How important is reinvig

[Tryfan]

...for melee thugs?

Something necessary to build items for, or even minor bless for?

Or something you can get away with not having?

[Fantomen]

Very important usually.

A thugs job is to kill PD or small armies alone, so this must be accomplished before tiring out. In general you want a melee thug to stay on 0 fatigue at all times to avoid critical hits.

[WingedDog]

If thugs are not undead or constructs reinvigoration is critical.

When unit gains fatigue it becomes vulnerable to critical hits. More the fatigue - more often critical hits are and more damage they do.

In my experience fatigue below 20 is pretty safe and more then 60 - suicidal. So if you don't want your thugs to be killed in long battle - you'd better keep it low.

Edit: Ninja'd by Fantomen, type too slow.

[thejeff]

Critical for a solo.

Less important, but still good if he's backing up an army or blocking for mages.

Also not so important on the low end. If you only expect him to win against weak PD, it may not be worth the investment. Think Ulm's Black Lords with Firebrand and Awe Shield.

Not so much of an issue with non-buffing 0 encumbrance thugs (eg. Bane Lords).

Life drain can substitute, of course.

edit: Double ninja'd, but we all added different pieces.