Better Know a Pretender: the Allfather

[Calahan]

Nature is great on raiders for Elemental Fortitude alone, as it allows you to get full elemental resistance with the minimal amount of equipment. ie. Just a Brand or Scutata Shield. That can make defending agaist them far more difficult, as you often have to do a lot more than just "throw a mage in amongst your PD".

[archaeolept]

they can't use the scutata, but they have inherent ability to cast resist lightning.

It does let them counter-counter

barkskin also helps them a lot against masses of pd, which might overwhelm a vanjarl.

[Kuritza]

Mmmmmmwhell, perhaps sidhe lords are better raiders indeed - too bad vanheim in general is so much more powerful than Eriu.

[Calahan]

Originally Posted by archaeolept

they can't use the scutata, but they have inherent ability to cast resist lightning.

It does let them counter-counter

Ah yes, I forgot the current discussion was about specific Thugs, and not just Nature pathed Thugs in general.

Resist Lightning does of course solve the need for Scutata's

(Mounted units can not use Tower Shields for those wondering why Scutata's, which is a tower shield, can not be used by the mounted Thugs under discussion)

[P3D]

The inherent N of the Sidhes also improve the 5% regen they get from N4 bless.

[thejeff]

Technically true, but I don't remember it being enough to bump it from 1/turn to 2/turn.

[Calahan]

Edit: Deleted a load of rubbish my brain came up with.

Move along please