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Originally Posted by triqui
There is a difference between "this unit does not work well with this bless" (ie: Vestals with E9) and "this unit does not work at all with any bless except one" (ie: Annakite without E10). First case gives you plenty options (you can use Vestals with F9, or W9, or D9, or S9, or combination of those, or mild E4W4F4). The second case give you one option: E10. Well, gives you two: E10, or chosing other unit. Although I'm not sure this count as an option...
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D9 and F9 are both pretty bad shadow vestal blesses - they only have one attack. W9 and S9 are really their only options.
E9N4 is really the only option for Niefl Giants. And Fomorian recruitable sacred troops like Unmarked. If you don't take that bless you don't use those troop options. (Fomoria actually has another totally different bless strategy, but it involves Morrigans, a summon, instead of recruitable sacreds).
Also virtually requiring E9+,N4: Wardens, Knights of the Chalice, Black Templars, sacred Centaurs, Sauromatian sacreds (both), Serpent Cataphracts, Blindfighters, Agarthan sacreds (excepting the stone throwers who only really want the N4), and probably more.
Flagellants are pretty useless without W9.
Similarly Battle Maidens are useless without W9.
Any bless but W9 is wasted on giboleth. Similarly whatever the kailasa ranged attack sacred is. (Because W9 is the only bless that works with ranged sacreds).
Most sacreds only work with 1-2 bless arrangements and aren't worth buying without those set ups. This is not news.