is Gbeto a good unit?

[Ashina]

Idk what happen,but I have a Spare gold in a Noobs match,and decided to make 20 Gbetos in a late trash game.While everyone is using Arbalest,and Paladins with their gold,I just keep using Trash units (Pikeman since that +3 Pierce armor,and Light Cavalry with 14 Attacks).
I don't know what really happens,but when I bring those 20 Gbetos with an army of pikeman and Light cavalry to the enemy town,I leave them for a moment(because my farms),and when I came back,I can only see a mountain of Dead Paladins,Champions,Arbalest,and a Ruined City Rubbles.

Why can't Frankish Axe Thrower be this good?

[Ulthos]

Gbeto is op atm. AT cant dps like gbeto because of range and damage.

[Ashina]

Originally posted by Blackfish:

Gbeto is op atm. AT cant dps like gbeto because of range and damage.

Another thing that makes Gbeto is really good is their supports.
Throwing axeman needs a pretty expensive supports(Paladins,Champions,and Halberdier*)

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  while Gbeto has a unique,and cheaper supports (Light Cavalry[14 Attacks turns them into a Mini Knight],and Pikeman[with 7 Pierce armor,any arrows is just meh)

[Shalashaska]

Gbeto's are too squsihy for my taste, dies too easily.

[Kenvert]

It sucks against archers, but other than that they are very strong.

[talgaby]

They are glass cannon-y. They dish out a lot of damages fast, but like the Briton longbowmen, they can be killed in nanoseconds if you are not careful enough.
It also helps that they are attached to probably my favourite well-balanced post-Conquerors civs.

[The Sagaris]

Originally posted by Yuri Tarded:

Why can't Frankish Axe Thrower be this good?

Because Gbeto is faster & have more range + attack. In the HD version, the devs are trying everything possible to boost Axeman (adding their HP, giving Squires, etc). But as long as Axeman only possess mediocre attack damage & movement speed, they won't be as useful as Gbeto or Mameluke. Other than for killing Halbs, Axeman usage if quite limited for me.