Well I run some tests for various units , just using map editor with both sides patroling in and the other side in loose formation it seemed to help from what I could tell 73 halbs brit vs 30 cats average result 21 cats remaining 54 malian LC vs 30 cats Average result 20 remainingBoth do about the same , both actually did a bit worse than I thought they might , I suspect this is because I underrated the greater attack speed of cats 1 . 7 , while light cav are 2 . Light cav take 8 hits compared to 3 of halbs which balances out the DPS difference . Next I tested various cav units 32 Persian Paladin vs 30 cats average of 15 paladin remaining . Celts Paladin vs cats average 2 paladin remainingMalian cavalier vs cats Average 10 cavalier remaining ! Malian 38 camels vs cats 30 Average 9 cats remainingBerber 40 cavalier vs 30 cats Average 16 cavalier remaining . Persians and celts largely what I expected . Malian cavalier greatly suprised me , a few of the result were even as good as the lower persian paladin results , I did extra tests to make sure . They must reach some sort of cut off point which makes the extra damage particularly effective . I was suprised how poorly malian camels did after that result , It seems the lower damage and lack of melee armor was more significant than a few numbers . Berber cavalier also did better than I suspected . After looking at the stats a bit more I suspect that cavalier were proving quite effective because the attack of cats matches better to 180 than it does to 140 . Obviously the ai pathing isn ' t always the best , which is why I used fairly low numbers and several tests for each . Cats would probably do a bit better in larger numbers and in choke points . Also bear in mind that cats are a lot more expensive to get out , castles about 3000 more upgrade cost than normal cavalier e . g berbers . TLDR use malianberber cav against cats , they do great , trash sucks , but malian LC are about equal to halbs .