Talk:Throwing Axeman (Age of Empires II)/@comment-14.173.142.249-20160202100709/@comment-27202541-20161019042435

Throwing Axemen are probably the BEST counter to Huskarls in the game, except for Cataphracts, Teutonic Knights, Samurai, and Jaguar Warriors. Well, 5th best then :P

Champions are not the best counter to Huskarls, because if you mass champs to beat mass Huskarls then the Goths player can just mass his own Champions, which are cheaper and faster to create. Throwing Axemen also counter Champions, so the Goths player would have to tech into Hand Cannoneers or Onagers, which the Goths have access to, but they don't specialize in them, and Throwing Axemen are ranged so they fare better against Hand Cannoneers than other infantry, and Elite Throwing Axemen can survive a direct Onager shot.

Even in the Castle Age the Throwing Axemen are better in groups against Huskarls, despite only having a puny 3 range.