Jade Emperor for T'ien ch'i MA?

[Bat/man]

One comment only:

Personally, the heat/cold scale you use should depend on the game.

I tend to go to extremes on heat in order to take less negatives on luck or growth.

But the choice of the heat scale should depend on your neighbors - or at least the game participants.

If you know that you will be fighting abysia and machaka, or lizards, or agartha choose cold scales.

If you know that there will be water nations or death nations - choose heat.

Finally consider if your opponents are more susceptible to exhaustion (fatigue) than you are. Fatigue can help you if so.

[Makinus]

Sorry for my mistake, i meant to point to the ministers and confused them with the Celestial Masters...

[Torin]

Geomancers + Bad luck its what ive used. The falchion + Shield infantry plus a communion of geomancers is enough.
If you take good scales you can pull several of this attack groups.
That would cost you zero gems expense.