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{{quote|"''A powerful attack which drains 5% from your opponent's Attack, Ranged and Magic. This attack takes longer to perform than a normal attack.''"|''--[[Runescape]], Dragon Pickaxe [[Special Attack]]''}}
A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Improvised Weapon]] and closely related to [[Shovel Strike]], pickaxes are commonly used to break up rocks and earth but also can immediately be used as a weapon. While usually not as sharp as a conventional melee weapon, the narrow spike and heavy head of the pick make it effective against armor. Because of their original purpose, they're also exceptionally sturdy and not as likely to break as other improvised weapons. Ice picks, used as a climbing aid in icy regions, are also covered by this trope. Though smaller than mining picks, their blades will tend to have a sharper edge and the weapon will be easier to both control and conceal.
In real life and fiction, some [[Drop the Hammer|warhammers]] and traditional axes also have a big spike on one side of their heads for punching through armor (and, on occasion, ribcages, heads and other things).
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* In an episode of ''[[CSI: NY]]'', someone was killed with an ice pick to the neck. As it turns out {{spoiler|he was dying of cancer and he requested that he be killed this way}}.
* There was an episode of ''[[Bones]]'' where a woman was murdered with a pick used for rock-climbing in caverns.
* The ''[[Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior]]'' episode ''See No Evil'' depicted a woman getting an ice pick [[Ear Ache|rammed into her ear]].
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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* ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'': one level has you using ice picks as melee weapons.
** Well, you get to see MacTavish using ice picks as weapons. To dismount a guy on a snowmobile, no less. It's ''beyond'' awesome.
* An ordinary icepick is the closest thing ''Ferazel's Wand'' has to an [[Infinity+1 Sword]], doing ''many'' times the damage of a dagger or a fireball spell.
* The Imperial Pick from ''[[Phantasy Star Online]]'' is a very good Partisan weapon, despite being, essentially, a very large and ornate pickaxe.
* A pickaxe is also the best weapon in ''[[Penumbra (video game series)|Penumbra]]: Overture''--or more accurately, [[Improvised Weapon|every other weapon is worse]]. You'll still have to hit [[Hell Hound|Hellhounds]] a dozen times to kill them, but two hits can handle a [[Giant Spider]].
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Leon Trotsky was assassinated with either an ice axe or an ice pick, depending on who you ask.
* The [[wikipedia:
* [[wikipedia:Karla Faye Tucker|Karla Faye Tucker]] was executed in 1998 for killing someone with a pickaxe.
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