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Ideas and Variants: Cannon Main Variant - Using a Cannon instead of an Archer main allows you to use Anarchy Credits Wind and ramp it up to 60.
It is less versatile, because you no longer have access to Silence, which means you cannot keep a Monk quiet forever, and you no longer have the bonus Bow damage that you normally deal to ranged mercenaries. However, having access to third cannon is a lot more spread out damage that you can put forward.
No Oracle Variant: In this Variant you are essentially gambling that your offense will be better than your opponent's ability to take you out. This is very risky because you do not have a large amount of what could be considered sturdy mercenaries, so you're going to have to try and overcome this deficiency with your additional damage boost.
I would recommend a third Cannon or a Prophet in this position (the Prophet mainly for its weapon debuffs that might keep your mercenaries alive for just a little longer - which might be more than enough -- and its ranged attack).
Viking! Pathetic magic defense means you might have to sacrifice straightforward damage for more enemy mercenary control in the form of trying to land stuns, zing Axes and Mana Seals, never mind that a Swordsman front line hard-counters any front line Viking... ever.
