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A minor axe buff

Axes have less reach than swords and deal less damage, so they just can't keep up in a fight. Sword players are untouchable against axe players.

Of course swords should still be better, as they are intended to be more effective in combat. But the difference right now is too much.

Diamond Axe deals 14 DPS whereas Diamond Swords deal 18 DPS

I think increasing Axes damage +1 can help a little and won't make Axes stronger than swords.

With this change, Diamond Axes will deal 8 damage, which equals 16 DPS, still lower than the sword's, and reach will keep swords stronger.

This won't fix the underpowered Axe problem, but at least it's something. To fix this, the reach difference should be less, like 0.25 instead of 0.5, but I've already made a post about it.

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    Blast Burner commented
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    Cleaving basically fixes that problem with damage.

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    PureAwsome334 commented
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    I definitely agree that axes should be buffed! I think they should do 2 more damage, personally, and keep their reach. Well, actually, I'd prefer for diamond axes to deal 12 damage, but people seem to think that's insane.

    Blast Burner, a cleaving 3 netherite axe has a DPS of 24. A sharpness 5 netherite sword has a DPS of 30.

    The difference between a cleaving 3 axe and a sharpness 5 sword is actually more than that of a non-enchanted axe and a non-enchanted sword!

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    Zeffi Toto commented
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    Personally I just think they should have equal reach to a sword. I'm not a fan of the reach stat.

    Although I had thought about how it was silly that an axe has 50% more material than a sword to only have 1 extra point of damage and disable shields. If a diamond sword does 6 damage, a diamond axe doing 9 wouldn't be completely unreasonable, right? That's about what they do now, even.