Proper weapon construction in New World could be the difference between life and death in the forest of Aeternum.
One melee weapon that has been in widespread use since the full release of New World is the Ax. The ax may be small, but it has proven to be quite powerful with high DPS and durability.
The ax is an exceptional weapon for beginners. players in the New World. If you're just starting out, grab the Ax and use the best build for PVE and PVP situations.
Berserk, Feral Rush, etc., some of the best build in New World for Hatchet
The Hatchet is beginner friendly, and its best build is strong for DPS and PVP melee PVE battles. It focuses on Helpful Skills of the three skills of the Berserker tree.
Leveling up with this New World build is straightforward and will see you using Berserk, Feral Rush, and Raging Torrent. Along with that, there will be some abilities drawn from the Throwing Tree.
Maddened
Berserk will be the first skill acquired. While active, he will receive a 20% damage increase. Lasts 12 seconds or until the ax is changed. It comes with an 18 second cooldown.
The skills acquired with the Berserk line are:
- In search: Grants 20% haste while Berserk is active.
- Refresh Berserking: Heals for 10% of your maximum health every four seconds while Berserk is active.
- Raging purge: This ability removes crowd control effects when activating Berserk.
- Uninterrupted berserk: Grants immunity to staggers and ensures attacks are not interrupted while Berserk is active.
Wild fever
Feral Rush is an ability that sends you leaping forward up to 5 meters with a two-hit attack. The former deals 115% weapon damage, while the latter deals 130%. It has a 12 second cooldown.
Only one additional skill will come from the Feral Rush tree:
Shipment: Increases Feral Rush damage by 20% against targets below 30% health.
Raging torrent
Raging Torrent cuts through four quick attacks that deal 90% weapon damage with each hit. It has a 15 second cooldown, making it one of the lowest cooldowns for the Ax in The new World.
There are two abilities obtained from Raging Torrent:
- Aggressive approach: Grants 20% haste for six seconds when Raging Torrent makes contact with an enemy.
- Final strike: Adds a finishing blow to the end of Raging Torrent. This is used by pressing the Light Attack button at the end and deals 120% weapon damage.
Passives
There are quite a few passive abilities from the Berserker tree and the throwing tree for the best Ax building in the New World. These passive abilities can be added to trees whenever you see fit:
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- Boot and Rally (Throwing Tree): Restores 10 Stamina when launching light attacks or marksmanship on an enemy with an active debuff.
- Critical Throw (Thrown Tree): Allows you to throw axes to activate headshots and critical hits while increasing the critical strike chance by 5%.
- Raging strikes: Increases the damage of light and heavy attacks by 20% against enemies below 30% health.
- Against all odds: Increases damage by 10% for each enemy within 5 meters.
- Accumulated power: Grants Empowerment, increasing damage on the next three successful light attacks by 30%. Lasts three seconds or ends when attacks have been made.
- Unrelenting fury: Grants Empowerment, increasing damage on successful Heavy Attacks by 30%. Lasts three seconds or after four attacks.
- Fortifying Strikes: Grants Fortify, reducing damage taken by 15% after making three light attacks. It lasts three seconds.
- Desperate update: Reduces cooldowns by 2% for each successful attack with less than 30% health.
- Defy death: Avoid fatal damage, stay low, and have three seconds of invulnerability. It has a 75 second cooldown.
This New World Hatchet build is extremely powerful when all passive abilities are added to the skill tree. Focus on them and you will be a nightmare for the enemies.
