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I like both of these pretenders. SK is a good combatant, especially when you equip him with the right stuff, even if he isn't quite at the top of the SC list. I like playing Abysia, and he's a good pretender for them.

The medusa is also nice, even if there is magic overlap with national mages. If you play a luck 3/turmoil 3 standard Pangaea, having an E9/N6 (base E2/N) medusa will give your holy units a nice boost in armor, reinvigoration and berserking ability, it can easily function as serious support for armies or outright destroy huge numbers of indies with spells (Mmm... Blade Wind...). Overall, I like it, even if some other designs might be optimal.

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