Bless Effects

[Cheezeninja]

lately my favorite vanheim bless strategy has been a W9E9 cyclops building nothing but van commanders as opposed to troops. With evocation 2 for shockwave and lightning bolt, and alteration 2 for resist lightning and phantom warrior you can have quickened, reinvigorated van commanders casting a constant barrage of spells as the enemy approaches, easily surviving the first round of combat with 22 defense, 17 prot, and glamour (defense varies slightly depending on which commander it is) and then shockwaving the unholy feck out of the enemy when they get close. The air 9 blessing would be a bit superfluous because they can all cast air shield on themselves straight out of the box anyway. It takes some time to get enough commanders for real arse beating, but once it gets going its ridiculously easy to take out indeps with 0 losses. I have 2 mp games going with this strategy and both are still in the early stages but its been fairly successful.