Talk:Franks/@comment-24444169-20170626134524/@comment-24444169-20170626173423

Yeah indeed I made that connection between the militia line and the throwing axemen, in many ways they are similar. However I'm looking at the stats and costs, and while the UU is easily spammable given the cheap castles and faster production rate, the champions are still a bit cheaper and provide more of an edge on the offensive, against buildings. I don't know.

The point is I have always used UU's, otherwise the point of using a civ is no more, or rather the civ gets a bit more boring. The Throwing Axeman was improved during the last few years in several ways, but it still manages to be not very efficient, I don't play any competitive MP but I would wager my non-existent 7 wives very few frank players opt for any strategy which relies even partly to Throwing Axemen.