[WraithLord]

Patala:
-> Take a sleeping semi rainbow/semi SC pretender. Some four armed E4F4D4B4 pretender for example.
He gets an unexpected forge bonus what with those four arms. He'll make an awesome SC, will complement your magic paths and will allow you good scales.
E4 (and above) is for your all around sacred mages.
-> Blood hunt and get into blood ASAP. Get them blood stones early on.
-> Your Nagarishis are awesome battle mages. They can cast Aog, AoL, GftH, falling frost and much more.
-> They are also great summoners. Build squads of them for EA batches. Cast 10-15 EAs on enemy armies and later laugh all you can.
-> The stealthy nagasomething are good raiding thugs. Some of them come with S1 so can't be MHed.
-> Markatas make good chaff. They have nice def and are small. With some buffs they can hold the enemy long enough for your evocers to present a stream og gifts from the heavens.
-> Bandar warriors are your workhorse. They don't die easily to remote evoc. spells.
-> With Nagas and access to W you can be an UW force
-> Clams (duh)
-> Early rush with elephants. Switch quickly to normal armies once the other nations do some research. Normally you have enough time to choke the life out of one neighbor.