Millwood Battle Axe | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

I went sl 60 +6 with this on heavy. Ethereal Oak Shield, Replenisment, Sun Princess Ring and Blessed Weapon/Resins for bosses I don't use the WA. If you delay the R1 slightly (bare connection) after the Weapon Art that R1 acts as a rollcatch.
26 str/40 faith on lightning infusion is strong.

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The weapon art of this thing is so funny looking (our character seems like he's holding it in and needs to go to the bathroom as soon as possible)

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If you cancel the warcry animation just after the jump (mostly by falling from high enough to stagger), you get the attack buff, using 0 FP and skipping the cry animation.

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was this nerfed?

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this weapon's warcry is free win for almost every npc fights in the game.

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when you make it poison does it do frost build up or poison because it's showing frost.

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Used to think axes were trash. Then I learned this is the best weapon to use against Deacons on an SLvL 1 run. 2H R1 gives you enough damage and crowd control to do the job.

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On a 30/30 str/fth build i recommend this bad boi with lightning.
I mean, it has 420 ar (at +6 with 16 dex) with the best dmging type in the game + the rush wa

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After hours of using it, I noticed it's "Millwood" not "Milkwood"...

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This axe beats the dragonslayer axe with every infusion except blessed, is easy to obtain and does require just 10/10 when twohanding. Incredibly versatile weapon.

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give this weapon class some ****ing hyper armour

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This weapon feels like someone accidentally missed a number while making it and added greataxe damage numbers to it.
Absolutely bonkers damage and you can get it after just 2 bosses. Just slap some heavy/sharp infusion on this bad boy and you're golden.

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F*****g amazing

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Valhalla awaits.

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Fun fact: Did you know that this weapon's weapon art will still activate even without FP? I'm not exactly sure how important this will be in the long run, but I figured that it couldn't hurt to at least mention it.

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Warcry of this weapon is fantastic in pvp. You would think that charge with pretty obvious tell can be easily avoided but you would be wrong. After many invasions and duels I noticed that people were able to dodge it only about 25% of the time. You move deceptively fast and with a slight tracking. Stun effect basically gives you 2 free hits, and if victim panics and rolls back you can repeat it. Especially good on casters who think that they outspaced you. Also this weapon has unassuming look and it might easly be confused with other axe giving you ability to surprise your opponent.
Article about "Warcry" in this wiki says that this version of WA can be parried. Maybe. I have NEVER seen anyone even TRY to parry this, Even parry spam metamancers. So I think its pretty safe, only real danger are backstab fishers.

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Am I dumb for using it on a 40/60 (actually a 2handing 27/57) build? It's not my main weapon ususally and I know it screams "LEVEL UP UR STRENKT" but it's fun to use and when Refined, 2 handed and with the warcry buff it gets 555 AR

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This is probably the best single axe in the game. You can get it relatively early too. You have to beat Vordt and the Crystal Sage. After that you just run the road of sacrifices to the Chapel. Talk to Gael and enter the Painted world. Then just rush the Watchtower to grab the Captain's Ashes.

Why? I think that this weapon may be the best DPS strength weapon in the game. At +10 Heavy infused, with 66 strength, and it's weapon art active, you have a whopping 596 AR. This thing has more raw damage than most greatswords and swings considerably faster. Really great for just obliterating bosses.

The WingedKnight Twinaxes do have better DPS, by a tiny margin. But they are only acquirable much later in the game: you can get this axe after 2 bosses. The TwinAxes on the other hand, can only be gotten in Lothric castle. Which if you beat all bosses as they become available, is 2 bosses (Lothric/Lorian and Soul of Cinder) before the end of the base game.

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make your character blue and use this things wa to cosplay as thomas the tank engine running over passengers (:

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I'm having huge success with the crystal infusion on a str/int build... this is one of my fav weapons

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Nothing like bashing host to cliffs with your rock-solid face.

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Only dumb fat Casuls would use such a trash weapon!
PKCS is so much better!
Real Pros and skilled players only ever use PKCS, the best weapon gaming history!

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Not bad for STR build and for viking cosplays.

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I can't use this weapon seriously cause I keep spamming the funny run WA. I don't even follow it up with a r1. Just another funny run. I made a person DC cause I kept WA running into him for almost a full minute.

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Like Odin, mead is my lifeblood...

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My Dex build gets a higher AR with this then my Str. You have to sharp infuse it obviously, which gives it A dex scaling but still having E str. It's kinda cool they made it an amazing weapon for str, dex, and quality builds. I don't see this in PvP very often, I know a lot of people dislike the the WA in PvP because it cancels out resins and spell buffs, and I get that, but it seems to handle the casual invader just fine. This is my go to pure physical damage weapon, and you can get it so early and stays viable (at least in PvE) in every situation know matter what new game plus you are playing. Unless you are a intel or faith build, I HIGHLY recommend checking this weapon out.

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For Midir.

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prob best sl1 non-split damage weapon that doesn't require a ring to 2-hand

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WA: Rushing to bathroom.

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10 Dexterity? I hate you Miyazaki!

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Love this weapon.

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its a trick get an axe

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Dragomslayer's Axe says hi! Both insanely good weapons.

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Is this a good weapon to be infused with heavy for a 60+ strength build?

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Damn this is a highly underrated weapon. For strength builds that want high DPS, not sure if you could find a better choice. Heavy gem, and just blare away.

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This weapon was created to slay Friede.

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“ Mom Ryan killed me with an iron axe in Minecraft!!! -cries- “

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Quite a special weapon to me as I had a strength invasion build in 2017 which had 15 maxed out weapons yet I reached 99 in all of the covenants (over months) while using this axe at least 90% of the entire time

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This thing heavy +10 55 strength holy*****e it carved through everything

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I used it's weapon art immediately after finding it and my character walked off the plank and died :(

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When I saw warcry as WA I thought, typical battle axe, yeah, I was wrong, this is some of the most useful WA in the game. You can even use it to close the distance just like you would a dagger after you fp is fully drained. After discovering how good this weapon is, I no longer rock heavy weapons in PvE. I can't see the point, this things dps and only weighing 6.5 units makes possibly the most damaging pure physical weapon in the game. One thing that really surprised me is that with a sharp gem on my dex build, this is still a very viable option. I'm only at 30 dex and the weapon is only +8 and I have B dex scaling while still having a little bit of strength. Very good all out weapon that I never see people using in PvP for some reason, but I have consistently good results. I feel as though this weapon has been overlooked by a lot of people.

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Location is incorrect. That is where you find the Millwood Shield. You buy the Battle Axe with the Captain's Ashes.

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Seriously good strength weapon, does nearly claymore dmg while swinging way faster. Great in PVE when you have boss trouble with a larger weapon like a GH, and it hits like a chaos-infused-truck in PVP

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Correction. You don't actually get the full effect of the weapon art at zero FP. Your character will do the sprint, and the axe will glow red like it's buffed, but your AR will remain the same. You have to have some FP left for the buff and R2 attack you get with the buff. However, this is rarely a problem as you normally only buff for hard enemies and bosses, or when you are playing PvP. Best weapon in the game.

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*mashing L2* no, host. you don't get to breathe

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In my opinion this is the first weapon you should upgrade to +10. This is for any character build, this axe is seriously that good. I still get by fine at NG+4 with the refined version of this weapon. It's weapon art is insanely useful. Even though it consumes FP like nearly all other Weapon Arts, this will still work completely normally at 0 FP. The stamina free quick sprint that can stunt enemies and the natural damage buff given by the weapon art is extremely useful in both PvE and I've had a lot of success using this weapon in PvP as well, including the insane SL351+ fights. The unnaturally fast swings of this powerful axe is responsible for massive DPS. This has been displayed in a number of videos online. So if you are new to the game or just the DLC, at a requirement of 15 str, and 10 dex, it is completely worth putting in a few points in order to get this unique weapon that I believe to be somewhat under rated. In terms of just PvE, this is simply the best weapon in DS 3 IMO.

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BOSS KILLER !!! actually I killed nameless king with it along those Demon Prince (& two other before that), perfect for close battles, fast and strong AF. if I don't use my main weapon Bastard Sword then I definitely use this one. trust me, Heavy build along with high Strength is the BOSS KILLER in this game, I Love It AF !!

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Love this on a pyro build. The weapon art works wonders with racing your own black serpent towards an enemy. Not sure if my opponents were unskilled or panicking, but it seems to me that if black serpent hits, then the weapon art, you can still combo into a single R1 withouth fear of a parry.

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Jiggaboos

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I love this axe so much. I was blown away just how damn useful it was against Sister Friede, with the WA immediately knocking her out of any of her combos (even in Phase 3) and closing the distance after she anime-jumps away. The damage is excellent in heavy infusion too.

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Is this decent with pyro/dark build?

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No the great knight bazuso also known as the 30 man slayer

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It says that the skill is warcry. but when i equip it switch to 2handed the skil is similar to the milwood knights that runs then slam off the enemy

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The design and engravings are inspired by Indo-Persian axes.

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You can get it very early on, as soon as you have access to the painted world, just run past the enemies including the big wolf and the knights and get up that tower. Absolutely worth the effort heavy infused for a strength build, especially with a shield, very strong and fast attacks that don't cost much stamina. Charged strong attacks after WA have a charge which can be occasionally useful I guess. WA helps in swamps, too. Grab the greatbow and the ash as well while you're there in case you ever need to kill something from afar.

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Very good one hand weapon.. good combination of damage speed range stamina consumption and interesting variation of warcry.. I use a heavy +10 at 50 strength and it works for me fine all the time... Probably the best 1 hand axe for strength builds

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compared to the claymore it has the same attack speed but lower stamina use, attribute requirements and weight, range seems to be about the same, its very hard to get tho