Yessir, for a troop type you can recruit from a level 2 MIC, Drapanai are second to none. Lack of armor doesn't hurt them in melee as much as you'd think. . . it does hurt them vs archers every bit as much as you'd think. No armor and no shield makes Jack a dead boy in missile combat. Even those otherwise useless toxotoi will massacre drapanai at range.