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My experience has been that once you become comfortable with the nation, Skratti are better than Jarls in a thug role. So if you want to be as efficient as possible, you don't want to spend your design points boosting your #2 unit. But if you plan to put shrouds on your skratti and you want a bless that benefits both jarls and skratti, earth is definitely the best.

Some people just like Jarls better, and some are turned off by the micro involved in handling Skratti. I haven't tested the equipment fix in the new version though, skratti may be easier to use now.