Abyssinian Guards

[Lord Cazaric]

What is good against Abyssinian Guards? I recently saw one Abyssinian (admittedly he was the enemy general) completely waltz through four units of chivalric men-at-arms and Byzantine infantry. He held them off for about 5 minutes before reinforcements (25 more Abyssinians) arrived, at which point my entire army fled.

It was embarassing.

[caravel]

Abyssinians are quite tough axe infantry units, though from what you've described he may have been a decent general giving high valour to his unit and others under his command. He may also have had one of the valour increasing vices such as the pride vice. As with any non spear infantry, a good wearing down with missiles is your best strategy followed by a charge by some decent cav. When you pit your CMAA against them it's effectively a swords vs swords battle where the Abyssinians have some advantage due to their AP attack.

[seireikhaan]

Arrows, preferable horses archers if you're skilled at using them. Abyssians are vulnerable to arrows, and can get shot up pretty good if you keep at it.

[Martok]

AG's have somewhat weak defense stats (at least compared to other heavy infantry), so pinning and flanking them is always a valid tactic. Make sure your "pinning" unit can take some punishment, though; otherwise they'll collapse before you can hit the Abyssinians in the flanks/rear.

As the others here have said, missile fire can also be effective against them. I find it's generally best to use some type of x-bow unit if you've got them (or Longbows if you're English), as the Guards' armour rating is still high enough that regular archers may not be very effective.

[Lord Cazaric]

Thanks.

Unfortunately for me, the chivalric men-at-arms and Byzantine infantry were a loyalist army in Lesser Armenia or Rum or something, so I had no choice in the matter of what the force comprised of. However, my army did slaughter the Egyptian cavalry, light infantry and archers.

But when I mean one Abyssinian, I literally mean one. No unit. Just the general.

[Xehh II]

That's almost as embarassing as my "Byzantine Infantry vs. the peasants" incident.

[Ironside]

But when I mean one Abyssinian, I literally mean one. No unit. Just the general.

Probably some high valor crack unit. Did you count those extra small flags on the unit? They'll tell you how much valor the unit have.

To be certain. No mods right?

[caravel]

But when I mean one Abyssinian, I literally mean one. No unit. Just the general.

A Jedi general, the unit type is unimportant, it just needs to be a unit with a decent attack that increments in valour quickly. Probably valoured up to the hilt, those poor devils didn't stand a chance.