Quote Originally Posted by Zorlag
Tried vs Chosen Axemen for fun and axemen won but only with 29 men left, 3 volleys of javelins really tore them up. Shielded infantry stood up to them better.
This is the only significant weakness of chosen axemen: pitiful armor. Having said that, it's easy to avoid missile fire.

And once they get into a melee, there's no stopping them. In BI, most units have had their armor upgraded significantly; this means ap units have become even more powerful.

warcry + ap = routing enemy

I think CAs might lose to the 60 man 1500g 700 upkeep first cohort unit, but that's about it.

For 450 gold and 100 upkeep, that's not bad at all....