Personally, what I'm iffy about in the Empire list are the detachments. I'm not a fan of two shooting detachments at all. If they had at least one cc detachment, I would say Empire would win, due to the extra wounds being dished out, and the potentially combat-tipping rise in CRes for them.
However, all shooting damage will be easily restored by the vampires.
Although they have the first turn, there are six units that the warmachine crew have to worry about. If I'm not mistaken, the bats and wolves can both be healed, the knights have a banner that should allow them to survive two phases. Once those units hit, I wouldn't bet much on the Empire's survival.
If the Terror-bombs work, then it becomes a matter of finishing off the survivors.
WPs tend to be at their best when casting spells. The VCs shouldn't have much trouble shutting them down, and with no support items (Icon/Shroud of Magnus, VHS etc), they won't do as much as people seem to think. I can't see Hatred alone winning the game.
VCs will take the win.
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