Talk:Mameluke (Age of Empires II)/@comment-76.79.199.130-20150521183952/@comment-24.239.107.16-20160116044609

Mams actually do okay vs non bonused foot archers if they aren't protected well. That's because Foot archers cost so much gold. Still not ideal, however, and why you'll probably want to pair them with trash--Hussars or Skirms--in most situations as they not only help against archers but also balance out the high gold cost of the mam. Against bonused foot archery civs you'll want to either bring Siege Onagers or stick to the CA. Believe it or not the FU CA beats most UU foot archers. The Elite Longbowmen for example will lose against Saracen CA's when you bring the CA's close (if you just attack move them in they'll be running into each other and not attacking and lose, so you have to tanks shots and move in close). Britons always bring halbs with them though so you have to use skirms and arbalests to get rid of halbs before you move in with CA's.