Saracens at a glance

This civ is versatile, with strength across Cavalry and Ranged -- allowing flexible strategies that adapt to any opponent. Can answer enemy cavalry with mobile Heavy Camel Rider, allowing counter-raids and flexible responses. Vulnerable to massed archers -- consider aggressive play before ranged compositions develop. Pushing behind trebuchets maximizes the ranged advantage -- set up trebs and let Heavy Cavalry Archer protect them.

Cavalry: Heavy Camel Rider (Good), Knight (Bad), Hussar (Generic)

Ranged: Arbalester (Generic), Heavy Cavalry Archer (Good), Elite Mameluke (Bad), Hand Cannoneer (Generic), Scorpion (Situational), Elite Skirmisher (Generic)

Infantry: Champion (Generic), Pikeman (Bad)

Siege: Bombard Cannon (Generic), Elite Cannon Galleon (Generic), Siege Onager, Siege Ram (Generic), Trebuchet (Generic)

Navy: Heavy Demo Ship (Situational), Fire Ship (Situational), Galleon (Good), Carrack (Generic)

Tiers come from full round-robin battle simulations at Imperial-age upgrades — see how it works.