Are heavy bless strategies the best ones ?

[Micah]

For Undertow I went with scales and air/astral magic since Shin doesn't have access to them nationally...Imprisoned pretender since I was new and didn't realize how good SCs are for early expansion, likewise I took drain, which was a mistake. That being said I am SO glad I took those paths.

If I did it again I'd probably do something like an awake A4/S4/D1 ghost king with 5 dominion. Order 3, misfortune 2, magic 1, sloth 1, heat 1. Might blow another scale tip to pick up some earth magic for protection buffs and golem/coin forging later.