Nerfix,
Yes what I meant it that a bless strategy was useless for Maverni, but the way I wrote it wasn't that clear, sorry !
Abour tribe matching (Ambibates vs Carnutes) : well, Ambibates costs 5 gold less, have 1 morale less (at 11 only, which is not good), 1 att and 4 Def more than Carnutes - here you're right, they're much better- but Carnutes have berserk, which is nice imho, and Wood surv.
That's not a so huge difference, at least when confronted to Onis or Seal Guards, both dies in doves !
And in practice I mix both - but in my thread I've summarized
So I agree to say there's 3 usable units, Eponi Kn, Carnutes and Ambibates. Yet all are weak in EA...
As for research I agree : the only good thing Maverni has is superb mages (that are also priests).