Why You SUCK with The Vampire Counts

[@njvikesfan0162]

I like the idea that if you suck enough in a campaign to the point of rage quitting, Blake will just appear in your room and berate/educate you.

[@BlakesTakes420]

you're getting pinned.

[@zakunick1]

He’s like that one uncle that smells like scotch…..

[@blalhoihreuf]

Bereducate maybe?

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@blalhoihreuf "I like a portmanteau as much as the next man, but that is just being ridiculous." , Blake sharply bereducated him.

[@123123s3]

I heard if you say his name three times while playing very easy campaign and battle he will show up and kick you in the shins.

[@vahlen5281]

That section about the Grim & the Grave once again served as a grim reminder that the VC haven't received any DLC since game 1 despite being one of the starting races.

[@BlakesTakes420]

It's a grave reminder too. For real, I believe the vamps will get the next DLC because of grave guard with polearms.

[@vahlen5281]

@@BlakesTakes420 Probably, although personally, Omen of Destructions would have been a better fit since Khornate factions hate vampires, and it could have been a cool rivalry with the Ogres being the "neutral" party available to both for hire. With the next DLC most likely being Slaaneshi, that thematic rivalry will be pretty much non-existent.

[@PrincessStabbityPLS]

@@vahlen5281 Aww, now that you mention it, vamps would have been at home with the whole blood and skulls thing XD Although I also can see an argument for bundling up (presumably) Neferata with a Slaanesh DLC for mechanical rather than thematic reasons. If we were to get the Lahmian Sisterhood faction, I could 100% see them having access a Cults-like mechanic. And a DLC focused on Slaanesh would give CA an excuse to expand on cults as a whole, and maybe vassals as well (which would benefit all VC factions).

[@blugger]

Tbf, what can you really give counts? They're a skew faction, kind of the anti-dorfs in that they have no guns (whereas dorfs have no magic...nor anything interesting that isn't a helicopter) Better, imo, to flesh out more interesting factions that have play styles outside "blob lel" Even on the undead side, Tomb Kings are vastly more versatile with what they can do and what fun things dlcs could introduce to them

[@Kyle496]

​@@BlakesTakes420 Pretty sure it'll be slaneesh and elves (maybe all 3 but at least dark and high elves). They've stuck to theming the last 3 with the other chaos monogod factions. I hope vampires get the DLC after that one, my first campaign ever was with them in WH2 and they've held a spot in my heart since then.

[@gcarm76]

My only complaint is we don't get these videos more often. Great video Blake keep up the good work.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you sir!

[@webchef3038]

Agreed moar plz👍👊

[@webchef3038]

Really appreciate your thoroughness mate...

[@krankarvolund7771]

Given the few amount of patreon supporters at the end it's not that surprising ^^

[@corganus8908]

@@BlakesTakes420 Moar!

[@richardsylvester4518]

Vampire counts are easy. Step 1. Play as Vlad. Step 2. Win.

[@thoriumbrother]

Sometimes it's more complicated! It could be 1. Play as Ghorst 2. Recruit zombies 3. Win

[@Azguella]

@@thoriumbrother Don't forget about making the blob out of your units and having them become your meatshield while your AoE deals damage to close enemies

[@CinderXE]

Start in Sylvania. Only recruit lords and heroes that can use Lore of Vampires. Win the game.

[@sgt.animal.8205]

Vampire counts are easy step 1. pick khorn or WoC step 2. JUST FOKIN SMASHEVERYTHING

[@mekal177]

Isabella actually better than vlad as LL

[@oxskillxo]

Vassalizing the dwarfs is brilliant. Never knew that was an option and fighting them is such a slog.

[@MichaelWhite-c2z]

I think the lore has prevented us from even thinking of such things.

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@oxskillxo sometimes the pen is mightier than the rotten fist of the zombie.

[@PrincessStabbityPLS]

That's the fun part of Vampire Counts. The Order factions won't let them be part of their hugbox, but they can make their own hugbox and invite everybody in (with some... persuasion). To me, the hilarious part is always how willing people are to throw away their sovereignty for the price of one random settlement.

[@BittermanAndy]

Literally never even occurred to me.

[@Sandals578]

Just remember that they will inevitably betray you.

[@Asasz6]

Depending on how cheesy you want to play, instead of finishing off your enemies, you could set up dedicated blood kiss farms - set up a loss with vlad to enemy faction leader (giving them Vlad's trait for respawning every turn), pen them in in a small otherwise useless settlement and farm those blood kisses every turn, as they'll just keep respawning.

[@Frogjuice02]

Blake has risen from his slumber to once again teach the masses of their folly. And there was much rejoicing.

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@Frogjuice02 _and now, I rest..._

[@JeffCaplan313]

ngl, that opening cinematic was 👌 Really nice.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you liked it friend!

[@deathnotehell1]

Just want to take a moment to point out that while yes Strogio Ghoul Kings getting flying later sucks, they are literal killing machines on their mount and surprisingly hard to kill for some reason. Also all their summoning spells summon ghouls instead which is fun. There bloodline skills are meh but the ambush boost can be nice.

[@BlakesTakes420]

That's true, but I value early game flying too much for them to even be considered (unfortunately)

[@deathnotehell1]

@@BlakesTakes420 I get that. I only found out they were killing machines after watching another KZbinr use one (Monsterabound) because I value the hell out of flying casters.

[@martinnolhaf3151]

yeah but they are ugly ghoul kings, while Blood Dragons are honourable Knights and Lahmias are hot

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@martinnolhaf3151 based. I too put a lot of stock in the inherent hotness of my lords. And ghoul kings are *not hot*

[@martinnolhaf3151]

@BlakesTakes420 Based. Thats why I Main High Elves.

[@orkromhulapai5472]

Alternative proposition: Isabellas buffs are far superior to Vlads, as they let you make a nearly undefeatable vampire doom-halfstack within 10-15 turns. You can supplement it with any units you want (I prefer a bat swarm for funzies) and go ham. Decently leveled, it becomes horrifying, especially against empire AI, with its amazing mobility and striking power.

[@coax0647]

getting all of vlads items from turn 1 is insane, I love her campaign so much

[@jonpaul6948]

Early game you're right, but once you hit mid or late game that 10% movement for all armies on Vlad is unmatched. Isabella has a stronger early game, but VC early game is a walk in the park anyway.

[@donhearn2248]

I do much the same thing.....something about bats makes them more effective than their stats would lead you to believe. I dont know if it is how small they are, or what...but it is what I would imagine falling into a lake of piranha would be like. I try to put the flame attack or extra damage flags on them... I don't do it often....but I use to stack up all the +2 attack heroes and run plus +20 attack and 8 units of Bats. You can glob the heros, drop a zombie and then mass bat attack pretty safely. Come to think of it...I am probably remembering them as fun because I had 10 vampires with "disciplined" Giving 20 extra leadership and 20 extra attack.

[@tigrescuzz]

LOL Blake has been definitely playing BG3 with that intro hahaha

[@BlakesTakes420]

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[@kenl.3775]

And Adventure Time for that outro

[@Donnerbalken28]

I'd really like to add that the solution to economic problems in the early campaign is to play as wide as possible; base VC settlement buildings provide a substantial amount of income (much more than any other faction) even at Tier 1, further buffed through two technologies. This makes the campaign unique insofar as you can always extract value from any settlement, even if you can't hold it.

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@Donnerbalken28 absolutely!

[@manxhu6610]

i admit it!! i also suck with vampire counts!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Your dog is safe. For now...

[@manxhu6610]

@@BlakesTakes420 😄

[@nobodyimportant6582]

Vampires are actually really simple 1. Play Helman Ghorst 2. Set aside a couple days 3. Spam zombies

[@Livvvid]

It's hard to have faith in youtube and how it works when every time I click on one of your videos you don't have 100k+ subs. You make AWESOME content and your videos take a lot of work man I can tell.

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@Livvvid thank you my friend, it means a lot 🫶

[@saetchs]

To minimize casualties when fighting the Tempelhof siege? WHYYYYYY You want to have armies of zombies and have all of them die just so you get better units with raise dead later. :O Make sure the top armies (attacker and defender) have at least 14 units each.

[@garrow12225]

This A true Von Carstein!

[@ArcheoneGaming]

exactly! I did this in WH2 a lot with free skeletons. Just send massive armies of skelly boys into a fight, just kill as much as i can and preferably lose the fight. Then next turn i can reqruit 3 Terrorgheist already. Honestly it took me writing this down to realise i should have done that with zombies as they had more units.... ah well... I have played entire campaigns without recruiting any non-hero/lord units. Just raise dead. Not a single military building build, and advanced military buildings are for the income ONLY.

[@허재녕-p6z]

My campaign improved incredibly after watching your insightful, informative videos. I hope that you cover all the other factions. It really helps my gameplay out.

[@SamSchlimpert]

Dude you're so beyond thorough. It's beautiful. Well done, man! MORE

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@SamSchlimpert thank you so much sir!

[@TechNinjaSigma]

Thorteen! Thorteen "Vhy you zuck" bideos! Ah ah ah! 🧛‍♂️🌩️

[@BlakesTakes420]

indeed 🦇

[@Cursedpeopleakajuice]

​@@BlakesTakes420 mate if possible can you give guide without dlc unit it will be much needed for some of us without some dlc

[@DaUziel]

Should have been a Skaven video then

[@simonbas6]

Another top tier take. Honestly I'd been waiting on some guidance for how to use vampires as I've never had great success with them. Maybe I should pick them up again in my next campaign

[@BlakesTakes420]

So good to see you again mademoiselle. Let me know how the campaign goes if you do pick them up!

[@babesinclair]

An outstanding guide. Learned something totally new (for Me), when you talked about healing. (how to resurrect unit models). Thanks so much for all your hard work, and thanks for your high quality videos....

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@babesinclair thank you for your viewership sir, glad you picked up some useful bits!

[@ithiusdomino]

One more Monstrous Healing source out there that you missed (it's niche af, easy to overlook): Kemmlers melee attacks once he gets his quest sword. It has a passive healing effect while he's in melee...that will bring units back from the dead. It's an insanely powerful weapon for an undead army on a pretty "meh" melee character so use it in spots where he won't get murdered (he's fairly defensive, just don't ram him into the Red Duke or Gryphon Franz and you'll be fine). He doesn't need to do damage for it to work, just needs to be in melee like a reverse mortis effect. Counts are a pretty great faction to "Poke'mon" lord collect with. Kemmler will faction wide buff wraith units, Ghorst will faction wide buff zomboys, and commanders like Red Duke/Manfried will neigh on be able to solo armies similar to Vlad. Love the faction, solid video, really hoping we get a WoC equivalent DLC for Vampires. I would love to see The Blood Dragons, Strigoi, Lahmians and Necrarchs get their own LL's and faction mechanics...one of them is literally already in the fucking game and we still can't start with him w/out mods (Red Duke).

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@ithiusdomino niche is right! I haven't played Kemmler in a good while.

[@the_king_of_kings_3413]

I am intrigued to see how you would handle modded factions tbh. Conquest of the Blood Dragons or the Araby mod would be very interesting to get your take on. Love the content, can’t wait for the next one lol!!!

[@nicolasalegriahasbun7571]

Finnally my favourite faction! you got yourself a like! 😍(already subscribed)

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you sir!

[@fotppd1475]

What I personally did with Karak Kadrin is replace them with Azhag and his boyz which I gave them the territory in return for vassalage and some money. It may look like a waste to go to the trouble of conquering the mountains just to give it all away, but early on the Empire dose not provide any immediate threats of attack which gives me the time I need to do it, having an Orc ally that plays around being a friend of the undead is very useful and (perhaps most importantly) I REALLY do not want to directly fight the Dawi Zharr until Altdorf is mine. Also you forgot to add a capitalist punchline. Still another great guide, thanks.

[@kevingriffith6011]

4:20 Man, I'm so glad that the counts finally dug up a zombie who knew how to hide. The last few times I played the counts they didn't even *have* an ambush stance.

[@NirrudenCorpseslaver]

This was a bug, fixed in the latest release (6.0.1). Sadly, the missing stance has happened to them before.... GO GO CA QA!

[@kevingriffith6011]

@@NirrudenCorpseslaver Considering things like Ambush chance in Isabella's tier 1 blue line and the strigoi passive +ambush chance, yeah, I figured it was a bug.

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@kevingriffith6011 yeah the bug was introduced on the omens of destruction hotfix. Was very annoying, it's fixed as of yesterday's hotfix-hotfix. Now we'll wait to see what will break and require a hotfix of the hotfixes hotfix.

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@kevingriffith6011 also 04:20 blaze it.

[@Manwithfood]

Some new content to chill out to, love to unwind with that soothing voice. I’m finding Blake is now a staple for me alongside Luetin!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you Hun 😘

[@foreignfat6009]

Pf... My first ever faction ever played in WH2. Shitting out free upkeep armies and flooding the world cannot be beaten. And in WH3 they have lof of their gimmicks buffed.. Vlad is one of the easiest ones, due to his starting armies and location. Manfred is pain... The guide should go for him. Dealing with Khorne and Tomb kings is fking pain.

[@PoisoNico93]

Thank you Count Blakethton Von Takestein for the jolly vampire vibes

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@PoisoNico93 🫶

[@mbag012]

VC's are my second favourite faction after the druchii. I love these guys man. The immersiveness you get into when commanding these armies is insane.

[@crb7820]

ooooooooooooo, blessed by another Blake

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you sir, merry Christmas!

[@josephnoama5858]

dude ur videos are the best, thanks so much for the content and the entertainment put into it !!

[@BlakesTakes420]

thank you sir!

[@captainhindsight6994]

As an avid ghorst enjoyer, i for one do not suck with vampires. Nothing gets past the rotting mass of flesh. Choosing vlad is the first and only mistake

[@YashaSkaven]

ah yes, warhammer doctor zomboss

[@PatrickOMulligan]

Strigoi are great as a early game lords when you want a low rank powerhouse. Armour piercing attacks and regeneration, nuff said.

[@BlakesTakes420]

But flying tho

[@BeefIntoCake]

Videos like these are really GREAT! I think IW atched it 3 times now just to go back and take in all the information

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you friend, and merry Christmas

[@danielgloyd4529]

It's not very lore friendly. But if you rush down Zhufbar and the greenskins to the east of them, you can sell their territory to Ungrim or Thorgrim and get an alliance out of it. Dwarfs are very loyal allies in the game and very unlikely to turn against you. This will guarantee your eastern flanks are secured and give you someone to sell useless mountain territories to for extra cash. Also, a horde of undead with some artillery or gyros is a crazy army combination.

[@ctchich4469]

Magic first, then a little fighting then blue line. Most aggressive fighting in battles of any race. Lots of trash supported by mortis engines and monsters, just make sure you maximise raise dead. Favourite faction ever, love to try and confed all legendary lords, when you do that the campaign is really enjoyable

[@Colonel-WhiteRaven126]

I’m gonna be flat out, honest your videos are the only reason why I’m still playing this game because holy crap some of these campaigns were beyond me

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you sir, glad you found them helpful

[@Daktangle]

Thank you for this! I've been fumbling about with VC's since Warhammer 1. Will watch this a couple of times to get the lessons to stick.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad I could help, sir!

[@burmismalte420]

Normally I’ll just zombie Spam through my entire campaign. And send a hero to helman ghorst so that you can confederate him when he begins losing. The best anvil is definitely the Buffed zombies, Since they will always get the value.

[@BlakesTakes420]

This is clever. I like it.

[@turkishslow]

I really like your takes, Blake. Any chance for a video on chaos dwarfs anytime soon ?

[@BlakesTakes420]

Theyt are requested a lot so I'll definitely try get them out in the new year

[@oxskillxo]

​@@BlakesTakes420chorfs are inherently ridiculous so writing it should be fun.

[@mixabelov1]

With every new vid your quality increase, good work Blake and thanks fo takes! ❤🎉

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you like them!

[@donhearn2248]

One other thing.... Vampire counts have a moral battle taking place at the same time as the physical battle. Isabella as a faction leader has "time of arising" (-16), Vlad has "Aura of dark grandeur" (-4), Vampire Hero gets "Dread Incarnate" (-4), Grave Guard cause fear (constant -8), plus many lords and units that cause terror. Terror is kinda random in that it can cause units to turn and run, but what it does all the time is lower the threshold that units turn and run at that is pretty close to being a (-15) effect. You can basically stack -32 under most situations, and if you count Terror (-47). You can use pretty stout Cav or monsters to flank and cause (-6) and with Isabella thanks to "time of arising" fell bats attacking from behind will do (-30). The lore of Vampires and lore of shadows both have spells that damage moral too Doom and Darkness (-16) and withering (-8). So your lead army with Isabella, Vlad, a Dread Incarnate hero, Grave Gard, Fell Bats, a unit to flank with, and a lore of shadows vampire (hopefully also with Dread. Incarnate) can flank an edge of the enemy, and hit from behind with bats and cause (-67) before you cause the first casualty. Normally after a brief amount of time that unit will break, and you can just roll down the line as units break and fold the entire army up. Every once in a while you have to drop spells like Doom and Darkness, and Withering...but you could in theory hit the other nations best unit (assuming it is not unbreakable) with a (-91). Isabella helps alot with this, since she is the only Lord that lets Wolves and Flying units trigger that (-30), other female vampire lords have "transfix" that does the same thing...but the LORD has to hit the unit in the back. Both Transfix and Time of Arising do the same thing, trigger Discourage so that does not stack. I am no Warhammer guru or anything like that, but this is how it was explained to me....and this has been working for years. The rest of the vampire bread a butter stuff just feeds into the moral battle. Line stuff up and hit it with winds of death? Just throws the mass casualty leadership debuff on top of the already stout leadership debut you bring along. Drop a hero on the enemy lord? Same thing now drop the leadership debuff for loosing your leader on top of the other leadership debuff. Even the cross bowman fit. They suck at hurting stuff...right? Almost perfect then. You can drop the under fire leadership penalty (-4 or -6 I forget) onto of the other stuff, and if you shoot your own guys...does it even matter? "Bigger and faster units nearby" is like -20 or -30 lines right up with the single unit monsters and elite cav the vampire have too. The entire faction seems custom built to attack leadership more than anything.

[@saschaganser9671]

VC is one of the most easy factions to play. Vlad and Isabella are like 2 person doomstack, if you play as Isabella you get a buff on Vampires + 4 capacity. The just raise death and overrun everything.

[@derbengel8172]

Man, those videos are fire. Really great job with this one, like it a lot!

[@Kb0montty2]

I love your guides. They are genuinely informative and hilarious.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you like them!

[@Kb0montty2]

@@BlakesTakes420 A suggestion if I may for the next video. Lizardmen! They are a faction that isn't too hard to pick up but I think most people (including myself) never really get to click.

[@jshadowhunter]

I recently finished Heinrich Kemmler campaign. I picked him specifically because: 1st, he called Nagash a lil byach. And 2nd, there's just some satisfaction in raising entire armies of units for which you don't even have the buildings to recruit, at a low cost. Being one of the only 2 vampire count factions that has mountains as a suitable terrain is a plus. Also, you have far less aversion penalty to your neighbors, so you can vassalise more of them, and as an extra, you have a chance to confedarate the Red Duke before he gets killed, so that's another legendary lord level character on your side.

[@oxskillxo]

Does the red duke have unique skills?

[@jshadowhunter]

@@oxskillxo His stats are higher than other vampire lords. He lacks Aura of Dark Majesty & Dark Pact, but he does have an active ability that weakens other heroes and lords. Also, his Doomrider and Grave Sentinel's skill lines are not mutually exclusive.

[@pman87850]

Love these videos, even if I’m not struggling with the race/lord of the video I still learn something new I can use for future games. I hope sooner or later you make a video on vampire coast, I’ve always wanted to play them but feel like I’m struggling with them at all times

[@octogen1282]

I literally just finished cooking up some content for my Vampire: The Masquerade campaign when I saw what faction you've covered this time. Vonderful!

[@inturm5265]

Yooo i was about to start trying to get their achievement thanks for the great videos keep them coming

[@BlakesTakes420]

You're very welcome. 🫶

[@TexasTahoe713]

Love this one, I will try and apply some of this to my Heinrich Kemmler campaigns. I have had a hard time getting a successful campaign going with him.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you liked it friend!

[@ithiusdomino]

He missed it in the video but as a heads up there's one more source of Monstrous healing for Kemmler: his melee attacks once he gets his quest weapon. It's easy to overlook but it is a surprisingly powerful ability if you use him carefully in melee to support his units. It's great to have a necromancer that can passively bring units back from the dead just by fighting in melee.

[@tomodonnell6383]

Great video, love it. Would love a link to a full playthrough to watch!

[@jean-edouardahmedozzi6120]

1:34 1:40 I heard the Warcraft 3 UD audio. It was the Necropolis and then the Temple of the Damned. Don't deny it, it's there, I know I'm not turning mad.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Good ear, my friend. You're a man of culture.

[@WhiteCedarsGamersjournal]

Awesome, I like knowing why I'm bad in a faction with your help Blake. Also, how about Malekith one too, it's really difficult for starters & challenging all together.

[@scroopynoopers8561]

Love these takes! Been said here already but I think blood kiss farm solves so many of the problems you brought up. If you intentionally let Zelig von Kruger win a battle against vlad and trap him in a single settlement, he’ll come back every turn. This gives you infinite xp and blood kisses and gives you a reliable way to level up new lords. Also I try to get a battle marker at every settlement I plan on holding by fighting a 20v20 battle and letting a lot of my units die. If you combine these two tactics you end up with over leveled lords, access to all the best end game units within a few turns, and all the important blood kiss unlocks very early on.

[@powerchoke1]

They are one of the most overpowered races in the game. For every single army the enemy has you show up with three. 😂

[@BlakesTakes420]

Swamp them in zombies baby

[@moteleyman]

Dude that cinematic was insane. love it

[@BlakesTakes420]

Appreciate it!

[@WolfeRavenwood]

Blake's back \o/

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@WolfeRavenwood glad to be back in the fold sir 🫶

[@alexcebollero]

Better question: how do you suck with Vamp Counts? All you need to do is abuse their magic and mortis engines

[@FacepalmNinja995]

I'll never NOT watch your stuff blake. Genuinely the best technical advice i've ever seen in any kind of guide video.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you sir !

[@Dolph_Vader]

I wanted this video for so long

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@Dolph_Vader I'm glad to have the opportunity to provide it to you sir.

[@PingachuWarham]

The Lich speech at the end is *chef's kiss*, great job

[@BlakesTakes420]

glad you like it, he's one of my favourite villains.

[@Hauke-ph5ui]

The worst enemy of a Vampire Blob is Lord Kroak. Nothing annihilates them faster.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Yes.

[@FidiFox]

Saying that it is always more efficient to undercast Nehek is simply wrong mathematically. Overcasting will allow you to hit 4 units, yes, but also probably your 4 most important units. But even if we assume the best case scenario for undercasting; that all units in your army are equally valuable, it is still always LESS efficient to undercast Nehek. In an optimal scenario for undercasting; 2 undercast Neheks: 2*6 winds of magic for: 2xNehek (0.8% * 18sec) = 28,8% + 2xCurse of Undeath (0,05% * 7sec * 20 units) = 14% . 28.8%+14% = 42.8% army heal, assuming you actually consider all 20 units equally valuable, which they are not. Compare to a single overcast Nehek, which is 11 winds of magic. 1xNehek (0,8% * 18sec * 4targets) = 57.6% + 1xCurse of Undeat (0,05% * 7 sec * 20 units) = 7%. 57.6%+7% = 64.6% So even in a best case scenario when you consider all your units equally valuable, you're getting 64.6% healing out of one overcast, which costs 11 winds of magic, compared to 2 undercasts for 6 winds each, totalling 12 winds for 42.8% army heal. 20% of the time your caster will suffer a miscast, the damage of which will be outhealed by the nehek and then some. Even if we pretend the nehek only covered the miscast health and not outheal it, one in five times we'd only get 50.2% heal out of an overcast instead of 64.6%. (64.6*4)+50.2 = 308.6% / 5 = still an average of 61.72% for one winds of magic less. Since this is a comparison of 2 undercast vs 1 overcast, it also covers the same amount of time, so the healing per second is also higher for overcast.

[@BlakesTakes420]

You should make a video on this

[@ZCid47]

Waiting for the vampire counts rework in 3 months

[@brodywooddell1904]

My favorite faction in theory

[@jarkkovahamaa7272]

I know this is already a 5 day old video but here I am, having another listen.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you for your viewership sir.

[@immortalempiresking9168]

Questions: 1. Do you know any voice actors of this game from any other video game, movie, or TV show? 2. Do you love the music of the trailers for this game every time a DLC comes out? 3. Thoughts on Richard Armitage (voice of Belakor) and Barry Aird?

[@d0v4k1ing2]

Oh hell yeah, just what I was looking for my campaign

[@HadamacikTheProphet]

wooow xmas came early. I must say the quality of your videos has stepped up noticeably with this. I play Vamps the same except for some tiny changes here and there. For example, I prefer skeletons to zombies but I know both work. I pick ambush chance in skills instead of upkeep/healing as you can get a lot of that later on. The final difference is that I rush to Altdorf through Stirland instead of Zhufbar. As you said it...A vamp player needs to be aggressive at the start and Vlad's early army is hella strong. Enemy usually rush to defend the walls and that's where Vamps shine. Lords and heroes healing themselves plus Vargheists knocking enemies down while your army is waiting or battering down the gates is super overpowered. Very nice video. I wish you all well in 2025 and can't wait for the next video. :)

[@BlakesTakes420]

Merry Christmas sir, thank you for your kind words

[@alexxb2047]

Vampire Counts has been my home faction since TWW1. And yes, I do suck with the vampire counts. But who needs skill when I can create a mass grave using zombies and then re-animate their flesh for a full stack max tier units for the low low price of $124,000?

[@muhammadsaduddin308]

Vargheist while paper, is very strong as cycle charger. They fly, had armor piercing and mass, also easy to had rear charge.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Yeah useful in the early game, but they're just too fragile to be viable in the late game.

[@muhammadsaduddin308]

@@BlakesTakes420 they're still good against elite late game non anti large infantry unit though. But then, there's better option like terrorgheist.

[@unvelo6725]

Depending in the situation I opt for the strigoi bloodline first. The increased ambush chance can be a godsend when the AI is churning out armies as it is want to do. Also slander of the magnificent muscle bats is not acceptable.

[@NFAIVIOUS]

I REQUESTED THIS NO LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AGO THANK YOU BLAKE!

[@BlakesTakes420]

I live to serve.

[@garrow12225]

My favorite faction, How many zombies? Yes

[@sickbozo8152]

guess i'll be running another vlad campaign before xmas

[@sup1602]

I suck so bad with factions that can crumble, but now I suck less after this video!

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@sup1602 you will crumble no longer, sir.

[@scavenger6268]

Yeah i suck with accumulating bloodkisses that dont involve punching Karl in the face every 4 turns....buuuuuutttt!! The stacking cost reductions for grave guards, Blood Dragon Lord skills, and iron mine provinces can get to 90% while also recruiting them at lvl7 on average. Get one kiss for the carsteins and youre good to kill everyone.

[@Owlr4ider]

Lets Karl defeat Vlad once than you can punch him in the face every turn!

[@kregorovillupo3625]

Queen Bee is the thing I rush first in my campaign. It doesn't matter how much your opponent is strong if he's suppressed, crippled and halved by hero's barrage. The tech tree and experience makes theyr action almost costless too. I love also having all those guys dread incarnate if I can, and stack multiple lords in the enemy province, not to fight with but just to sit there at level 2 looking menacing with the first skill of the red line giving another morale penalty.

[@s0r445]

Using the Myrkol speech and replacing words for it is so good.

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@s0r445 glad you enjoyed it friend.

[@janfrederickaiser6346]

Adventure Time reference at the end. lol

[@mybloodbeforehers]

Love these videos! I learn so much!

[@johnquach8821]

Nice to see that! Big Vlad von Carstein fan!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad to hear it sir

[@fartingflowers]

Love these vids, it gets me to play races I’ve never tried

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you like them!

[@Ragatokk]

It makes sense tough, it's rough to live in the mountains when your dead.

[@BlakesTakes420]

I too, think the whole climate thing for undead is a bit silly. My headcannon is that the mortals basically generate all the wealth for the vampires so they'd hate to live in a mountaain.... but love to live in wasteland... I dunno, I'm tired.

[@Ragatokk]

@@BlakesTakes420 I just realized I need a why I suck at Norsca video.

[@GreenskinHolland]

Took awhile but well worth the wait!

[@BlakesTakes420]

thank you! yeah sorry I was getting married so have been a busy beaver.

[@wrongix6544]

I get bashed for my friends by playing this faction because they say i cant lose... Well just get mortis engine and make a blob of troops and you basically cant die. Also get alot of strong flyers and blood knights to destroy the enemies range.

[@Arkancide]

Before the Vampire Coast faction was released, I played Vampire Counts. Only, I play it with no zombies except in emergencies. I only use skeletons until I can afford Grave Guard. It's kind of a RP thing, and I also don't use Ghoul Kings or lesser ghouls outside of the Crypt Horrors. Now that I mainly play Coast, I have no such restrictions, but I find them to be a much more flavorful and dynamic faction to play.

[@Duranous.]

Idk if it's changed since Elspeth but I had a pretty easy time placating and vassalizing the empire since there are many empire factions at odds with each other and you do get the ability to increase diplomacy as Sylvania. It's nice to be the true emperor Vlad.

[@Turnoutburndown]

FOr some reason today I was appreciating how freaking long your scripts must be, and how much work it would take to type it all out. I have never played VC so am excited to boot up a campaign with them!

[@BlakesTakes420]

They are indeed long sir. 😅

[@realphipserino]

The blooddragon commanders are also extremely useful, you can get wind of death at lvl 3 and their lategamepotential is immense. You can get 1 turn blood knights for half the upkeep. In my experience these bloodknight doomstacks are the only way to fight strong enemys in multiplayer

[@TimtrisTV]

Great video , some small stuff I would add which you were doing but haven't spoken about is that when you are using blood knights or the dogs on archers like in 20:30 instead of right clicking away and then on the next unit you are clicking on the next target right away for some reason the game responds better to that then clicking away and then on another unit models get stuck less and they accelerate faster . This is useful mechanic to use for hammer units like crypt horrors blood knights and any heavy mass moving mass unit. 2 more things which i am not sure if it works after this expansion but before it did dogs break doors insanely fast due to them stacking a top of each other, hit fast and cramp into the door which destroys door faster then anything at early game stages (This might not work anymore after new expansion so please test it) . 2nd when using charge cav or units like crypt horrors and any kind of cav to be honest and you know they will get stuck due to the mass blob they might get stuck into or the unit has a lot of modals and they wont be able to go through if you press J as soon as you make contact with that cav or monstrous charge unit they will hit the 2 row models on the other layer of a box formation or circular or whichever form and shape and then back off fast where they wont clip or get stuck in the there . The J button makes a unit face opposite to where it is facing at that moment and turns them very fast compare to you clicking on the other side yourself game registers the J command faster then you click so its imperative that if you gonna hammer with some blood knights or crypt horrors' cause there is an opening as soon as they make contact press J and you will see them tear down a row or 2 depending on your timing and back off without any unit getting stuck. Unit models like orcs in this case is mostly 1 row do not risk going further they have better resistant to charges and models don't go through them well like they would against zombies or empire units. Practice with this learn what mass units have and adapt your timing to each units mass. For example zombies low mass you'd think i can go 3 rows or 4 rows deep no don't you will get stuck and never get out that's why their mass is so low to get you stuck and use heroes/varghult to kill cav . Sry for writing a lot but I thought this might personally give you a further perspective into warhammer's mechanics and gameplay niches every little thing makes a different when it comes to playing battle , it is not about counters only but also about adapting and using the right magic at the right time. GL with your campaigns and great video to follow to the end.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you friend, I enjoyed reading your comment

[@TimtrisTV]

@@BlakesTakes420 do you have a discord channel ?

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@TimtrisTV I don't currently, but I have plans to spin one up next year 🤙

[@TimtrisTV]

@@BlakesTakes420 look forward to it since you are planning to release this type of content would be a nice place to collect your community into one place where they can ask and interact with you and also form groups for co-op h2h or practice partners .

[@generellconfusion2592]

Please do the dark elves!🙏

[@BlakesTakes420]

In time my friend!

[@redluke8119]

This is CAs last great gap they need to fix the vampire factions used to be the bane of order and chaos a great random factor to throw a wrench into the great swings of the green skins order and chaos empire blobs in late game. Now I never see huge vamp empires death factions have basically disappeared from late game except for the wagon vampire above kugath can't remember his name.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Good to see you again redluke Merry Christmas

[@redluke8119]

@BlakesTakes420 I haven't played in a long time but I'm going to get a computer and download it again. I ALWAYS watch your videos Blakey

[@LtVictor]

A dwarf being vassalized by a zombie while they have their full country still is pretty funny.

[@Averageromanian123]

I have a better question how bad am I with missiles that I can only complete the legendary campaign with the vampire counts khorne and nurgle 😂😂😂

[@orestisgeorgatos6725]

still waiting for blake to start an intro with "i am blake, and this is my take"

[@rakazuan3158]

I’ve been waiting for this

[@BlakesTakes420]

Hope it doesn't disappoint

[@johannesreus5154]

You actually took my fav scene in bg3 and adapted it. MADLAD

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you sir! My favourite scene too.

[@macennh]

Mum get in here a new Blake's Take just dropped!