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| {{Necropolis creatures}}{{Creature | | {{Ring artifacts}}{{Artifact |
| | AI_Value = 555 | | | normal = |
| | Name = Vampire | | | class = minor |
| | Attack = 10
| | | slot = ring |
| | Defense = 9
| | | cost = 5000 |
| | Speed = 6 | | | event = While pausing to rest, you notice a bobcat climbing a short tree to get at a crow's nest. On impulse, you climb the tree yourself and scare off the cat. When you look in the nest, you find a collection of shiny stones and a ring. |
| | Movement = [[Flying]]
| | | effect = This item increases the health of all hero's units by +1. |
| | Growth = 4
| | }} Equipped in a ring slot, this artifact gives all your units +1 to their [[Health]]. |
| | Damage = 5–8 | |
| | Health = 30 | |
| | Cost = 360 | |
| | Special = • [[Undead]]<br>• No enemy [[retaliation]]
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| | U_AI_Value= 783
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| | U_name = Vampire Lord
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| | U_defense = '''10'''
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| | U_speed = '''9'''
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| | U_health = '''40''' | |
| | U_cost = 500
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| | U_special = • [[Undead]]<br>• No enemy [[retaliation]]<br>• [[Life drain]]
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| {{Cram|Estate|Vampire|Vampire Lord|no_dwelling=|-={{---}}|pad=13px 10px 3px 3px}}
| | Part of the [[Elixir of Life]], together with the [[Ring of Vitality]] and the [[Vial of Lifeblood]]. |
| '''Vampires and Vampire Lords''' are level 4 creatures of [[Necropolis town]]. They are recruited from the [[Estate (structure)|Estate]].
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| ''"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>
| | == Related artifacts == |
| | * {{An| Elixir of Life}} |
| | * {{An| Vial of Lifeblood}} |
| | * {{An| Ring of Vitality}} |
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| [[Undead]], [[Elemental]]s and [[Golem]]s have no life to be drained.
| | {{Artifact 'see also'}} |
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| == General Tactics and Info ==
| | [[Category: Minor artifacts]] |
| 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. 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.
| | [[Category: Parts of combination artifacts]] |
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| == Ability ==
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| ==== Life drain special ability ====
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| 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.
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| '''Creatures immune to life drain:'''
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| {{Non-living}}
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| ===== Heroes with a specialty =====
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| *{{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.
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