First, you don't need a uni as turks to get the free chemistry, so you can add that 200 wood to the eskirm option.
Secondly; my point was not that HC are great vs eskirms, I'm just opposing the point that eskirms are all you need to defend vs FI HC/BBC. In my experience full kts is a lot more effective.
I think HC could use a buff (or several very small ones), for example a reduction in their creation time.