Talk:Teutons/Strategy/@comment-65.28.183.104-20190617080730

Allying the Teutons with the Mongols seems almost like cheating. Even with the near useless Mongol team bonus, both civilizations cover each other's weaknesses fairly well. The Mongols bring the fast, hit-and-run Light Cavalry line and Cavalry Archers along with Gold Shaft Mining and a better navy (Bracer for Galley line units and Shipwright). The Teutons bring defensive capabilities, food production, Monks, Infantry and Gunpowder units to the mix. Best of all, the Mongols have both the Siege Ram and Drill, meaning they can use Rams as transports for the slow-moving Teutonic Knights at speeds of up to 1.35--the same as the Knight line unit without Husbandry--and the last thing one would expect to be emerging from a Mongol ram.