GUIDE · UNIT STRATEGY
Mangudai mobile-siege cleanup
Mangudai excel at pressuring slower targets and can remove Rams with their siege bonus, giving a mobile army both harassment and a response to siege pushes. Their strength comes from choosing favorable firing windows.
Overview
Mangudai excel at pressuring slower targets and can remove Rams with their siege bonus, giving a mobile army both harassment and a response to siege pushes. Their strength comes from choosing favorable firing windows.
Plan and execution
Use a group to harass Villagers or Monks, then turn onto a Ram that is separated from its escort. Keep moving while firing and use scouting to avoid enemy Onagers or a concentrated Scorpion mass. Bring a screen if the Mangudai must hold a position rather than kite.
Risks and adaptation
Attacking massed Scorpions or Mangonels can still be dangerous despite the siege bonus. Do not chase slow units into fortified fire or let melee cavalry close around the group.
- Focus
- Mongol cavalry-archer control
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Unit strategy
- Classification
- Unit strategies