I tried what you said, but it works fine for me! Are you sure you haven't changed melee weapons? In that case, the ability won't work anymore since it's tied to the axe
OH! That makes sense. Maybe I did´nt notice from game to game. It´s a lot of things to keep in mind while playing, not that it is bad, in fact, I appreciate it a lot. Maybe some type of way to see the inventory or status of the character between rooms could be useful. Nonetheless, I encourage you to keep developing such a great game!