on the enemy heroes to take damage but then you always have to stay close to the creeps so that the hero you casted Battle Hunger on can't deactivate it by killing or denying any creeps.

Items you should get for Axe.

Blink Dager

This item will help you to initiate easier with you Berserker's Call spell by just blinking in and using it.

Blade Mail

This item will help you deal some extra damage to the targets under the effect of Berserker's Call. What you do is after activating Berserker's Call just activate Blade Mail and a percentage of every attack or spell damage dealt to you will return to the target who casted the spell or attacked you.

Heart of Tarrasque

Heart of Tarrasque is one of the items which will help you the most if you have the money to afford it. It gives you 40 Strength and 300 hitpoints so you will be able to just run and survive for a very long time. Another good bonus about the item is that it regenerates 2% of your hitpoints when ever you are out of combat and a hero or  Roshan hasn't attacked you in 6 seconds during combat.