How do you beat the teleporting sphynx?

[PhilD]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
There are plenty of mobile pretenders of comparable cost that possess similar Dominion and magic power levels. Furthermore, there are comparable IMMOBILE pretenders that possess identical Dominion and magic power levels. Since the cheapest one, the Oracle, is zero points, and has the same Dominion 4 and Astral-3 as the Sphinx, that says that the entire progression from Oracle->Statue->Sphinx is purely paying for physical toughness....which is of very little value if your god is never able to move, not even by teleporting. If opponents are able to attack you in the heart of your own empire, you're already SOL.

Er, having checked, I can see that you're basically correct... except that, when you take a Statue or Sphinx, you also pay to have FEWER misc slots... being easily immune to your opponents' boobytrapped assassins with lots of eyes and hearts is certainly worth 100 design points...