Strat talk: UC team (in General)

Would a strategy like this work?:

Minion 1 : All AS, With a RoS
Minion 2 : All GS, with an exbow
Minion 3 : All Haste, with an axbow
Minion 4 : All UC, with an Elbow

I was also thinking about this:

Minion 1 : All AS
Minion 2 : All GS, with an exbow
Minion 3 : All Haste, with an axbow and a Jiggy Familiar
Minion 4 : All UC, with an Elbow

I think it would be good vs. mage teams and vs. small tank teams, large ToA and single tank teams would probably have too much str/dex to overcome. Thoughts?

With a 4 minion UC team, the UC wouldn't do as much damage as is normally expected out of UC tanks, especially having to train all the ST and DX he needs by himself.

Without training any ST or DX on any of them, Dispel Magic could render you helpless. You'd also get slaughtered by DD spells. If you use UC as part of a multi-minion team, you have to be really careful about balancing offense vs. defense against magic.

DM > that

That is why I put a RoS in there, at a high enough level I think it would provide sufficient protection from DM

The 1st strat works and works really well, but it's actually very weak against a single UC ToA tank. When I was running a single UC guy I had a team just like that - I think it was Cylo's - on my fightlist. The only difference between your example and his was all the minions had UC.

Yeah I fought Cylo's character, wicked man. Running a 4 or 3 minion tank team at the time. Can't win if I can't hit... and I never seemed to hit those darn things lol

I would prefer the first setup. And add a little amf on first 3 enchanter minions would help against Decay and MM. Since your last minion is the only damage dealer (in melee), MM team would be dreadful to you. And of course, single UC team is rare, so losing to one or two teams like that doesn't hurt.

Put your UC minion in the front with a AOI. That will help vs MM teams.

Also on the first strat, since the RoS is going to boost the AS significantly, make that the minion that you have your AMF on, and split XP between them (AS & AMF). Make sure you use all UC boosting gear, and consider a MgS on the UC minion. The pro of the DD protection from it outweighs the con of the DX/skill penalty.

I was thinking about UC on all four, but I fear too much exp dilution will make for four useless tanks, rather than one strong tank and three useless enchanters.