Alastar the white lion, useful or useless?

[Googley Eye'd Bastard]

So i just noticed theirs a unique lord for HE called Alastar The White lion, he has -25 upkeed for Wlions and 30% less recruit and 15 abush defense chance. What is this guy? is he technically a Legendary lord? iv never seen a lord that is unique but not a optinal starting faction.

He only costs 30 influence so im assuming he is pretty ♥♥♥♥, iv never used White lions much but on my teclis campaign, and found their get targeted hard by ranged units and get taken down to half before they even get stuck in to melee.

So other what white is he, is he useful at all?

[d.m.r.griffiths]

He isn't amazing, and white lions aren't the best troops but I use him when I play HE so I have different comps for my armies, just so all battles aren't all the same walk in the park

[Harmania]

He's a make-a-wish-foundation character.

[Jerroser]

He effectively works the same way as Boris Todbringer or the Red Duke should you be able to conferate them. Gameplay wise the he basically a standard lord with some unique bonuses, focused mostly around a offensive based army build.

[Kblocks]

' I read in another Reddit post about him that apparently he was created by a fan through the Make-a-Wish thing. '

' There was some controversy regarding them making an originally paid-for DLC memorializing a deceased developer that had some portions donated to his family.
The ethics are debatable but the end result is that they made the DLC free now. '



white lions ; shock troops ; great ranked up with their army buffs ; alastar gets a sun dragon mount ; i pair the lions with dragon knights and a life mage

[Googley Eye'd Bastard]

Ok i guess ill use him as an aggresive army, i completely forgot about boris and the red duke mainly because iv never gotten them. So he has unique skill trees for the white lions? Should he have a small spear lion with some archers to have a sturdy base with a bunch of white lions?

[☁ Marble ☁]

He also starts with legendary armor. which is always a nice bonus.

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Originally posted by Great grey wolf Sif:

So he has unique skill trees for the white lions? Should he have a small spear lion with some archers to have a sturdy base with a bunch of white lions?

1. More for him than his white lions. The only unique army buffs are from his starting traits. He has a few unique character skills, but isn't particularly mindblowing.

2. It's usually good to have a few layers of attack. Fighting at a choke point makes extra melee units less useful. Having a phoenix and a couple cavalry wouldn't hurt, and you can still have the majority of your army be white lions.