Daemon Pit

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Dawn of War Building

Daemon Pit
Race	Chaos
Version	Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey G	Build Cost 100 100  Return Value 50 50  Build Time 25 s Built By Heretic Requires Unholy Monastery Limit None
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	3000
Armour	Building Medium
Sight Radius	15 (cannot detect)

Contents 1 Daemon Pit 2 Tactics 3 Abilities 3.1 Chaos Taint 3.2 Deep Strike 4 Buildable Units 4.1 Obliterators 5 Researches 5.1 Wargear: Personal Teleporters 5.2 Bloodthirster Research 5.3 Daemon Prince Research 6 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Daemon Pit

A huge sacrificial circle enabling more powerful daemons of the warp to be called forth to aid the forces of Chaos.

Tactics

The Daemon Pit is all but essential to ensure a smashing victory for Chaos. Able to call forth the Obliterator Cults, Daemonic Ascension (when in Skirmish modes), Obliterator Teleport ability, and of course, the Bloodthirster. The building is suprisingly cheap to build, and doesn't take up much space either. However, it is not the toughest building ever made. A Necron Lord teleported into the heart of your base can do serious damage to the Daemon Pit if not dealt with directly, moreso if he transforms into the Nightbringer. The advantage to this, is that you are not limited to a single Daemon Pit, and with their quick build time and low cost, you can soon have many Pits scattered about your base. To reduce your vulnerable waiting time, use your many Pits to your advantage. One can have the first Pit summon the Obliterators, while a second performs the Teleporter research, a third performs Daemonic Ascension research and a fourth calls forth the Bloodthirster. In this way, you can attain the most powerful forces in your army in no time. It is often useful to have a few bolter turrets within reach of the Pit, to repel any sneaky infiltrated units, or teleporting commanders, and prevent the loss of this building.

Abilities

Chaos Taint

	Chaos Taint
	Requires	Nothing / Desecrated Fortress
	Target Types	All Infantry, Heavy Infantry, and Daemon Medium
	Range	0
	Area of effect	20	Cooldown time	Passive
Effects	An evil aura exudes from this building, generating a sense of unease among the enemies of Chaos while restoring its dark servants. Enemies have their morale regeneration rate decreased by 20% (does not stack). When the Stronghold is upgraded to a Desecrated Fortress friendly infantry also have their health regeneration rate quadrupled and the Chaos Lord and Chaos Sorcerer have their health regeneration rate doubled.

Deep Strike

	Deepstrike			Hotkey: E
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Visible terrain
	Range	Unlimited
	Area of effect	None	Cooldown time	Passive ability
Effects	When built the Obliterators don't automatically enter the battlefield but instead remain in the Daemon Pit waiting to Deepstrike out. This allows the squad to enter the battlefield at any targetable location after a 15 s delay. If desired the Obliterators can subsequently be loaded back into the Daemon Pit to once again get access to the Deepstrike ability after a 5 s delay.

Buildable Units

Obliterators

	Obliterators				Hotkey: O
	Cost	300 105  3	Build Time	35 s
	Squad Size	3/5	Limit	1
	Deep Strike	Yes
	Requires	Unholy Monastery

Researches

Wargear: Personal Teleporters

	Wargear: Personal Teleporters			Hotkey: P
	Cost	75 125	Research Time	60 s
	Researched From	Daemon Pit
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Enables the Obliterators' Teleport 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.

Daemon Prince Research

	Daemon Prince Research			Hotkey: D
	Cost	250 250	Research Time	60 s
	Researched From	Daemon Pit
	Requires	Desecrated Fortress and that the Daemon Prince is not already on the battlefield.
Effects	Enables a single global use of the Chaos Lord to use the Daemon Prince ability and ascend to Daemon Prince status. NOTE: Unless you acquire the Daemonic Ascension wargear you cannot transform Eliphas the Inheritor or Firaeveus Carron into a Daemon Prince in the campaign.

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