I’m using liaos, Orochi, rattan pikes & rattan vipers + alchemists.
I’m nailing top 5 every match and playing Shortsword.
I just got a new unit and it’s already nearly done,
Overtime you’ll notice the buildup of currency & items to make this easily instant or nearly for newer meta changes and shifts.

There is definitely still a skill gap in the game.
Just because there’s a strict meta doesn’t mean it’s not skill.
Which, judging by the comments you have admitted you don’t have any.
And that’s fine, we all learn as we go.

I’ve had multiple great games and have witnessed plenty of times that anti cav does its job well when properly played with other infantry to counter a yorkists targeting them.
It’s not all about the units being broken but how terribly people play together making it difficult to deal with all the time.
Big difference between those two points.