Use Byzantine cataphracts for a couple o reasons:īyzantines reach Imperial Age faster than anybody.

While your pikemen will protect your skirmishers from his paladins. It'll be most beneficial if you can blend both your pikemen and skirmishers together, that way your skirms will be able to protect your pikemen from his Mangudais. If he sends Paly's first, then put your pikemen at the front. Pikeman easily takes out any kind of calvary. Skirmishers will beat any type of archers as long as you have them fully upgraded. Even a handful of Hussars (only food) to draw the fire - I think that was mentioned already. Unique is a pimped up camel (Mameluke) - bonus vs cavalry and mounted units.Īlso - they have access to siege onager, which is just amazing.īoth those units are quite expensive, so fill in the rest of your army with lots of Elite Skirmishers (or spears to help against cav), which are v cheap in comparison. Play Saracen against him (if you know he'll do it).Exactly what the guy above said about using spearmen+skirmishers, but add in a handful of onagers to do splash damage to the whole bunch of them (needs careful micro not to damage your own troops).

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