Questions by a MP Newb

[Corinthian]

MA Marignion is a difficult case. On one hand its a good newbie nation. It has simple solid tactics. Cavalry and crossbows for troops, fire and astral communions for battle magic. Angels for the endgame.

This is great for a noob because its easy to do and not at all complicated. But its not very good in a real game because real games are about outsmarting and outmaneuvering your enemies. And believe me, everyone with just a little experience will see what you are bringing from afar and act to counter it accordingly. And because of the nations limited diversity you will have problems adopting to the enemies changing.

Anyway there are two ways to play MA Marignion. One is to play to its strengths and take a bless for the angels and heavy chavalry. I dont remember their pretender choices of hand, but a Cyclops is a fine bless chassis that work for both angels and cavalry. I would skip the nature and just go with E9, dom 6, Imprisoned. E10 is doable. You dont have any giant though and the massive extra cost of the nature is not worth it just for the angels.

The other idea is to cover for the nations weakness and thus take a rainbow for the diversity. Thus you have more options and are less predictable.

The Cyclops is probably better in Vanilla and the rainbow is more viable in CBM. Because in CBM you can use your non-sacred, Royal Guards instead of your sacred cavalry and thus you dont need a cavalry bless.

I never take less than dom 5 on an awake pretender though. And never less than dom 6 on an asleep or imprisoned. Also you need atleast some growth because of your old mages. Otherwise they will catch disease in the winter and die for you. Misfortune 3 is another terrible idea. For many reasons, misfortune is actually much worse than luck is good. Misfortune 2 is doable with Order 3 in vanilla. Misfortune 1 with O3 is doable in CBM.

Also if you go with heat you might as well go all the way and take heat 3 because you will have heat 3 anyway in the summer and might as well pocket the extra points.