Talk:Vikings/@comment-175.145.204.1-20150724075209/@comment-212.123.142.111-20150727124919

Lack of Halbedier, makes them deal less damage against mounted units, though their pikeman are still decent.

I would think that their lack of cavalry makes thier units more prone to mangonels/scorpions.

Because of the slow speed of non-cavalry units, you can't outrun teutonic knight/war elephant easily.

Slow infantery are always prone to hit-and-run tactics by fast ranged units, such as the cavalry archer/conquistador/plumed archer and mamelukes.

As skirmishers do exist, I would go for mamelukes or seige weapons. Maybe throwing Axeman(+ some heavy cavalry) would also be strong in numbers.

However those disadvantages do not arise in the early game. However to be fair, most civilization do not have early game weaknesses.