Death vs. Fire bless

[JimMorrison]

Renojustin said:
Against Death bless effects, these units already have high MR nearly by definition. So already, Fire works better against the troops that really matter. The only unit that a Death bless would work better against would be high protection, shielded units with low MR. And that window of opportunity will not last long, because MR is easily buffable through Earth and Astral magic.

Therefore, the affliction chance for your casters is likely the most useful effect from a Death bless, for many nations overshadowing the +4 Attack bonus from the Fire blessing. Death is also cheaper for many of the applicable pretender chassis. To me, it appears that that might be for a reason!

That's the thing, those sacred troops also have the Affliction bonus. Against units of singular power, you are not relying on the damage boost - but the non-resistible Eye-Arm-Nose-and-Toes loss.

As you pointed out, obviously an experienced player will endeavor to have FR on their thugs/SCs if you have a Fire bless, but they can MR all they want to, there is no Affliction Resistance.