[thejeff]

Even without a counter bless of your own, some nations can counter bless rushers with other "troops", elephants being the obvious example.

Sauromatia's hydras and poison archers where brutal to Vanheim glamor sacreds in one game I played. Maybe massed skinshifter or trampling Minotaurs? At least against some sacred types.

Especially if you're only trying to delay long enough for a sleeping SC to wake up and get equipped.