btw the correct strategy I referenced earlier that the noobs failed to employ was just simply 'attack my capital with shinyuma'
the evocations and troops of the other nations were something I could deal with, even if not deal with well... I couldn't deal with shinyuma's troops nor their evocations whatsoever.... yet shinyuma sat on the sidelines for a half dozen turns
of course once you realized what this strategy was I immediately folded