Would it be possible to either be able to buy more tavern generals and/or increase the combat time of the MoD or maybe take away his combat skills to increase combat time.
I am in two minds whether or not to buy the MoD as I have heard that his blocks can fail due to his shorter combat time. I have also completed battle sims using the MoD against tavern generals and the MoD is terrible at blocks compared to the tavern gens.
I would consider buying an MoD if he truly was a master of defence.