[Rytek]

An awake pretender is the way to go with EA ARCO. The sacreds are too expensive and they have too many weaknesses. Low hits. high encumberance. Low attack skill and low damage. The low damage really hurts because they are so big, they cant cut their way out of a paper bag. even the flying hurts them because when they attack they are all over the place instead of concentrating their attacks.

Try an awake Virtue with Air 5, Death 5. dominion 7. Take order 3, Sloth 3. Research Alteration 3 right away for mistform. Your virtue can take out independants on turn 2. Keep it in the back and script air shield then attack archers. And if it happends to get a bad affliction you can heal it with priestess.