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An Arabian Knight counter-group advance
An Arabian Knight gives you a fixed army and no unit production. Organize control groups around their counters, defeat the West Frankish force, and advance toward Cairo without trying to clear every structure.
Overview
An Arabian Knight gives you a fixed army and no unit production. Organize control groups around their counters, defeat the West Frankish force, and advance toward Cairo without trying to clear every structure.
Plan and execution
Separate Camels or Mamelukes, Scorpions, and Crossbowmen into groups before moving south. Use the mounted anti-cavalry units against Knights, Scorpions against dense Men-at-Arms, and Light Cavalry to pressure Crossbowmen. Focus on enemies that directly threaten the march and keep the groups close enough to support one another as you approach the bridge to Cairo.
Risks and adaptation
Buildings cannot be controlled and units cannot be trained, so every casualty reduces your options. Do not spend the army clearing irrelevant structures when the objective advances by reaching the bridge or applying enough pressure.
- Focus
- Use unit counters and skip nonessential enemy buildings
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- Age of Empires II system
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