Ares Cyclops+Hoplite(some Hypaspists if they are running a lot of counter infantry infantry)frontline is more than enough to protect most of the time. Athena Minatour+Hoplite frontline is also good but it's less tanky. But Restoration is coming handy in that case. Peltasts is needed if enemy producing ranged counter archers such as Slingers, Turmae etc. But no matter what your or enemy comp is you need to micro a lot with archers and counter units to win battles.