I suppose you could take a totally defensive strategy. However, in past battles Rad has tended to focus his attacks on the Arazen side of the map. I suppose that would make it easier to provide a corpse to plug in the gap, but it would also probably get arazen injured. Playing a totally defensive strategy, however, has one big flaw- it gives Rad a lot of freedom of how to use spells. I suppose you could try total defense and try to force solstice to use his dispel on a lesser spell so you can manaflare Arazen. That would require a different approach, though, and Arazen might get injured by attacks by it. It's all up to you, really, because I can't play.