Hey all! /u/ChuKoNoob has recently been doing weekly Unique Unit discussions, and today I'm going to take over for this week for the discussion about the Frankish Unique Unit, the Throwing Axeman!
It is a very interesting unit, because it deals melee damage at range. It is classified as infantry, which means it is affected by all the infantry blacksmith upgrades and by the barracks upgrades. (Tracking, Squires, Arson). Here are its base stats (before blacksmith upgrades), as of the latest patch:
COST: 55 Food, 25 Gold
60 HP (50 before 4.8)
7 ATK (+1 vs Standard Building, +1 vs Eagles)
0/0 Armor.
3 Range
Some hidden Stats:
2.03 Rate of Fire
Frame Delay: 10
100% Accuracy
LOS: 5
Movement Speed: 1 (0.9 before African Kingdoms)
Training Time: 17 Seconds
Its upgrade cost is 1000 Food, and 750 Gold (850 in AoC), and for that several key attributes of the Throwing Axeman are improved:
70 HP (60 before 4.8)
8 ATK (+2 vs Standard Building, +2 vs Eagles)
1/0 Armor
4 Range
2.03 Rate of Fire
Frame Delay: 8
100% Accuracy
LOS: 6
Movement Speed: 1 (0.9 before African Kingdoms)
Training Time: 17 Seconds (less after conscription)
Among the significant improvements that the elite upgrde offers are 10 more HP, 1 more melee armor, and 1 more range. Also, the frankish Imperial Age Unique Tech is Bearded Axe, which gives the throwing axemen yet another range, for a grand total of 5 after Elite. Here are some topics to discuss:
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How Important are the blacksmith & Barracks upgrades for this unit?
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How have the buffs to the Franks helped the usage of this unit? It now has 10 more HP, has a higher base movement speed, costs less to upgrade, moves faster because of the addition of squires to the Frank Tech Tree, and it has more Bonus Damage vs Buildings with arson.
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When it is used in the Frankish Army, what roles does it fulfil? Is it used to protect the knight-line from enemy pikes/halbs? Is it used as ranged support?
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What are your thoughts on its 100% accuracy?
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Is this unit viable in competitive play? Is it too much of a hassle to get a castle out to start production? Are there other units such as the Swordsman line or the Hand Cannoneer that can fulfil the same job as the Throwing Axeman?
If you'd like to learn more about this unit, here are some resources you can go to:
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Wiki Page. Probably good for learning about its stats http://ift.tt/2lqmECv
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Resonance22's "Break the Meta" game cast with mass throwing axemen
Thanks for participating in this week's Unique Unit Discussion! If you'd like to see the previous discussion on the Teutonic Knight, click here.
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