>>2057042Yes very much so if you're a civ that specializes in them.
In fact I'd say swordsmen are good even if your civ only has a food bonus and gambesons.
Slav MAAs eat through production buildings. Mix in ARCHERS in feudal, not skirms, so you can bully repairing villagers.
In Castle age knights still win but mixing swords and pikes can be useful to keep pressure on their stables. Get in the Rams asap and garisson longswords in them for TC snipes. Release the soldiers if any vills try to melee the rams down.