OW's Guide to MA Pythium: Marx and Angels' Communion Manifesto

[Huzurdaddi]

A few points, some have been mentioned:

1. The Lord of Rebirth is just about the perfect pretender for Pythium. You are missing the following magic paths: Earth, death, nature, blood. The Lord of rebirth gives you three of those in one nice package! Further, your angels like both nature and earth blessings. And finally, he is a titan which is always nice. Perfect!

2. Gladiators are excellent at early expansion, especially at higher independent levels. Always snag a few.

3. For the most part, your angels begin and end with the Harbringer. He is the cheapest. He has the best paths, and he is very mobile. What is not to like!

4. Angelic host is a targeted ritual, so it has some extra uses. And unlike most targeted rituals it packs a pretty serious whallop. Those little angels are armed with serious weapons and can be useful in many cases, like killing off just about any undead summon in the 1st round if they are alone. The Arch Angel you get in the bargin is also a decent caster as you mentioned.

5. A nature+earth blessing combined with a shroud of the saint has is simply fantastic. More so if your earth blessing is level 9 (which is probably won't be with lord of rebirth, sadly).

6. Serpent Cataphracts are excellent, nice defense, excellent protection, good HP, very survivable and they pack a serious punch.

7. While the Principe is very nice, do not forget the Hastatus when you have a lot of resources, he is easily 90% as good for 75% of the price.

8. If you need bulk in your army in a hurry you could do worse than the Velite, easy on the resources, nice shield and a javlin. Very nice for 10 resources.

9. thejeff and P3D's suggestions for how to keep commanders alive with hydras are great.

10. Fear works wonders when combined with Awe. Horror Helmets, Implementor Axe, Lantern Shield all give fear and can be useful (although I am not so sure about the Implementor axe, I have not had great success with it ... the other 2 work nicely!).