I already posted my opinion to the use of the units, but I read other advises and have something to ad.


SKIRMISHER CAVALLERY:
They arent the best cavallery in melee. That is a misinterpretation of unit stats. Heavy lancers are just as good. Their unit cards just show their atack value with their lances, but not their second melee weapons. All of Ebs cavallery have them.
On the other hand lances are often AP, which makes them also quite usefull in melee.
Or in other words:
Skirmisher cavallery has no advantages over other cavallery. They are just mediocre