Unofficial fan reference · game data patch 9.0.4 (Oct 15, 2026)
Vlad von Carstein unit card

Vlad von Carstein

Lord· Wizard· 1 model at Ultra size

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Vlad von Carstein is a legendary lord of Vampire Counts and Undead Legions, leading Sylvania at the start of a campaign: 5,496 HP, armour 90, melee attack 70, melee defence 50, weapon strength 430. It costs 1,000 in the campaign and 1,200 in multiplayer. It comes with Isabella von Carstein. Beating this lord in battle can earn the defeat trait Undeath Descendant. Unit key wh_dlc04_vmp_cha_vlad_von_carstein_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Health

5,496

top 38% of class

Armour

90

top 38% of class

Leadership

85

top 13% of class

Speed

40

bottom 26% of class

Melee attack

70

top 7% of class

Melee defence

50

top 31% of class

Weapon strength

130 base + 300 armour-piercing

430

top 48% of class

Charge bonus

35

bottom 27% 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.

  • Causes Terror

    This unit can cause terror, making its melee target rout for a short time. Units that cause terror are immune to terror and fear themselves.

  • 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
  • Master of BeguilementHex · -40 Melee Attackactive
  • Aura of Dark GrandeurHex (Area) · -4 Leadershippassive
  • The HungerRegeneration · Replenishes hit points of combatantspassive
  • CrumblingDirect Damage · Causes damage to selfpassive
  • DisintegratingDirect Damage · Causes severe damage to selfpassive

Lore of magic

Counters

Good against

Vulnerable to

Computed from base unit-card values (no skills, items or abilities), one rule per line; examples are units with the most of that trait. How counters are worked out · Try it in the combat calculator

Defeat trait

Beat Vlad von Carstein in battle and your lord can earn the trait

Undeath Descendant

  • Incoming Healing Modifier: +10%
  • Hit points: +10%

Down but probably not out, as you cannot really kill what doesn't truly live.

All legendary lord defeat traits

Patch changes

Patch 9.0

  • Custom battle: now in the Undead Legions roster

Vlad von Carstein skill tree

59 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.

Plan Vlad von Carstein's skills

  1. Diviner
  2. Aura of Dark Majesty
  3. Dark Pact
  4. Loremaster, Lore of Vampires
  5. Grave Ward
  6. Army of Renown
  7. Mentor
  1. Cloud of Horror
  2. Coven of Undeath
  3. Mesmerising Aura
  4. Mortal Levies
  5. Storm of the Night
  6. Monstrous Strength
  1. The Hunger
  2. Devastating Charge
  3. Dark Knight
  4. Beguile
  5. Quickblood
  6. Blood Lust
  7. Master Strike
  8. Curse of the Revenant
  9. Blade Master
  10. Fleet-Footed
  11. Red Fury
  1. Invocation of Nehek
  2. The Curse of Undeath
  3. Vanhel's Danse Macabre
  4. Gaze of Nagash
  5. Raise Dead
  6. Evasion
  7. Curse of Years
  8. Wind of Death
  9. Earthing
  10. Magical Reserves
  11. Arcane Conduit
  1. Aura of Supremacy
  2. The Unliving Host
  3. Call of the Night
  4. Evil Souls
  5. Creatures of the Night
  6. Waking Dead
  7. Carriages of Death
  8. Magical Animus
  9. Legions of Dead
  10. Dread Knights
  11. Deadly Power
  12. Flying Horrors
  13. Undeath Resurgent
  1. The Restless Dead
  2. Undying Horde
  3. Children of the Night
  4. Darkling Skies
  5. Ancient Cunning
  6. Immortal Horror
  7. Lightning Strike
  8. Guile & Glamour
  9. Necrarch
  10. Eternal Warden
  11. Uncanny Prescience

Who can field it

  • Undead Legions · Host of Nagash
  • Vampire Counts · The Drakenhof Conclave

Custom Battle lists factions under each race; every faction of a race fields that race's units (units_custom_battle_permissions rows of any of its factions). The name after the race is the faction the army builder uses.

Where these numbers come from

Read from the game's database tables for patch 9.0.4 (main_units, land_units, battle_entities, melee_weapons, projectiles…) as published in the WH3-Dump export (commit 099796e8). Formulas that turn table values into card values are checked against known units before they are shown — how we verify.