What is the best pretender for Ulm?

[Shovah32]

There is no 'best pretender'. Some people go with an oracle with great scales, some with a cyclops(earth globals) or some other form of SC god to make use of ulms forging ability. My personal favourite is an awake/sleeping rainbow pretender with enough death magic to summon thugs(black servants, banelords, maybe even wraithlords) and forge items my smiths cant

(black servants with heavy armour, a charcoal/black steel shield, probably strength boosters and maybe antimagic amulet/lucky pendant from pretender make excellent early thugs/raiders)