Black Metal Axe

Our Classic Era item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 14 other main hand axe items between item level 17 and 30; 8 of them carry fixed stats.

• Its 12.4 damage per second ranks 6th of 15 main hand axe items in this group; Bearded Boneaxe (item level 30, requires level 25) has the most, 18.9.
• Attack speeds among the 15 main hand axe items in this group run from 1.70 seconds (Blurred Axe) to 2.90 seconds (Shadowhide Scalper); it swings every 2.10 seconds.
• +2 Strength ranks 4th of 6 main hand axe items with Strength; Bearded Boneaxe (item level 30, requires level 25) has the most, +4.
• +2 Stamina ranks 2nd of 4 main hand axe items with Stamina; Marauder Axe (item level 26, requires level 21) has the most, +4.
• Bearded Boneaxe has the most fixed stat points in this group, 8 against 4 here.
• Same stat line (Strength and Stamina): Thick War Axe.
• Next main hand axe items up with Strength: Bearded Boneaxe (item level 30, requires level 25).
• Other weapon types for the main hand slot within 2 item levels of 24: one-handed mace (11): Heavy Bronze Mace, Wicked Spiked Mace, Block Mallet; one-handed sword (9): Bluegill Kukri, Sword of the Night Sky, Black Metal Shortsword; fist weapon (1): Right-Handed Claw.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Orcish Cleaver	21	16	10.6 (1.80s)	+1 Strength	-
Gouging Pick	22	17	6.7 (1.80s)	none	-
Bronze Axe	23	18	10.5 (2.10s)	none	-
Flesh Carver	23	18	11.5 (2.30s)	+2 Agility, +2 Stamina	-
Forester's Axe	23	18	11.6 (2.50s)	none	-
Guillotine Axe	23	18	15.0 (2.70s)	+3 Strength, +3 Agility	-
Black Metal Axe	24	19	12.4 (2.10s)	+2 Strength, +2 Stamina	-
Shadowhide Scalper	24	19	12.4 (2.90s)	+3 Strength	-
Ridge Cleaver	25	20	12.7 (2.20s)	none	-
Marauder Axe	26	21	13.2 (2.00s)	+4 Stamina	-
Blurred Axe	27	22	13.8 (1.70s)	+4 Agility	-
Meat Cleaver	27	22	8.3 (2.40s)	none	-