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If by herolite you mean Israelite heroes, I've found Egyptians work pretty well with their discard, banding and high stats.

By herolite I mean a Saul/Paul deck, and was actually considering egyptians for those exact reasons. Great minds think alike I guess.

My favorite defense to use with Heroless is Herods/Sadducees. Sadducees (with the 3 HPs) allow you to use Urim and Thummim, which is often critical for your end game strategy. In addition, you have some negates (Foolish Advice and Devourer) some major Hero-destruction cards (Hunger and Wrath) and a few sneaky cards that can help both offensively and defensively (High Priest's Plot and Chief Priest's Offer). Herods are one of the better anti-meta defenses there is, and HAII allows you to band to Sadducees (HAII+Ananias is a nice CBN band that can beat a lot of FBTN bands, and they go especially well with Mask of Fear and Foolish Advice). Herod's Dungeon and Treachery are also really nice in any defense, but especially in defenses that need to shut down opponents' offenses.

The problem with Egyptians is that they are better at stalling than Hero destruction. They would be more well-suited in a Watchful Servant Hero-lite IMO, but I know that Josh Kopp (TKVPresident), who had one of the earliest Heroless decks, used Egyptians.

Using Pharisees with Saul/Paul also works fairly well. They have some speed and the ability to recur their best blocks. False peace and momentum change can add the ability to search out cards u want right now on multiple turns. Also with Saul/Paul adding Samaritans and meeting the messiah gives you an additional shot at converting Saul and gives u an extra d2.  Toughest part of Saul/Paul is defending against invoking terror. Obadiahs caves saves him from removal and capture while herod's temple plus Lampstand can save him in and out of battle from discards.