In a death match, with $1000.00 on the line

[Graeme Dice]

Xietor said:
What is your race, god, and exact set up?

Middle or late Age R'Lyeh. Order 3, cold 3, luck 2, magic 3, dominion 10. Take an imprisoned void lord with no extra magic. Research to voice of tiamat, then to construction 6 and start making clams till you have at least a hundred. You now have an almost unlimited gem supply.

[Xietor]

To win, you have to kill the other human. The other races are in the game you only to act as a buffer, and allow the game to develop a bit before the 2 humans lock horns.

Since abysia can be annoying with fire generating troops, I think trampling them with elephants may be the best way to break up his front wall quickly.

And if he plays ermor, there will be a ton of ethereal units, so i want the fire bless. Plus those ma ermor sacred units have a very high defense, so f9 could be real useful.

We do have a couple of "house" rules. No immortal gods, and no burden of time.

[Xietor]

Selfish, what pretender could you use to get f9, w9, dominion 10 pretender for Pangaea or vanaheim?

[Ironhawk]

If you really want to irritate the Abysians, why not take a nation with strong cold dominion? They will all keel over from exhaustion halfway through a cold battle.

Using a fire bless vs. ermor is not efficient. You are better off just using the standard tactic of mass-producing priests and Herald Lances.

[Graeme Dice]

The delay due to the other AIs is why I picked a nation that has water/nature mages. If you think you can hold out for 50 or so turns before having to deal with your human opponent, then building Clams of Pearls is probably one of the best strategies.