Axemen of the pillar

Intro:

The House of the Pillar is only briefly mentioned as being united with the house of the Tower of Snow under Penlod, tallest of the Gondolindrim

When the Fall of Gondolin began, they were in the north part of the city, where Gothmog had led the main attack. When the house of the Hammer of Wrath was completely destroyed outside the walls, the folks of the Pillar and the Tower of Snow suffered the next wave of enemies, receding more into the city. Finally, "Penlod perished there in a lane with his back to the wall, and about him many of the men of the Pillar and many of the Tower of the Snow". There is no other mention of them in the Tale, but later is said that survivors of all the kindreds were reunited in the Square of the King, so probably many of them could survive as exiles.

Summary: About unit function and place in meta

Axemen of the Pillar are a damaging one handed axe unit with a large charge value. However for only one hundred florins more you can bring the Armor's of the Hammer which are a better unit.

Pros and Cons of Unit

Pros:

Only Axe and Shield unit in the Gondolin roster.

Only take half penalties from melee defense debuff which comes from using a axe inherently.

Extra charge bonus and base damage.

Cons:

Expensive for what they are at 970 florins.

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