Talk:Throwing Axeman (Age of Empires II)/@comment-91.4.165.59-20171014040823/@comment-121.202.71.44-20171102115153

I agree that they fill the role very well with their Civ bonus, but again they useful at Castle age because you cannont field Handcannoneer, but you need to pay for Elite upgrade and UT to make them worthwhile in Imperial; while with Handcannoneer you only pay for chemistry and you have superior damage output against Cavalry counters.

In 1v1 trash war you now have superior Light Cav and Champs are more effective and dealing with Archers; not to mention with Axmen your army only deal melee damage so you are doing your opponent a favour to streamline their army (just Halberdiers and Onagers/Monks, if not Teutonic Knights/Boyar/Elephants).