Cataphract, Clibanarii, whatever, against Infantry

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There is a famous one in Xenophon- either the Hellenica or his hagiography of Aegesilaios. A Greek foraging party was cut to pieces by Persian cavalry and two scythed chariots.
Actually, chariot archers were the dominant arm for close to a thousand years across most of Eurasia. And once cavalry appeared chariots remained in use for centuries more. So they probably weren't "easily countered" even if cavalry replaced them

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a line of light infantry was sufficient to counter them in the roman period.
the fact is cavalry did replace them.