[Rytek]

If your looking for my opinion as the best overall to recruit when you don't know what you will be facing I prefer the great axe. In ea no crossbows to worry about. The shield guys just seem to fatigue and die faster and really don't seem to survive any better. Add a caster with bonds of fire and watch those great axes woop butt.
In theory its nice to be able to recruit the best counter for what you will be fighting. In practice it is so much harder to do because of the terrible move rate of heavy infantry.