Talk:Japanese (Age of Empires II)/@comment-61.6.236.124-20181117174345/@comment-65.28.183.104-20190715193115

The Aztecs and Vikings both lack the Halberdier as well and both are infantry civs as well as civs which have decent siege and economies. Gothic Halberdiers lack plate mail armor and the Goths are still an infantry civ. As for the Malians, high pierce armor means that their infantry can close in easier while under archer fire, hence the nerf. Japanese infantry may attack faster but if they die to archer fire before they reach their targets, what good are they?

One thing you failed to point out is that Japanese castles are very weak, being on par with Hunnic and Aztec castles, lacking both Hoardings and Architecture as well as Heated Shot. Since one needs a castle to train Samurai and Trebs, this is a profound weakness and one that can be exploited via attacks on castles to force players to spend stone to build new ones/repair damaged ones as opposed to spamming towers.