Playing ottomans and having difficulty countering aztecs

their troops are cheap and the have the range to snipe my artillery, they can mass and are hard to defend early game. how do i counter aztecs without my economy dying as ottomans, since my villagers take twice as long to train i feel that i get completely overwhelmed by their troops and my eco dies even if i do manage to fend them off. any strategies i can use? i hear alot about skirms but as an otto main i dont have skirms so im alittle lost as to what i should train or do against them, their fire pit lets them train troops quickly and recover even if their army dies.