Talk:Mayans/@comment-27810937-20160322054155

When I first played AoC, I thought Mayans are the worst civ. No cavalry, no bombard, & UU with very low attack. But after I use them several times, now Mayans have become 1 of my favourite civ. They have strong economy & can mass their units easily. They can play aggresive & defensive equally well. And their 2 core units (EEW & Plums) are fast & tanky considering their cost.

Many people said they perform badly against civ with strong cavalry. But cavalry is actually not a big problem if you have enough number of EEW backed with Plums. EEW have small attack bonus against cav, tough enough to act as meat shield, & still cheaper than Knights or Camels. Plums have fast attack speed & can survive long enough when get attacked by enemy cav. You can also throw some Halbs to get better result. And thanks to AoF & AK higher pop limit, it's now more possible to beat enemy cav by outnumbering them with EEW + Plums + Halbs during late game.