Whats your favorite nation/pretender combo VS AI?

[Oversway]

Something experimental I was going to try a w9 or f9 pretender (dragon or maybe moloch) with pythium serpent cult. I've heard that the sacred hydras arn't so good in practice.

[Nerfix]

Virtue - Caelum, Tien Chi or Marignon

[Endoperez]

I'm not sure if it's exactly favorite, but I like to have a Rainbow for Ulm that can do maximum amount of path boosters, given time. IIRC only Blood boosters were out of reach without empowerment. Great Sorceress works nicely.