How good are the hashashimi and the battlefield assassins??

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Hmmm I found their use to be rather limited.
They are very weak against any cavalry that is ranged (incl jav), but can do a good deal of damage against bodyguards in a melee fight. However, they cannot keep up with chivalric knights on the other hand, even if they are on top of a slope - possibly because there are more chivs than bodyguards usually.

Against infantry, they are decent, but not too strong due to their own limited number and missile fire strips them of their hp very quickly. Quite useless for storming walls again due to limited number.

I ended up using them to attack missile-fire depleted units that have walked long distances towards me already.

Thats hashashim btw. Battlefield assassins are probably worse because their stats are worse.
I think what they really lack is "fast moving" and a few extra men - they only have 24 while most other sword infantry have 48 or 60.