[Sammas]

You can't do one or the other, it needs to be a combined strategy. Go prophet first, and use it to take cities on the left-hand side, while your monks take the gold mine and harass the gnome gardeners.

3 cities means 2-3 monks per turn. The computer can't handle too many monks, because it doesn't kill them efficiently. Then bring in paladins to maximise attack focus with their fast movement and 2-square range.

It can't be a hopeless scenario, because I just beat it.