Predator

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Dawn of War Vehicle
Predator
SMPread.jpg
Race Space Marines
Version Dark Crusade v1.2
Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
SMPred icon.jpg
Hotkey P
Build Cost Resource requisition.gif 165 Resource power.gif 300  Resource cap vehicle.gif 5
Build Time 45 s
Built By Machine Cult
Requires Fortress Monastery
Limit 2
Unit Stats
Hitpoints 5820
Armour Vehicle Medium
Unit Mass 65
Move Speed 24
Sight Radius 35 (cannot detect)
Weapons
Ranged Autocannon, 2x Heavy Bolters
Melee None



Contents

Predator

"Predator deployed."

The Predator is the mainline battle tank of the Space Marines. A standard Rhino chassis fitted with improved armour, Heavy Bolter sponsons, and an Autocannon turret, this is an infantry munching machine. Once Heavy Armor Deployment is researched, the Predator's weapons can be swapped out for Lascannons, giving it incredible firepower against enemy vehicles. Heavily armed and armoured, it is a fearsome opponent on the battlefield.

Tactics

With Dark Crusade 1.2, the Predator is once again a versatile tank that can fill any role needed by the Space Marines in the closing stages of the game. Although each one requires it's own Support Cap Increase, their firepower against infantry is withering and their high health will let them stay in the fight for a long time. Once Heavy Armor Deployment is researched the Predator can be outfitted quickly and cheaply with Lascannons to give it great punch against other vehicles.

For maximum versatility, only upgrade to the Twin Lascannon. It has the best anti-vehicular damage for its cost out of the available upgrades, while the Heavy Bolters have better anti-infantry damage than the sponson Lascannons have anti-vehicular damage. The sponson Lascannons also have very low damage against vehicle high, making them somewhat ill-suited against the very targets they are meant to attack. Although the Autocannon is a good weapon, it has negligible effect against masses of lightly armoured infantry, and despite good performance against heavily armoured infantry and all vehicles, is significantly outperformed by the Lascannon in the anti-vehicle field. So the Autocannon should only be retained when facing large heavy-infantry armies. Otherwise in most cases it is best traded for the additional anti-building and anti-vehicle firepower provided by the turret Lascannon.

Abilities

Death Explosion

Death Explosion
PassiveAbility icon.jpg Requires Nothing
Target Types Any
Range Self
Area of effect 10 Cooldown time None
Effects When the Predator is destroyed, there is a 25% chance that any units within the area of effect will be sent flying (35-45 force) and take 10 morale damage.

Weapons

Autocannon

Autocannon
RangedStance icon bw.jpg 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: 9.8 52.0 48.0 38.9 38.4 13.4 48.0 48.0 40.0 48.0 63.0 33.6 37.3 38.1 13.5 6.5 20 185 225 5

Cost Default Weapon Range 35 Setup Time None
Build Time Default Weapon Accuracy 65% Refire Rate 1 s
Area of Effect None Requires Nothing

Heavy Bolter

The Predator has a single sponson mounted Heavy Bolter on each side of its chassis. They have been listed only once here because the values are the same for both.

Heavy Bolter
RangedStance icon bw.jpg 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: 36.1 44.6 35.1 24.1 11.8 11.6 27.5 13.7 6.9 27.5 17.2 9.2 4.6 24.1 6.9 9.8 12 64 77 2

Cost Default Weapon Range 35 Setup Time None
Build Time Default Weapon Accuracy 65% Refire Rate 0.4 s
Area of Effect None Requires Nothing

Weapon Upgrades

Twin-Linked Lascannon

Twin-Linked Lascannon Hotkey: W
SM Twinlascannon icon.jpg 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: 5.3 20.0 20.0 21.8 21.0 5.3 146.2 118.2 75.1 146.2 154.0 67.8 79.6 18.0 25.0 6.7 50 675 825 20

Cost Resource requisition.gif 15 Resource power.gif 10  Range 40 Setup Time None
Build Time 15 s Accuracy 80% Refire Rate 3 s
Area of Effect None Requires Heavy Armor Deployment
Notes The Twin-Linked Lascannon permanently replaces the Autocannon.

Lascannon

The Predator can have a single sponson mounted Lascannon on each side of its chassis. They have been listed only once here because the values are similar for both.

Lascannon Hotkey: L
SM predator lascannon icon.jpg 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: 18.0 21.0 16.2 13.8 6.0 4.3 52.6 31.5 8.7 52.6 28.1 10.9 15.2 14.4 7.7 5.4 50 249.2 304.6 20

Cost Resource requisition.gif 10 Resource power.gifRange 35 Setup Time None
Build Time 7.5 s Accuracy 65% Refire Rate 3 s
Area of Effect None Requires Heavy Armor Deployment
Notes Each Lascannon upgrade permanently replaces the Heavy Bolter on that side of the vehicle. In Dark Crusade the right Lascannon does 14.3 DPS to building high.

Researchable Upgrades

Heavy Armor Deployment

Heavy Armor Deployment
Heavy Armour Deployment.jpg Cost Resource requisition.gif 450 Resource power.gif 450  Research Time 100 s
Researched From Machine Cult
Requires Fortress Monastery.
Effects Allow construction of new vehicles and allow new weapon upgrades:




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