Great Axe Changes in New World Patch 1.1

While some were expecting the Great Axe to receive some nerfs in this patch, it managed to get some buffs and bugfixes instead. Notably, Gravity will now cause an extremely short root on all pulls which will greatly improve the Great Axe's ability to lock down foes.

Whirlwind was also buffed to now have Grit so you can spin-to-win without having to worry about a stray stagger ruining your fun. There have also been a variety of balance changes to several of the abilities and perks, read the details below.

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Listed below are the official patch notes for changes to the Great Axe abilities, perks, and masteries.

• Fixed an issue with the Great Axe Reap incorrectly triggering a breakout dodge.

• Fixed an issue causing the Gravity Well's slow effect to not always be removed if a player was able to get out of the effect area, resulting in the effect lasting up to 2 seconds longer than intended.
• Fixed issue where the Gravity Well tooltip was not listing the melee damage caused by the ability if Gravity Well is used in close proximity to a target.

• Added Grit to Whirlwind.
• Fortifying Whirlwind — Fixed an issue where this perk applied too many stacks of Fortify.

• Heavy Pull — Fixed an issue where heavy attacks had incorrect hit boxes when this passive was equipped.
• Gravity — This mastery no longer increases the duration of all pulls, instead applying Root for 0.25 seconds to targets hit by a pull.