yeah, i had high hopes for the aoe one but all it did it take everything to 1/4 life and leave me with no sta.
And the normal attack did kill one guy in 2-3 hits but again, i was out of sta after one mob.

Perhaps it's one of those weapons that you have to keep yourself fooded up to use. I can kill several mobs with the base 25 hp/sta with my ax.