Vampire and Vampire Lord and Black Knight and Dread Knight: Difference between pages

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Necropolis creatures

Level 1

Skeleton

Skeleton Warrior

Level 2

Walking Dead

Zombie

Level 3

Wight

Wraith

Level 4

Vampire

Vampire Lord

Level 5

Lich

Power Lich

Level 6

Black Knight

Dread Knight

Level 7

Bone Dragon

Ghost Dragon

Towns

Statistics

Black Knight

Cost per troop
1200

Attack	16
Defense	16
Damage	15–30
Health	120
Speed	7
Movement	Ground
Size	2
Growth	2
AI Value	2087

Special abilities:

• Undead
• Curses enemies

Dread Knight

Cost per troop
1500

Attack	18
Defense	18
Damage	15–30
Health	120
Speed	9
Movement	Ground
Size	2
Growth	2
AI Value	2382

Special abilities:

• Undead
• Curses enemies
• Death blow attack

Black and Dread Knights are level 6 creatures of Necropolis town. They are recruited from the Hall of Darkness.

"Knights have a 20% chance of cursing opponents they strike. Cursed creatures inflict only minimum damage in their own attacks. Dread knights' attacks also have a 20% chance of inflicting double damage death blows." ^{RoE manual}

General Tactics and Info

The Dread Knights are considered to be the best level 6 unit, alongside the Naga Queens. They also have the highest attack, defense and health for a level 6 unit, accompanied by the largest damage range.

Abilities

Special ability curse

Black and Dread Knights' curse ability behaves slightly different from the Curse spell as it is not considered fire school spell. This is due to a fact that the ability is not affected by Fiery Fields terrain, and creatures with immunity to fire magic (e.g. Fire Elementals) are not affected by it. However, the ability is affected by the Magic Plains.

Special ability death blow

Dread Knights' special ability death blow gives them 20% chance of dealing double base damage when attacking a creature stack. The game information states that Dread Knights would deal double damage when the death blow occurs, but that is not technically correct as it only doubles the base damage. In other words, bonuses from Offense, Luck or attack-defense difference are not doubled. See damage calculation for more specific information about the matter.

Heroes with a specialty

Tamika the Death Knight has black knights as a specialty, which increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Black Knights or Dread Knights for each level attained after 6th level, and gives them a speed bonus of 1.
Lord Haart the Death Knight increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Black Knights or Dread Knights +5 and damage +10.

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-  | AI_Value  = 555
+  | AI_Value  = 2087
-  | Name      = Vampire
+  | Name      = Black Knight
-  | Attack    = 10
+  | Attack    = 16
-  | Defense   = 9
+  | Defense   = 16
-  | Speed     = 6
+  | Speed     = 7
-  | Movement  = [[Flying]]
+  | Growth    = 2
-  | Growth    = 4
+  | Size      = 2
-  | Damage    = 5–8
+  | Damage    = 15–30
-  | Health    = 30
+  | Health    = 120
-  | Cost      = 360
+  | Cost      = 1200
-  | Special   = • [[Undead]]<br>• No enemy [[retaliation]]
+  | Special   = • [[Undead]]<br>• [[Curse]]s enemies
-  | U_AI_Value= 783
+  | U_AI_Value= 2382
-  | U_name    = Vampire Lord
+  | U_name    = Dread Knight
-  | U_defense = '''10'''
+ | U_attack  = '''18'''
+  | U_defense = '''18'''
   | U_speed   = '''9'''
- | U_health  = '''40'''
+  | U_cost    = 1500
-  | U_cost    = 500
+  | U_special = • [[Undead]]<br>• [[Curse]]s enemies<br>• [[Death blow]] attack
-  | U_special = • [[Undead]]<br>• No enemy [[retaliation]]<br>• [[Life drain]]
   | No_shots  =
   | No_ushots =
 }}
-{{Cram|Estate|Vampire|Vampire Lord|no_dwelling=|-={{---}}|pad=13px 10px 3px 3px}}
+{{Cram|Hall of Darkness|Black Knight|Dread Knight|no_dwelling=|-={{---}}}}
-'''Vampires and Vampire Lords''' are level 4 creatures of [[Necropolis town]]. They are recruited from the [[Estate (structure)|Estate]].
+'''Black and Dread Knights''' are level 6 creatures of [[Necropolis town]]. They are recruited from the [[Hall of Darkness]].
-''"The attacks of vampires and vampire lords cannot be [[Retaliation|retaliated]] against. Vampire Lords are able to [[Life drain|resurrect]] members of their own troops by replenishing health equal to the amount of damage they inflict on others."{{-}}<sup>[[Restoration of Erathia Manual Page 102|RoE manual]]''</sup>
+''"Knights have a 20% chance of [[Curse|cursing]] opponents they strike. Cursed creatures inflict only minimum damage in their own attacks. Dread knights' attacks also have a 20% chance of inflicting double damage [[death blow]]s."{{-}}<sup>[[Restoration of Erathia Manual Page 102|RoE manual]]''</sup>
-[[Undead]], [[Elemental]]s and [[Golem]]s have no life to be drained.
+<div style="clear:left;"></div>
 == General Tactics and Info ==
-The Vampire Lords' good speed and special abilities make them cornerstones of a Necropolis army. It is recommended to upgrade Vampires as soon as possible so as to make use of their life drain special ability. In large numbers, Vampire Lords can be difficult to deal with, unless the opposing army consists largely of [[undead]] or [[elemental]]s, or has way higher stats and/or numbers. A very effective tactic is to cast the spell [[Counterstrike]] on Vampire Lords, allowing them to retaliate against every attack, constantly resurrecting themselves in the process.
+The Dread Knights are considered to be the best level 6 unit, alongside the [[Naga and Naga Queen|Naga Queens]]. They also have the highest attack, defense and health for a level 6 unit, accompanied by the largest damage range.
-== Life drain special ability ==
-Vampire Lords' life drain special ability occurs after the stack has attacked and before the target stack has a chance to [[retaliation|retaliate]]. It raises killed Vampire Lords from the dead for the same amount of [[health]] points as the stack inflicted damage, and the top unit is healed with the remainder. The ability functions in a similar way to [[Animate Dead]] spell (or [[Resurrection]]). However, no more than the amount of total health points of the target stack can be drained. As the ability name suggests, target attacked creature stack must be considered to be alive. This means that the ability does not work on [[non-living]] creatures. Also, it's recommended to "feed" on weaker stacks, when numbers are lower.
-'''Creatures immune to life drain:'''
+== Abilities ==
-{{Non-living}}
+===== Special ability curse =====
+Black and Dread Knights' curse ability behaves slightly different from the [[Curse]] spell as it is not considered [[School of Fire Magic|fire school]] spell. This is due to a fact that the ability is not affected by [[Fiery Fields]] [[terrain]], and creatures with immunity to fire magic (e.g. [[Fire Elemental]]s) are not affected by it. However, the ability is affected by the [[Magic Plains]].
-===== Heroes with a specialty =====
+===== Special ability death blow =====
+Dread Knights' special ability death blow gives them 20% chance of dealing double base damage when attacking a creature stack. The game information states that Dread Knights would deal double damage when the death blow occurs, but that is not technically correct as it only doubles the base damage. In other words, bonuses from [[Offense]], [[Luck]] or attack-defense difference are not doubled. See [[Damage|damage calculation]] for more specific information about the matter.
-*{{H|Vokial|Death Knight}} has vampires as a [[Specialty#Creature_specialties|specialty]], which increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Vampires or Vampire Lords for each level attained after 4th  level and gives them a [[speed]] bonus of 1.
+== Heroes with a specialty ==
+*{{H|Tamika|Death Knight|}} has black knights as a [[Specialty#Creature_specialties|specialty]], which increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Black Knights or Dread Knights for each level attained after 6th level, and gives them a [[speed]] bonus of 1.
+*[[File:Hero Lord Haart Death Knight small.gif]] [[Lord Haart Death Knight|Lord Haart]] the [[Death Knight]] increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Black Knights or Dread Knights +5 and damage +10.
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