Vampire Counts Long Campaign - Dwarven strongholds in the Badlands

[Battlekruse]

Hi

I am currently during the Vampire Counts long campaign. I have manage to destroy both the Empire, Bretonnia and even the the everchosen and now is there only the dwarf left.

I have taken control over the hole Empire, Bretonnia, Kislev and Borderlands.

However the Dwarfs has manage to buildt a huge Empire and destroy 9/10 of all the greenskins down there. Only a small faction is left.

How do I manage to raze all the dwarfs strongholds in the Badlands?.

My Vampire Counts armies get ruined when I travel down there and there is really a long way to Misty Mountain and Deff Gorge.

Any advanced here?.

[Daliena]

Travel in raiding stance. It'll take some time, but you can avoid attrition at least. Either that, or raze the crap out of everything in the way and then swarm it with agents built to spread corruption to make the area habitable for you before moving on to the next area again. If you can corrupt an area up to 50% I believe it is, the channeling stance will let you replenish in it (albeit slowly) so you don't need to run back to Black Fire Pass for fresh troops.

[Boink]

Heroes lots of Heroes and corrupt the place. After you spread corruption and pillage the area the AI don't retake it.

[Kimse]

get the + corruption buildings in all settlements and as the others said use hero's also and skill up the + corruption on your lords too.

Also when an area reaches 50 % corruption you can get out of raid stance and move freely.

For further inspiration find the guide : How to play Vampire Counts by Snakebearer in the guide section. good info there regarding vampire corruption.

Another idea is to study the campain map in order to finde choke points. they can be put to good use. But dont forget the dwarfs ability to travel underground.

Good luck mate.

P.S you could use Mods to help you out. The 2 i use is double skill points from lvl 10 + and extra income from cities.

Good luck, mate

[Battlekruse]

Travel in raiding stance seems fair enugh.

I consider to use Akendorf as the main stage point for the invansion and Myrmidens as the second. I plan to deploy 4x 20/20 armies to both cities to invade the dwarf realm.

But what heroes are best to spread vampire corruption?.

[Daliena]

I think banshees get two skills along their campaign map line that both add up to a total of 6 corruption, plus whatever they spread by their nature? That and they're the best suited for assassinating any pesky runelords or other dwarven heroes that might try to counter your corruption or attack your agents.

[Battlekruse]

Vampire heroes are very good to spread vampire corruption and when the area is over 50% then my armies dont suffer negative attrition. Banshees can also spread vampire corruption but only when they are far more high level. I purchased some level 5 Vampire heroes which can be level up to spread vampire corruption when they leave the city.

I have arrange 3xVampire heroes in a line from Akendorf via Iron Rock to Karak Eight Peaks to create a high way for my armies to cross and it seems to work perfectly now.

Thanks for all the advice, now the pesky dwarven strongholds have no chance now.