We hope you enjoyed the latest Prologue update, where we included all the new features coming to the Prologue version of the game, like demons or unit upgrades.
Axemaster
The Axemaster is a melee expert who wields a greataxe to slash enemies in half.
This hero has an armor penetration stat that allows him to ignore enemy armor completely.
To elaborate more on the armor mechanics: if an enemy has the armor stat, any physical damage dealt to them is reduced by 30%. This means your archers or spearmen will deal less damage, which is represented by gray damage numbers in the game.
However, as the Axemaster has armor penetration, it will deal full damage to enemies wearing armor as orc elites or warlords.
As an Axemaster is a heavy hero unit, it also wears armor. This means any enemies will deal 30% less damage to him, making him great at soaking damage and being first in the fight.
Abilities
One of the first abilities is the Power Strike
This makes it a good single target dealing ability, which eviscerates the enemies.
The next ability is the Cleave
This is the only AOE ability you can pick. This makes the Axemaster more single target focused hero than the rest.
Another ability is the Charge
This makes sure you are the first in combat to wreak havoc in the middle of your enemies.
When you are low on health, there is a Bloodthirst
This can heal the Axemaster as long as he deals damage, making an aggressive play more rewarding.
The last ability is Harden
In case you want to make your Axemaster more “tanky”, you definitely want to pick this ability.
This concludes today's devblog. We hope that fans of heavy-hitting warrior-type heroes will not be disappointed.
See you in the next debvblog post, where we will go over the Archmage and his new abilities, not available in the current Demo.
Lukas and Martin from beyond the graveyards of Darfall.
