Vampire (Shadows)

Hero· Wizard· 1 model at Ultra size

Health

3,572

bottom 13% of class

Armour

top 28% of class

Leadership

top 50% of class

Speed

bottom 30% of class

Melee attack

top 9% of class

Melee defence

top 42% of class

Weapon strength

300 base + 130 armour-piercing

430

top 20% of class

Charge bonus

bottom 29% of class

Attributes

Causes Fear
This unit frightens all enemy units, reducing their leadership when nearby. It is also immune to fear. Fear penalties do not stack.
Encourage
This unit provides a leadership bonus to nearby allies. Units within range of both the Lord's aura and an encouraging unit will receive the larger of the two bonuses.
Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
Undead
Undead units cannot be routed, but take damage when their Leadership is broken. Undead units also have: Fear and Terror Immunity Undead units may also have their hit points restored by special characters such as the Vampire Counts Necromancer.

Abilities

WoundsHex · -10% Speed, -20% Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage…passive
Dark BenedictionAugment (Area) · +8 Leadershippassive
Immortal WillRegeneration · Replenishes hit points of combatantsactive
The HungerRegeneration · Replenishes hit points of combatantspassive
CrumblingDirect Damage · Causes damage to selfpassive
DisintegratingDirect Damage · Causes severe damage to selfpassive

Vampire (Shadows) skill tree

39 skills, line by line as the game lays them out. Hover a skill for the rank it unlocks at and its effects at each level.

Barded Nightmare
Barded NightmareUnlocks at rank 7
- Mount: Barded Nightmare
Nightmares are often clad in heavy barding or wear caparisons of thick chainmail.
Hellsteed
HellsteedUnlocks at rank 9
- Mount: Hellsteed
Hellsteeds are vicious. Vampires that dabble in the binding of beasts delight in breaking these wild creatures to their will.
Grave Ward
Grave WardUnlocks at rank 7
- Missile resistance: 10%
Whereby the power of death itself is used to hold back the physical world.
Immortality
ImmortalityUnlocks at rank 19
- When normally killed in action, this Hero will be wounded instead
Who wants to live forever? As it turns out, most beings wouldn't say no…
Mentor
Mentor3 levels
Level 1
- Character will share +15% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
Level 2
- Character will share +30% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
Level 3
- Character will share +50% of experience earned between all other active Heroes of the same type
Having learned much in their long years of service, this character now turns their attention to training others.

The Hunger
The Hunger
- Incoming Healing Modifier: +15%
- Passive ability: "The Hunger"
Immortal Flesh
Immortal Flesh
- Replenish Troops action: Replenishment rate is increased by an additional 5%
- Battle healing cap: +20%
- Hit points: +10%
Requires: The HungerThe ravages of time and the damages of martial struggle have no more hold over a Vampire. In truth, little has.
The Red Thirst
The Red Thirst
- Ability: "Blood Lust"
- Armour-piercing weapon damage: +40
Requires: The HungerIn their own polite society, Vampires may conduct themselves with uncanny grace. Outside of it, they are the bloodthirst that swallows all.
Ageless Instinct
Ageless Instinct
- Spread Corruption action: Vampiric corruption is increased by an additional 2
- Vampiric corruption: +2 (local province)
- Character experience gain: +25%
Requires: The HungerJust as drawing breath sustains the living, something much more sinister sustains a Vampire, in time becoming just as easy as breathing.
Sorcerous Blood
Sorcerous Blood
- Cooldown: -10% to all spells
- Winds of Magic cost: -10% for all spells
Requires: The HungerThe red thirst is unending, yet a Vampire’s body and soul course not with blood. The very air around them trembles with their dark essence like a Winds-stirred shroud.
Fangs Bared
Fangs Bared
- Attribute: Causes Terror
- Bonus vs Infantry: +15
Requires: Immortal Flesh, The Red Thirst, Ageless Instinct, Sorcerous BloodVampires are so much more than the saw-toothed monsters they are made out to be. But they are also that.

Safeguard
Safeguard
- Armour: +6
It is no easy task to bend or break the armour of this being.
Impassioned
Impassioned3 levels
Level 1
- Melee defence: +3
Level 2
- Melee defence: +7
Level 3
- Melee defence: +12
Requires: SafeguardThere is nothing but utter belief. There is no reasoning with this one.
Wild-Eyed
Wild-Eyed3 levels
Level 1
- Melee attack: +3
Level 2
- Melee attack: +6
Level 3
- Melee attack: +9
Requires: Safeguard"Don't look into their eyes, there is only death there!"
Conviction
Conviction3 levels
Level 1
- Leadership: +2
Level 2
- Leadership: +5
Level 3
- Leadership: +9
Requires: SafeguardSuch is this one's conviction that others have no choice but to believe.
Soothsaying
Soothsaying3 levels
Level 1
- Leadership aura size: +10%
Level 2
- Leadership aura size: +20%
Level 3
- Leadership aura size: +40%
Requires: SafeguardSpeaking words of power or faith can alter perceptions on the battlefield.
Immortal Will
Immortal Will
- Ability: "Immortal Will"
Requires: Impassioned, Wild-Eyed, Conviction, Soothsaying
Tenacity
Tenacity3 levels
Level 1
- Hit points: +3%
Level 2
- Hit points: +8%
Level 3
- Hit points: +15%
Requires: Immortal WillThis one will not go down easily – it will be necessary to break both the will and the body first.
Augury
Augury3 levels
Level 1
- Character's aura leadership effect: +2
Level 2
- Character's aura leadership effect: +5
Level 3
- Character's aura leadership effect: +9
Requires: Immortal WillAn omen, a sign - this being knows things and any who follow will share their glory.
Inviolable
Inviolable3 levels
Level 1
- Armour: +3
Level 2
- Armour: +8
Level 3
- Armour: +15
Requires: Immortal WillNever to be broken or dishonoured – never to succumb to the foe.
Fervour
Fervour3 levels
Level 1
- Weapon strength: +5%
Level 2
- Weapon strength: +12%
Level 3
- Weapon strength: +20%
Requires: Immortal WillThis one fights with a fervour to be both admired and despised.
Dark Benediction
Dark Benediction
- Passive ability: "Dark Benediction"
Requires: Tenacity, Augury, Inviolable, Fervour

Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma
Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma2 levels
Level 1
- Overcast spell: "Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -30% to "Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma"
Level 2
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -1 for "Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -50% to "Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma"
The caster weaves a confounding fog that numbs and deludes enemies, causing them to stumble and stagger.
Smoke & Mirrors
Smoke & Mirrors
- Passive ability: "Smoke & Mirrors"
Requires: Melkoth's Mystifying MiasmaA conjured shadow is just as obfuscating as a real one - the Shadow Wizard is master or mistress of the 'concealing' arts.
The Enfeebling Foe
The Enfeebling Foe3 levels
Level 1
- Spell: "The Enfeebling Foe"
Level 2
- Overcast spell: "The Enfeebling Foe Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -30% to "The Enfeebling Foe"
Level 3
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "The Enfeebling Foe Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "The Enfeebling Foe Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -1 for "The Enfeebling Foe"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "The Enfeebling Foe Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -50% to "The Enfeebling Foe"
Requires: Melkoth's Mystifying MiasmaWhen cast, this spell enfeebles enemy minds; they feel the crushing weight of reality bearing down upon them.
The Withering
The Withering3 levels
Level 1
- Spell: "The Withering"
Level 2
- Overcast spell: "The Withering Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -30% to "The Withering"
Level 3
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "The Withering Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "The Withering Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -1 for "The Withering"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "The Withering Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -50% to "The Withering"
Requires: Melkoth's Mystifying MiasmaThe Wizard destroys their enemies from within, corroding foes' minds with doubt and crisis.
The Penumbral Pendulum
The Penumbral Pendulum3 levels
Level 1
- Spell: "The Penumbral Pendulum"
Level 2
- Overcast spell: "The Penumbral Pendulum Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -30% to "The Penumbral Pendulum"
Level 3
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "The Penumbral Pendulum Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "The Penumbral Pendulum Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "The Penumbral Pendulum"
- Winds of Magic cost: -3 for "The Penumbral Pendulum Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -50% to "The Penumbral Pendulum"
Requires: Melkoth's Mystifying MiasmaA spectral pendulum is summoned by the Wizard. On command, it swings, razor sharp and with lethal speed, through the foe.
Evasion
Evasion
- Passive ability: "Evasion"
Requires: Smoke & Mirrors, The Enfeebling Foe, The Withering, The Penumbral Pendulum
Pit of Shades
Pit of Shades3 levels
Level 1
- Spell: "Pit of Shades"
Level 2
- Overcast spell: "Pit of Shades Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -30% to "Pit of Shades"
Level 3
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Pit of Shades Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "Pit of Shades Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -3 for "Pit of Shades"
- Winds of Magic cost: -3 for "Pit of Shades Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -50% to "Pit of Shades"
Requires: EvasionThe spellcaster opens a vortex leading into the Pit. Anything caught within it will be lost forever.
Okkam's Mindrazor
Okkam's Mindrazor3 levels
Level 1
- Spell: "Okkam's Mindrazor"
Level 2
- Overcast spell: "Okkam's Mindrazor Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -30% to "Okkam's Mindrazor"
Level 3
- Miscast base chance: -15% for "Okkam's Mindrazor Upgraded"
- Overcast spell: "Okkam's Mindrazor Upgraded"
- Winds of Magic cost: -2 for "Okkam's Mindrazor"
- Winds of Magic cost: -3 for "Okkam's Mindrazor Upgraded"
- Cooldown: -50% to "Okkam's Mindrazor"
Requires: EvasionThe supernatural solution is often the best; weapons materialise before the caster's allies, allowing them to slice through flesh, soul, and consciousness.
Earthing
Earthing
- Miscast base chance: -15%
Requires: EvasionBy stabbing a staff or some arcane conduit into the ground, an accomplished magic-user can earth or tether the Winds and hopefully reduce a chance of miscasting.
Magical Reserves
Magical Reserves
- Winds of Magic power reserve capacity: +5
Requires: EvasionA few magic-users have the ability to store the Winds of Magic for later use, increasing their spellcasting power when it really counts.
Arcane Conduit
Arcane Conduit
- Passive ability: "Arcane Conduit"
Requires: Earthing, Magical Reserves, Pit of Shades, Okkam's Mindrazor

Replenish Troops
Replenish Troops3 levels
Level 1
- Replenish Troops action: Replenishment rate is increased by an additional 3%
Level 2
- Replenish Troops action: Replenishment rate is increased by an additional 6%
Level 3
- Replenish Troops action: Replenishment rate is increased by an additional 9%
Those in the army can find succour or be replenished by the power of this champion.
Spread Corruption
Spread Corruption3 levels
Level 1
- Spread Corruption action: Vampiric corruption is increased by an additional 1
- Vampiric corruption: +1 (local province)
Level 2
- Spread Corruption action: Vampiric corruption is increased by an additional 2
- Vampiric corruption: +2 (local province)
Level 3
- Spread Corruption action: Vampiric corruption is increased by an additional 3
- Vampiric corruption: +3 (local province)
The locals take notice and will be inspired or frightened into action.
Damage Building
Damage Building3 levels
Level 1
- Damage Building action: Additional 5% damage caused
Level 2
- Damage Building action: Additional 15% damage caused
Level 3
- Damage Building action: Additional 30% damage caused
It is not just the forces of Chaos that can despoil, break and ruin.
Wound
Wound3 levels
Level 1
- Wound action: Additional 5% chance of wounding target
Level 2
- Wound action: Additional 12% chance of wounding target
Level 3
- Wound action: Additional 21% chance of wounding target
Such a champion will not bend or break, but slay in their Lord's name.
Hinder Replenishment
Hinder Replenishment3 levels
Level 1
- Hinder Replenishment action: Replenishment is modified by an additional -10%
Level 2
- Hinder Replenishment action: Replenishment is modified by an additional -20%
Level 3
- Hinder Replenishment action: Replenishment is modified by an additional -40%
The sight of a powerful figure extolling death and blasphemies can bring enemy ranks to their knees.
Specialist
Specialist3 levels
Level 1
- Hero action cost: -10%
- Hero action success chance: +1%
Level 2
- Hero action cost: -20%
- Hero action success chance: +3%
Level 3
- Hero action cost: -40%
- Hero action success chance: +6%
An expert in their craft, this Hero knows all the mistakes that can be made and how to best avoid making them.

Every version of Vampire (Shadows)

3 units share this name across races (mounts, race versions, renown or faction variants). Differences from the first row are highlighted.

Version	HP	Models	Armour	Lead.	Speed	MA	MD	WS	Charge	Cost	Upkeep	Unit key
Vampire Counts, Undead LegionsWizard	3,572	1	90	65	40	60	40	430	30	1,000	250	`wh_dlc05_vmp_cha_vampire_shadows_0`
Vampire Counts, Undead LegionsWizard	3,916	1	110	65	78	60	40	430	60	1,100	275	`wh_dlc05_vmp_cha_vampire_shadows_1`
Vampire Counts, Undead LegionsWizard	3,916	1	90	65	105	60	40	430	60	1,350	337	`wh_dlc05_vmp_cha_vampire_shadows_2`

Who can field it

Host of Nagash
The Drakenhof Conclave

Where these numbers come from

Read from the game's database tables for patch 9.0 (main_units, land_units, battle_entities, melee_weapons, projectiles…) as published in the WH3-Dump export (commit 8a4f7e64). Formulas that turn table values into card values are checked against known units before they are shown — how we verify.