Cyclone Axe

Spin around and attack all nearby foes, applying vulnerability each hit. Gain fury for each foe hit. — In-game description

Cyclone Axe

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand axe

Game link

API

14421

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0.5½  

6

8

 

Cyclone Axe

Spin around and attack all nearby foes, applying vulnerability each hit. Gain fury for each foe hit.

 Damage (2x): 646 (1.76)^?

 Damage (2x): 550 (1.5)^?

 Fury (2s): +25% Critical Chance

 Fury (2s): +20% Critical Chance

₃ Vulnerability (8s): +3% Incoming Damage, +3% Incoming Condition Damage

 Vulnerability (6s): +1% Incoming Damage, +1% Incoming Condition Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Combo Finisher: Whirl

 Range: 130

— In-game description

Related traits

Arms

• Furious Burst — Gain fury when you swap weapons. Fury gives an increased critical chance.
• Deep Strikes — Gain condition damage when you have fury. You have increased chance to critically strike against bleeding foes.

Tactics

• Empowered — Deal increased strike damage for every boon on you.

Discipline

• Axe Mastery — Gain ferocity. Gain additional ferocity when wielding an axe. Axe skills gain reduced recharge and grant adrenaline when critically striking.

Notes

• This skill is a point blank area of effect attack; it can affect up to five foes.
• The Fury granted by the skill stacks per hit, giving this skill near constant uptime of the boon against a single foe.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 28, 2022	Fury: Critical chance bonus increased from 20% to 25% in PvE only.
July 07, 2020	Increased power coefficient per strike from 0.66 to 0.75 in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.88 to 0.66. Reduced fury duration per hit from 2 seconds to 1 seconds. Adjusted vulnerability per hit from 3 stacks for 8 seconds to 1 stack for 6 seconds. Increased cooldown from 6 seconds to 8 seconds.
November 07, 2017	The physical damage of this skill has been increased by 33%.
May 16, 2017	Now grants 2 seconds of fury per hit in addition to its previous effects. Increased vulnerability applied per hit from 2 to 3 stacks. Updated skill fact to show vulnerability applied per hit rather than total vulnerability for both hits.
July 26, 2016	The damage of this skill has been increased by 20%.
January 26, 2016	This skill's damage has been increased by 57%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Cyclone Axe has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.