LA ULM

[Sick Puppy]

Tips? It seems that only the blessed cavalry are decent units.
So vampiric weapons and enchanted blood but should I get anything else on them?
Given the cavalry commander is also a combat caster should I dip into earth magic to help with fatigue?

[Mormacil]

Most LA Ulm units are great. Your focus however should be the vampiric summons.

[Tzyder]

There are two strats I know. Lots of Ranger xbows or Black Knight leader expansion. Ultimately you will go full blood/vampire. The xbows are cheap and fast and powerful in huge numbers. The 2-3 leader knights can expand on their own but once spells like mind blast get used they are toast. Your smiths iron darts line of spells is important to get to quick to support your armies. Your bless should focus on vampires since the horses are easily killed by magic in the mid-late game and are very expensive.

[Sick Puppy]

Originally posted by Tzyder:

There are two strats I know. Lots of Ranger xbows or Black Knight leader expansion. Ultimately you will go full blood/vampire. The xbows are cheap and fast and powerful in huge numbers. The 2-3 leader knights can expand on their own but once spells like mind blast get used they are toast. Your smiths iron darts line of spells is important to get to quick to support your armies. Your bless should focus on vampires since the horses are easily killed by magic in the mid-late game and are very expensive.

None of my vampires are sacred units so they don't get blessings? (I'm new to the series. please yell at me if I'm wrong or lacking in knowledge)

[Tzyder]

there is an item called the shroud of the battle saint that makes them sacred and lets them carry a bless

[Imperialus]

Originally posted by Sick Puppy:

None of my vampires are sacred units so they don't get blessings? (I'm new to the series. please yell at me if I'm wrong or lacking in knowledge)

Nope, no bless. That said though, vampire counts are insanely powerful. One of the more cancerous strategies in Dom 5 was:
1) Get a pretender (ideally awake) with at least 3 blood and 3 death.
2) Spam Rangers of Ulm and Wolfherders. Use the freespawn wolves as a screen for the x-bows. Conquer provinces.
3) Then get as many Members of the Second Tier bloodhunting as possible. Once you hit 44 blood slaves cast "Sanguine Heritage".
4) Drown the world in blood and vampires.

If anything it looks like Sanguine Heritage has more unique summons now. If anything the above strategy is even more powerful.

[Sick Puppy]

Originally posted by Tzyder:

there is an item called the shroud of the battle saint that makes them sacred and lets them carry a bless

How to craft items?

[Draken]

Originally posted by Sick Puppy:

Originally posted by Tzyder:

there is an item called the shroud of the battle saint that makes them sacred and lets them carry a bless

How to craft items?

Select a mage in a province with a laboratory. Press 'F'. Or press space and then select "Forge Magic Item".

[Sick Puppy]

Originally posted by Draken:

Originally posted by Sick Puppy:

How to craft items?

Select a mage in a province with a laboratory. Press 'F'. Or press space and then select "Forge Magic Item".

No recipe

[Imperialus]

Originally posted by Sick Puppy:

Originally posted by Draken:

Select a mage in a province with a laboratory. Press 'F'. Or press space and then select "Forge Magic Item".

No recipe

You need to have researched construction too. Const 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 are the points where you unlock new items to forge.

[DasaKamov]

Originally posted by Sick Puppy:

No recipe

You need to research Construction magic first.

You unlock increasingly more powerful magic items to forge at Construction levels 3, 5, 7 and 9..

[Chilli-Göttinger]

Research Construction Levels 1, 3, 5 and 7.

[joiss90]

Originally posted by Chilli-Göttinger:

Research Construction Levels 1, 3, 5 and 7.

Yes and you can click on them in the research menu and it shows what items it allows forging (if you have the gems/paths for it that is)

[Sick Puppy]

Thank you

[Rope Man]

recruit a bunch of wolfherds and have them summon allies, you end up with tons of wolves that your rangers can shoot behind

[Sick Puppy]

Originally posted by Rope Man:

recruit a bunch of wolfherds and have them summon allies, you end up with tons of wolves that your rangers can shoot behind

Do I stick the rangers with the wolf herder or do I stick the wolves with the ranger captain?