| “ | Grotesque and withered, Necrarchs may be weaker in combat, but their magical prowess is second to none. | „ |
The Necrarch Vampire Lord is a 
Vampire Counts Lord unit introduced in Total War: Warhammer II with the Aye-Aye! Patch.
Recruitment[]
- Selecting any Settlement and recruiting them in the Lord Recruit tab after awakening the Necrarch bloodline through the Bloodlines mechanic
Description[]
As a Vampire ages, his powers increase. He becomes physically stronger and faster, until he is able to tear a man in half and move as fast as the wind. He is able to call upon a host of powers, the nature of which vary from Vampire to Vampire. Some can call forth creatures such as wolves and bats to assail the armies of the living, and sometimes they can even learn how to change into these forms. Others are able to mesmerise weak-willed mortals with barely a glance. If the Vampire has a strong affinity for magic, then his Necromantic abilities expand both naturally and through study. Despite these awe-inspiring powers, however, there is a terrible price to pay. As the decades become centuries, many Vampires lose their minds, sliding inexorably into madness.
Attributes[]
Wizard- ▲ Spellcaster: This unit can cast spells.
- ▲ Armoured: Armoured units can block damage from any source apart from Armour-Piercing damage.
Spells[]
Mixed lore from Lore of Vampires, Lore of Beasts, and Lore of Death.
- Spirit Leech
- Pann's Impenetrable Pelt
- Raise Dead
- The Curse of Anraheir
- Invocation of Nehek
- The Purple Sun of Xereus
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Campaign Only[]
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Strategy[]
This lord is the top spellcaster among the Vampire Counts' lords, so he naturally has weaker combat stats. While he costs 200g less to recruit, he has 20 less Armour (while also not carrying a shield), 20 less Melee Attack, 5 less Melee Defense, 50 less Weapon Strength (30 ordinary and 20 AP) and 5 less Charge Bonus.
His level 10 unique skill tree shows where he really shines:
1. Cynosure (-10% miscast, +10 Winds of Magic Reserve, +5 starting amount)
2. The middle path has two skills, both of which can be taken:
- Wild Heart, passive increase to power reserves and recharge rate available normally to the followers of the Lore of Beasts
- Life-Leeching, increased recharge rate ordinarily available to the followers of the Lore of Death
3. Nehekhara's Noble Blood
- 1st level (-2 Winds of Magic cost for Invocation of Nehek, -10% base miscast, +2 Raise Dead uses)
- 2nd level (-3 Winds of Magic cost for Invocation of Nehek, -20% base miscast, +3 Raise Dead uses)
Being not really a fighter, he has a shortened combat skill tree, having no distinction between base and advances combat skills. Having no access too Blood Lust, he also lacks Devastating Charge, Dark Knight, Master Strike and Blade Shield skills, normally accessible to Vampire Lords. Instead of the final Red Fury skill, he has Dark Protection.
In the magic skill tree, Necrarch Vampire Lords have only the Invocation of Nehek and Raise Dead from his standard lore. The other two thirds of his spells are from the Lore of Beasts and Lore of Death. In the basic tree, he has Spirit Leech and Pann's Impenetrable Pelt, while his advances spell are The Curse of Anraheir and The Purple Sun of Xereus. Finally, he is the only Vampire Lord spellcaster that has Greater Arcane Conduit instead of the ordinary one. With the only mass damage spell he has being The Purple Sun of Xereus, he won't be scoring a large number of kills in battle, but with his healing, buff, and debuff spells, along with his low risk of miscasting and absurdly high magical recharge rate, he can control the battlfield exceptionally well. It is often worthwhile to bring along a Necromancer on a corpse cart to leverage the high winds recharge rate into more usage of the Winds of Death, and to provide even greater augments to your army, doubling down on the Necrarch's strengths as a buff and debuff caster.
Trivia[]
The Necrach Vampire Lord reuses the voice-lines from Master Necromancer.
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