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Boron said:
lol i never said i am an expert rofl 
mid-lategame with your mentioned tactics + clamhoarding atlantis may be not so bad sure .
but all undeads are cold immune ! so if you don't have lots of priests what i doubt because they are rather expensive ermor can be too hard if it borders the see and decides to wipe you out earlygame .
your other earlygame enemy ryleh is hard too .
finally midgame a attack with a few fully euqipped scs , especially ice devils can give you hard trouble too .
you can't summon banelords in the sea .
your water queens are inferior to ice devils .
getting a foothold on the continent + defending it is extremely hard as atlantis .
summonable scs in the sea are only afaik :
- wraith lords
- water queens
- in theory : the ice devils
most maps just support 1 underwater nation and most ppl chose then ryleh because most think it is a bit better than atlantis .
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Early game,nearly all nations do fear Atlantis,because most dont have ability to go into Water yet.
Essential for Underwater nations normally is to get an early foothold on the land and therefore getting rid of the underwater summoning problems.
Unless facing Ermor,which wants to attack you(not that easy in early game for Ermor ,too,since Undeads are very bad in fighting underwater) and a few other exceptions,this shouldnt be a problem.
Also,you have to ask yourself:
Which nation wants to face Ermor early game?
Thats not only a problem of Atlantis.
Btw,in my Last MP game with Atlantis,I did go for a 9W blessing...ever watched how a few quickened Coral Queens and Consorts banish hordes of slow Undeads Underwater??
Me neither,mighty Ermor never dared to touch me up to the end and we did have huge borders early on
Atlantis,with its strong sacred troops,is one of the few nations were I still seriously consider a 9 blessing,when designing the pretender.
R`lyeh isnt too easy( I dont think,that R`lyeh has an advantage against Atlantis though),but R`lyeh has more diffculties in conquering underwater Indie provinces,than indie provinces on land.So ,if R`lyeh concentrates first on land provinces,it may take a while,depending on the map,until both border each other,and even then ,an alliance against all landlubbers is also a possibility.I was able to make an alliance with R`lyeh in both MP-games I played Atlantis
I think most people choose RŽlyeh instead of Atlantis,because its more interesting to play and very unique.
It may be slightly better,too,but you have a lot of trouble if you face someone who is able to deal with the Mind bLasts easily.
Atlantis is a bit boring to play, I discovered that myself.
Thats why I really would like to see a theme there.