Quote Originally Posted by tigger_on_vrb
Yes Ghazis have shockingly bad defence, but its not there job to survive! Their job is to kill more people than they lose and they do this very well, especially important as you can do this against troops which cost far more and you replace your army much more cheaply. The only other thing I ask of them is not to rout, but they have high moral already and if you train them in province with a mosque and ribat you will never be disapointed.
Your saracens will beat any catholic spears in early and match most in high, use the ghazis to take out the expensive stuff!

Exactly! Ghazis are a great "fire-and-forget" unit. You just let them off their leashes, and let them do their thing. They're far and away one of my favorite units in the Early period--for any faction. Jinnettes and Huscarles are probably the only other units in Early with which I have as much fun.