Power axe

Surestrike Pattern Power Axe^[2a]

The Power Axe is a type of Power Weapon most commonly used by Space Marines. Like the Power Sword when activated the blade becomes surrounded in an azure disruptive energy field, allowing the axe to shear through metal and ceramite easily.^[1]

Known Patterns

Imperial

• Carsoran Power Axe: Used by the Sons of Horus^[9]
• Castellan Axe: Used by the Adeptus Custodes
• Cthonian Pattern: Used by the Sons of Horus^[3]
• Giantkiller Pattern: A sub-type pattern of Frost Axe used exclusively by the Space Wolves^[6]
• Heraspex Pattern^[2]
• Legatine Axes: Used by Ultramarines Suzerain Invictarus squads during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy era
• Loi-pattern Power Axe: A two handed Loi model two-handed power axe about 1.5 metres in length.^[12]
• Mars-Proteus Pattern Glaive-Axe: Common among the Legiones Astartes during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy era^[4]
• Mezoa-pattern Power Axe: A common type of two-handed power axe.^[12]
• Omnissian weapons: Custom-built weapons granted to most devoted and proven followers of the Machine God.^[13]
  • Omnisian Axe: An Omnissian weapon that often has a cog-toothed or serrated axe blade.^[5]
• Saturnine War Axe: Used by Saturnine Terminators^[10]
• Surestrike Pattern: Used by the Mantis Warriors^[2a]
• Vanir Pattern: Used by the Executioners^[2b]

Eldar

• Dragon Axe: Used by Fire Dragons^[11]

Notable Weapons

• Axe of Ultramar — wielded by Ultramarines Honour Guards
• Axe Mortalis — wielded by Commander Dante, Chapter Master of the Blood Angels
• The Executioner's Axe — wielded by Astorath, High Chaplain of the Blood Angels
• Morkai — wielded by Logan Grimnar, Great Wolf of the Space Wolves
• Mortis Machina^[7]
• The Fire Axe - Eldar axe of the Phoenix Lord Fuegan.^[11]

Images

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  A Master Crafted Power Axe of the Blood Angels.

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  A Glaive-Axe

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  Cthonian Pattern Power Axe

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  Legatine Axe of Suzerain Invictarus

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  Omnisian Axe

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  Chaos Space Marine Power Axe^[8]

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  Saturnine War Axe^[10]

See also

• Power Weapon
• Space Marine Weaponry (List)

Sources

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• 1: Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition) pgs. 59–60
• 2: Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two^[Help]
  • 2a: pg. 69
  • 2b: pg. 89
• 3: Forge World (last accessed 1 November 2015)
• 4: The Horus Heresy Book Three pg. 69
• 5: Dark Heresy: The Inquisitor's Handbook, pg. 136
• 6: Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition): pgs. 57–59
• 7: Psychic Awakening: Faith and Fury pg.36
• 8: Games Workshop Web-Store: Chaos Space Marines (archived April 3, 2021)
• 9: Campaigns of the Age of Darkness: The Siege of Cthonia, pg. 211

Games Workshop Chaos Space Marines (archived 4/2/2021)] (last accessed 4/2/2021)

• 10: Warhammer Community: Rules in the Age of Darkness – Saturnine Terminators take the field (posted 17/6/2025) saved page original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/7h1lqo8p/rules-in-the-age-of-darkness-saturnine-terminators-take-the-field/ (last accessed 17/6/2025)
• 11: Codex: Aeldari (10th Edition), pgs. 42-43
• 12: Rogue Trader: Into the Storm, pg. 124
• 13: Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player's Guide, pg. 76