Well...talk about an intimidating game!

[thejeff]

Many the monstrous SC pretenders do very well in the early game, but lack the equipment slots to be true late-game SCs.
Once you've got at least Construction 6 and the gems and paths, I'd bet on the Father of the Sun against a Wyrm any day.

And the undead SCs, like the Ghost King, have their own weaknesses, which are hard to compensate for, once your opponents have the research to target those weaknesses.