Good Tanker units?

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There are many good attacker; unit with good attacking capability & damage, i.e damage dealer. But IMO, this game lacks good tanker/defender units; Unit with good defense and high health (HP) with high initiative and moderate movement point AND relatively low price & leadership requirement.

I personally prefer shooter type units like archer. But to make good use of relatively weak shooter units, I need good tanker. It will jump into middle of advancing enemy troops and take all the enemy fire/hit in behalf of shoots. The knight unit is good example. But the knight is too high level unit. It is expensive and too good attacker, too. I need good defender/poor attacker, less expensive and with less damage. High initiative and moderate movement point are plus but not priority. Talent like Evasion is good plus.

Do you have unit to recommend for such defender/tanker unit?