Soul gate

[Taqwus]

Whenever a patch appears that makes paralysis temporary, SG (and, for that matter, anybody else that might make heavy use of Dispossessed Spirits; T'ien C'hi comes to mind) will be weakened a notch.
SG is nice in a variety of ways, although they lose the free longdead horsemen and KotUS. If memory serves, that leaves them with no reanimated/auto-gen cavalry or sacred non-commanders (Wailing Ladies still exist as a national summons, but aren't cheap.) And the ubiquitous Prot-0 is worrisome (flaming arrows, wide-area battle magic).