Attack Scarabs (Dark Crusade)
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Race | Necrons | ||||||||||||||||
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Version | Dark Crusade v1.2 | ||||||||||||||||
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Hitpoints | 40/0 | ||||||||||||||||
Armour | Vehicle Low | ||||||||||||||||
Unit Mass | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
Move Speed | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
Sight Radius | 25 (cannot detect) | ||||||||||||||||
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Reinforce Cost | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
Reinforce Time | 4 s | ||||||||||||||||
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Ranged | None | ||||||||||||||||
Melee | Scarab Melee Attack |
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Attack Scarabs
These small beetle-like constructs zip around the battlefield in huge numbers. Although not powerful individually, a whole swarm can easily destroy an unsupported tank.
Tactics
With a large squad size and fast reinforce time, scarab swarms are incredibly effective at destroying vehicles which lack an area attack or rely on a powerful, slow firing weapon and are thus unable to eliminate the threat they pose before they can reinforce inflicted casualties. However, relying on these tiny machines can quickly drain the Necron economy. Maintaining the base reinforcement rate of just one squad requires an power income rate of 63, and that's before the reinforcement time reduction from Obelisks is factored in.
Be careful when using Scarab Swarms to attack Power Generators. A single generator's death explosion can bring an entire squad down half health or less. Equal care should be taken when attacking armies fielding area effect weaponry as these units can quickly wipe out entire squads of Scarabs.
Although effective vs vehicles and buildings, the ground scarabs in Dark Crusade make very effective CC units due to their large squad size, incredible movement speed, and high armor. A full squad will overwhelm and tie up a ranged squad and allow your advancing necron warriors to stand in place and shoot with no fear of losing health. They also make effective spotters for semi-late game Flayed Ones deployment.
Weapons
Scarab Melee Attack
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