Quote Originally Posted by monkian
You NEED to have a mixture - i.e a couple of cav units at the very least.
Yeh - i generally have the general and one cavalry unit (or, later in teh campaign, two generals)

With the Venetians I have used lots of militia units. The Carrico standard has helped hold their morale. I have also had them drop the standard and fight. They are pretty good IMO. My Carrico standard in my main army has a silver chevron from their various battles and have over time only lost a total of three men. Some of these battles against Milan have been brutal with the dead stinking in the sun. But the Carico standard has stood over the piles of the slain.
On a similar note, the holy cross (for crusading armies) is the only unit i've seen which can stand up to a mongol charge