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Endoperez said:

They can deal with triple numbers, easily. In fact, even the non-sacred units might be able to deal with twice or thrice their numbers without many losses. Between Glamour, Shield and mediocre protection, arrows will only rarely effect them.

Whether or not EA Vanheim's sacred units are weaker than those of other Vanir nations is irrelevant, because MA/LA Vanir are EXTREMELY good, and even if the normal Vanir are weaker, they can be VERY good.

Also, for some reason you only seem to regard the nation's sacred units when considering their worth. EA Vanheim against MA Vanheim could turn very nasty, because the latter wouldn't know a thing about the former's armies before battle. Also, while in later ages only the sacred troops can go stealth-raiding, in EA they can use somewhat cheaper Huskarls and Hirdmens for it as well.

You have some valid points there, I agree. But I was just surprised that people keep telling how both EA Vanheim and Helheim are overpowered with F9/W9 bless, when in fact Helheim's sacred troops are significantly more powerful (and different) than EA Vanheim, as both you and Nerfix agree. That's why I concentrated on sacred troops in my post, and not on non-sacred troops, since Huskarls/Hirdmans that you mentioned are clearly not affected by bless or lack of it.