Talk:Bladed Aatxe

Pronunciation
According to this Basque text-to-speech converter, "Aatxe" is pronouced "ah-chee". -- M47715c00l 20:51, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * That has to be one of the least phonetic words I've seen. -- Hercanic 00:41, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Interesting. Arduinna  [[Image:User_Arduinna_Companionship.jpg|15px|talk]] 11:48, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that thing says Aegis wrong... Not going to trust it -.- - FireFox [[Image:User_FireFox_av.png]] 19:20, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It says things in the Basque pronunciation. Aegis is ancient Greek. There WILL be some differences. KrelusDerian 01:43, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * That, and Basque itself is a bizzare language, if you look on a language tree it is an anomoly, cant very well be placed next to any language --Xenktray 21:29, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * From Wikipedia: "Aatxe is an evil spirit in the folk mythology of the Basque people. His name is literally translated as "Young Bull", and he is sometimes known as Etsai."
 * Maybe it'pronounced like "Etsai". Looks reasonable: A->E, X->KS, E->AI, EEKSAI, Eetsai? Etsai? Meh, im gonna keep it calling "atkse" xD AlicanC 18:26, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It is prononuced aa-che in Basque.--AtzaMan 10:51, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I think everybody in Spain calls them "aache", because is well known here that tx in basque is exactly the same phonema than ch in spanish/english. It's like seeing written welsh: if you don't know that w and y are vowels, it looks impossible to pronounce :) But it's a fantasy creature, I'm sure we are free to pronounce it the way we like most. -- Zarza 10:29, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * "Ah-chay" is the approximate pronunciation, but I think most GW players are dyslexic, considering how often I hear it pronounced "attacks," or even worse, "a taxi." –Jette 11:43, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I used that to pronounce Aegis in English, and it was correct. It pronounced Aatxe as aahtks in English, but that is hardly the point.  xD  99.91.30.115 02:48, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I just pronounce it At+Axe :D 94.3.83.193 19:45, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Speed?
Anyone know how fast they 'run?' They have to have at least 15% speed boost because they always manage to keep up with me. - Anon --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:65.8.119.45 (talk).

They run a lil faster then normal people, but with a 25 or 33 speed boost you outrun them easely, and they de-aggro within seconds -- Close Impact --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:84.192.144.207 (talk).

All this trapping...
I've seen many people (and now here) say that trapping Aatxes and blinding them is a good way to kill them. But traps wear out and have poor recharge times and do weak dmg. Ninjas In The Sky 08:49, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I think this is what you are looking for: OgUTYnLj5ZJoESOIHiryZ7odAA. with the spirits, enough energy, and the right stats, you can lay down enough traps to take a bunch of aatxes or more. Foo 11:28, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * And you don't try to take more than one group of aatxe. You can lay down traps for a good full 30-40 seconds (energy permitting) and still have plenty of time left to pull - just get three, watch them die, and lay down spirits to start again.
 * Unfortunately, Energizing Wind got a rather heavy nerf (it lasts 7 seconds with 3 beast mastery). I'm not sure exactly how well trapping works anymore, so just go in with a bunch of guildies and take TNTF; you won't die. - Auron 11:41, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ty guys, I understand now... They just had to NERF it before I had tried it. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Ninjas In The Sky (talk).
 * They really heard, my visit in the underworld was 1 minute, for I needed a look around. When I aggroed them I lived for, lets say, 3 seconds. Pretty stupid: for it was my first time, and didn't want to make a party, I took Zhed, Dunkoro, and Tahlkora :). Anybody knows a nice build of warrior how to kill them easily?81.206.83.153 21:10, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't know the exact build, but it has Riposte, deadly riposte and some maintainable ench's. Ninjas In The Sky 17:02, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Attack speed
Does anyone know how fast they attack? im working on a build here and i really need the info. - Woutertje --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:77.249.213.174 (talk).
 * They're sword warriors. They attack as fast as swords do. Except in hard mode, where they attack twice the normal speed. - Auron 08:34, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Do they Share Aggro spawns with those dang Darkness's???
I keep using the D/Me Solo Farm and when ever I pull the second Group, one of them follows the group and kills me. One time it happened on the first group.

I think they do :~--Blahishness 15:18, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * When you pull the second group (the one at the top of the right stairway), use a speed boost to agro the graspings and run back. The aatxes will disengage. I think there is an aatxe that follows you if you agro, and he is up at the top-center of the circle. There's no need to agro him, only agro the graspings from the top of the stairs. |  Nalana [[Image:User Nalana Darkling santa.jpg|19px]] Darkling  |  17:56, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Greece
The note on the Labyrinth said that they are usually found in the Labyrinth, and as these take the form of a bull, this could be a reference to Theseus and the Minotaur. Saberhagen (My Talk) 17:33, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Drop list (rare material)
I've re-added Ruby + Sapphire to drop list (even though there had been a small revert war around it), cause page is still listed in both category:drops ruby and category:drops sapphire; If it's consensus that GWW should not track these drops (because all monsters drop them), a clear announcement should be made somewhere easy to spot (category page or rare material page itself could be good choices) so creature#items_dropped pages become consistent. --NIN37 07:05, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Protective Spirit
Fail without that skill xD 80.60.80.108 20:43, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Blind is your friend.  Firoas. [[Image:User_firoas_decap_sig.png|19px|talk]] 20:55, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Drop Rate
How do you guys know it has 4% chance of dropping ecto's? Was there a table where guys put down there drops if they killed one? And if there is one, where is it? Can I see it? (not that I don't believe it, but still I just want to see it) F. C. Sauër 18:50, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * We killed several thousand, recorded the drops and it seemed like 4% was close to the right number. If there is a table, it's probably on the other wiki.  –Jette 19:00, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. But is it still the same after the new loot scaling thing? They excluded it only later from it, so they might have changed it.
 * And just a question, but can't Anet post such a list somewhere? It would seem to me as copy and past, but I can underestimated that completely of course. F. C. Sauër 19:06, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Loot scaling doesn't affect rare materials. –Jette 19:27, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Does this also mean that they don't drop more ecto's in HM then in NM? F. C. Sauër 19:22, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know. Some people assume they do, but I personally haven't noticed any difference in drop frequency between normal & hard modes.  Hard mode is usually easier, though, ironically.  –Jette 23:20, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

That greatly depends on the builds you use. So it might be better to farm on NM than on HM is there isn't a difference. Thank for the info. If you hear anything official about this, would you please tell me than? F. C. Sauër 11:48, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

2028 Damage in HM with Frenzy and Healing Signet
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That's how much damage you receive. This is also without armor. --65.0.129.175 17:32, 30 January 2010 (UTC)


 * lulz, sorry two days late D: --173.49.236.3 23:59, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Type Of Damage
What type to they do? X treme 12:23, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Since they use swords, it's almost certainly slashing. Manifold [[Image:User_Manifold_Jupiter.jpg|19px]] 19:25, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Bug?
I was using sn SoS build with my ranger and had 3 spirits attacking an aataxe. thsi was after I had completed Cleear The Chamber. The aataxe stopped attacking, so I cast painful bond on it and it still wouldn't attack. Has anyone else had this bug? Added-This has happened to me once before that in the underworld but the aataxe started to attack after a while. Jackster 16:36, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Sometimes they can get stuck behind spirits near were you start in UW. This will cause them to cease attacking. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.11.4.8 (talk).