Egyptian Battle Axe (Timeless)

The Egyptian Battle Axe is an uncommon small axe, found in Ancient Egypt. It is quite small for an axe but will deal more damage to armors and can stun ennemies with helmets

Appearance and origins
It is 55 centimeters long, with a long and curved wooden handle a small 13cm long bronze blade that is stitched before the handle ends. It is based on the eponymous weapon used by egyptian warriors at the beginning and the middle of the "New Kingdom", to help soldiers to fight against more heavily armored ennemies.

Attack patterns
The Egyptian Battle Axe is quite small, so it is quite fast to attack, but will require heavier strikes than other small weapons. Due to the fact that attacks are made by moving the axe downwards, clean cuts are impossible

Strategies
As one of the smallest axes of the game, it compensates greatly with its attack speed and its damage output, as well as its anti-armor properties. However, it still consumes a good amount of stamina and has a very limited range, making it less practical than other weapons like swords. In Ancient Egypt, its mainly problem is how limited it is ; there is very few armored zombies, and most of them can easily be fought with other weapons. It still retains a very good use against some enemies like Coneheads and Bucketheads, and even later fighters like Anubis Priests, with the Egyptian Battle Axe being the most efficient weapon against him. It still holds against Pharaoh Zombies, even if it can't stun them, and will generally still be efficient when fighting regular zombies. A quite good tactic can be to mix it with a Khepesh for crow control, or with an Dagger to finish off certain ennemies

Trivia

 * It is the first axe of the game
 * It took the place of the Epsilon Axe and the Duckbill Axe, which where both scrapped in developpement due to historical reasons