Quote Originally Posted by Thaatu
"In theory", meaning you have only looked at their stats. They will lose to Pezhetairoi in straight 1 on 1 frontal battle for obvious reasons, but will beat other hoplites thanks to the phalanx formation. Have you even used or fought against them? Don't say they are unrealistic if you don't know anything about them, and saying they are ridiculous is just one's opinion.

Edit: KH reforms... *drool*
Well, yes that is true. They're abit cheaper than Pezherairoi so it wouldnt' be fair. They can take down the lesser(their cost or less) Alexandrian phalanxes through. I haven't tested them much in .81 but in .80, the best thing I found out to do with phalanx to phalanx fighting is to take them off guard mode.
Then you can put them in a very wide formation. This is particularly true of the KH small type phalanxes since they tend to have better secondary stats. They'll melt into the other phalanx and hack them apart. Conversely, you can use a shorter but thicker unit of phalanxes to split another in half. Then you can take them out of phalanx and let them destroy the other phalanx.