Golden Axemen

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* In Game

### Requires

Easterling Garrison Lvl 3, 'He Is Gathering All Evil To Him' has been used (Mordor)
Easterling Garrison Lvl 3 (Adventure: Rhûn)

### Attack Type

Melee

"But the Men of Rhûn and of Harad, Easterling and Southron, saw the ruin of their war and the great majesty and glory of the Captains of the West. And those that were deepest and longest in evil servitude, hating the West, and yet were men proud and bold, in their turn now gathered themselves for a last stand of desperate battle."
—Return of the King, The Field of Cormallen

The Khân-bórainax traditionally remained at the back of the Rhûnic legions, only entering the fray as reserves to relieve a tired front line of phalanx and smash the remaining enemy.

Khân-bórainax are a semi-heroic Swordsmen unit in Mordor, they can be recruited from a level 3 Easterling Garrison once the spellbook power 'He is Gathering All Evil to Him' has been used. They are limited to 3.

The Khân-bórainax are also available to the Adventure: Rhûn subfaction, being statistically identical to and maintaining the same role as their Mordor counterparts of elite, semi-heroic Swordsmen. They are also recruitable from a level 3 Easterling Garrison, but unlike their Mordor counterparts do not require any spell to be used prior to becoming available.

## Abilities and Formations

**Indomitable (W)** - Golden Axemen gain +50% damage and immunity to knockback and trample for 20 seconds

**Level 3: Serrated Armour** - A small percentage of received damage is redirected to the attacker.

**Level 4: No Quarter (T)** - Modifier Type: Spell. Nearby Easterling and Variag units gain +50% armour and resistance to fear and terror for 30 seconds. Left click to activate.

 Strategy

Although they are more difficult to access compared to the elite swordsmen units of other factions due to being locked behind not only a level 3 recruitment structure but also a 10 power point spell, Golden Axemen are a worthy investment. Comparable in stats to Dunlending Huskarls and Harbingers of Shadow, Golden Axemen possess high health, armour and deal splash damage per attack allowing them to cleave through armies if not checked by cavalry and elite archers. The Axemen can temporarily mitigate their vulnerability to cavalry however, with their **Indomitable** ability which negates enemy trample; this ability also increases Golden Axemen's already high damage such that they focus priority targets such as heroes and structures with ease. **No Quarter** buffs Mordor's late game Rhûn units with a large armour bonus and fear/terror resistance, this can prove decisive when combined with Mordor's various sources of buffs, such as Drummer Trolls, Gothmog and the spellbook - granting the player extremely durable armies under the right circumstances.

The Golden Axemen are also available to the Adventure: Rhûn subfaction of Mordor. They are statistically and functionally the same as their Mordor counterparts, only they do not have any requirements to be used apart from having a Level 3 Easterling Garrison. This makes them easier to access, and if Khren-ták has been recruited it is recommended to utilize his **Strength's Reward** ability to manually level up the Golden Axemen and unlock all of their powerful abilities as quickly as possible.