Yeah, I think Sandeep likes to start with at least one (maybe two?) gamin. Depending on the schemes and strats a wind gamin is great for scheme running, but my way of "hiring" banasuva is to grab an ice gamin. Ice gamin + Banasuva seems like a heck of a combo with a silent one, and I really look forward to trying that out. A concern I have for the Unaligned sage build is the costs of a lot of the academics, so hiring a few gamin off the bat will help keep activations up. Kudra is 7, 3 oxfordians sit at 15 (I don't think I can justify taking 2 when for 3 more points I can have 3) Librarians without the merc tax are up with Kudra. What I'm most excited for is the sanctioned spellcasters. They are amazing denial pieces, can pair up with an oxfordian to keep them alive, and do what needs to be done when it needs to be done. The dream situation is some sort of spread like in the image below. That was a huge run on and I hope it gives some insight to some folks!