This will allow for the recruiting of multiple Lords who can lead low cost Skeleton armies to start taking the offence to nearby factions. With the bulk of early game income coming from post battle loot, sacking and raiding until the technology Defiler of the Ancient Barrows is researched which reduces the upkeep of Skeletons by 100%. A combination of expensive buildings, low income, weak garrisons and high upkeep costs lead to a reliance on armies full of low tier units with Lords, Heroes and magic providing the strength to early game armies. Magic plays a large role in battle providing healing, buffs/debuffs and direct damage to supplement the generally lower stats of the Counts roster, each army will have access to multiple Arcane Conduits allowing large pools of magic to be used each battle. All Lords and two of the four hero types are casters with Vampire types also being strong melee combatants. In battle expect to rush in and close with the enemy using a vast array of highly effective disrupters while a war of attrition takes place in the main battle line. This makes maintaining leadership especially important, yet the roster as a whole suffers from low leadership making Lords and Heroes essential to every army.
While units are crumbling they will take constant damage which can be halted by restoring leadership, when enough damage has been sustained and leadership can not be restored the Undead will begin disintegrating completely, removing the unit from battle and campaign.
With the ability to be further bolstered by a range of supporting units that provide buffs and healing, and in some cases additional damage.Īll units are Undead and therefore have a binding to the Lord and as such do not rout from battle, instead with low leadership they begin to crumble and eventually disintegrate. Bats and wolves are excellent at controlling the battlefield, able to lock down enemy units which allows Cavalry and Monsters the freedom to pick their engagements. With no ranged units the Counts are masters of disruption and psychological warfare, using high mobility and terror to cause chaos amongst the enemy ranks.Īble to field large numbers of Skeletons and Zombies whose purpose is to simply hold the enemy while highly mobile units harass and strike their ideal targets. In battle powerful Lords and Heroes support vast numbers of fodder while specialist units take out key targets and demoralise the enemy. They corrupt the lands in which they dwell and generally care little for the living. A collection of powerful Vampires and Necromancers, who are able to wield Dhar magic to command vast legions of the Undead.
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