Vampire Queen + Underrated Pretenders?

[Edi]

The VQ is severely overnerfed in Dom3. There's no way s he is worth the 175 points even with immortality. Not with the ethereal removed. When she used to cost 150 points in Dom2, she was still painfully expensive but usable and thematic for some nations (especially Black Forest Ulm), but 175 is a minimum of 50 points too expensive in Dom3 with all the other great choices out there. By contrast, the far more powerful Bog Mummy for Niefelheim/Jotunheim/Utgård costs only 110, is far more resilient than VQ, has equal or better magics, better dominion and shares the immortality. It doesn't have flying or dominion summoning of vampires, but that's about it.

Make VQ cost 110 to 130 and she's playable. Otherwise the high price, low starting dominion and magic paths make her a rather unattractive choice.

Personally, I like Scorpion King a lot, especially for Abysia. Don't know how popular that one is. I've not had much time to play Dom3 yet, I've spent so much time documenting it. Depends on what you want, but there are several rather suboptimal pretenders that would be fun to play.

Edi