Chaos Sorcerer (Dark Crusade)

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Chaos Sorcerer
Race	Chaos
Version	Dark Crusade v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey S	Build Cost 150 75  0 Build Time 40 s Built From Desecrated Stronghold Unit Size 1 Requires Desecrated Fortress Limit 1
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	1000/2
Armour	Commander
Morale	400/11/150
Death Penalty	-100
Unit Mass	25
Move Speed	16
Sight Radius	30 (detection 30)
Weapons
Ranged	Bolt Pistol
Melee	Bedlam Staff

Contents 1 Chaos Sorcerer 2 Tactics 3 Abilities 3.1 Teleport 3.2 Doombolt 3.3 Chains of Torment 3.4 Corruption 3.5 Summon Bloodthirster 4 Weapons 4.1 Bolt Pistol 4.2 Bedlam Staff 5 Weapon Upgrades 5.1 Plasma Pistol 6 Researchable Upgrades 6.1 Wargear: Plasma Pistols 6.2 Commander Veteran Upgrade 6.3 Commander Hero Upgrade 6.4 Chains of Torment Research 6.5 Corruption Research 6.6 Bloodthirster Research 7 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Chaos Sorcerer

"I understand more than you could possibly know."

The right hand men of the Chaos Lord, the Chaos Sorcerers were former librarians of the Traitor Legions before the Horus Heresy. Now, they work against former brothers with their unearthly talent of a psyker and the aid of the Daemons of the Warp. Should any "accident" happen to the Chaos Lord, the Chaos Sorcerer will assume command of whatever is available in his war band. Including countless Traitorous Space Marines, Cultists, Daemonic war machines and Daemons conjured from the warp.

Wielding formidable psychic powers and able to conjure up foul spells with forbidden words of power, the Chaos Sorcerers are more than a match for other Commanders despite their less than sturdy constitution. Able to travel between time and space by entering in and out of the warp, they can appear anywhere and wreak havoc. Chaos Sorcerers are also in charge of leading Cultists in foul Chaotic ceremonies where Daemons are summoned and sacrifices are offered in the form of blood and their enemies' souls.

Sorcerers are constantly in search of knowledge, rumbling through forbidden vaults and long crumbled tomes. They seek to gain some of the greatest spells and the best ways to please their master, often in the hope of getting more "gifts" in the form of better Daemonic items and powers. If he has sufficiently pleased his dark masters he would be given the "honour" (or curse) of bearing the form of a Greater Daemon.

Tactics

The Chaos sorcerer is Chaos' primary spellcaster. He is first available at the start of tier 2. He has powerful melee abilities, but with rather low health for a commander it is slightly risky to send him out into the middle of a battle, however this can be solved by attaching him to a squad. Typically in tier 2 it is more advantageous to utilize the Chaos Sorcerer than the Chaos Lord as this stage often brings with it powerful ranged units that would minimize the Chaos Lord's ability to fight well in close combat. The Chaos Sorcerer however has 3 ranged spells as well as the ability to teleport into melee or away from a bad situation.

When built, he initially has the Doombolt spell which does good damage to infantry units as well as diminishing morale. He can be upgraded with the Chains of Torment spell at the Sacrificial Circle, which does less damage than the Doombolt but binds a squad in place so it cannot move. In tier 3, he can learn the Corruption spell which hurts units standing in the marked area severely. When all three spells are used at once, they can bring even powerful squads such as Assault Terminators to their knees.

The Chaos Sorcerer can also be possessed by the Bloodthirster. It may seem to be a bad idea to use him as a mere sacrifice but in terms of cost and benefits this is not always so. The Chaos Sorcerer's most powerful abilities have slow recharge times (especially the Corruption spell). In fact, all of his abilities recharge slower than he can be built. In tier 3, where Requisition and Power often are plentiful, it is sometimes beneficial to use his abilities all at once to cripple or destroy several squads, teleport him to an suitable location, and then summon the Bloodthirster at that spot. Then the player can rebuild him for his relatively low price with all of his spells fully charged. The only difficulty may be in shuttling him back to the battle, but then that is the role of the Chaos Rhino transport. Since he is not the only unit that may need to be carried to battle, the sacrifice may pay off well.

Abilities

Teleport

	Teleport			Hotkey: J
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Terrain
	Range	35
	Area of effect	None	Cooldown time	60 s
Effects	Gives the Sorcerer the ability to quickly teleport through any intervening terrain to another location. At full charge the Chaos Sorcerer can make one teleportation and must then wait for it to completely recharge.

Doombolt

	Doombolt			Hotkey: D
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Any enemy units
	Range	35
	Area of effect	Variable, see below	Cooldown time	120 s
Effects	The Chaos Sorcerer fires off a total of 6 bolts at the enemy, each has an Offset Factor of 5 from the target and an Area of Effect of 10. The damage below is per bolt.
Damage Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High Morale Min Max Min.D 25-30 19-23 19-23 25-30 25-30 25-30 25-30 25-30 25-30 - 25-30 25-30 25-30 25-30 25-30 25 25 30 0

Chains of Torment

	Chains of Torment			Hotkey: C
	Requires	Chains of Torment Research
	Target Types	Any enemy Infantry, Heavy Infantry, Daemons, and Commanders
	Range	40
	Area of effect	Entire targeted squad	Cooldown time	80 s
Effects	The targeted unit takes damage and is unable to move for 10 seconds.
Damage Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High Morale Min Max Min.D 80-100 36-60 80-100 80-100 80-100 80-100 - - - - - - - 80-100 80-100 3 80 100 0

Corruption

	Corruption			Hotkey: O
	Requires	Corruption Research
	Target Types	Any units except buildings
	Range	40
	Area of effect	12	Cooldown time	120 s
Effects	All units in the area of effect of the target take continual damage. This ability does friendly fire. The Corruption lasts for 15 seconds. Damage printed is per second.
Damage Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High Morale Min Max Min.D 7-8 7-8 7-8 12-15 12-15 12-15 12-15 12-15 12-15 - - - - 12-15 12-15 15 12 14 5

Summon Bloodthirster

	Summon Bloodthirster			Hotkey: S
	Requires	Bloodthirster Research
	Target Types	Self
	Range	0
	Area of effect	None	Cooldown time	Single use ability
Effects	When activated the unit is killed in an explosion of blood and the Bloodthirster is summoned. When any of the Aspiring Champions are possessed, the explosion deals 5 damage and 40 morale damage in a radius of 15 to all units, dealing strong knockback (35-55 force).

Weapons

Bolt Pistol

	Bolt Pistol
Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 7.0 10.8 8.7 7.2 7.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 NA 4.3 7.6 4.3 7.2 4.3 2.1 4 12.7 15.5 4
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	25	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	85%	Refire Rate	0.8 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Bedlam Staff

	Bedlam Staff
Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 43.7 92.4 85.0 99.8 85.6 16.7 35.8 29.0 120.0 NA 90.0 31.2 42.0 37.4 120.0 22.5 45 108 132 1 Commander Veteran Upgrade: 50.2 106.3 97.7 114.8 98.4 19.2 41.1 33.3 138.0 NA 103.5 35.9 48.3 43.1 138.0 22.5 45 124.2 151.8 1 Commander Hero Upgrade: 60.3 127.5 117.2 137.8 118.1 23.0 49.3 40.0 165.6 NA 124.2 43.1 58.0 51.7 165.6 22.5 45 149.0 182.2 1
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Weapon Upgrades

Plasma Pistol

	Plasma Pistol
Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 52.4 56.1 56.1 56.1 56.1 32.6 16.3 16.3 16.3 NA 28.1 16.3 25.8 53.9 16.3 3.3 10 151.923 193.462 25
Cost	See Wargear: Plasma Pistols	Range	25	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	See Wargear: Plasma Pistols	Accuracy	65%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Wargear: Plasma Pistols

Researchable Upgrades

Wargear: Plasma Pistols

	Wargear: Plasma Pistols			Hotkey: L
	Cost	50 30	Research Time	30 s
	Researched From	Chaos Armoury
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Upgrades all Aspiring Champions, Raptor Aspiring Champions, the Chaos Lord, and the Chaos Sorcerer to Plasma Pistols.

Commander Veteran Upgrade

	Commander Veteran Upgrade			Hotkey: R
	Cost	100 25	Research Time	45 s
	Researched From	Sacrificial Circle
	Requires	Desecrated Fortress
Effects	Hitpoints of Chaos Lord increased by 400 to 2030. Hitpoints of Chaos Sorcerer increased by 300 to 1300. The recharge time of the Chaos Lord and the Sorcerer's abilities reduced by 10%. Damage of the Chaos Lord's Accursed Crozius and the Sorcerer's Bedlam Staff increased by 15%. Health regeneration rate of the Chaos Lord and the Sorcerer is increased by 0.5 to 2.5.

Commander Hero Upgrade

	Commander Hero Upgrade			Hotkey: R
	Cost	125 50	Research Time	60 s
	Researched From	Sacrificial Circle
	Requires	Commander Veteran Upgrade, Unholy Monastery
Effects	Hitpoints of Chaos Lord increased by a further 400 to a 2430 in total. Hitpoints of Chaos Sorcerer increased by a further 300 to a 1600 in total. The recharge time of the Chaos Lord and the Sorcerer's abilities reduced by a further 10% (19% total). Damage of the Chaos Lord's Accursed Crozius and the Sorcerer's Bedlam Staff increased by another 20% (38% total). Health regeneration rate of the Chaos Lord and the Sorcerer is increased by a further 0.5 to 3 in total.

Chains of Torment Research

	Chains of Torment Research			Hotkey: I
	Cost	50 40	Research Time	45 s
	Researched From	Sacrificial Circle
	Requires	Desecrated Fortress
Effects	Enables the Chaos Sorcerer's Chains of Torment ability.

Corruption Research

	Corruption Research			Hotkey: I
	Cost	40 50	Research Time	45 s
	Researched From	Sacrificial Circle
	Requires	Chains of Torment Research, Unholy Monastery
Effects	Enables the Chaos Sorcerer's Corruption ability.

Bloodthirster Research

	Bloodthirster Research			Hotkey: B
	Cost	400 400	Research Time	90 s
	Researched From	Daemon Pit
	Requires	Unholy Monastery, Chaos Energies, a captured Relic, and that the Bloodthirster is not already on the battlefield.
Effects	Enables a single global use of the Summon Bloodthirster ability of the Chaos Sorcerer, Aspiring Champions, Cultist Aspiring Champions, and Raptor Aspiring Champions.

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