Essence of the Nightbringer

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This article has been updated for Soulstorm. The Dark Crusade version is now archived.

Dawn of War Commander Unit

Essence of the Nightbringer
Race	Necrons
Version	Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey S	Build Cost See Essence of the C'tan Gods Build Time See Essence of the C'tan Gods Built From Necron Lord Unit Size 1 Requires Essence of the C'tan Gods Limit 1
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	Invulnerable to damage (7500/0)
Armour	Commander
Unit Mass	90
Move Speed	20
Sight Radius	25 (cannot detect)
Attachable	No
Weapons
Ranged	Nightbringer Scythe (ranged)
Melee	Nightbringer Scythe

Contents 1 Essence of the Nightbringer 2 Tactics 3 Weapons 3.1 Nightbringer Scythe (ranged) 3.2 Nightbringer Scythe 4 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Essence of the Nightbringer

The manifestation of a C'tan God, the Nightbringer glides into battle to wreak havoc on the enemy.

When the Nightbringer is summoned, his health has the same percentage as the Necron Lord. When the Nightbringer deals damage, 40% of the damage is transferred to his health. Upon returning to the Necron Lord, the Necron Lord's health is the same percentage as the Nightbringer including any health gained by his attacks.

Note: The Nightbringer is only active for 60 seconds, after which it turns back into the Necron Lord.

Tactics

Although the Nightbringer is invulnerable to all damage, he can still be affected by spell and weapon modifiers.

Nothing whatsoever can kill the Nightbringer except waiting out his time. However, there are ways to slow down his rampage or stop him entirely:

• He can be slowed by units like Pathfinder Teams or abilities like the Chaplain's Demoralizing Shout.
• Assault Terminator Squads can stun him.
• The Chaos Sorcerer can prevent him from moving for 10 seconds with Chains of Torment.
• The Priest can prevent a squad from taking damage with his Fanaticism.
• He can be delayed when attacking infantry by using abilities that prevent infantry death such as the Librarian's Word of the Emperor or the Mad Dok's Fightin' Juice.
• If you don't have access to these units, your best bet is to simply throw lots of cheap infantry into melee with the Nightbringer. This will eat up the Nightbringer's short summon time as he performs sync kills which, although looking pretty, do no damage for their duration.

It's usually better to use the Essence of the Deceiver then the Nightbringer in most instances; however the DPS charts at the bottom show he does high damage to both Daemon High and Vehicle High armor. Every single Relic unit has one of these two armor types, making the Nightbringer a Relic-unit-crushing monstrosity. If the Nightbringer is summoned right next to a Relic unit and immediately attacks it in melee, the Relic unit doesn't run away and no stunning abilities are used on the Nightbringer, there isn't a single Relic unit in existence that will survive the encounter until the Nightbringer's time runs out.

Weapons

Nightbringer Scythe (ranged)

	Nightbringer Scythe (ranged)
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: 25.1 49.0 40.8 36.8 28.6 20.4 16.3 11.7 11.7 16.3 20.4 11.7 11.7 28.6 11.7 0.7 3 150 200 25
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	25	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	70%	Refire Rate	1.5 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing
Notes	40% of the damage dealt by this weapon is added to the health of the Nightbringer.

Nightbringer Scythe

	Nightbringer Scythe
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: 112.5 281.3 281.3 281.3 281.3 56.3 112.5 93.8 375.0 93.8 131.3 93.8 41.7 112.5 375.0 20.8 50 400 500 50
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	1.2 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing
Notes	40% of the damage dealt by this weapon is added to the health of the Nightbringer.

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