Evaluating the Undead Factions

[duane]

I am trying out the undead factions finally and have played the Vampire counts a couple times and am trying the Tomb kings now (have yet to play the Pirate Coast.

I wasnt sure I liked the Tomb Kings when I started but they are starting to grow on me. I like the fact they have archers and love the Ushabti infantry. Im still fighting other Tomb King factions so have not fought any non-tomb king factions yet but I can tell they seem to be somewhat of a micro type of faction IMO.

Anyway, I bring all this up to get an idea of which undead faction is generally the favorite of those who, like me, love the undead theme?

[MonkeyMummyMoney]

Vampire Coast mostly because Lead hoses are fun. The only faction with a stronger range game are the woodelves, only downside is their melee fighters aren't the greatest starting out. That being said Naval combat not being a thing and there being no maps that take place on Boats kind of sucks.

[Kalon]

I love them all tbh. Tomb Kings are a bit OP once they get their feet under them. I played Settra on legendary and it wasn't really a challenge. Vampire coast is definitely fun, and their siege game is ridiculous. I would say they are also a bit OP. I guess my favorite is VC playing Isabella and spamming vampires. I like the classic mechanic of taking and holding provinces and earning money.
I also like having Isabella's army consist of 6 vampires and <literally anything> and while the rest of the army dies, the vampire coterie basically pwns everything around them. Its silly and its totally warhammer.

[Power and Wealth]

Vampire Counts are pretty rad with their armies focused almost exclusively on playing aggressively, you can really spam out a lot of cheap skeleton stacks, really gives that feeling of the "endless hordes of undead" coupled with a very powerful focus on magic.

Vampire Coast are my personal favorite, undead pirates with a gunline that can be absolutely deadly, I tend to call it a "siege faction" as Vampire Coast have a lot of endurance while fighting against walled settlements.

Tomb Kings are pretty cool but I never really got hooked onto the playstyle like I did Vampire Coast. Tomb Kings can be just as brutal as any of the other undead factions but have a bit more balanced playstyle with a more traditional army setup.

[Twoja Mama]

Tbh, I find both - Vampire Counts and Vampire Coast pretty boring XD but I do love Tomb Kings as they are the mixture of monsters, missile units and melee units + magic.
Vampire Coast do not have strong melee infantry so You mostly rely on magic + monsters and/or missile units.
Vampire Counts are just boring with time as You do not have artillery and missile units so You rely heavily on op magic and strong monsters and/or heroes.