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i tried it out with pythium - a dormant divine king (or whatever, the guy being carried) with 10 astral 3 death and good scales.

the army ended up being 16 communicants, weilding mostly drain life banners, at least one with banner of the northern star and one with a storm staff. an army of emerald warriors to draw attention. also some empty commanders to pick up the troops.

the pretender had 5 astral boosting items (the wizard rings and sorcery rings are also penetration items) and a crystal matrix.

one cast of master enslave resulted in 1 fatigue for the pretender and 3 or so for the communicants.

needless to say the fights were short, chaotic, and devastating. mind you this doesn't work for master enslave strike team, but as a roaming army, it was insane.