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I used the Master Lich twice in my last 5 mp games. But it really depends on what nation I play.

In fallacy, a 22 player ma game, I took a sleeping Mother of Serpents. I was playing Pythium and as Pythium your greatest fear is the early game. And I like the healing ability of the Mother of Serpents with Pythium, as well as the SC potential. Plus Pythiun is a good race to have n4 to keep those old expensive mages alive with shroud of the battle saint. While you usually do not want to have your pretender sitting around healing anything, it is a nice ability to have in emergencies.

I used the Master Lich sleeping with MA Ctis and MA Arcos. Ctis I decided had good enough research that banelords in constr 4 gear were not far off, and skelly spam and Miasma dominion could help with a rush.

MA Arcos you have elephants and paralyze/solar rays to stop a rush.

The advantage of a ML over a lich is he is a rainbow mage. Always take air with him as he needs a robe of missile protection on at all times, unless your nation has air mages or you know you can trade for one.

In Kingmaker, on the other hand, I had la arcos and with all of the EA bless nations in the game, I could not risk relying on elephants to stop a rush. You never know who is goin gto start next to you and attack. So I took a sleeping Lich.

When I play Pangaea, my favorite nation, I always take a Gorgon. In dom II I only played pangaea, but I decided to broaden my horizons in dom III.