Talk:Mameluke (Age of Empires II)/@comment-190.176.250.236-20140731052312/@comment-72.23.155.39-20150317011427

No one uses throwing axeman in bunches they are way too easy to counter in open battle. Saracen cavalry archers would obliterate TA's. Crossbowmen and arbalests work, although a FU mameluke would still beat them barely even when you consider resource costs and mass. Skirmishers and halbs (together) are Mameluke's best counters, as well as defensive strucutures, but all of those are reasons why the Mamelukes should not be used in a base storming situation unless it's to defend bombard cannons and trebuchets as their main counters are all defensive units and defensive structures.

As for uniqe units, your best bet is either mangudai (maybe the only unit that can out micro a mameluke) or TK's (mam's do 1 damage to a FU TK). Cataphracts have a camel defense bonus but Mams can micro circles around them and any melee unit besides the TK which can just tank them.