Talk:Genitour (mounted)/@comment-26935990-20151128191404/@comment-24.239.107.16-20160121203637

Condottiero are very good for infantry civs to counter hand canoneers. Think about it, what are you going to do against the Goths if they have Huskarls AND Condottieros and if you start making cavalry you can very quickly and cheaply mix in some Halbs. That extremely discourages you from Cavalry, archers, and gunpowder and is a pretty tough combination. Your best option is to go Siege Onager which is pretty expensive assuming you have it or hope you have a capable unique unit such as the Cataphract or to some extent the Mameluke if they're paired with SO. I'm sure there are other ways but it's still a really tough pairing to counter. Condottiero have they're role and if you use them right they're very effective.