[thejeff]

I tried again using School of Sharks. I think that, not Sea Troll, is the go to spell for fighting mindblasters. Lots of easy to hurt targets, nice and close.

Unless R'lyeh's scripted his blasters to fire large monsters, which would be stupid, I suspect the Kings would have the same problem Sea Trolls have. They get paralyzed then ignored while your troops get decimated.

In the early game, I'd probably just use more Mages instead of Kings, depending on what you've got available. More SoS, while any E random mages start by casting Iron Will on themselves and your tougher troops.

Kings have 17 MR, 18 with an S blessing, 21 with Amulet or Iron Will, 25 with both. An S blessing isn't worth it, though having S on your pretender is very nice for Atlantis anyway.