Vasile is a vampire who resides in the Dusk Chateau - a castle built on the mountains near the Rift of Cinders and the boss of the Shadowmoon mini-campaign in Kingdom Rush: Frontiers.
Overview[]
The Everlasting Prince has been a dark and vicious menace over the kingdom since its foundation.
During the stage, Vasile mostly stays in the castle. At the start of every wave or every time the Moon is full, he walks to the balconies to taunt the player, where he can neither be selected nor targeted.
After wave 15, Vasile will send out a large wave of Vampiresa before he joins the fray, heading towards the western exit. He has the ability to bite into a victim's neck healing himself by 450 HP. It kills soldiers unless they are lucky with dodge or Holy Grail, but deals just 150 True Damage to heroes.
When he is defeated for the first time, Vasile will transform into a bat, fall back to the castle before emerging to attack for a second time, alongside a new wave of Vampiresa. This time, he chooses the eastern path and moves faster than before, possessing a much deadlier version of the Phantom Warrior's death aura, killing any troops or heroes in vicinity within mere seconds. It affects both living and undead units. Neither Tribal Axethrowers' Totem of Spirit nor Dante's can disable the aura.
When Vasile dies, nearly all of the enemies will die along with him, except for a few Vampiresa that have not landed yet, who must be killed for the stage to end.
Powers[]
- Blood Drain: Chows down on a unit, rooting it in place, dealing 300-500 damage over time and healing Vasile for half of the damage dealt.
- Death Aura: In the second phase of the fight, Vasile has an aura that has the same range and effect as a Phantom Warrior's, but instead deals 100 damage per second and affects all enemy units in his way, including undead ones.
Strategies[]
- Vasile himself is not a big threat, but his hordes of Vampiresa might easily overwhelm a badly-set defence and lure attention from himself.
- Melee heroes and troops are ineffective against Vasile, as his Blood Drain renders any progress null even with stalling him considered and in his second phase there is no space for their usage which lays within the range of his potent Death Aura.
- Crossbow Forts with Barrage shoot several targets in a flurry, and so may target Vasile briefly even with his minions surrounding him. The allure of Crossbow Forts is bolstered by the Barrage's high Physical DPS and low cooldown, making them ideal not only for Vasile but his hordes of magic resistant Vampiresa spawning throughout the level as well.
- Ranged heroes such as Dante, Nivus, Bonehart and Mirage can attack Vasile at a safe distance from his Death Aura.
Quotes[]
Like many other villains in the series, Vasile has a full repertoire of jarring taunts that he uses to unnerve his foes.
Intro:
- It's good you made it this far... eternity can be boring and I'm thirsty!
During battle:
- Evil is a point of view.
- Listen to them, the children of the night.
- I'm going to give you the choice I never had.
- Denn die Todten reiten Schnell
- No time for interviews!
- We, vampires don't sparkle in the sun!
- Fushta!
- I intend to live forever...so far so good!
- I love deadlines!
- I cast very long Dark Shadows!
- The blood is life... and it shall be mine!
- True blood is thicker than water... and more tasty.
When the Moon is full:
- Oh, it's night-time. I was having... a daymare.
- Have you danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
- La-La-La Man on the Moon!
- Toniiiigh! Is the night of the vampire!
After wave 15:
- Let's go out for a bite!
Trivia[]
- The name "Vasile" has greek roots (βασιλεύς= Basileus) translates to "King". Despite this, the achievement for defeating him mentions him as being a Prince instead of a King.
- "Vasile" is also a romanian given name, this probably being linked with the romanian legends about vampires (strigoi)
- In the Heroic Challenge and Iron Challenge modes, after Vasile is killed, a brave businessman has turned the Dusk Chateau into a haunted theme park, titled 'Dusk Chateau Scare Tour', with a box office already open at the entrance.
Related Achievements[]
DEAD AND LOVING IT Defeat Vasile, the Everlasting Prince
Appearances[]
Credits[]
- Voiced by Nikos Tsoup
Gallery[]
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