I've recently gained the ability to train both Night Raiders and chosen axemen. After looking at the stats, I saw that training normal axemen as opposed to night raiders is completely useless, since the axemen have less attack, charge and defense AND have more upkeep. After looking at the chosen axemen, I saw that they had better attack and charge than the night raiders, but extremely inferior armour. They also had an extra 70 denarii to upkeep. Are they worth getting? They seem like a great flanking unit, but it doesn't look like they can stand up to arrows or cavalry in battle for long. I tried using night raiders against heavy cavalry and they flat out sucked, but haven't had a chance to use chosen axemen, yet. It also looks like Berserkers make a much better flanking unit, anyway. Am I missing something? Should I just get Night Raiders to protect my flanks and charge infantry or should I use chosen axemen, despite their poor defense and high upkeep? Will the chosen axemen hold better against the Roman infantry than the Night Raiders, or vice versa? The only thing that I saw was good about the chosen axemen is their "effective vs. armor". Are the night raiders ineffective? It just seems like I'm missing something when an axemen unit has 170 upkeep and ALL worse stats when a night raider unit has all better stats, 130 upkeep and bonus morale-reducing abilities.