Pythium & Communicants

[Humakty]

It's true they tend to die, or get nice afflictions (I currently have some that lost both of their eyes), but this only incitates me more to use communicants, who are expendable.
If there are usefull in one big battle, you've made up their cost !
4 to 1 is a good ratio, but when I need an extra punch, I teleport an arch theurg, too bad if I loose all four of them, they cost nothing.
It's true I tend to have a low research during midgame, but during this period you're almost unstoppable, and if you expand rapidly, you'll have enougth forts to produce many theurgs.
PS : I use usually 4 communicants, as it is sufficient to raise a theurg to 3W 3A 4S