Axes (Dark Souls III)

Axes are a recurring weapon type that has been present in both previous Dark Souls games. The two most common are the Battle Axe and the Hand Axe. Axes are known for their fairly balanced scaling in both dexterity and Strength, although larger Axes and Great Axes have much better strength scaling than dexterity scaling. Their movesets primarily consist of horizontal slashes when one-handed and verticle slashes when two-handed.