Title. With equal upgrades, the t4 malian knight (sofa) is very vulnerable to heavy ranged play. I know javelin is supposed to counter the ranged, but it is very difficult
Sofa have more armor than spearmen.
Do you get the imported armor tech?
They have 9 armor in imperial.
spearmen have 3 ranged armor.
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The ranged armor is the same
Ah you’re referring to the Javelin Thrower.
Yeah, I think they balanced the sofa to be something between a horsemen and a knight. Their cost is something like 3/4ths of a knight, but with the imported armor tech they end up with +1/+1 armor rating comparatively.
Heavy cavalry is purposefully designed to be countered by crossbow and handcannon, and archer masses (>40) are best countered with siege.
Yes however an archer mass at a 2/1 ratio with upgrades will beat sofa at high mass