Axe is the easiest weapon in the game to dodge and one of the harder ones to parry.
Weaponbreaking an elf with 100% dodge doesn't do much. The elf is still dodging almost everything you throw at him, the only thing weaponbreak does is get you out of eating the ripostes, but 9/10 times you're better off pincering.
Seriously. Elves, even well geared, are struggling to break 1000hp usually. With the right vuln axes and a good dam suit you can kill them in 3 pincers. Don't try to get cute. Onslaught damage wins that battle.
I've often underestimated just how hard someone is going to hit me and if I input a command and eat even two fullblown pincers and one or two melee hits get through and then I have to eat a parting blow...boom, dead elf.