Definetly EA/MA Pangaea.
You can also take low production. Using the extra points to push Magic, or Growth can be a useful build.
There are others where you can play without much reliance on armored troops. Nations which have a high capablity for stealth, or assassins, or seducers, or mages. Anywhere that the protections are more likely to come from gems than the equipment that comes on purchased units.
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