best vampire count legendary lord?

[frog]

who should i play

[Scarysai]

Vlad the Dad.

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Vlad.

[Wyvern]

If you want the easiest start, mannfred or vlad. If you want the best start long term, isabella or ghorst.

[Darklordnj]

Vlad/Isabella or Mannfred.
Mannfred is a magical powerhose capable of taking on armies once he gets his dragon.

Vlad is a strong footlord that is most likely going to be the last one standing of whatever army he's in thanks to his regen cap, and Isabella is a good supporting lord that makes Vlad even stronger when they reinforce each other. (I think Isabella has the better Faction skill, but its debatable)

[Darth Alpharius]

Kemmler's not bad, but crap in the magic department.

[KellyR]

Isabella > everyone else.

[Tricks]

Originally posted by Darth Alpharius:

Kemmler's not bad, but crap in the magic department.

I think buffing Krell would help make Kemmler a more interesting choice. He has so much potential as a badass hero but is currently nothing but a mediocre summon.

[fgalkin]

Isabella, by far

[Darth Wadewilson]

Vlad. but with Isabella as starting lord.

[frog]

Originally posted by Darth Reyns:

Vlad. but with Isabella as starting lord.

Why start with Isabella?

[Zane87]

Originally posted by Chog, Sigmar's Chosen:

Originally posted by Darth Reyns:

Vlad. but with Isabella as starting lord.

Why start with Isabella?

More and better vampires

[Rack]

Isabella with Vampires is op

[Savok]

Izzy's faction effects are more vampire heroes and more damage from them, making her vampire doomstack even more obnoxious. Vlad just gets more movement. He does start with the more versatile army however and you'll have his siege attacker ability on turn 1 rather than turn 2 if you absolutely must go beat up Mannfred asap.

Similar thing with Mannfred/Ghorst. Mannfred gets a little more than a movement buff but not much. Ghorst gets a massive 20% replenishment rate among other nice things. Granted it takes a bit longer to recruit Mannfred and he's a better lord.

[Dominic]

At the moment Vlad and Izzy are quite hard because Manny starts with 5 Territories
Kemmler is fun but requires masses of Micro, under your control, HexWraiths are unstoppable, under AI, they are useless, and has no siege attacker
Ghorst, meh,
That leaves Manfred

[fgalkin]

Originally posted by Chog, Sigmar's Chosen:

Originally posted by Darth Reyns:

Vlad. but with Isabella as starting lord.

Why start with Isabella?

She significantly buffs the best heroes of the most hero-centric faction in the game, making them downright obnoxious.

For reference, I conquered level 5 Karaz-a-Karak with Thorgrim and a full stack of hammerers and longbeards sitting inside it with nothing but Isabella, 12 vampires, and a unit of Crypt Horrors (for their siege attacker trait).

People think that Mannfred has a huge winds of magic pool. Those people clearly haven't seen what 13 arcane conduits running at the same time can do.