The value of site searching rainbow pretenders

[Meglobob]

Tyrant makes a very, very good point about the main drawback of a rainbow pretender, especially in MP is if you get attacked by blessed sacred troops. Without a SC pretender or bless strategy of your own, a attack by blessed sacred troops before turn 20 will defeat you rather easily.

A rainbow pretender with all 1 or 2 paths in magic is probably best used on big maps with few players. As such a strategy needs time to pay off. A rainbow pretender is sacrificing power early in the game, turns 1-20 for more power later in the game.