Lets have a look at the start of the Campaign: These guys can get anywhere on the battlefield fast, and pack a punch when they get there. They cause Fear and Terror, have Flaming and Magical Attacks as well as strider and a whopping 94 speed.

Hexwraiths: Like Cairn Wraiths but better.

Cairn Wraiths: 75% Physical Resistance and Magical Attacks means these guys will hold our lines and dish out considerable damage to priority units early game.

Dire Wolves: A key unit in all our armies throughout the whole campaign, used to chase routing units tag team with the Hexwraiths, all round an excellent starting unit.

In battle, Heinrich Kemmler can summon Krell, a powerful Hero (Krell is a bit of a mixed bag, he is powerful early on however does not have a mount so tends to get rag dolled a lot by early Bretonian Lords).

Hero recruit rank: +2 for Necromancers (local province (+2 Ranks early game is huge, 3 points into Specialist reduces agent costs by 40%)).

All units in Heinrich Kemmler’s army are immune to non-Vampire Count territory attrition (This allows Heinrich to be the spearhead army operating in enemy territory).

We will be making liberal use of Necromancer Heroes throughout the campaign).

Upkeep -50% for Necromancer Heroes (The big draw for the faction, stacks with Lahmian bloodline reduction.

Diplomatic relations +30 with Chaos (Not really a deciding factor, nice to keep Norsca at bay).

Suitable Climate: Mountain (Allowing easy occupation of the old world).

We won’t be relying on attrition damage at all.Ī full list of changes can be found here.

Lots of rebellions until corruption is stabilized.

We want our armies to be as cost effective as possible as we will have multiple supply line penalties).

This guide is not an in-depth breakdown on the Vampire Counts faction or it’s late game campaign and battle strategies, however I have including tips and advice at the end of the guide.įor those unaware the main differences in Legendary effects for this campaign:

Hopefully with the help of this guide players can become more familiar playing battles in real time without pause. I chose to write the guide with these difficulties both because they are my personal preference to play on balance wise, and as a starting point for newer players who have yet to take the leap to legendary. This guide is intended to provide a step-by-step outline of the first 10 turns of The Barrow Legions campaign on Legendary campaign and Normal battle difficulty. First 10 Turns of a Campaign Before We Begin

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