[Fantomen]

how about a reverse lizard schaman communion spamming charm? (PotS + thistle maces for N3)

Master goes PotS/personal luck/barkskin/charm/charm/spells and slaves go Hold/charm/charm/charm/charm/spells

You'll need a bunch of maces of course, but it might be worth a try. Especially to get those commanders with boosted magic paths since they'll lose them if enslaved.

If you throw in a master with different paths somehow, that could be used to toughen up the slaves with more buffing.