[Jasper]

Originally posted by ywl:
But still, a VC should be easily overwhelmed by unroutable undeads, vine creatures or earth magic constructs. All of these are lifeless - do anybody know how much they're affected by the VC's lifedrain?

You can't drain life from lifeless things like elementals, constructs, etc. One of the more obvious and effective counters.

The relatively low stats on Vampire Counts, plus the plethora of counters makes them not big deal IMHO. Many nations can put equipment on one of their leaders, and end up with a "supercombatant" at least as good as a Vampire Count, especially if they have good bless effects. An equipped Vanadrotte, Tuatha, or Jotun Jarl would destroy a Vampire Count for example. Hell, even a Centaur Heirophant could probably do the job.

Black Forest is good, and the best Ulm variant by far, but I just don't see enough bang per buck out of the Vampire Counts for them to be even close to overpowered. They make decent raiders and fodder generators, but they don't exactly strike fear into my heart.

Plus, there's not a very long window betwen the point you can field them equipped, and when people start fielding things like Ice Devils, which are definitely superior.