[Xietor]

My gorgon never leaves my dominion, and she is pretty good in melee combat, with an aoe damage fire sword, lightning helm.

But the biggest drawback of the gorgon is low hps. But she can fly-and thus pick her fights. If I see a big army that looks to be made to kill my gorgon, expect it to meet another army. loaded with well equipped bane lords, war minotaurs, longbows,
and mechanical men.

And late game in my own dominion, you will face the gorgon in a haunted forest, and unless you have a lot astral gems, gift of health as well. Those dead troops turn into manikins that will aid my gorgon in melee.

Sure there are many good SCers, but how many come with built-in high protection, petrification, fear, flying, poison immunity? Best of all, she heals her own afflictions, unlike most other scers.(we have a "house" rule against using immortal gods, as that is considered super cheese).

By the time she appears after a brief nap,
i usually have 4 construction researched or am close.

With some nature artifacts, like eye shield, ring regeneration, snake bladder stick, silver hauberk(if have air gems) or black steel plate, she can easily take most indies.

Cyclops is one of my least favorite scers, as arrows tend to take out his only eye(: