Battle Axe vs Scimitar

[Lucid]

I'm not too far into the game, upgrading my Rune Armor to gold and I was looking at the weapons. What is a better weapon the Rune Scimitar or the Battle Axe? It seems that the Axe is better other than attack speed, if you're training Stab or Slash. But everything I've seen after a search says the Scimitar is superior?

Was there a buff to the Battle Axe in recent history?

Rune Scimitar:
2.4 Attack Speed
7 Stab Bonus
45 Slash Bonus
7 Block Bonus
44 Strength Bonus

Rune Battle Axe:
3.1 Attack Speed
-2 Stab Bonus
24 Slash Bonus
24 Block Bonus
112 Strength Bonus

What am I missing?

[!?!]

The scimitar is much better at slashing because it's more precise.
It can't do anything else tho, don't train stab or block with it.

[Miciso]

scim is like you see half a tick faster. at the cost of a heavy strength bonus.
also scim has more stab slash bonus. where axe relies on pure strength power.
so the question is do u risk big hits. or quick dps. im always more of a quick dps fan because i afk lower enemies that die in 1 hit anyway.