[LintMan]

Water 9 gives a sweet quickness effect (plus a defense boost.) I think the quickness means Flags get 4 attacks instead of 2. Plus, all Maignon's mages/priests are sacred, so they also benefit from the quickness.

Air 4-9 blessing is pretty good for Marignon too if you go for crossbows, as it drastically reduces the friendly fire effect.

In my recent Marignon game, I used massed blessed Flags up front center, masses of crossbows, and a few blessed Paladins/Knights of the Chalice on the flanks. Once I had the gem income, these were supplemented with summons. I didn't use any of the other Marignon combat units at all - resources were too scarce for me to spend 20+ res on a pikeneer when I could get 4 flags for the same res cost (or use that 20+ res towards a KotC).