Originally posted by Sly-Scale:

The battleaxe suffers no damage falloff as you hit several enemies with the same swing. In this, it shines over the Atgeir's alt-fire because that attack deals less damage + costs more stamina.

Is it slow and cumbersome? Sure. Does it not help that it has no blackmetal or Mistlands equivalent? Also yes. But as with the other weapons, there's practice involved in deploying it when and where it's most useful. The only issue is, that "shining" moment is also when you'd use the Atgeir's alt-fire for its superior stagger potential. And that the Atgeir is faster and has better reach, stamina cost be damned.

But if you don't need CC and you just want a cost-efficient way to damage 4+ enemies, absolutely try swinging the Battleaxe in mid-air. It'll do wonders.

That's fair, though like i said, how often is it that you find a scenario where 4+ enemies are perfectly in order where you'll hit all of them ? Sure, that type of scenario is where it shines, but realistically you're not going to see it often at all unless you purposefully round enemies up, or you're fighting greydwards/fuling villages. It's just super niche. Plus, you can do the same with an atgeir - round up the enemies, fulings for example, jump and start your alt attack, it'll stagger them and knock them back, but then you can just, alt attack the group again which would deal heavy stagger damage, and due to it's range and speed it's much less effort to set up.

And yeah, i jump swing with it anytime i use it as it seems to be the best strategy.