How to beat
House of Lancasteras Ayyubid
Matchup tips
On hybrid maps, Advancement Wing gives Ayyubids a timing advantage on water, but Logistics Wing with Dervishes works excellently against Hobelars and is worth considering.
Yeomen cost extra compared to normal archers. Desert Raiders have very high attack speed in ranged form, allowing you to outmass and out-trade Yeomen.
Reinforcement Wing gives additional Desert Raiders, which are exactly what you need against both Earl's Guard and knights from House of Lancaster.
Desert Raiders have five melee armor and are very strong at contesting the House of Lancaster's typical mass of Hobelars and Lords of Lancaster in Feudal.
If it's just Lords of Lancaster alongside Hobelars, you pretty much only need Desert Raiders, maybe alongside a couple of horsemen for additional meat shield.
I'm thinking maybe just the dervishes just feels like a good choice, but I could also see military wing being useful here, getting some extra desert raiders. Maybe you can try and kite lords, but I just feel like they're so tanky. The damage that the ranged attack for desert raiders have, it just isn't enough.
When you're up against the House of Lancaster, you usually just need one or two answers to deal with that early pressure. You can use one camel to do all the work, especially with dervishes healing them up.
If you don't have a good answer to really heavy units pretty early on in the game, you're kind of just done. I think going naked Fast Castle just doesn't quite work against a determined House of Lancaster that wants to play this kind of strat.
If House of Lancaster lacks gold, they cannot produce horsemen; they are limited to spearmen and archers only.
Desert Raiders with healing work well against Lords of Lancaster due to their 5 melee armor.
TC barely does any damage to those Hobalars; they have high ranged armor especially with the ranged armor upgrade.
House of Lancaster Unique Units
House of Lancaster Landmarks
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