Re: Sauramatia Strategy tips
 

Dark Vines. Hmmm. I guess if you could actually spam a bunch of them, yeah. But they really are pretty horrible. In a recent test game with MA Ermor, I ran into a rash of them in Indy Provinces. I think I hit like 4 indies that had the bloodhenge druids, with their 3-4 dark vines. My tiny force of Shadow Vestals killed them in every case in 1-2 rounds.

If you had twenty of them... then yes, that might make a good wall. Or, if you just want a defensive wall, it might be cheaper to just summon Vine Ogres. Dunno. They look really cool though.

Re: Sauramatia Strategy tips
 

Tried this long time ago (just when dom 3 was out), but I remember I had good results (vs AI) mixing dark vines and hydras (3-4 vines with 1 hydra iirc).