When can I first use my God for fighting?

[JonBrave]

As always, many thanks.

Partly, I do these things for the fun of seeing how it goes. Not necesarilly an "optimal" strategy, but for variety. I sort of think here "if my Pretender wants to go fighting, I have to just try support him as best I can". So I'm trying to make the best of what I have to work with!

Given that, I think one problem was that she got surrounded too much. I thought her two attacks per turn would be good, but really it's outweighed too much by the number of opponents hitting, with that -2 to my defence for each one, right? I think I had her out front of the army, I think I should have arranged that she was between 2 groups so her flanks were occupied; but if I do do that sometimes she gets stuck behind the front line unable to get in cotact with the enemy?