It doesn't quite feel like<em>Exalted</em>until someone breaks out the perfect defences.  :-)<br/><br/>One other trick in your box is that you can also use the universal Gifts with a miracle, so long as you can plausibly link them to a Word you know.<strong>Divine Wrath</strong>and<strong>Corona of Fury</strong>can be useful if the enemy refuses to stay still and let you hit them.