Please indulge a little self-promotion. I promise, this is my last post about vampires for at least a few months!
This picture is a tie in to the "monthly challenge" thread in the strategy and tips section. Last month's challenge was all about vampires and combat strength. I didn't participate for obvious reasons, but since it's a new month, I decided to give it a go. Basically, the objective was to achieve max combat strength on a single vampire by 1800. I lost track of time-it's actually 1816, so I didn't perfectly follow my own rules. Needed to get back to the homeland to get the right setup. I learned a lot about how to maximize combat strength (in conjunction with other participants) and concluded Scythia (someone I never played previously) seems the strongest for this. Anyway, if your curiosity is piqued and haven't seen the challenge thread, feel free to take a look.
List of combat buffs:
+5 from governor Victor
+5 from defender of the faith
+5 from great general
+10 from Himiko
+15 from flanking bonus (increased to 15 by Zhukov)
+4 Wars of Religion
+4 Oligarchic legacy
+5 Fascism
+5 Giant's Causeway
+9 from intel on my opponent (master spy listening post plus great merchant)
+5 Military alliance
+5 from Killer of Cyrus leader trait (ironically Cyrus was my only ally!)
+10 from barbarian kills (very sad it caps at 10)
A little over 100 combat strength gained from kills
Base strength of 107 from modern armor army (I think this is as high as base strength goes?)
Notes:
The world congress advisory resolution +5 strength to melee units was active but didn't seem to apply for some reason
I didn't have the last one from the culture tree that gives another +7 due to culture neglect, sadly
I am not sure if there is a cap on combat strength gained from kills - Does anyone know? - I'll try to find out
Mouzone takes at most one damage from attacks, always heals fully, and annihilates anything in one attack.
