The Rat/Counters (SHC)

There's not too much to mention against the Rat's struggles to attack. A group of missile units (even slingers) handle the spearmen and the archers without problem. Moat can be used instead of the walls to conserve stone. When it comes to keep-to-keep battles, crossbowmen can prove extremely effective, as they literally kill any of the Rat'stroops in one hit.
The Rat is notorious for his badly constructed castles, and therefore he is easy picking for an outnumbering army. Detecting a weak spot is easy to come by, given how the Rat builds a continuous wall without crenellations and keeps only a light guard around. Siege towers and assassins can scale his walls unhampered, and his weak units are barely more than fodder against the opposition, barring the weakest, unarmored units.
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