EA Tien Chi: Rainbow pretender. Ideas?

[Shovah32]

Is fire really important enough to take a 4 level pick on your pretender?
Can't you get W3N1? That opens up Naiads with W3N3. It shouldn't be too hard for you to get a ring of sorcery, and with that you're basically set as far as nature magic goes.

The death and air I can understand, but I would probably prefer to get them on a combat pretender. Compared to most other nations, Tien Chi has a weak EA army. Archers are nice, but without a combat pretender or maybe some sort of bless, you can get steamrolled by many nations. Some early evocations like Acid Bolt can help, but probably not enough.