Thick War 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 11 and 23; 7 of them carry fixed stats.

• Its 8.6 damage per second ranks 6th of 15 main hand axe items in this group; Guillotine Axe (item level 23, requires level 18) has the most, 15.0.
• Attack speeds among the 15 main hand axe items in this group run from 1.80 seconds (Gouging Pick) to 2.80 seconds (Brutish Riverpaw Axe); it swings every 2.50 seconds.
• +1 Strength ranks 2nd of 5 main hand axe items with Strength; Guillotine Axe (item level 23, requires level 18) has the most, +3.
• +1 Stamina ranks 2nd of 2 main hand axe items with Stamina; Flesh Carver (item level 23, requires level 18) has the most, +2.
• Guillotine Axe has the most fixed stat points in this group, 6 against 2 here.
• Next main hand axe items up with Strength: Orcish Cleaver (item level 21, requires level 16), Guillotine Axe (item level 23, requires level 18).
• Other weapon types for the main hand slot within 2 item levels of 17: one-handed mace (10): Gnoll Punisher, Petrified Shinbone, Wicked Blackjack; one-handed sword (4): Defias Rapier, Redridge Machete, Scimitar of Atun; fist weapon (1): Right-Handed Brass Knuckles.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Rodentia Flint Axe	11	6	6.0 (2.00s)	+1 Spirit	-
Stonesplinter Axe	13	8	6.8 (2.20s)	+1 Strength	-
Worn Hatchet	14	9	4.3 (2.10s)	none	-
Brutish Riverpaw Axe	15	10	7.9 (2.80s)	+1 Strength	-
Deadmines Cleaver	15	10	7.9 (2.60s)	+1 Spirit	-
Dwarven Hatchet	15	10	7.5 (2.00s)	none	-
Thick War Axe	17	12	8.6 (2.50s)	+1 Strength, +1 Stamina	-
Unbalanced Axe	19	14	5.6 (2.40s)	none	-
Orcish Cleaver	21	16	10.6 (1.80s)	+1 Strength	-
Gouging Pick	22	17	6.7 (1.80s)	none	-
Flesh Carver	23	18	11.5 (2.30s)	+2 Agility, +2 Stamina	-
Guillotine Axe	23	18	15.0 (2.70s)	+3 Strength, +3 Agility	-