The issue I can see from both Russgove and cesis is that both cannot achieve the NEEDED archer tradeoff with cav/swd/ram.

Conclusion:-
Cav/pike/ram is the easiest combo to do with the simple war+swd layered archers waves. Even a Lv14 can be done with such simple tactics or may I say a lv16 as well?

Killing the right number of cavalry to achieve the need archer tradefire with a cav/swd/ram combo is not easy as there are too many variables.