[Agema]

If you go for an E9 bless, remember that you're getting +4 protection. Woodsmen will not only getting on +4 reinvigoration thus removing their fatigue worries, but they're now respectably armoured too (14-15?). Consequently bowfire is not as huge a risk as you might think. Plenty of arrows miss; your protec will then soak up many that hit, and you'll mostly get a pitter-patter of low damage hits spread across many giants, which can largely be recovered by N bless regeneration. You'll want to be slightly more wary of crossbows and longbows, you'll want to be wary with huge masses of any archers, and you'll never want woodsmen near flaming arrows unless you can cast Arrow Fend.

The E9 bless will also tie-in extremely with your thugs.