Vampiress

es can be encountered as enemies or can be a playable/recruitable unit. They are bat-like creatures with a thirst for blood.

Abilities and Attributes

 * Vampiresses can move by flying, allowing them to move 2 hexes farther and skip obstacles like other flying units, by holding the command button ('A' on Controller, 'Mouse 1' on Keyboard/Mouse). They must land at the end of their move.
 * Flying will hurt the Vampiress.
 * Attacking heals the Vampiress by a percentage of the damage done, but this does not work on lifeless targets (Electrobots, Wraiths, Zombies, Cupcakes)
 * Vampiresses get up to 66% bonus damage and life-steal on bleeding units (low health). This does not work on lifeless targets, however.
 * Vampiresses are vulnerable to sharp objects.
 * They resist an unknown amount of cupcake healing as it's not their preferred type of healing.
 * They heal around 25% of total damage done each hit on units that can bleed.

Strategy
Playing with:

Vampiresses are excellent for picking off weakened enemies. They strive on bleeding units, healing a lot on every hit on vulnerable foes. It is recommended to keep your Vampiresses safe during the early game, do not allow them to get hurt too much, as they are fragile and can fall quite easily. Keep them surrounded by allies, and don't allow them to be surrounded alone.

Instead, have more sturdy units lower the health of enemies so the Vampiresses can swoop in and feed, dealing very good damage and receiving a lot of healing. Let your Vampiresses feed on very low units while you use your other fighters on more healthy enemies.

Playing against:

Vampiresses are vulnerable to ranged and sharp weapons. They are also ineffective against lifeless targets. Using Zombies to block them in, disabling their healing attacks, is very effective.

It is often a good idea to try to focus enemy Vampiresses down as soon as possible, as they are quite easy to fell and become a huge threat in mid and late game.

Trying to recruit:

Have a long rage that can not melee with some decent amount of HP and lure the vampiress and let it just punch it the whole time while you kill the other ones in the enemy team. I recomend you use this strategy pretty early.

Cosmetics
Cosmetic items you can give the Vampiress to change their look. Vampiress are a creature with nearly purely Cosmetic Items, with none but one of them affecting stats or resistances. Vampiress has 2 cosmetic categories, Heads and Backs.
 * There are 19 total Head Cosmetics in the Live Version of the game.
 * There are 20 total Back Cosmetics in the Live Version of the game.

Notable Characters

 * Lieutenant Splurt
 * Madame Megabat