[Endoperez]

It's EA Vanheim, isn't it? The high-blessing strategy still works. All Vanir have high defense, and their Glamour ability adds even more to it, and Water 9 with its defence makes it almost impossible for normal units to hit them. The quickness doesn't hurt either. Be careful about fighting bigger armies, though, because your Vanir will get fatiqued (bad!) and their defense goes down when they are targeted by many attacks (-1 def for every time they've been already attacked that turn).

Fire 9 makes their weapons Flaming, and increases their Attack. They will be able to handle almost any enemy then, and their natural defense is usually high enough to keep them alive.

Dwarves are good casters. Try researching Blade Wind and using more dwarves on the battlefield. Just be careful with your own troops; you don't want your own Blade Wind to accidentally hit them.

Beware bows. They hurt a lot. Storm helps, and Arrow Fend helps even more.