Vampire and Vampire Lord: Difference between revisions

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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

Vampire

Cost per troop
360

Attack	10
Defense	9
Damage	5–8
Health	30
Speed	6
Movement	Flying
Size	1
Growth	4
AI Value	555

Special abilities:

• Undead
• No enemy retaliation

Vampire Lord

Cost per troop
500

Attack	10
Defense	10
Damage	5–8
Health	40
Speed	9
Movement	Flying
Size	1
Growth	4
AI Value	783

Special abilities:

• Undead
• No enemy retaliation
• Life drain

Portraits

Vampires and Vampire Lords are the level 4 creatures of Necropolis. They are recruited from the Estate.

"The attacks of vampires and vampire lords cannot be retaliated against. Vampire Lords are able to resurrect members of their own troops by replenishing health equal to the amount of damage they inflict on others." ^{RoE manual}

Special Ability: Life Drain[edit | hide | hide all]

Vampire Lords' life drain special ability occurs after the stack has attacked and before the target stack has a chance to 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, since Undead, Elementals and Golems have no life to be drained.

If Vampire Lords attack Efreet Sultans, Fire Shield works after life drain, being able to kill Vampire Lords who have already risen from the dead.

Creatures immune to life drain: Elementals:

Air and Storm Elementals
Water and Ice Elementals
Fire and Energy Elementals
Earth and Magma Elementals
Psychic and Magic Elementals

Undead:

Skeletons and Skeleton Warriors
Walking Dead and Zombies
Wights and Wraiths
Vampires and Vampire Lords
Liches and Power Liches
Black and Dread Knights
Bone and Ghost Dragons
Mummies

Gargoyles:

Stone and Obsidian Gargoyles

Golems:

Stone and Iron Golems
Gold Golems
Diamond Golems

Steel Golems

Mechanicals:
Automatons and Sentinel Automatons
Dreadnoughts and Juggernauts

Heroes with a specialty[edit | hide]

Vokial the Death Knight has vampires as a 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.

Official Renders[edit | hide]

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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 elementals, 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.

Also, it is recommended to "feed" on weaker stacks, when numbers are low.

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-  | U_special = • [[Undead]]<br>• No enemy [[retaliation]]<br>• [[Life drain]]
+  | U_special = • [[Undead]]<br>• No enemy [[retaliation]]<br>• '''[[Life drain]]'''
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-'''Vampires and Vampire Lords''' are level 4 creatures of [[Necropolis town]]. They are recruited from the [[Estate (structure)|Estate]].
+{{Cram|Estate|Vampire|Vampire Lord|no_dwelling=|-={{---}}|pad=13px 10px 3px 3px}}
+'''Vampires and Vampire Lords''' are the level 4 creatures of [[Necropolis]]. They are recruited from the [[Estate (structure)|Estate]].
-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 living enemies. [[Undead]], [[Elemental]]s and [[Golem]]s have no life to be drained.
+''"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>
+<div style="clear:left;"></div>
-==== Life drain special ability ====
+== Special Ability: Life Drain ==
-Vampire Lords' life drain special ability occurs after the stack has attacked and before the target stack has 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.
+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, since [[Undead]], [[Elemental]]s and [[Golem]]s have no life to be drained.
+If Vampire Lords attack [[Efreeti and Efreet Sultan|Efreet Sultans]], Fire Shield works ''after'' life drain, being able to kill Vampire Lords who have already risen from the dead.
 '''Creatures immune to life drain:'''
 {{Non-living}}
-== See also ==
+== Heroes with a specialty ==
-* [[List of creatures]]
+*{{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.
-* [[List of creatures (HotA)]]
+== Official Renders ==
+<gallery mode="packed-hover">
+Vampire render.gif
+Vampire Lord render.gif
+</gallery>
+{{user commentary|
+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.
+Also, it is recommended to "feed" on weaker stacks, when numbers are low.
+}}{{end of user commentary}}
+{{creature 'see also'}}
+* [[Comparison of Level 4 Creatures]]
 [[Category: Creatures]]
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