On the subject of rings (did they seriously feel the need to give the vampire lord even stronger gear?), the sister ring, the Ring of the Erudite, is godly. Perhaps it'd make me raise an eyebrow if I was a khajiit (melee bonus carries over) with +20 poison melee damage perk with the Ring of the Beast which also gives you a monstrous +100 health and an additional 20 damage.

Now, I've never really used claws much, but they're okay, I suppose, not quite as strong as life drain, but you can use it on a paralyzed enemy. I never used raise undead much because gargoyle is usually always superior, and can't exist at the same time as a zombie. Summon garogyle will summon a super tanky monster that is not only tanky, but actually absorbs health for himself. It's like a fus-ro-dah you can use whenever you please. If you stood in the middle of a group of enemies and shoot directly at your feet, you will pretty much not die because of the amount of life drain, unless they were swinging 2-handed's at you or something.īut the vampire lord gains perks that just make him mind-boggling strong, such as force grip which lets you toss enemies (instakill them if throw off a cliff, minus Ebony Warrior.) which also stuns them momentarily. On legendary difficulty, the vampire lord's drain life slices through enemies, such as normal bandits that will go down in 4-5 drain life blasts.

I was legitimately curious if anyone else thought the vampire lord was overpowered. While that might be the case given the right gear, perks, etc, I've always found the vampire lord to be easy mode. Among dicussion of the vampire lord, the people I've talked to have said that he is very weak, with his life drain hardly doing any damage, and that their regular weapons are stronger.

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