Axe (Alpha)
Overview
The Axe is a melee unit belonging to the Viking (Faction). It looks like a giant Wobbler with a bear hide helmet, armed with a giant battle axe. In the Open Alpha, they jumped at their enemies like Samurai Masters. In the Closed Alpha, they use their axes "properly" and no longer jump around. After being implemented into the new animation system, two versions of this unit were created, one which swings one axe and one which spins two axes rapidly. Landfall put out a poll on Twitter asking which unit to keep. The poll is said they wantes one axe, however many people have replied saying they wanted both.
Usage
Open Alpha - An Axe can easily kill a group of weak units, like Peasants or Taekwondos. However, due to their jumping aspect, they were generally very clumsy and were easily overwhelmed. Note: In the Open Alpha, they only cost 200.
Closed Alpha - Axes are pretty powerful and can defeat any other non-super melee unit. Ranged weapons are their main weakness, as a group of Archers, Spearthrowers or a single machine unit will kill them easily, due to the Axe's low speed.
Due to the Axe's high health, especially after the Closed Alpha update, they can work fairly well distracting the enemy and killing some troops during that process. It is not recommended to use these troops to directly tank shots for the back lines, as its slender frame and high cost makes it a less viable option to shielding the backline, compared to cheaper troops like shields.
Trivia
- If you look closely at the bear hide pelt, you can see small crossed-out eyes on it, signifying that the bear is dead.
- In order to check if the Axe is dead, the player must zoom in extremely close to check behind the bear hat. They might not even see it at all.
- As of Open Alpha, the Axe is the second largest Wobbler unit, just behind the Chicken Man Man. This changed in the Early Access, when the King (formerly the Zweihänder Giant) was added.
- They seem to be a Early version of the Jarl.
- Apparently he does somewhere to 1500+ damage which is much higher than how much damage he does now.
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