Best Bless

[Twan]

My favorite is earth 10 with Arcocephale.

As all my mages have astral it's easy to make lots of Shroud of the Battle Saint, then all my casters have a base reinvigoration of 5 and 9 protection / 0 encumbrance for only 5 astral pearls.

[shovah]

and e10 reduces the fatigue of your heavily armoured sacred hoplite guys aswell

[Cainehill]

Not sure E10 is worth it - too expensive for the huge extra cost. But E9 is great for Arco, perhaps mixed with another bless as well - I like E9 N4, or E9 D4, or N9 E4, key for me is having either a strong E or N bless with them.

[shovah]

the e10 extra point of reinvig is very useful on the mages although yes including n/d is good for heart companions

[WraithLord]

Does the Shroud of the Battle Saint also cut upkeep fees by half, as for blessed units?

[Arralen]

AFAIK, no:
Upkeep is halved for units with the 'holy' (blessable) tag in the unit data. This has nothing to do with actually being blessed (what the shroud does).

Appointing an unit as prophet makes it upkeep-free, though.

[shovah]

which is why its good to prophtise expensive commanders (such as neifel jarls)

[WraithLord]

Twan said:
My favorite is earth 10 with Arcocephale.

As all my mages have astral it's easy to make lots of Shroud of the Battle Saint, then all my casters have a base reinvigoration of 5 and 9 protection / 0 encumbrance for only 5 astral pearls.

This is a great tip. I have been experimenting with e9 bless and Arco and had good results using priestesses and heart companions, but certainly this is a good addition. On a side note, one might argue that this applies to all nations that have access to astral...

[OG_Gleep]

Isn't it cheaper to go for relief?

[shovah]

apart from the fact that arco dosnt really have access to it