[TheMenacer]

In the growth vs. death argument, it's also of note that their black sorcerers and sorceresses (I think, any of their units who turn into spiders on death) can't die of disease. Every time they run out of hitpoints to the disease, they heal back up to full health with all of their afflictions removed, which makes getting huge amounts of fever fetishes a good idea. I'd definitely recommend a Solar Disk chassis for that reason, you can really exploit all those fire gems that way.