What your favorite nation in EB and what is your strategy?

[Atraphoenix]

If you like playing with infantry stick to Romans but if you are mad about cavalry like me you may play Pahlava (Best Cavalry), Saka or Sarmatians.
macedonians also have good cavalry without HAs together with phalanx infantry but as I like Horse Archers in the front line to soften the enemy then strike with heavy cavalry the best choice is Pahlava,

In campaign Map the only option for Pahlava is blitzing, blitzing, blitzing... AS will be your main target. when you have mesopotamia you may get elite cavalry which are very expensive.

but be aware they are not easy especially with alex.exe.