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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>
''"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>
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== Life drain special ability ==
== Life drain special ability ==
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== Heroes with a specialty ==
== Heroes with a specialty ==
*{{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.
*{{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.


== Tactics and info ==
== Tactics and info ==
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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 [[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 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.



Revision as of 15:46, 8 May 2021

Necropolis creatures
Level 1
Skeleton Skeleton
Skeleton Warrior Skeleton Warrior
Level 2
Walking Dead Walking Dead
Zombie Zombie
Level 3
Wight Wight
Wraith Wraith
Level 4
Vampire Vampire
Vampire Lord Vampire Lord
Level 5
Lich Lich
Power Lich Power Lich
Level 6
Black Knight Black Knight
Dread Knight Dread Knight
Level 7
Bone Dragon Bone Dragon
Ghost Dragon Ghost Dragon
Towns
Castle Rampart Tower
Inferno Necropolis Dungeon
Stronghold Fortress Conflux
Cove Factory
Neutral
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
Estate  

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 others." RoE manual

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 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.

Creatures immune to life drain: Elementals:

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

Undead:

Skeleton Skeleton Warrior Skeletons and Skeleton Warriors
Walking Dead Zombie Walking Dead and Zombies
Wight Wraith Wights and Wraiths
Vampire Vampire Lord Vampires and Vampire Lords
Lich Power Lich Liches and Power Liches
Black Knight Dread Knight Black and Dread Knights
Bone Dragon Ghost Dragon Bone and Ghost Dragons
Mummy Mummies

Gargoyles:

Stone Gargoyle Obsidian Gargoyle Stone and Obsidian Gargoyles

Golems:

Stone Golem Iron Golem Stone and Iron Golems
Gold Golem Gold Golems
Diamond Golem Diamond Golems

Steel Golem Steel Golems Horn of the Abyss


Mechanicals:
Automaton Sentinel Automaton Automatons and Sentinel Automatons Horn of the Abyss
Dreadnought Juggernaut Dreadnoughts and Juggernauts Horn of the Abyss


Heroes with a specialty

  • VokialVokial 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.

Tactics and info

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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's recommended to "feed" on weaker stacks, when numbers are low.

See also: