[Soapyfrog]

I have been able to kill Jurri's arch devils without TOO much pain.

IMHO however life-drain means it is still possible to make rather deadly SCs. The main counter to that would be unresistable precision-100 spells, such as drain life.

The specific counter to Devil SCs, IMHO, if you dont have the casting power, is to break out the flambeaus. Create bane Lord thug squads with flambeaus, boots of flying, jade armour, skullcap, burning pearl, and either an AMA or ring of the warrior (I like to go for maximum attack myself). No devil commander in the game will survive more than 3 hits from a flambeau, I dont care what they are equipped with.