i used to play hse but now i play lauria and lion king.
lauria cuz they're like the big professional army that can take w/e, and lion king because its fun to use formations with the brigadiers, though i don't like their armor.
For Lauria, i basically get pikes, line them up, get arquebuisers, line them up in front of pikes, and rodeleros between the two lines. Then i make the hernados or w/e follow me and kill a few at a time while their army comes towards the lines. If the enemy cavalry starts to charge, i use that advance 10 paces command and the pikemen are ready to kill (though the line always breaks and a bunch of cavalry gets thru no matter wat i do). I could prolly just line the guns up and charge with rodeleros, but i just like pikemen.