Best way to get in range.

[PvK]

Other ideas:
Any long-range or battlefield-wide attacks. e.g. Farstrike
Assassins and assassination spells.
Summoning lots of air elementals & other lightning-immune air summons.
You don't happen to have the "useless" Air-9 bless do you? If so, Masters of the Five Elements would have 125% shock res...
Thunder Ward & Storm Warriors
Nailing their army with Murdering Winter
Hide underwater.

[Rytek]

Well, at least with EA T'ien Ch'i I have a plethora of ways of dealing with it. My mages come with air and can fly and my sacreds come with shock resistance. It would really suck to deal with without air.