I used swiss halberdiers, and they almost worked to counter the strategy. They are less cost efficient than the swords, but maybe they would have worked if I could have played a little better. The method isn't as effective in 3v3 because you can't make a diamond geometry, but you still have to match them unit for unit.
Yes Halbs were the best thing to use against them. Lional and Kay were very good with them. Again we won as many battles as they did and we didnt use the same strategy as they did. I maintain that our top four players at that time could hold their own or beat SA most of the time. We could have scored many more points but we let many people play. Our first team was almost unbeaten in this tourney.