Vampire and Vampire Lord

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
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
Special abilities:
• Undead • No enemy retaliation • Life drain
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Vampires and vampire lords are level 4 creatures of necropolis town. 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 living enemies. Undead, Elementals and Golems have no life to be drained.

Life drain special ability

Vampire Lords' life drain special ability occurs after the stack has attacked and before the target stack has 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. Basically, for every 40 points of damage the stack of Vampire Lords causes, one Vampire Lord rises from the dead. The ability functions in a similar way to Animate Dead spell (or Resurrection).

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.

Creatures immune to life drain:

Stone Gargoyle  Obsidian Gargoyle Golems:                             Stone and Iron Golems  Gold Golem  Diamond Golem  Steel Golem  Elementals:                           Air and Storm Elementals   Water and Ice Elementals   Fire and Energy Elementals   Earth and Magma Elementals   Psychic and Magic Elementals

Undead:                              Skeleton and Skeleton Warrior   Walking Dead and Zombie   Wight and Wraith   Vampire and Vampire Lord   Lich and Power Lich   Black and Dread Knights   Bone and Ghost Dragons  Mummy

Discussion

The Vampire Lords' good speed and special abilities make them essential 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. 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.