I personally don’t desire the vitality from steak.
I prefer the boost to strength because my build focuses around boosting their damage as much as possible. I can still get 4k+ hp on a thugra without steak and 5k+ on dalinsias without steak (using rebirth potions).

I have yet to lose a thrall to vanilla content since age of sorcery started.

Playstyle/person will often determine what preferred leveling food is.

I fully recognize though this isn’t everyone’s experience and a desire for more hp on thralls is prevalent especially since age of war start. Things I kill easily without my thralls dipping even below half can kill another player’s thrall who may play/approach the fight differently.

For my particular play style, thralls are in an even better place than age of sorcery.

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