with 15 18 HA-shielder (5 PS, 4 shield, 6 ath, 5 PD, 3 HA, 6 WM) you can do pretty much anything - be a 1h cav, HA, archer, shielder, lancer, pikeman and even hoplite (though without wpf in poles).
Really very adaptive build though not too powerful.
Also being a STR hoplite is funny, something like 27 12 or 30 9. I don't know why but piercing people with yor spear brings x2 more fun than regular kill