Trying to improve my MA Abyssia Pretender Design

[earwicker7]

Originally Posted by thejeff

Evocation is still good for Abysia if you expect to be facing large armies. A big enough target even your mages can hit and you don't have to worry about friendly fire. Fire Clouds can be quite effective.

Against smaller, but tougher groups, they're less effective. Hard to say what else the Salamanders are good at though.

So would you say it's best to hold off on researching it until later in the game, when armies are larger?