I use plenty of LF:
2x almughavar skirmishers
1x LF XB
1x Greeks
Their mission is:
- delay enemy heavy infantry (against whom the Catalans have no winning tools)
- cover my unprotected almughavars from enemy shooting
I "just" use 24 almughavars:
- 4BGs of 6 units. I use small BGs because they're easier to manouvre so that I can exploit to the max the drilled status
- unprotected. My LF and IC provide cover against enemy fire, and since most of the opponents I end-up facing in competitions are armoured / heavily armoured, paying for being protected is useless
- 24 elements is enough to outnumber good quality MF in most armies (LB armies are the exception), but not too many to hide in terrain if facing heavy armpured foot armies like sta hermandad
I take a heavy mounted approach:
1x 4 cavalls armats. Very strong reserve that can move together with a TC to deliver the coup de grace
2x 4 cavalls alforrats. Just love them
1x 4 albanians (protected cavalry). Very handy to drive off enemy LH
1x 6 albanians (LH). Verty good shock LH
Basic army doctrine is:
- against mounted armies: as few terrain as possible and charge, charge, charge. The Catalans are fast and can push shooty cavalry out of the table, and the almughavars can play a very decent role against enemy shock cavalry (of course in that case they'll just wait for the enemy to charge, and hope that their numbers will decide the attrition combats)
- against heavy foot armies: as much terrain as possible and attack through the bushes
- against LB armies: tricky
Try to avoid the m-a-a, and charge the LB. This is the only case were being unprotected is a big handicap, but if you manage to get stuck into melee without being disrupted, you're at equal POAs but better quality...The Catalan Company is far from being a killer army, but is really fun to play (if you like fast aggressive playing) and can do quite well against many opponents, specially shooty cavalry armies, which are quite popular down here by now.
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