[chrispedersen]

If you are going for a triple major bless 9x9y9z
a rainbow pretender can work;

You save 8x8x3 points,
versus the usual standard of the oracle which is saves you (6+7+8)*8 points, but would cost you 100 points for the extra 2 paths.

However, this is only true if you only need a relatively few sacred units, for the differential in dominion score starts to factor in.

ie., the oracle starts with 3 picks advantage in the number of sacreds, worth anywherefrom 21 to 24*7 points = 168 points.


Ie., what I'm trying to say, is in most cases an oracle or fountain of blood is a better choice for a pretender so long as the pretender has the paths you want and you want to use a 9/9/9 blessing.

That doesn't however take into account the utility of a rainbow pretender for site searching. Still generally if you have a triple bless, the goal is to get as many of these sacred warriors out there as you can- site searching becomes much less important.