Axe

Axe is a weapon in Vampire Survivors. It is the starting weapon of Lama Ladonna. It is unlocked by default, and can be offered to the player from the start.
Axe can be evolved into Death Spiral with Candelabrador.
==Effects==
Axe throws axes above the player, which arc downward seemingly affected by gravity.
The first axe is thrown directly above the character and subsequent axes from Amount are thrown in quick succession towards the direction the player is facing in progressively wider arcs. Projectile Speed determines how far up the axes can be thrown before they start falling. Each axe can initially hit up to three enemies before dissipating.
Axe scales with the character's Area stat multiplied by 1.3.
===Arcanas===
Selecting Slash (XVI) Arcana allows Axe to critical hit. Axe's critical hits deal 4x damage and have 30% chance to occur. This chance is affected by Luck.
Iron Blue Will (VII) allows the axes to bounce off enemies up to three times and temporarily have infinite Pierce. Whenever an axe bounces off an enemy, it gains upwards momentum like it is being thrown again, but in the opposite direction in the horizontal axis.
==Levels==
Axe has 8 levels. At max level, Axe has +60 Base Damage, +2 Amount, and +4 Pierce.
Level 1	"High damage, high Area scaling."
Level 2	Fires 1 more projectile.
Level 3	Base Damage up by 20.
Level 4	Passes through 2 more enemies.
Level 5	Fires 1 more projectile.
Level 6	Base Damage up by 20.
Level 7	Passes through 2 more enemies.
Level 8	Base Damage up by 20.
===Limit Break===
With Limit Break, Axe can be further leveled up.
Description 	Rarity	Max Total
Might +1%Base Damage +0.5	10 	-
Area +2.5% 	10 	1000%
Speed +5% 	10 	300%
Amount +1 	1 	20
Pierce +1 	5 	10
==Combos==
===Stats and passive items===
===Arcanas===
==Tips==
*The axes will have longer arcs when paired with Projectile Speed bonuses, allowing them to hit enemies farther above you. Very low Speed may cause the axes to simply drop.
*Axe benefit greatly from Area bonuses as they are big already and even has a bonus multiplier. The bigger they are, the more likely they will hit enemies and use up all their pierce. Luckily, Candelabrador is what evolves the Axe anyway.
*Axe can deal critical damage after Slash (XVI) is picked. The more Luck you have, the more likely you are to deal critical hits. Luck can be increased with Clover, Little Clovers, or the Luck PowerUp.
*A good strategy to focus damage with the axes is to get right below a crowd, and let the axes fly up into it. Especially combined the already high base damage with piercing, Amount bonuses and upward bounces from Iron Blue Will, you can deal hundreds of concentrated damage all at once.
==Trivia==
*This weapon is inspired by the axe sub-weapon from the Castlevania series. The weapon is thrown up and arcs downward similarly to how the sub-weapon function.