[Tuna]

For standard pythium, definately cyclops with earth-10. The great reinv bonus for commucants, couple with reinv from summon earth power and they rarely if ever die in battle. Also, the cyclops can easily cast Enliven statues with uber efficiency to provide chaff for the mages, do driveby shootings with earthquake x3, cast the great army of gold and army of lead to protect mages in battle, wipe out early indies with impunity once you forge him a water sword or two and things like that.