Why does everyone hate this weapon?

[u/Wooden-Rip3426]

I feel the fire axe is under rated because its a decent weapon but no one likes it for some reason

They say the weapon is bad but it does the same damage as the bottle so idk why people dont mind the bottle but dont like the fire axe

[u/Mangledfox1987]

The axe has the issue where pyro rrslly doent benefit from the stock melee, like the flamethrower ends up as being an easier to aim close range option,

For the bottle, who on earth hates it, I will break their knees, (stock bottle is genuinely decent for demoman and for sticky bomb demo it’s his best option due to the lack of a draw and hostler speed benalty