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{{InfoboxNeue
| indicator = Norse
| image = throwing-axeman.webp

| title = Throwing Axeman
| subtitle = Ranged Infantry

| section1 = Unit Information
| itemsInSection1 = 4
| col = 2
| label1 = Type
| label2 = Civilization
| label3 = God
| label4 = Age
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| content1 = Infantry
| content2 = Norse
| content3 =
| content4 = Archaic Age

| section2 = Creation
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| label5 = Trained At
| label6 = Requires
| label7 = Food
| label8 = Gold
| label9 = Population
| label10 = Train Limit
| label11 = Training Time
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| icon8 = infobox-gold.webp
| icon9 = infobox-pop.webp
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| icon11 = infobox-time.webp
| content5 = [[Military Academy]]
| content6 =
| content7 = 50
| content8 = 40
| content9 = 4
| content10 =
| content11 = 12 seconds

| section3 = Statistics
| itemsInSection3 = 9
| label12 = Hit Points
| label13 = Speed
| label14 = Line of Sight
| label15 = Hack Armor
| label16 = Pierce Armor
| label17 = Crush Armor
| label18 = Sacred Hands
| label19 = Scourge of the Skies
| label20 = Petrification
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| icon17 = infobox-crush-armor.webp
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| icon19 = grk-abl-scourge-of-the-skies.webp
| icon20 = grk-abl-medusa.webp
| content12 = 115
| content13 = 4.2
| content14 = 16
| content15 = 40%
| content16 = 15%
| content17 = 99%
| content18 =
| content19 =
| content20 =

| section4 = Melee Attack
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| label21 = Hack
| label22 = Divine
| label23 = Multiplier
| label24 = Rate of Fire
| label25 = Attack Range
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| content21 = 7.5
| content22 =
| content23 = Cavalry: 1.25x
| content24 = 1
| content25 = 0.75

| section5 = Ranged Attack
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| label26 = Pierce
| label27 = Multiplier
| label28 = Rate of Fire
| label29 = Attack Range
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| icon28 = infobox-rof.webp
| icon29 = infobox-range.webp
| content26 =
| content27 =
| content28 =
| content29 =
}}

{{Quote|Infantry, Ranged Soldier. Counter infantry only good against other infantry.|In-game description}}

The Throwing Axeman is a Norse ranged infantry unit in Age of Mythology and the only one there is. It is the Norse counter-infantry unit and the only ranged human unit they had before the addition of the Bogsveigir in Tale of the Dragon, as they previously lacked ranged soldiers. In Retold. it is again the only ranged human unit due to the removal of the Bogsveigir which was replaced by the ranged hero unit Godi.

==Strengths and Weaknesses==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Strong vs.
|-
| [[File:grk-h-hippeus.webp|35px]]   [[Hippeus]]  •   [[File:grk-h-prodromos.webp|35px]]   [[Prodromos]]  •   [[File:egp-r-spearman.webp|35px]]   [[Spearman]]  •   [[File:jarl-cavalry.webp|35px]]   [[Jarl]]  •   [[File:egp-r-war-elephant.webp|35px]] [[War Elephant]]  •   [[File:berserk.webp|35px]]   [[Berserk]]  •   [[File:egp-r-camel-rider.webp|35px]]   [[Camel Rider]]  •   [[File:huskarl.webp|35px]]   [[Huskarl]]  •   [[File:hersir.webp|35px]]   [[Hersir]]  •   [[File:raiding-cavalry.webp|35px]]   [[Raiding Cavalry]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Weak vs.
|-
| [[File:grk-h-toxotes.webp|35px]]   [[Toxotes]]  •   [[File:grk-h-hypaspist.webp|35px]]   [[Hypaspist]]  •   [[File:atl-r-cheiroballista.webp|35px]]   [[Cheiroballista]]  •   [[File:egp-r-chariot-archer.webp|35px]]   [[Chariot Archer]]  •   [[File:throwing-axeman.webp|35px]]   [[Throwing Axeman]]  •   [[File:egp-r-axeman.webp|35px]]   [[Axeman]]
|}

==Technologies==
=====General Technologies=====

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Offense
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
|-
| [[File:shared-t-copper-weapons.webp|40px]] || [[Copper Weapons]] || +10% damage
|-
| [[File:shared-t-bronze-weapons.webp|40px]] || [[Bronze Weapons]] || +10% damage
|-
| [[File:shared-t-iron-weapons.webp|40px]] || [[Iron Weapons]] || +10% damage
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Defense
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
|-
| [[File:shared-t-copper-armor.webp|40px]] || [[Copper Armor]] || -15% Hack Vulnerability
|-
| [[File:shared-t-bronze-armor.webp|40px]] || [[Bronze Armor]] || -15% Hack Vulnerability
|-
| [[File:shared-t-iron-armor.webp|40px]] || [[Iron Armor]] || -15% Hack Vulnerability
|-
| [[File:shared-t-copper-shields.webp|40px]] || [[Copper Shields]] || -15% Pierce Vulnerability
|-
| [[File:shared-t-bronze-shields.webp|40px]] || [[Bronze Shields]] || -15% Pierce Vulnerability
|-
| [[File:shared-t-iron-shields.webp|40px]] || [[Iron Shields]] || -15% Pierce Vulnerability
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Utility
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
|-
| [[File:grk-t-levy-infantry.webp|40px]] || [[Levy Infantry]] || -20% training time
|-
| [[File:grk-t-conscript-infantry.webp|40px]] || [[Conscript Infantry]] || -20% training time
|}

=====Myth Technologies=====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Image !! Name !! God !! Description
|-
| [[File:grk-t-phobos-spear-of-panic.webp|40px]] || [[Phobos' Spear of Panic]] || [[Ares]] || +1 divine damage
|-
| [[File:grk-t-sarissa.webp|40px]] || [[Sarissa]] || [[Athena]] || +10% hack damage, +1 attack range
|-
| [[File:grk-t-aegis-shield.webp|40px]] || [[Aegis Shield]] || Athena || -15% pierce vulnerability
|-
| [[File:grk-t-oracle.webp|40px]] || [[Oracle]] || [[Apollo]] || +4 Line of Sight
|-
| [[File:grk-t-dionysia.webp|40px]] || [[Dionysia]] || [[Dionysus]] || +5% hit points
|}

==Upgrades==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Age !! Upgrade !! Cost !! Effect
|-
| [[File:infobox-age2.webp|40px]] [[Classical Age]] || [[File:shared-t-medium-infantry.webp|40px]] Medium Infantry || [[File:infobox-food.webp|30px]] 150, [[File:infobox-gold.webp|30px]] 150, [[File:infobox-time.webp|30px]] 20 seconds || Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +10% hit points, +10% damage, +1 [[Line of Sight]]
|-
| [[File:infobox-age3.webp|40px]] [[Heroic Age]] || [[File:shared-t-heavy-infantry.webp|40px]] Heavy Infantry || [[File:infobox-food.webp|30px]] 300, [[File:infobox-gold.webp|30px]] 300, [[File:infobox-time.webp|30px]] 30 seconds || Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +15% hit points, +20% damage, +1 Line of Sight); requires Medium Infantry
|-
| [[File:infobox-age4.webp|40px]] [[Mythic Age]] || [[File:shared-t-champion-infantry.webp|40px]] Champion Infantry || [[File:infobox-food.webp|30px]] 500, [[File:infobox-gold.webp|30px]] 400, [[File:infobox-time.webp|30px]] 40 seconds || Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 Line of Sight); requires Heavy Infantry
|}
==Relic Bonuses==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
|-
| [[File:shared-r-armor.webp|40px]] || [[Armor of Achilles]]|| -5% hack vulnerability
|-
| [[File:shared-r-vase.webp|40px]] || [[Canopic Jar of Imsety]] || +25% training speed
|-
| [[File:shared-r-scroll.webp|40px]] || [[Gaia's Book of Knowledge]]|| +3.0 attack multiplier vs. [[Titan|Titans]]
|-
| [[File:shared-r-fur.webp|40px]] || [[Pelt of Argus]] || +6 [[Line of Sight]]
|-
| [[File:shared-r-blanket.webp|40px]] || [[Thundercloud Shawl]] || -5% pierce vulnerability
|-
| [[File:shared-r-spear.webp|40px]] || [[Gungnir, Odin's Spear]] || +5% attack
|}

==Gameplay==
The main strength of Throwing Axemen is their distinctive ranged hack attack. It allows them to destroy many units with low hack armor such as siege weapons and many flying units. They are even better against flying units thanks to the Axe of Muspell technology. They also deal considerable damage to buildings, even over obstacles such as walls. When behind cover, they can tear into cavalry and simply slaughter other infantry units.

Without cover, Throwing Axemen are considerably weaker as they have low hit points and can easily be cut down by faster units such as cavalry. Also, despite what the game literature says, the Throwing Axeman is weak against other counter-infantry such as the Hypaspist and the Axeman, losing in one-to-one fights against them. However, their greatest weakness is against archers, especially ranged counter-archers, all of which have a large attack bonus against Throwing Axemen.

==History==
{{Quote|We know little about how warriors fought using throwing axes, but we do know that at least one Norse/Germanic tribe, the Franks, derived their name from a knife or axe that they apparently threw in battle. It is possible that they threw one weapon just prior to joining hand-to-hand combat, at which point they switched to another axe or sword. Throwing a weapon just prior to close fighting may have wounded and shaken many of the enemy just before the moment of contact, giving an initial, and perhaps decisive advantage to the throwers.|In-game compendium}}

==Gallery==
==Trivia==
==Video==

==List of Units==
{{Units}}



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Latest revision as of 01:25, 6 November 2024

Quick Facts:
Throwing Axeman
Norse
Throwing Axeman
Ranged Infantry
Unit Information
Type
Infantry
Civilization
Norse
Age
Archaic Age
Creation
Trained At
Military Academy
Food
50
Gold
40
Population
4
Training Time
12 seconds
Statistics
Hit Points
115
Speed
4.2
Line of Sight
16
Hack Armor
40%
Pierce Armor
15%
Crush Armor
99%
Melee Attack
Hack
7.5
Multiplier
Cavalry: 1.25x
Rate of Fire
1
Attack Range
0.75

"Infantry, Ranged Soldier. Counter infantry only good against other infantry."
In-game description

The Throwing Axeman is a Norse ranged infantry unit in Age of Mythology and the only one there is. It is the Norse counter-infantry unit and the only ranged human unit they had before the addition of the Bogsveigir in Tale of the Dragon, as they previously lacked ranged soldiers. In Retold. it is again the only ranged human unit due to the removal of the Bogsveigir which was replaced by the ranged hero unit Godi.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong vs.
  Hippeus  •     Prodromos  •     Spearman  •     Jarl  •   War Elephant  •     Berserk  •     Camel Rider  •     Huskarl  •     Hersir  •     Raiding Cavalry
Weak vs.
  Toxotes  •     Hypaspist  •     Cheiroballista  •     Chariot Archer  •     Throwing Axeman  •     Axeman

Technologies

General Technologies
Offense
Image Name Description
Copper Weapons +10% damage
Bronze Weapons +10% damage
Iron Weapons +10% damage
Defense
Image Name Description
Copper Armor -15% Hack Vulnerability
Bronze Armor -15% Hack Vulnerability
Iron Armor -15% Hack Vulnerability
Copper Shields -15% Pierce Vulnerability
Bronze Shields -15% Pierce Vulnerability
Iron Shields -15% Pierce Vulnerability
Utility
Image Name Description
Levy Infantry -20% training time
Conscript Infantry -20% training time
Myth Technologies
Image Name God Description
Phobos' Spear of Panic Ares +1 divine damage
Sarissa Athena +10% hack damage, +1 attack range
Aegis Shield Athena -15% pierce vulnerability
Oracle Apollo +4 Line of Sight
Dionysia Dionysus +5% hit points

Upgrades

Age Upgrade Cost Effect
Classical Age Medium Infantry 150, 150, 20 seconds Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +10% hit points, +10% damage, +1 Line of Sight
Heroic Age Heavy Infantry 300, 300, 30 seconds Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +15% hit points, +20% damage, +1 Line of Sight); requires Medium Infantry
Mythic Age Champion Infantry 500, 400, 40 seconds Upgrades Hoplites to Medium: +20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 Line of Sight); requires Heavy Infantry

Relic Bonuses

Image Name Description
Armor of Achilles -5% hack vulnerability
Canopic Jar of Imsety +25% training speed
Gaia's Book of Knowledge +3.0 attack multiplier vs. Titans
Pelt of Argus +6 Line of Sight
Thundercloud Shawl -5% pierce vulnerability
Gungnir, Odin's Spear +5% attack

Gameplay

The main strength of Throwing Axemen is their distinctive ranged hack attack. It allows them to destroy many units with low hack armor such as siege weapons and many flying units. They are even better against flying units thanks to the Axe of Muspell technology. They also deal considerable damage to buildings, even over obstacles such as walls. When behind cover, they can tear into cavalry and simply slaughter other infantry units.

Without cover, Throwing Axemen are considerably weaker as they have low hit points and can easily be cut down by faster units such as cavalry. Also, despite what the game literature says, the Throwing Axeman is weak against other counter-infantry such as the Hypaspist and the Axeman, losing in one-to-one fights against them. However, their greatest weakness is against archers, especially ranged counter-archers, all of which have a large attack bonus against Throwing Axemen.

History

"We know little about how warriors fought using throwing axes, but we do know that at least one Norse/Germanic tribe, the Franks, derived their name from a knife or axe that they apparently threw in battle. It is possible that they threw one weapon just prior to joining hand-to-hand combat, at which point they switched to another axe or sword. Throwing a weapon just prior to close fighting may have wounded and shaken many of the enemy just before the moment of contact, giving an initial, and perhaps decisive advantage to the throwers."
In-game compendium

Gallery

Trivia

Video

List of Units



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