[Hadrian_II]

I played Bandar Log in EHII and i used W9S9 dualbless, whiteones are quite strong for expanding. 9 whiteones + 1 bandar archer and a indy priest are able to take on most indy troops, so you can start one expanding party per turn. (The archer is there so that you can set your priest on stay behind and he does not charge along with the white ones).

In my testgames for expansion, i reached 20 provinces in a year without an SC, so Bandar Log has very rapide expansion.

Also Gandharvas are ultra elite summons and able to fight back almost everything, and E9 would give them 20 protection and 0 enc what would be really nice.

And Tiger riders are very nice cavalry so a good bless pays good with bandar log.

I would try to rush one enemy with elephants & whiteones at the beginning, then kill the next with ghandaravas after that you should have construction and conjuration researched to get your national thug/SCs rolling.

Btw, you will have access to every important army bless from summons, so your armies can stay competitive in a time where every other nation only can field expensive chaff.