best corpse cart for necromancer?

[Cheeseburger]

first time playing as vlad, topic.

i have no clue what these do

[ArchAnge1LT]

Best one is unholy lodestone. It has regen aura around it.

[THEDOSSBOSS]

The unholy lodestone gives both a melee buff and regeneration to units around it. It is by far the best one

[Cheeseburger]

thanks guys, the in game descriptions werent that helpful

[Gorwe]

Mortis Engine.

But if you simply must, either Unholy Lodestone or Brothers Ghorst Cart for Helman Ghorst.

Basic one regenerates ONLY itself.
Balefire has some kind of interaction with enemy casters.
U.Lodestone gives Mass Regen.

All give bonuses to MA / MD(iirc).

[Tricks]

Unholy Lodestone hands down. I've never once recruited Balefire as the AI really isn't competent enough at using magic for it to really be a gamer changer.

Though if you get a necromancer with an unholy lodestone corpsecart mount in your army it kinda makes recruiting just the unit pointless. That's easier to do as Kemmler though with his cheap necromancer upkeep.

[Gorwe]

Originally posted by Tricks:

Unholy Lodestone hands down. I've never once recruited Balefire as the AI really isn't competent enough at using magic for it to really be a gamer changer.

Though if you get a necromancer with an unholy lodestone corpsecart mount in your army it kinda makes recruiting just the unit pointless. That's easier to do as Kemmler though with his cheap necromancer upkeep.

Why settle for Lodestone when you can have MUCH more useful Mortis?

[Cheeseburger]

I figured its better to hire a necromancer then make the cart itself Tricks.

[Harmania]

Originally posted by Gorwe:

Originally posted by Tricks:

Unholy Lodestone hands down. I've never once recruited Balefire as the AI really isn't competent enough at using magic for it to really be a gamer changer.

Though if you get a necromancer with an unholy lodestone corpsecart mount in your army it kinda makes recruiting just the unit pointless. That's easier to do as Kemmler though with his cheap necromancer upkeep.

Why settle for Lodestone when you can have MUCH more useful Mortis?

Not owning the DLC that adds Mortis engine?

[Mack Yuu]

You shouldn't take the *unit* Corpse Cart (Unholy Lodestone). It's not that great. Mortis Engine is definitely better.

But you *should* take a Necromancer on a Corpse Cart w/Unholy Lodestone, for his Arcane Conduit, +15 WoM, Master of the Dead AoE buff, and back pocket Wind of Death, on top of the bonuses CCw/UL gives. If you want a Mortis Engine on top of that, you can have one, too.

[TomN]

Originally posted by Token Why Boy:

You shouldn't take the *unit* Corpse Cart (Unholy Lodestone). It's not that great. Mortis Engine is definitely better.

But you *should* take a Necromancer on a Corpse Cart w/Unholy Lodestone, for his Arcane Conduit, +15 WoM, Master of the Dead AoE buff, and back pocket Wind of Death, on top of the bonuses CCw/UL gives. If you want a Mortis Engine on top of that, you can have one, too.

Totally agree, Necromancers over most of the units you get in "The Grim and the Grave" for the benefits they offer, to this day I still hate that I paid for that DLC!

Originally posted by Cheeseburger:

first time playing as vlad, topic.

i have no clue what these do

But as others have said, lodestone.

FYI - for discovering mechanics on some models, when you are in the skills section, do this.

1. look at the left hand card on the skills screen, the card with attack/ melee defense etc.
2. Hover over a skill, sometimes it obviously amends the stat, sometimes it just shows a new symbol in the icon section of the skill card.

So, do that before adding the skill, so you can see the new icons appear, then add the skill and hover over the new icons to see what they actually do.

Bit of a faff, but this does then actually show you what the skill in the skill pages do to your hero/lord.