Halberdiers

[gollum]

As you stated in the opening post, the halbs are not good for taking charges. I am not sure they can also be let loose against enemy infantry armored units, especially ap, armored infantry units; they have an attack of 1ap against infantry that is really poor and in my experience they often lose. Their advantage against cavalry is real however (ue to the +3/+1 anticav bonus) - provided that they are not chraged (because there is a very real danger they brake). Having a unit of pavise arbs/crossbows on hold position/formation and in loose formation stop an enemy cavalry charge and then bring the halbs in, will work. It is in my experience the only thing they can do, but not too many times, because they get tired and soon they are not able to do even that.

Dismounted CKs in vanilla can be switched between mounted and dismounted and although indeed expensive they are worth every penny they get - unlike imo the halberdiers.