Chaos Space Marine Squad

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Chaos Space Marine Squad
Race	Chaos
Version	Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey C	Build Cost 190 0  2 Build Time 26.4 s Built From Chaos Temple Squad Size 4/10 Requires Nothing Limit None
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	375/0.5
Armour	Infantry Heavy Medium
Morale	300/10/150
Death Penalty	-20
Unit Mass	18
Move Speed	16
Sight Radius	25 (cannot detect)
Reinforcement
Reinforce Cost	50 0
Reinforce Time	9 s
Weapons
Ranged	Bolter
Melee	Knife

Contents 1 Chaos Space Marine Squad 2 Tactics 3 Squad Leaders 3.1 Aspiring Champion 4 Abilities 4.1 Frag Grenades 4.2 Infiltration 5 Weapons 5.1 Bolter 5.2 Knife 6 Weapon Upgrades 6.1 Heavy Bolter 6.2 Plasma Gun 7 Researchable Upgrades 7.1 Wargear: Frag Grenades 7.2 Heavy Weapon Increase 7.3 Furious Charge Research 7.4 Chaos Marine Infiltration Skill 8 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Chaos Space Marine Squad

"Death to the false Emperor!"

The Chaos Space Marines are the backbone of the armies of Chaos. As a tough and versatile unit, they are heavily armed, armored, and highly skilled. While similar to loyalist Space Marines, they lack their trust and faith, resulting in lower morale. They favour anti-personnel weaponry like the Heavy Bolter and the Plasma Gun and are proficient in melee combat as well.

Charge Bonus: After Furious Charge is researched, once within 15 range of their target when on Assault stance, Chaos Space Marines gain a +50% movement bonus to their speed, enabling them to quickly close the distance with other units into melee. This is in addition to the +20% movement bonus Furious Charge offers to the unit's base speed.

Tactics

A popular tactic for the use of these warriors of Chaos is to purchase the Extra Heavy Weapons upgrade. Once researched, it is possible to equip your squads with up to four heavy weapons. These may be Heavy Bolters, which require a Chaos Armoury or Plasma Guns upon reaching the Unholy Monastery. Both are powerful tools against the enemy and allow Chaos Space Marines to outshoot almost any ranged infantry they may encounter.

Weapon upgrades aside, the real kicker is the fact that fully upgraded, the Chaos Space Marines are infiltrated and cannot be attacked unless discovered by a Detector unit. However, apart from certain heroes (like Warboss), most detectors are fairly weak and a fully equipped squad of Chaos Space Marines should have little problem taking them out. Clever use of the infiltration ability and the Hold Fire command can let you sneak several squads to positions where your opponent would least suspect it.

Squad Leaders

Maximum Squad Leaders Allowed: 1

Aspiring Champion

	Aspiring Champion			Hotkey: L
	Cost	65 10	Build Time	20 s
	Requirements	Chaos Armoury
	Effects	+50 Maximum Morale, +1 Morale Regeneration. Increases the Squad cap by 1. Gives access to Fear Aura and Berserk Fury.

Abilities

Frag Grenades

	Frag Grenades			Hotkey: G
	Requires	Chaos Frag Grenades Research
	Target Types	All enemy Infantry, Infantry Heavy, Commanders, and Daemons
	Range	25
	Area of effect	4	Cooldown time	75 s
Effects	Disables movement, combat, and abilities for 3 seconds as well as doing minor knockdown (25-33 force).
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 76.5-85.5 76.5-85.5 85-95 85-95 85-95 85-95 - - - - - - - 85-95 85-95 20 85 95 0.1

Infiltration

	Infiltration
	Requires	Chaos Marine Infiltration Skill
	Target Types	Own squad
	Range	0
	Area of effect	None	Cooldown time	Passive ability
Effects	When researched, this unit is permanently infiltrated. It cannot be seen by most units but can still fire on enemy units and capture points.

Weapons

Bolter

	Bolter
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: 8.7 11.5 9.7 9.9 9.7 4.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 7.4 3.0 3.0 9.7 3.0 2.4 4 14 17 2.5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	25	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	60%	Refire Rate	0.5 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Knife

	Knife
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: 9.5 11.7 9.2 9.5 9.3 7.0 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 9.5 2.5 1.6 9.2 1.6 1.6 5 33 40 2.5 With Furious Charge Research: 11.9 14.6 11.5 11.9 11.6 8.75 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 11.9 3.1 1.6 11.5 2.0 1.6 5 41.3 50 2.5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	65%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Weapon Upgrades

Maximum Weapon Upgrades Allowed: 2 (4 with Heavy Weapon Increase).

Heavy Bolter

	Heavy Bolter				Hotkey: H
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: 37.7 28.0 28.0 28.0 25.2 10.4 6.2 3.3 3.3 6.2 11.2 3.6 3.3 20.9 3.3 7.3 9 31 38 2 With Heavy Weapon Increase: 75.3 56.1 56.1 56.1 50.5 20.7 12.3 6.5 6.5 12.3 22.4 7.2 6.5 41.9 6.5 7.3 9 62 76 2
Cost	40 10	Range	35	Setup Time	1.5 s
Build Time	12 s	Accuracy	65%	Refire Rate	0.4 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Chaos Armoury

Plasma Gun

	Plasma Gun				Hotkey: P
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: 44.4 79.8 66.0 60.5 53.4 36.5 14.5 7.2 3.0 14.5 13.2 8.4 4.7 53.7 3.0 6.0 10 105 115 2.5
Cost	40 10	Range	30	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	12 s	Accuracy	60%	Refire Rate	0.5 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Unholy Monastery, Chaos Armoury.

Researchable Upgrades

Wargear: Frag Grenades

	Wargear: Frag Grenades			Hotkey: F
	Cost	25 75	Research Time	42 s
	Researched From	Chaos Temple
	Requires	Chaos Armoury
Effects	Allows Chaos Space Marine Squads use of Frag Grenades.

Heavy Weapon Increase

	Heavy Weapon Increase			Hotkey: D
	Cost	75 100	Research Time	45 s
	Researched From	Chaos Armoury
	Requires	Desecrated Fortress
Effects	Cultist Squads, Chaos Space Marine Squads and Raptor Squads are allowed 2 more weapon upgrades (4 in total). Chaos Marine Heavy Bolter damage is doubled.

Furious Charge Research

	Furious Charge Research			Hotkey: F
	Cost	50 60	Research Time	25 s
	Researched From	Chaos Armoury
	Requires	Desecrated Fortress
Effects	Increases the damage of Chaos Marine Knives and Cultist Knives by 25%. Increases the movement speed of Chaos Marines, Cultists, and Aspiring Champions by 20%. Enables the charge bonus for Chaos Marines.

Chaos Marine Infiltration Skill

	Chaos Marine Infiltration Skill			Hotkey: M
	Cost	150 100	Research Time	60 s
	Researched From	Chaos Armoury
	Requires	Unholy Monastery
Effects	Enable Chaos Space Marine Squads to be permanently infiltrated.

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