[Micah]

Good bless strat sacreds need to have something really special about them to be worth it. Shadow vestals are Eth and reasonably high defense, Vans and white centaurs are stealthy/glamoured and have 3 map move. Niefel giants are tough as hell, have enough HP to make regen amazing on them, and have a chill aura, plus the Jarls gain a lot from a good bless. The various Abysian sacreds dual wield, berserk and hit like a ton of bricks (and are still not really good for a pure bless strat). Jag warriors are cheap, really damn good, and can be made everywhere. All of the sacreds except Abysia all also have very low resource costs so you can take some sloth picks to offset the bless cost, and Abysia needs production anyhow because all of their units are resource hogs. The Heart companions don't stack up at all. They're great blocker units for your mages, but they do that just fine without a bless. Sinking in the points to make them a little bit better is a massive waste...if your mages were sacred I could see a high earth bless for reinvig (9 encumberance on them too, seriously, they're NOT GOOD) and the prot bonus, but since your mages won't get the reinvig that's right out the window. MA Arco is not a bless nation. I think you'd be much better served with an awake/dormant pretender to help expansion and good scales.