Early game equipment for Niefel Jarls?

[OmikronWarrior]

HoneyBadger said:
I use both of those, when I can get them. Resilience is just as important as anti-magic and regeneration. The boots are nice to have, as soon as you get a good nature income. You need hags for that, though, and that takes away from other things, for a unit that may start out decrepit.

Lately, I tend to play Niefel with an 8 astral, 8 earth, 4 nature bless Great Enchantress, which means that building hags-or Skratti, for that matter-before she wakes up generally isn't worth it. My whole economy goes into Jarls and Niefels.

Why 8-Astral? You do realize that you cannot use an astral bless to go over 18 MR, and N. Jarl's start there? If its to cast the important globals later, than you can probably afford to go a little less and use boosters, unless you are real min-maxer.