Talk:Malians/@comment-79.116.194.181-20151225182834

I think people discredit the power of the Malian Light Cavalry.

I've made a test between a Malian Light Cavalry and a Mongol Hussar. In a 1v1 situation, the Malian Light Cav wins with 8 hp remaining. In an 8v8 situation, the Mongol Hussars win with 2-3 Hussars remaining.

Now, since we won't always face Mongols in games, I also made another test, this time against a persian Hussar, which is fully upgraded (Mongol Hussar has more HP, but just 4 melee armor).

In the same 1v1 situation, the Malian Light Cav won by 16 hp remaining. In an 8v8 situation, the results are more unpredictable, sometimes the Hussars winning by 1-2 units remaining, sometimes winning the Mali Light Cav by 1-3 remaining.

Moreover, against a fully upgraded Halberdier, both the Persian Hussar and the Malian Light Cav die at exactly the same time. The difference is that the Malian Cav does 33 damage to the Halb before it dies, while the Hussar does just 16 damage to the halb before it dies.

I know this might seem weird for you, and at an extent it does sound weird for me too. But I think people should not discredit the Malian Light Cavalry so easily. It is one of the best trash cav out there, definately top 5.

For me, this thing alone makes the Mali Civ one of the best in game. Their extraordinary variety and answer to almost any problem is what makes me decide that they are my new favourites. Sorry Koreans, it's been 15 years of fun, but now it's time for some Mali love.