[Kheldron]

I've got a game going with a W6E9 bless and it works just fine.

E9 is for me a no brainer as it gives helhirding a 0 fatigue which works wonder with long fights and skele spam...which happens to be so easy to use with helheim.
I got niefelheim quickly out of the game just because I could win the fatigue race.
That's one of the reason I didn't go for more than W6. I don't relish having my fatigue doubled by quickness and going from +3def to +4 wasn't worth the points.

I remember reading somewhere that if you manage to stay alive and standing long enough, you'll eventually win. That's the point of a 0 encumberance + 22def unexperienced, your opponent will eventually either fall under your blows or his own weight.