and of course with spring and autumn you can go with almost any bless startegy you want as you mages can provide huge magical versatility and you have good sacreds
I love playing Tien Chi with Turmoil 3 and Luck 3. I also take Sloth 3, Heat 3, Death 3, and pile all the points into Magic 3 and a double-major blessing (level 9 or 10).
Whether this is effective or not is unclear. Anybody want to challenge me to a 1-vs-1 quick match on Clash of the Titans? :-)
but then again with his sacred armys not needing food or money those scales suddenly seem quite good since he has a good chance of random gems, i can think of a few ways to steamroll him though