How do you defend against an Abysian devil rush?

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ioticus said:
I've discovered in a PBEM game that it's easy for Abysia to produce at least 6 devils before turn 20. (In my game it was around turn 15.) Those devils, especially when mixed with Lava warriors and Abysian infantry, can take on almost anything at this early stage of the game. I doubt many home provinces could defend against a bee line rush from such a force. Can any other nation equal such a formidable force so early in the game? How do you counter the Abysian devil rush?

Any nation with air magic should be able toast them without to much trouble with lighting bolt. Other than you mostly have to hope your pretender is up to it (also the H3 spell banish demon does not hurt). As for formidable early forces, they have nothing on a van W9F9 bless or a niefel N9 bless rush.