Those guys attacked with swords, spears and cats. They had all mixed villages, with techs at level 2, maximum.
I didn't have any defensive troops before the support arrived, simply because I didn't need them. They didn't send rams to tear down my wall, they didn't send nobles, and while they were attacking me and doing no damage (I always made sure they could loot no resources), I was tearing down their wall and timed my attacks to arrive just after their failed attack returned to their village, so I could slaughter their whole force at once, while they had no walls to defend with. When I had only 600 points, I was already farming some of their 800-1.500 point members in my area.
I quit that account around a day or two after I received the support, and I had been fighting them for quite a bit longer than that.
I never asked any one for support, until I had a bunch incoming, which by that time it was to late to have them cancelled. Figured if there's support coming in already which I cannot do anything about any more, might as well make it worth while and accept any future offers of support.
I was however, prepared to fight their whole tribe on my own, and I was doing quite well actually. Might seem a bit arrogant to say so myself, but hey, it needed to be said.