You may know vland has very good heavy cav but they also seem to have some of the best units all around i have seen.
the recruit has spears. they use them to great affect a spear wall lvl 1 stops cav and shreads infantry. then level 2 with swords better after the first spear wall has weakened the enemies. lvl 3 they have shields that cover their entire body. so if you place a shield wall in front of your units before the battle start there is no way arrows are killing them.
then you have good cav units and crossbows that have more damage and range than most units. the slower fire rate doesnt matter so much if the enemy is shooting your shield wall. so its really just units being shot by high damage bolts then they hit a pike wall. shreaded, then they hit a wall of formed up sword infantry with more spears if cav are around. then they shield wall but this is all while a cav charge can wreck your side even at level 1.
the shields are the main thing here the units are weak but they are smaller than most and the shields lvl 3 cover every inch of their body making them immune to arrows. then the spears make them immune to cav. and then their cav wreck infantry so do the crossbows.
the khans might be the one that can fight them but thats if the heavy cav dont get ahold of those riding bowmen.
the recruit has spears. they use them to great affect a spear wall lvl 1 stops cav and shreads infantry. then level 2 with swords better after the first spear wall has weakened the enemies. lvl 3 they have shields that cover their entire body. so if you place a shield wall in front of your units before the battle start there is no way arrows are killing them.
then you have good cav units and crossbows that have more damage and range than most units. the slower fire rate doesnt matter so much if the enemy is shooting your shield wall. so its really just units being shot by high damage bolts then they hit a pike wall. shreaded, then they hit a wall of formed up sword infantry with more spears if cav are around. then they shield wall but this is all while a cav charge can wreck your side even at level 1.
the shields are the main thing here the units are weak but they are smaller than most and the shields lvl 3 cover every inch of their body making them immune to arrows. then the spears make them immune to cav. and then their cav wreck infantry so do the crossbows.
the khans might be the one that can fight them but thats if the heavy cav dont get ahold of those riding bowmen.