Axe of the Shredded

The Axe of the Shredded, commonly abbreviated as the AOTS, is a Axe that is unlocked at. It is the direct upgrade from the Reaper Falchion.

Usage
The Axe of the Shredded can be used as a melee weapon, as well as a ranged weapon. It deals damage to Zombies and shields from  of incoming Zombie damage when held. It heals when it hits a mob.

When its ability is used, it throws an axe forward in a similar trajectory to that of the Livid Dagger’s ability. For each tick the axe is within the enemy's hitbox, it deals of the damage it would do on a melee strike. The ability costs. Consecutive throws double both the damage multiplier and mana cost, up to a maximum of 4 times at damage and   cost; any throws after that have the same damage and mana cost. The axe projectile travels approximately 100 blocks before despawning.

Unlike other melee weapons that have melee abilities like the Livid Dagger, the axe's ability hits trigger Enchantments like, , , and  (pending for test: , ), apply the  healing on hit, trigger Pet abilities that usually only trigger with melee attacks like the Wither Skeleton Pet's  and the Phoenix Pet' s , and regenerate  within Dungeons. It also can activate upon hitting a mob if within 4 blocks.

The ability ignores invincibility frames, causing it to hit multiple times per target. This is noticeable on big mobs such as Ender Dragons, Magma Bosses, Sadan's Giants and Bals.

Essence Crafting
This item can be upgraded with Undead Essence. It requires to use within Dungeons once converted.

Trivia

 * It does not give despite its previous two tiers, the Revenant Falchion and the Reaper Falchion both giving.
 * When this item was first introduced, its ability would stack more than 16x even if the axe did not hit anything, allowing players to kill Necron and other high-health enemies instantly with enough.
 * When the thrown axe hits a mob, it is actually considered as a melee hit dealt by the player before the damage is affected by the ability’s damage multiplier. This means that sword swap works with this weapon’s ability.
 * This weapon and the Soul Whip are known to pair particularly well with any high damage and/or ferocity weapons, this includes: Valkyrie, Giant’s sword and Dark Claymore. This is because of a bug where their abilities stack with damage and ferocity from another weapon if swapped fast enough. This also allowed players to insta-kill Kuudra by use the Throw Ability. Now it was patched but a Voodoo Doll can do that instead.
 * This weapon paired with the mana steal enchant (replenishes 1% of your max mana per hit) can be quite powerful because of the Throw Ability ignoring invincibility frames, with enough or large enemies one can infinitely throw the weapon, this is especially useful for the terracotta phase on the floor 6 dungeon. Bonus tip, the Axe of the Shredded also has an ability to passively heal 50 health per hit. If one uses this strategy with any life steal enchant, can become extremely hard to kill. One can also combine the weapon with a sapphire gemstone scroll in an anvil to further reduce mana usage.
 * This weapon and the Soul Whip can be used to take The Wither Lords' aggro easily since it can damage them from a long range. This is needed to be used by tanks in Master Mode Catacombs - Floor VII.