Discussion of third-tier monsters.

But it's enough to buy a lord from the life tavern and level him up to 2nd lvl, so that the cathedral is 2nd level. And then you get +1(6\week in version 3.0 and 7 in 3.51) crusaders per week. But your necromancy should be of a high level to raise vamps. If you only level up that, you will be limited in terms of development

On small maps yes - but on large ones Necromancer rules - besides, you yourself won't always be able to afford a lord. And even on small maps you'll have time to level up not to 2, but to 10 or 15 - for necromancers this is generally enough to defeat life and grab vampires in battles - no fewer than 2 vampires are resurrected per battle. Ultimately everything depends on the number of neutrals on the map, and there are no normal maps without a heap of neutrals)))