Dark Lord (H4)

This article is about the Heroes IV advanced class. For other uses, see Dark Lord.

The Dark Lord is an advanced class in Heroes of Might and Magic IV. It requires specialization in Nobility and Death Magic.

Due to having already one of these skills, Lords and Necromancers are likely candidates for this class.

Effect

When the Dark Lord attacks, the sorrow spell is cast on their target.

Skills

The Dark Lord has the following priorities to learn secondary skills:

• 4: Death Magic and Nobility, as well as all of their related skills, have a priority of 4.
• 2: Archery, Combat, Defense, Melee, Offense, Tactics
  • Chaos Magic, as well as all of its related skills, have a priority of 2.
• 1: Healing, Leadership, Magic Resistance, Pathfinding, Scouting, Seamanship, Spirituality
  • Order Magic, as well as all of its related skills, have a priority of 1.
• 0: Life Magic, Nature Magic, Resurrection, Summoning, Stealth

Notable dark lords

• Cardonis
• Von Tarkin (in Prelude to Invasion scenario)