Talk:Mameluke (Age of Empires II)/@comment-72.23.155.39-20150317005807/@comment-24.239.107.16-20160116045755

This is not correct. It's a nice idea, and I'm sure it might work to some degree, but Mams can do much more than just micro and hit and run and are very, very effective in large groups. What you are not accounting for is melee units have a hard time against mams because Mams fire from several rows back, making them much more dangerous the more they mass up, while most melee units can only attack the first row. The high cost is a problem but can be managed, even in 1v1 games. Using trash effectively, playing a little defense, and protecting your units. By protecting I mean they're like CA's. You don't just send them to the front lines and forget about them. They are very micro-heavy units and tend to last a very long time if you are microing them and not just throwing them at the enemy.