Talk:Cataphract (Age of Empires II)/@comment-27977344-20160415112453/@comment-27202541-20170605212912

Massed archers are probably one of your best answers to Boyars but they are not ideal.

The problem is, Boyars are really hard to counter.

The reason that archers are considered to be one of your only decent options against Boyars, despite them having the same pierce armor as Cavaliers, is that Cavaliers are still sometimes countered by massed Arbalests, since 2+4 pierce armor and 140 HP is nothing near the 180 HP and 3+4 pierce armor of the Paladin. And Boyars cost more gold than Cavaliers, and more to upgrade to elite.

Boyars are very difficult to counter. Monks behind a mass of Halberdiers can be great.