Dominions 3: The Awakening/Items/Axes

Axes have higher damage than Swords but they have penalty to Attack and Defence, making them imprecise, hard to defend with and somewhat unpopular among players. Pick Axe is a rarer variant of axe and it has horrible attack and defence penalties but high damage.

Battleaxe
Battleaxe is a well-rounded two hand axe with high damage and good length. Unlike other Axes it doesn't get any penalties.