The Red Duke's Abilities

Posted by Tim Chappell | 2012 Nov 4 13:37 -0500 GMT

The Red Duke is lurking in the shadows. The legendary hero of the Vampire Counts is out for blood!

The Red Duke's Abilities:

	Red Fury – Damage and self healing.
	Bloodbane – Sacrifices your hit points to deal high damage, increased against weakened targets.
	Blood Frenzy – Sacrifices your hit points to deal high area damage.
	Draw Blood – Area damage and self healing.
	Shadow's Swiftness – Sprint, and increases dodge chance.

Passive:

	The Hunger – Stacking: 15% chance on hit and 100% chance on kill to increase the Red Duke's maximum hit points by 10. Stacks up to 100 times.
	Murderer – Passive: You deal more damage to Empire Heroes.

Battle Strategy

• While he has several powerful abilities with no cooldowns, the Red Duke pays the price in blood - he must sacrifice some of his own hit points to use his potent Bloodblade and Blood Frenzy.
• The Red Duke's passive effect allows his maximum hit points to get higher and higher. Get enough kills and he'll become a nigh-unstoppable force of death!
• While Shadow's Swiftness can be used for a speed boost, don't forget that it also grants the Red Duke an almost-certain chance to dodge. Deciding whether to use it early to get into the fight quickly or save it for a close moment later may mean the difference between life and death - or, well, between undeath and death.