In a death match, with $1000.00 on the line

[Xietor]

You are playing 1 human, all other races are in the game on a 275 province map, AI is difficult, random events rare, rest default settings. Of the 275 provinces, 25 are water.

What is your race, god, and exact set up?

I think i have to go with acrosphale. Solar disk as my god for f9 n4 bless on the heart companions. Priests can heal, heart companions with f9 n4 bless rock, and they are low gold cost.

You can also use elephants to rout tough enemies, and if the elephants are stacked with hyperasts, they will fight almost to the bitter end.

You have good astral magic, good mages to cast paralyze. I imprison the solar disk to get max order/prod scales, and take dominion 6.

you get healing of afflictions, and decent priests. commanders can lead a lot troops and have battle standard, not that infantry rout much anyway with their uber morale.

the pretender here is not really a combat god, just used to give a great bless to the heart companions.

While this set up is one i would take if winning was the only goal, i do not really enjoy playing this race for some reason, and do not like the god.