Axel Stone

**Axel Stone** is the protagonist in the *Streets of Rage* series.

* Mike Haggar VS Axel Stone

## History

* **Profession:** Police Officer (Bare Knuckle III), Dojo Instructor (Streets of Rage 3)
* **Fighting Style:** A mixture of boxing, karate, kickboxing and street fighting moves

### Equipment

* Baseball Bat
* Grenade
* Knife
* Kusannagi
* Plank
* Steel Pipe
* Radio: Axal Stone can use this to call forth a police car, as the officer will fire with either rocket launcher or a minigun.

### Signature Moves

* **Grand Upper:** Axel pulls off a (strong) sliding uppercut into the enemy.
* **Dragon Smash:** Axel pulls off a quick barrage of punches followed by an uppercut.
* **Dragon Wing:** Axel swings his fist in a circular motion, knocking down surrounding enemies.
* **Grand Hook:** One of Axel's upgraded moves, is essentially a Grand Upper into a 360 degree Dragon Wing. Can be finished off with an uppercut.

### Feats & Stats

* His Dragon Wing move is about 2.3 gigajoules strong with an attack speed of Mach 23, equaling that of 9,163 grenades (Strength)
* Can cause a bulldozer to stop while it moves at full speed after striking it's blade with his fists even just once, save for the fact he wasn't able to deal damage to its blade, the bulldozer in question is strikingly similar to a Caterpillar D9H Crawler Tractor as it weighs around 42.7 tons while operational and moves at a speed of 6.7 mph (Strength)
* Can destroy a phone booth as seen in the first Streets of Rage game with just one hit of his fist (Strength)
* Can destroy an arcade with just one punch of a fist, what a waste of a good game! (Strength)
* Can destroy a gold statue with just one punch of a fist (Strength)
* Can eventually destroy a thick lair of stone wall after striking it at least nine times, it should be pointed out that the stone wall doesn't have any cracks in order for Axel to destroy said wall (Strength)
* Can lift and throw people more than twice his body weight and even robots with ease (Strength)
* Can stop and knock back up to four people with punches and kicks (Striking Strength)
* Can tear through oil drums like paper with just one punch, no ki focus needed (Strength)
* Can bust a metal prison door with a few hits (Strength)
* Fought his robot doppelganger, who has the same exact amount of power on his techniques similar as real Axel's (Strength)
* Can keep up with ninjas who are capable of leaving out afterimages, but only do so on occasion (Speed)
* Can keep up with a well trained combatant with a jet pack as a jet pack in real life is known to go as fast as 186 miles an hour (Speed)
* Can jump kick a person off a motorcycle (Speed)
* Can dodge bullets from Mr. X's Thompson Model 1921 tommy gun (Speed)
* Can dodge some kind of laser beams from robots (Speed)
* Can withstand the lash of a chain whip (Durability)
* Can withstand the constant firing of the Thompson Model 1921 with Type C 100-round drum magazine fired by Mr. X (Durability)
* Can withstand falling down from a rope trap that will pull him up and drop him down (Durability)
* Can withstand getting run over by a mini-train like car (Durability)
* Can withstand getting sliced by a katana and still remain in one piece (Durability)
* Can withstand the direct impact of a micro-missile and still get back up as he remains in one piece (Durability)
* Can withstand the impact of a morning star swung by a robot (Durability)
* Can withstand the incoming impact of a motorcycle (Durability)
* Can withstand the steel presser that can otherwise kill a person in one hit (Durability)
* Can take hits from Max Thunder, who survived a NYPD helicopter napalm in Sonic the Comic (Durability)
* Can survive a bomb explosion that destroyed a cruise ship (Durability; Sonic the Comic)

### Skills & Experiences

* Dealt with foes who are capable of blocking, while only taking little damage (Skill)
* Defeated dozens of fighters through an entire night of fights without breaking a sweat (Skill)
* Fought against an alien named . . . Vehelits (Skill)
* Fought against the Syndicate with the aid of his friends a total of three times (Skill)
* Fought against the Yamatos, who are capable of using magical illusions where they can even split themselves to attack and can even run at supernatural speeds (Skill)
* Managed to destroy Robot Y before the bombs went off in the City it had control of every single of them planted around (Skill)

### Resistances & Immunities

* Can withstand the electrical shock of Electra's whip (Resistance)

### Faults & Weaknesses

* Can only hold one weapon at a given moment (Fault)
* Any weapon he holds will only last for a couple of strikes until its rendered unusable (Fault)

## Videos

Streets of Rage I - No Cheat - No Death - Hardest Mode - By Biochemical.Streets Of Rage 2 Walkthrough - Full Playthrough - AXELStreets of Rage 3 (Sega Mega Drive Genesis) - (Longplay - Axel Stone Hard Difficulty)Bare Knuckle 3 - Very Hard Playthrough As AxelProject X Zone 2 - Axel Stone Unique Pre Battle DialogStreets of Rage 4 - Reveal Trailer
## Gallery

Axal Stone as he appears on the Bare Knuckle Sega Mega Drive Front Box Cover Art
## Trivia

* During the development of Streets of Rage, his original name was Hawk.
* Contrary to many beliefs, Axel says "Grand Upper!" when you execute his >,>,B move in both Streets of Rage 2 and Bare Knuckle III.
* In Streets of Rage 3, perhaps as a homage/in-joke, this was changed to "Bare Knuckle!"
* Axel and Zan are the only character named in-game by Mr. X.
* His yellow/black look in Streets of Rage 3 (changed for "gender neutrality") is most likely a homage to Adam Hunter's attire.
* Is shown sparring with Adam during the ending of Streets of Rage 3/Bare Knuckle III.
* In the Bare Knuckle II beta, Axel's specials are quite different. His Grand Upper was an uppercut, similar to a Tiger Uppercut from Street Fighter, and his Dragon Wing was replaced with a Hurricane Kick, similar to Ryu or Ken's.
* Depending on the game, Axel's shoe tongue is either outside the pant, or inside (Streets of Rage 2).
* Shiva seems to have a personal vendetta towards Axel (shown in White House/City Hall ending).
* In Project X Zone 2, Axel appears as a playable Solo Unit and attacks with many brawling skills, including his Dragon Smash and Dragon Wing.