The Butcher's Sickle

Pulling enemies to you

The Butcher's Sickle has a chance, on your attacks, to pull enemies toward you. For melee fighters that is worth its weight in gold, because instead of chasing scattered foes you bundle them right in front of you and can focus your area damage on a dense cluster.

The axe suits any class strong in melee that benefits from enemy clusters, such as the Barbarian, Crusader or Monk. My tip: play the sickle in content with many small, scattered enemies, because there the pull noticeably speeds up your clearing. Since the effect is only a chance per attack, frequent, fast swings pay off to gather foes reliably. In pure single-target encounters, by contrast, the bonus barely matters and reveals its charm only in the masses.

by eRnstl