MA Pangaea-best starting troops?

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Xietor said:
Centaur cataphact is a bargain calvary unit at 40 gold. 19 prot plus high defense, plus heals afflictions! No comparison between these and the 9 protection centaur warrior. If you want berserk troops get the minotaur warrior with 17 protection and plus 4 berserk and trample for just 10 gold more.

Sometimes the cataphact is better than the warrior, but sometimes the warrior's 3 higher defence means it lasts a lot longer.

I prefer centaur warriors over War minotaurs against most foes, even for the same gold cost. Minotaurs have trample and enc6, so they trample into the middle of the enemy infantry, get tired fast, then get hit a lot with their 7 def. And no shield to help against xbows. They only use their battleaxes against size3 and bigger, but with attack9 they cant hit much.

A strong bless makes the White centaurs really fearsome. Add two points of defence and glamour and they'd be Vans.