[13lackGu4rd]

well, cold3 is worth it if you plan to go with a high dom strategy. otherwise don't bother with it. O3L3 is always nice if you can afford the points, but if you go for a rainbow than you won't have points to spare. if you want a pure scales strat with something like an imprisoned Oracle than I guess it's doable.

as for the rainbow, it's not just a "cover your weakness" strategy. first of all, the minor bless is nice for your sacreds, especially the Shadow Vestals, which will pump up your early game expansion until you get your longdead horsemen factory running. than you can use them as meat shields(being ethereal and carrying shields) for your longdead horsemen in your big armies. also, the magic versatility, while a clear weakness of MA Ermor, does not mean you "cover a weakness", you can also view it as creating new strengths. for example, in mid game you got your massive undead armies, if you add buffs like LoS, SoG, WoS, etc will that be covering a weakness or enhancing a strength?

I guess an imprisoned S9 Oracle with a pure scales strat can work, it's a solid strat for many nations. however MA Ermor's national magic access is very narrow, so as soon as your neighbors come up with the proper undead counters you will have some problems. sure, you can still use your regular Thaumaturgs to spam nether bolt/dart and stuff, but you'll still have some large holes to fill somehow. and as you know, relying on just indies for magic diversity is very risky to say the least.