Fireaxe

"Yeah, always wanted to be an axe murderer!"

- Ellis

"Axe me a question, I dare you."

- Rochelle

The Fireaxe is a close combat weapon from Left 4 Dead 2.

It is found the following campaigns:


 * Dead Center
 * The Passing
 * Dark Carnival
 * Swamp Fever
 * Hard Rain
 * No Mercy (Left 4 Dead 2 only)
 * Crash Course (Left 4 Dead 2 only)
 * Death Toll (Left 4 Dead 2 PC version only)
 * Blood Harvest (Left 4 Dead 2 only)
 * The Sacrifice (Left 4 Dead 2 only)
 * Cold Stream
 * The Last Stand (Left 4 Dead 2 version)

Official Description
Great for clearing out crowds of infected, this handy lumberjack-approved melee weapon will have you stacking up the zombies like cordwood.

Melee Mechanics
The Fireaxe is classified as a slashing weapon: it will sever limbs and spew blood on the screen.

Pros

 * Has an incredibly wide swing, allowing multiple Infected to be killed at once.
 * Excels at destroying crowds.
 * A very common find.
 * Most hit rays out of all melee weapons (about 16).
 * Predictable, sideways swing action: right to left on first swing, left to right on second.
 * Can be used to cut a Smoker's tongue.
 * If used correctly, it can be deadly to all Common Infected and most Special Infected, including the Tank.

Cons

 * Does not have a long reach when compared with other melee weapons such as a Katana.
 * It is the slowest melee weapon.
 * Covers the screen with blood since it is a slashing melee weapon.
 * Not recommended for killing Boomers due to bile showering attacker and any nearby Survivors.

Bugs

 * When attacking with the Fireaxe as one of the Left 4 Dead 2 survivors, Coach's grunt noise is sometimes played.
 * As of the Last Stand update, this has been fixed; the Left 4 Dead 2 Survivors start using their own grunt(s) when swinging the Fireaxe.


 * If the player increase the weapon's FOV (cl_viewmodelfovsurvivor) higher than 60 (default is 51) the player can see survivor left arm on the screen and partically obstructing the view. This is especially noticeable if the player uses custom survivor models that may have larger arms.
 * Following the Last Stand update, this issue has also been fixed.