Axe Mastery

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Amazon Assassin Barbarian Druid Necro Paladin Sorceress Barbarian Skill Levels Combat Skills Combat Masteries Warcries 1 2 Sword Mastery (LoD) / Blade Mastery (D2R) Axe Mastery 3 4 Mace Mastery Pole Mastery 5 6 Throw Mastery Spear Mastery 7 8 Stamina Iron Skin 9 10 Increased Speed Natural Resistance

Type Offensive passive Tier 1 Required level 1 Required skills None Requirements Axe class weapon Left button No In town No Mana cost None Attack no mana No Weapon damage No Synergy skills None

Level01 6 12 18 24 30

Barbarian warriors of the Shadow Wolf Tribe are masters of the axe. Through the axe, they sought to match the swiping claws and the biting teeth of the wolves with which they lived and fought beside. These first axes were but crude stones mounted on wooden hafts, and after learning the secret of steel and swords from Bul-Kathos, the axe soon fell into disfavor. Recently, however, warriors and smiths from the Steppes have perfected the axe as a weapon equal to or greater than the sword. The Wolf Tribe once again teaches the swift and terrible power of the axe to those who wish to learn how to cull the weak from the herd and to protect their pack from the legions of Hell.

Detail

Stat	Value
+% Attack Rating	20 + (8*slvl)
+% Damage	23 + (5*slvl)
% Chance of critical strike	min( [35 * [ (110*slvl) / (slvl+6)] / 100] , 35)

• When equipping an axe class weapon, enhances attack damage and attack rating with chance of critical strike doubling physical attack damage. Since conversion of physical damage to another damage type occurs after it is applied, it can also double the converted damage of Berserk (both the skill itself and its synergy bonus to Concentrate and Frenzy).
• Overlay normally displayed when successful may be obscured by others (which gave rise to the myth that poison damage prevents it from being applied).

Target overlay when critical damage is applied.

• Mastery critical strike does not apply when using Sacrifice charges.
• Only applies to throwing axes when used with melee attacks; Throwing Mastery applies when thrown.
• Mastery critical strike is mutually exclusive with Critical Strike and Deadly Strike: if one is successful then the others aren't applied. Combined % chance of double physical attack damage is as follows:

Two sources	100 - ( (100-CS) * (100-MCS) / 100)
	100 - ( (100-DS) * (100-MCS) / 100)
Three sources	100 - ( (100-CS) * (100-DS) * (100-MCS) / 10000) [1]

Source

Skill bonus

• +(1-3) Axe Mastery (Barbarian Only) can spawn on ilvl <25 primal helms.

Levels 1-60

Stat	Level
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
+% Attack Rating	28	36	44	52	60	68	76	84	92	100
+% Damage	28	33	38	43	48	53	58	63	68	73
% Chance of critical strike	5	9	12	15	17	19	20	21	23	23

Stat	Level
	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
+% Attack Rating	108	116	124	132	140	148	156	164	172	180
+% Damage	78	83	88	93	98	103	108	113	118	123
% Chance of critical strike	24	25	26	26	27	28	28	28	29	29

Stat	Level
	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
+% Attack Rating	188	196	204	212	220	228	236	244	252	260
+% Damage	128	133	138	143	148	153	158	163	168	173
% Chance of critical strike	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31

Stat	Level
	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
+% Attack Rating	268	276	284	292	300	308	316	324	332	340
+% Damage	178	183	188	193	198	203	208	213	218	223
% Chance of critical strike	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33

Stat	Level
	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
+% Attack Rating	348	356	364	372	380	388	396	404	412	420
+% Damage	228	233	238	243	248	253	258	263	268	273
% Chance of critical strike	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34

Stat	Level
	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
+% Attack Rating	428	436	444	452	460	468	476	484	492	500
+% Damage	278	283	288	293	298	303	308	313	318	323
% Chance of critical strike	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35

Reference

• Combat Masteries (Arreat Summit)
• Question about "Critical Strike" on Insight (Technical Discussion)