[Micah]

My usual strat is opening with a few warlocks to get a couple of E randoms to go manually site search, then demonbred blood hunters until cons 6, then pure warlock recruitment from then on. They're very obviously the best way out of the 1-path wonder that is Abysia's non-cap mages, offering astral and blood magic, which you'll need to counter anything with a 3-gem fire resist ring and decent protection.