I was using a NR mage charge deck and Adalia was absolutely essential, starting R3 with her for a bronze mage, only NG with their tourney jousts were able to deal, but i buffed it to 5 with Uprising so they couldnt do that.
It would help a bit if she was a mage, but not that much since she's usually the 1st play on setting up a "mage board". But i guess it would help having an extra mage for the 2 NR "boost mage" units.