The BEST Battle Axe Build in Grounded

The BEST Battle Axe Build in Grounded
this is my favorite build in grounded ever! been rocking this set ever since 1.3 came out and loved it ever since!
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[@CDiinky]

The NEW patch changed the battleaxes. The "Flake" Axes have Stamina Surge NOT the attack speed buff, The "Edge" Axes have the attack speed buff!

[@GR_14]

Mmmhmmm

[@samstark568]

Same, it looked so cool and was so fun from almost the beginning.

[@nachosteve901]

The sour battle axe was always op to me.

[@The_grimaldi2]

Tbf it was one of the coolest looking weapons in the game

[@aduckonquak2139]

Yk I was unironicly using it before either of its buffs, just bc I liked chopper mutation and two handed weapons, then it just happens to casually become the best weapon in the game

[@lizardskin111-of3pt]

Please make a crit bulid with the mantis scythe

[@cybermelon21]

You can kinda block the damage from the broodmother's scream by holding and blocking with a shield. However, this will still not stop the debuff or stun from happening. One more tip is to use spicy staff against broodmother spawns since most of them aren't infused, and it'll kill them fairly quickly.

[@CDiinky]

The debuff when perfect block got fixed in the last patch

[@WoodzyM9]

For brood mother I ways take a spicy staff cause it destroys all her spawns

[@pRiMeEmIrP911]

I just focus on broodmother

[@arti3179]

@@pRiMeEmIrP911 Focus on yourself bro

[@joesmith1689]

@@arti3179lol

[@literatemax]

I hope the devs don't see us having too much fun and decide to kill Chopper like they did Javelineer

[@theanxoiushero800]

I’ll never understand big nerfs to weapon mechanics in non pvp sandbox games

[@nuone_9636]

Dont you remember, they are the Nerf Kings

[@garymanasco9682]

I found a cone that adds Implant Weaknes: Fresh, Fresh damage up: Major, and Damage Resistance. Now it's the only cone I use with my Frosted Flake. Highly recommend trying to find something like that!

[@joashbergman5477]

I got a fresh damage up best, implant weakness fresh, aaaanndd summon thorns. The last one sucks.

[@zerochan2915]

make sure you check that is a real fresh weakness. because currently both sour and salt weakness display as fresh weakness.

[@joashbergman5477]

@@zerochan2915 I did not know that, but considering it can take out a ladybird on ng+2 in a single combo every time, I think it is truly a fresh weakness.

[@viporiox555]

imagine finale fury, implant weakness, and elemental damage up best

[@joashbergman5477]

Not sure if finale fury stacks with the axes. I was thinking boss damage or defense event.

[@DanDN_]

isnt it better to use broodmother chestplate and fire ant helmet for more defense?

[@maxbailey639]

Please tell me you found an answer to this I’m so confused why you wouldn’t run brood chest….

[@DanDN_]

@@maxbailey639 dont know, i just use brood chest and fire ant helmet

[@neverlng]

Yes, it is. Check the numbers: Defense Head & Lower Body: 10 Upper Body: 20 Resistance Head & Lower Body: 7.5% Upper Body: 15%

[@mbrackeva]

Of course, it's a nobrainer.

[@markmollybechtelheimer4947]

Would you swap stuff around to use termite armor instead of broodmother helmet against infected broodmother since she is immune to venom? Or is it more for the defense that u get?

[@SvenicusGermainus]

The dots don't look like they are doing hardly anything. I can barely see the bar moving at all when you aren't actively attacking. Makes me think only the corrosion is worth it. Edit: I would definitely rethink your armor setup, especially against the Infected Broodmother since her resistances make the dots useless.

[@Armchairtuna717]

I would say another way to make this build better is to get a trinket with implant weakness of whatever element your battle axe is (fresh is most common).

[@CDiinky]

Not too sure how the implant weakness works right now. Some say its bugged others said not so i decided not to add it in here

[@MrAsmoka]

Some fresh implant trinket are displayed fresh but are actually salt or sour. SO it requirees hard testing. That's why cdinky chosed to not use them.

[@Armchairtuna717]

@@CDiinky ah ok, thanks for the info. I did think it was odd because sometimes I absolutely shredded through certain enemies that we resistant to fresh, and enemies who were weak did not die as quick.

[@felixamin598]

@@Armchairtuna717 just a guess, but maybe it doesn’t add weakness to already weak bugs to the element, it just gives bugs who aren’t weak to the element the weakness

[@Monkeyfish000]

Do you have any good builds for non bosses... I have my base in the upper yard and it still takes a good fight to get id of some of the creatures

[@CDiinky]

All builds i create are also good for around the yard. I just use boss fights to show the damage

[@Monkeyfish000]

@@CDiinky cool thanks

[@KaveenKamjula]

What trinket could you use if you aren’t in ng+

[@Aidentoms2000]

Giddy goop

[@Zasiv]

For mutations, I personally put chopper, buff lungs, cardio fan, trapper peeper, and coup de grass. Constantly being able to swing with buff lungs is really good

[@viporiox555]

buff lungs isn’t really good once you get a lot of milk molars though

[@Gustavo-po9bd]

Buff lungs and cardio fan are horrible because chopper already gives you a buff that negates the exaustion time on phase 3, making you instantly regenerate your stamina, you can use damage reduction depending on the enemy or more damage increase

[@Khaizen10]

@@Gustavo-po9bdthat’s not what chopper does. Read the mutation description again.

[@Gustavo-po9bd]

@@Khaizen10 That's literally what it does, it's on the grounded wiki, Reddit, and mutation videos. Go test it on creative mode

[@Gustavo-po9bd]

@@Khaizen10 Grounded wiki "Chopper: Axe attacks lower the target's Busting, Chopping and Stabbing resistances for 2 seconds. (10%/15%/20%) Phase 3: Axe attacks give a 5-second buff that negates the exhaustion regeneration delay."

[@Thieverpedia]

I've always been curious. Why not broodmother chest and fire ant helmet for the same effects and max resistance?

[@Pokephat]

This looks cooler, that's the only reason

[@itzslopchaosz7108]

Are the maces stronger than the axes now?

[@Think_Luis]

The mint mace is still the best fresh weapon generally acid edge is the best sour weapon and a good spicy weapon is the blazing edge salty is either the broodmother club or the salt chipper

[@williammackinnon8815]

Can you make a how to get trinkets guid, I feel like in all your videos the trinkets are the big thing. I know you probably duped them before but I’m wondering what is a good way now through different NG+’s

[@That1Guy4Never]

Late to answer. The best way is the sausager with the t3 glowbasa necklaces. Unlock it by infecting all the ant queens asap. For science cones, farm t3 bugs, and if possible an easier boss like the Broodmother or Mantis. But Glowbasa necklaces are easier as you can load up a whole bunch at once and save scum until you get something good.

[@vrokar1]

What suggestions would you lay out when T4 is available since there are no T4 Great axes...only 1 handers

[@WoodzyM9]

Problem with this build its completely luck based. I have gotten extremely unlucky with my cones and the grind it takes to max out a weapon is crazy

[@TheBlakamon15]

That is the problem with most builds.

[@CDiinky]

All builds in NG are luck based im afraid

[@theanxoiushero800]

Hope they reduce the amount of RNG and silly grinding you have to do for an average build that doesn’t even hold up later into ng+ or on woah mode

[@maxgoldman2628]

Would the frosted flake also work well for the mantis/wasp queen since she’s not resistant to fresh? That would save lots of fusion crystals

[@SvenicusGermainus]

Yep. It works great against them.

[@YahnRomero]

Why not keep theBM helm for the poison venom and swap out the chest for termite armor and legs with fire ant? You add some giddy goop in a trinket and you have de buffs galore while doing really good damage.

[@Mortal_Slayerr]

🚨 Heads up 🚨 Flakes are the only axe that has stamina surge the edges have finale fury

[@SFL_Darth_Lawrence]

Does putting on more fire ant armor make corrosion stronger? And could you replace the leggings with Widow leggings since you have to crit to get bleed?

[@cryptic9l620]

You think there a difference of wearing fire red hat and broodmother body I been using that didn’t know if it was different from this?

[@CDiinky]

Mother demon chest gives more defence but style points!

[@Glue_Eater1]

Would there be a good substitute for the motherdemon mask? If I am just going for plain hit damage and crit chance

[@dmp426]

fire ant or the assassin, there’s no armor set that increases your crit damage if I’m not mistaken, but fire ant’s corrosion lowers the enemies attack damage (using chopper with an axe, goes hand in hand as it lowers the enemies defense). Assassin armor is good because of crit bleeds, only go bulky because you’re rarely going to get crit stuns.

[@MrAsmoka]

NIce build I would use the poison on chest though since it's heavy armor. Isn't better?

[@CDiinky]

It is but style points!

[@Khaizen10]

@@CDiinkyI see you’re also a man of culture

[@andMo]

so the bug trophies wiki page says that the head mounts give 25% bonus damage, and the status effects wiki page says that +creature damage gives 20% bonus damage. where did you get the +10% damage number from, is there a 3rd wiki page with a different number?

[@CDiinky]

I always remember it being +10% but could of changed

[@PENCIL191]

the broodmother scream is possible but it is really hard to parry it though

[@orochimaru7o226]

Where do you get the recipe for the boss sauce smoothie

[@alejandralara2066]

You need to scan wasp and mantis

[@SGustafsson]

If you want to get the Go big again and Super win trophies do you need to complete the bosses again in ng+? The bosses are needed for 100% but is that including defeating them again in ng+?

[@dmp426]

idk if someone answered you, but yes in order to 100% again or to go into NG+ 2 you need to beat the main bosses again

[@xbdgangster5219]

Try a trinket with samurai, finale fury and increased damaged with the sweet swords, coaltana, katanga, coldtana or any of the reskins

[@CaptnBootySeekr100]

Are there any other trinkets that give samurai or finale fury that aren’t in ng+?

[@Spirit_maker]

Yes I've been waiting for this vid

[@Arreponken]

What trinket do you use before ng+?

[@HuLmELo]

Thor trinket is easy to get and very good

[@orochimaru7o226]

Why do you use bulky on the fire ant and assassin armor is it better than using it down sleek? Currently ive been using the assassin's mask sleek chest of the mother deamon sleek and fire and leggings sleek with a lvl 9 sour ant lion great sword and its been tearing the yard up

[@CDiinky]

The sleek effect for fire ant does not work unless you use the full set, the sleek mantis crit stun is not needed as the stun on the battleaxe is already max

[@orochimaru7o226]

@@CDiinky does the + acid damage that you get from wearing an individual piece not work with sour damage or have I just been assuming wrong this whole time

[@CDiinky]

@@orochimaru7o226 +acid damage only works with the set bonus of fire ant gear.

[@papa7694]

Thank you for asking this. I’ve always wondered this as well.

[@krissiehunt319]

I feel like every one of these builds all include fire ant armor, broodmother armor, and mantis armor. (Not in a bad way)

[@edwardjensen501]

Bet you're happy now with the new patch that allowed the hedge broodmother's scream to be perfect blocked. I sure am.

[@CDiinky]

Yet you still get the de-buff…

[@Khaizen10]

@@CDiinkybut now you don’t get venom if it has that effect

[@habderrahmane]

i love battle axes but i would go full fire ant i think the set bonus and sleek bonuses are underrated and i dont really like damage over time and acid procs so often with how fast the battle axes are but thats just my opinion also broodmother is resistant to chopping by 25% not 50% and with chopper she is resistant to chopping by only 5%

[@CDiinky]

This is a good set but not needed too much imo, i prefer more extra effects and debuffs to the creatures

[@habderrahmane]

@@CDiinky its ok this build is very strong its just not my thing

[@orange1770]

Did you get the mantis trinket

[@juststrawberryjam467]

When can you start getting cones because I'm in Ng+ 1 and can't get any

[@CDiinky]

NG2 and higher has the best chance for cones

[@juststrawberryjam467]

@@CDiinky thx

[@benichsthepheonix4418]

You can get them from black ox in ng+ but it’s only a 5% chance

[@Pitviperrezkid]

Can you do a build for the Wallopeno

[@LtPurpleSloth1]

What mutations do you have with this build?

[@clayballenger8070]

Can you do more builds plz I love them

[@saucygamingyt]

What ng+ do you start getting cones

[@CDiinky]

Any NG but higher into it the higher the drop rates

[@Dracodanny]

I want this build looks fun I'm not in ngplus yet I'm kinda new

[@JonnyBgamer]

What, no mention for the biggest contributor to damage output of your gear set? That being the timesink and grind necessary to level your axe/axes. Picking the right ng to focus you weapon level grind is also important. NG2 minimum but better if you push to 3.

[@CDiinky]

Ofc if your underprepared this build will be much weaker

[@finnpugsley5662]

why go into higher ng+ to grind? surely thats when enemies get stronger

[@teynryn831]

Once you master parry games is easy….unless it’s broodmother 😱

[@finnpugsley5662]

@@teynryn831 yea but do you get more loot or smn? what is the benefit of grinding stronger bugs for the same loot?

[@steelmon1941]

​@@finnpugsley5662 by every ng+ you get an epic +1 infused ooze per infused insect + chance to find cones on more insects, yay! that is if you can kill the insects with infused sour orb / venom / fresh staff / spicy staff / explosive attack / cluster bomb / shockwave attack hoping it doesn't have all the effects at the same time while having extra health and damage per ng+

[@benichsthepheonix4418]

Is this build still working even with the latest patch to the damage?

[@CDiinky]

Not with the “flake” weapons only the “edge” versions

[@benichsthepheonix4418]

@@CDiinky okay sweet!

[@BowserBandito]

Grounded: Clubs are the best weapons by far New Game +: Are you sure about it that?

[@SFL_Darth_Lawrence]

They sorta are still, especially the infused club

[@BowserBandito]

Fair, but it’s more early and easier to get the battle axes

[@dawn__oblivion7958]

would the broodmother club be the best weapon in the new update now that it dropped today?

[@CDiinky]

Yes and no im not a huge fan of clubs so i wouldn’t recommend them

[@dawn__oblivion7958]

@@CDiinky what would you say is the best type of build now?

[@krissiehunt319]

Can you do a build for life steal? Something that doesn't need smoothies to heal. *cough cough* complience badge build *cough cough*

[@CDiinky]

Possibly…

[@Think_Luis]

I didnt know rhe hedge broodmother was infected

[@Think_Luis]

the*

[@chillax2451]

Whose gonna tell him spicy safety doesn’t work on the mantis?

[@stevejonesll1399]

🫤 shuuuww, I guess I will

[@RooMaStin]

I believe he put it in for all three fights. Not specific to the Mantis. If I am wrong, I do apologize.

[@CDiinky]

(I know)

[@stevejonesll1399]

@@CDiinky👈 he's him!!😁

[@minimidget0073]

For some reason my chopper mastery doesnt work

[@sneakygoliath2568]

Me running around with one weapon. The salty morning star. With a trinket containing starcrusher, salty damage up best, and implant weakness salt. Nothing resists my weapons damage so I have no need for any other weapon. Just obliterates everything and I use barbarian with it.

[@literatemax]

I think Starcrusher does nothing if you don't switch to a different weapon

[@sneakygoliath2568]

@@literatemax ever heard of generic damage that the Morningstar deals and 26 creatures are resistant too?

[@literatemax]

@@sneakygoliath2568 candy clubs deal candy damage instead of generic

[@sneakygoliath2568]

@@literatemax I’m sure it deals generic too cause orb weavers are resistant to generic and the second hit obliterates their health compared to the first.

[@Khaizen10]

@@sneakygoliath2568salt morning star does tiny damage. The axes are much better even after the nerf. If you used salty COTMD it would do much more damage.

[@sirtribby8490]

Can you make some 1.4 base game builds? I know NG+ is the hot thing rn but a lot of the builds you have are for 1.3 and idk if they're outdated or not. :( Us new PlayStation players need all the help we can get!

[@CDiinky]

No areas have changed so its all the same

[@sirtribby8490]

@@CDiinky Appreciate the info! Once they fix NG+ I’ll be excited to try these builds! Hopefully they revert the trinket change and just let us do the dupe re-rolls!

[@xSherix]

isn’t it better to get chest of the mother demon and the helmet of the fire ant? cause of the more % of resistance

[@boondaclatt]

Well it looks cooler and there should be a reason cause all pros use it

[@Khaizen10]

@@boondaclattthere isn’t but style points go brrhhhhh

[@samstark568]

I don't understand the insistence of so many people to use the broodmother mask. Poison doesn't scale so even by NG+1 poison barely affects the damage. I'd rather use fire ant helmet and termite chest plate or full widow.

[@TheBlakamon15]

Extra dot damage.

[@threespeak4461]

Did this get nerfed already?

[@CCBrawl69]

Is any of this modded?

[@aaronarzer5582]

Still playable?

[@ryze4k153]

All the screaming attacks are blockable

[@kingzeno276]

Can you do a AOE build

[@maxconner9040]

just spent almost 40 attempts on the IFBM, any tips anyone? And yes, i do have all of the items in the video.

[@CDiinky]

I have a 1 handed inf brood build if you want to check that out

[@katzolotl4262]

good day dear sire

[@purplemicrodot58]

The crucial aspect of these builds is the trinkets. Ultimately, Grounded success now mostly comes from RNG, not skill or accomplishment. Sucks.

[@Mikgamezz477]

Cdiinky how abt you collab with idea grean it would be great

[@CDiinky]

Amazing creator for sure! Possibly sometime in the future

[@Mikgamezz477]

@@CDiinky alright cant wait till you collab with her

[@felixamin598]

Boss damage is +10% no?

[@ifs-wolves9034]

30%

[@felixamin598]

@@ifs-wolves9034 is it? My bad I thought I remembered it as 10

[@ifs-wolves9034]

@@felixamin598 If you ever need a more detailed description of certain effects and what not then the Grounded Wiki is super helpful.

[@felixamin598]

@@ifs-wolves9034 yeah my bad I was looking at the individual boss damage like the +IBM trinket is 10%

[@ifs-wolves9034]

@@felixamin598 Yeah, no idea why they're even in the RNG pool. Quite possibly some of the most useless effects except maybe Black Widows but even then you can just get a trinket with a bunch of Sour roles and it'll out perform it. If it was 25% then I'd see them being more usable but this whole update needs some major balance changes so anything could change in time.

[@koltync7487]

this literally doesn’t work anymore i’ve been doing it for hours.

[@wesley_1234]

i tried to kill the ibm without lvl 10+ (using frosted flake) i regret losing 30 minutes of my life

[@CedricVandermeer-yz7ms]

My guy keeps saying infected broodmother because in his streams he fights it so much and the other bosses are kinda irrelevant

[@CDiinky]

Its stuck in my head!

[@BowserBandito]

fair

[@okso4187]

i ahte you

[@user-ug5tg7or5n]

W

[@allanmendoza4014]

Try New game plus 4, tell me a build for the IBM, then I'll take you seriously...

[@CDiinky]

Im in NG11 i know what im talking about, a build for her has been posted

[@alexanderfrsch]

9/11 minutes long...

[@elliottburrows7520]

First!

[@joshiscool9055]

You should make this the top comment, because funny

[@Clean-u8o]

is it just me or does it not work for the mantis? I have the excact stuff just on ng+ 1

[@2006goto]

How do you guys playing this game? I try to play and everytime I got raid (i didnt get out of the base in more than 3 days, because of building) and now I have red ant raid that are immortal and cant END THE RAID.

[@steelslide9601]

It's a game bug, turn off faction reactivity

[@ifs-wolves9034]

Save quitting will Cancel any active raid in progress and sometimes its required due to the immortal bugs.

[@ifs-wolves9034]

@@steelslide9601 Not everyone plays on custom difficulty so may not be a possibility.

[@steelslide9601]

@@ifs-wolves9034 idk what to tell them then

[@2006goto]

@@ifs-wolves9034 I did it at least 5x and all the times came invencible bugs... I temporarily fixed it by luring the bug to the water and making him surrender the raid (don't work with flying ones)

[@YahnRomero]

Why not keep theBM helm for the poison venom and swap out the chest for termite armor and legs with fire ant? You add some giddy goop in a trinket and you have de buffs galore while doing really good damage.

[@YahnRomero]

Why not keep theBM helm for the poison venom and swap out the chest for termite armor and legs with fire ant? You add some giddy goop in a trinket and you have de buffs galore while doing really good damage.

[@CDiinky]

Giddy goop and termite chestplate no longer stack in 1.4