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!

[@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.

[@JeffCaplan313]

ngl, that opening cinematic was 👌 Really nice.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you liked it friend!

[@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

[@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..._

[@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.

[@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 🫶

[@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.

[@tigrescuzz]

LOL Blake has been definitely playing BG3 with that intro hahaha

[@BlakesTakes420]

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[@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!

[@nobodyimportant6582]

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

[@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.

[@SamSchlimpert]

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

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@SamSchlimpert thank you so much 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

[@manxhu6610]

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

[@BlakesTakes420]

Your dog is safe. For now...

[@manxhu6610]

@@BlakesTakes420 😄

[@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.

[@crb7820]

ooooooooooooo, blessed by another Blake

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you sir, merry Christmas!

[@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.

[@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!

[@nicolasalegriahasbun7571]

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

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you sir!

[@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 😘

[@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

[@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!!!

[@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!

[@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

[@PoisoNico93]

Thank you Count Blakethton Von Takestein for the jolly vampire vibes

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@PoisoNico93 🫶

[@josephnoama5858]

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

[@BlakesTakes420]

thank you sir!

[@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!

[@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

[@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 !

[@mixabelov1]

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

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you like them!

[@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!

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@derbengel8172]

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

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you like them!

[@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.

[@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.

[@WolfeRavenwood]

Blake's back \o/

[@BlakesTakes420]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@d0v4k1ing2]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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. 🫶

[@moteleyman]

Dude that cinematic was insane. love it

[@BlakesTakes420]

Appreciate it!

[@Welterino]

The man returns

[@BlakesTakes420]

Good to see you again sir. 🫶

[@GreenskinHolland]

Took awhile but well worth the wait!

[@BlakesTakes420]

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

[@Lothi66]

YES!! HE IS BACK!!

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@Lothi66 _yeah baby_

[@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

[@rakazuan3158]

I’ve been waiting for this

[@BlakesTakes420]

Hope it doesn't disappoint

[@NFAIVIOUS]

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

[@BlakesTakes420]

I live to serve.

[@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.

[@johnquach8821]

Nice to see that! Big Vlad von Carstein fan!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad to hear it sir

[@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.

[@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.

[@Hauke-ph5ui]

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

[@BlakesTakes420]

Yes.

[@s0r445]

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

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@s0r445 glad you enjoyed it friend.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@macennh]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@xdogsauce5487]

These videos are my favourite way to learn the game :)

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you sir!

[@mybloodbeforehers]

Love these videos! I learn so much!

[@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.

[@brodywooddell1904]

My favorite faction in theory

[@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.

[@4ArmedHug]

Honey! Blake just released another take!

[@BlakesTakes420]

@@4ArmedHug 🫶

[@alexcebollero]

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

[@johannesreus5154]

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

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you sir! My favourite scene too.

[@gautierlemaitre8314]

this series is one of the best there is on TWW3 huge success!

[@BlakesTakes420]

Thank you!

[@Shadowmax-bt7nh]

Yus!!! We back!!!! I can finally learn to drink the pure red life blood!!

[@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. 😅

[@fartingflowers]

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

[@BlakesTakes420]

Glad you like them!

[@alilhard]

Super good explanation of the vampire count gameplay and strenght although with Vlad I usually farm blood kisses on templehof while taking on Stirland and befriending Zufbar until I'm strong enough to take on Karak kadrin, also I rather go for making the lord as strong as possible first then go for the red line while the blue one is an afterthought although that's mostly because while I do get some doggos to run down enemies at the end of a battle and get rid of enemy artillery and archers I otherwise go for skelly / zombie spams with one mortis engine, this kind of army usually gets badly underestimated by the AI and allows to field more armies and thus more lords

[@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?

[@thekungify]

Very nice tips, made me start a Vladdy campaign.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Let me know how it goes.

[@Monochromatic_Spider]

Small thing, but I honestly don't recruit units as VCount, I just raise dead. Getting the buildings for unit recruitment is slow. Getting battle markers and raising dead is fast. Fast beats slow. Eventually you should absolutely get the buildings done but early game you'll want to find an enemy army size 14 or higher and have most of the zombie horde die as part of winning that fight. Aside from that, good video. Never thought of even trying to vassalize the stunties.

[@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.

[@wcs9582]

I personally skip all recruitment buildings and just rely on Raise Dead pools for my recruitment, instead building economy buildings to support bigger and more armies, and raise dead reduction buildings in regions with an excellent raise dead pool. If you can get a big corpse pile, you can recruit everything from Zombies to Blood Knights, Varghulfs and Grave Guard... well, forever. Baiting a huge corpse pile is also easy, necromancer lords with zombie spams can achieve that goal very well by running into a much stronger army and dying. I'm pretty sure all they check to see if a corpse pile is generated or not is the unit count, so two stacks of 20 zombies getting wiped out in forced march is a beautiful way to generate mass casualties.

[@dogwaterarg]

Perfect timing i was wondering who to play after my arbaal campaign

[@BlakesTakes420]

Good man. Enjoy the undeath

[@ClancyUnikat]

Yes i do! That is a question that hunting me. Finaly ive got answers, thx

[@BlakesTakes420]

glad to hear it friend! Thanks for your comment.

[@sickbozo8152]

guess i'll be running another vlad campaign before xmas

[@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.

[@mikillprime]

Thanks I needed this 2 weeks ago.

[@BlakesTakes420]

Sorry bro 😔

[@mikillprime]

​@@BlakesTakes420 No bug deal. Ambushing with the counts was broken anyway until the last patch.

[@jtrain9926]

My first full playthrough with Vlad and Isabella I ended up vassalizing and making alliances with the Empire, then protecting the Empire from Chaos, Wurrzag and Grom till achieving a very easy long campaign victory, also made like 100 Necromancers just chilling and increasing my starting province's income to the moon

[@dretchlord873]

I stan the Black coach not as a charging unit per se but into what I call a "shaver" in that once the front line anvil is met I just charge him through the enemy and shave their anvil. they break faster that way and when the ai shoots they shoot into their lines

[@BlakesTakes420]

I like this strategy.

[@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.

[@DvsLucas1088]

Love your content as always Blake, Keep it up. Hopefully as you grow you can spew out more content for us losers who suck at WH3.

[@BlakesTakes420]

You're the best at being you though.

[@dmitrytelegin19]

Thank you for the video, great!

[@BlakesTakes420]

My pleasure sir