Ok, I posted my first reply. I guess I'll be following the Hecate route for the time being.

Another side question, can a pawn change his promotion during a battle/rating game? I don't recall this ever happening, but given that Issei is not the most brilliant of the strategic minds, maybe they simply overlook the possibility.

By the way, I hope the canon cast doesn't monopolize Azazel too much, I'd like for him to pop up sometime in the future, ' cause his far too damn fun to ignore.