Summons to build a strategy around....

[Rytek]

Tien Chi's national summons, River Demons and Celestial Soliders, are fun to base armies around. water 9, nature4 river goddess gives a good bless for them and you get water gems to fuel the summons.

The various Ape nations have a great national summons. sacred with awe and plate armor and good hits.

another nice summons that scales well is animate statue. An e9 cyclops with a nation that has a good earth gem income can raise a bunch of them. i think at earth 9 you get 22 statues.