Talk:Saracens/@comment-190.176.247.30-20140724064133/@comment-24.239.107.16-20160101215109

Mams are ranged units. They can micro circles around Catas. That doesn't necessarly make Mams better but it makes them even, or close to it. The real problem is that Catas make it very difficult for a Sara player to deploy seige and infantry, as Mams can't micro and defend those units at the same time. I doubt even Mams + Onagers would work very well against FU Catas. With Bombard towers and the Byz defense bonuses that can really be a problem. In a 1v1 it shouldn't matter as Sara is the better and faster civ early on, but if it reaches Imperial I'd expect a longer than usual game unless the Sara player doesn't defend well. Byz aren't very good offensively and Sara would have a hard time deploying seige. I rarely use them but I might try to sneak Petards in that situation to take out walls, castles, and Bombard Towers if I were the Sara player.