How are Poles supposed to counter the arbs? They don't seem to have anything going for them in that regard.
- Skirms? Lack the final armor
- Match with your own arbs? Lack the final armor.
- CA ? Lack the final armor and Partian.
- Heavy cav? No paladin, lack the final amor.
- Use team bonus (+1 attack vs archer for light cav) ? Lack the final armor, you won't get even close to them.
- Siege? No SO, no heavy scorpion, no Siege Engineers
- Unique Unit? Explicitly described as weak against archers.