Vindicare Assassin

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Vindicare Assassin
IGAssassin.jpg
Race Imperial Guard
Version Dark Crusade v1.2
Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Assassin icon.jpg
Hotkey A
Build Cost Resource requisition.gif 200 Resource power.gif 100 
Build Time 25 s
Built From Field Command
Unit Size 1
Requires local Vindicare Temple
Limit 1
Unit Stats
Hitpoints 350/1
Armour Commander
Morale 450/11/50
Unit Mass 16
Move Speed 20
Sight Radius 50 (cannot detect)
Attachable No
Weapons
Ranged Exitus Rifle
Melee Exitus Pistol



Contents

Vindicare Assassin

"One strike is all I need."

Trained in the Vindicare Temple, one of the 4 Officio Assassinorum temples, the Vindicare Temple teaches the assassin the art of patience and the perfection of marksmanship. These stoic assassins are conditioned by their temple to be unflinchingly loyal to the Imperium, often being trained to limit their vocabulary only to words that are useful for their profession, cutting off all emotional attachments to other humans so that they will never hesitate to eliminate any target. The Vindicare has stopped false messiahs with a single headshot during their heretical preachings.

Gifted with expensive physical and psycholigical augmentations by the Officio Assissinorum the Vindicare Assassin is the perfect Sniper. One shot from the Vindicare Assassin's state-of-the-art Exitus Rifle can prove fatal, and his cameleoline bodysuit provides excellent stealth and camouflage capabilities.

Tactics

The Assassin is able to eliminate weaker enemy commanders and high cost heavy infantry in just one or two shots with his Assassination Scope active. Though the initial cost may seem high for a single unit, after one or two well placed shots you have essentially inflicted the same cost upon an enemy player. Thus the Vindicare Assassin can pay itself off rather quickly, especially late game when the enemy may have relic units at their disposal. In this instance the Vindicare will deal very high damage to Demonoids such as the Bloodthirster or the Avatar of Khaine, helping your units bring them down more quickly.

Make sure to pick up the Infiltration Research as soon as you can. The Vindicare Assassin is a very fragile unit and will not last long if he becomes exposed. Use his Assassination Scope ability whenever you can to keep him well back from enemy fire (assuming you have spotters in place for him). His Exitus Pistol is a good melee weapon but his low health won't allow him to hold himself against anything that is not a heavily depleted and weak infantry squad. Looking at the DPS charts however, its likely better to have him use his pistol in melee against buildings, although one should beware of doing so against Listening Posts, as attempts to damage them through his pistol is bound to expose his infiltration.

The Assassin's infiltration coupled with his good sight range makes him a good spotter for your Basilisks and Heavy Weapons Teams; however, a lone Assassin will be quickly spotted by a good player. A good place to avoid detection and targetting is just to the side of your main battle line, where he can pick off dangerous targets such as lone Psykers or cause crippling damage to Lord Destroyers or XV8 Crisis Battlesuits.

Be aware that there is a minimum range on the Exitus Rifle, so if you find the Assassin not firing at a close target, try backing up. Particular units that might threaten the Vindicare Assassin are the Eldar Farseer and the Imperial Guard Psyker, Mind War and Strip Soul of these two units respectively will damage considerably the Assassin and with his relatively low hitpoints, picking him off with massed firepower will quickly bring about his demise.

Abilities

Infiltration

Infiltrate
Infiltrate Icon.jpg Requires Infiltration Research
Target Types Self
Range 0
Area of effect 0 Cooldown time Passive ability
Effects When researched, this unit becomes permanently infiltrated. It cannot be seen by most units but can still fire on enemy units.

Assassination Scope

Assassination Scope Hotkey: S
Assassin scope icon.jpg Requires Nothing
Target Types Self
Range 0
Area of effect 0 Cooldown time 40 s
Effects Doubles the firing distance of the Exitus Rifle and min and max damage of the Vindicare Assassin's weaponry (Pistol and Rifle) for 15 seconds.

Weapons

Exitus Rifle

Exitus Rifle
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: 137.1 137.1 137.1 137.1 137.1 51.4 21.8 21.5 20.6 21.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 137.1 68.6 20.0 350 1100.0 1300.0 20.0
With Assassination Scope: 274.3 274.3 274.3 274.3 274.3 102.8 43.6 42.9 41.1 42.9 2.3 2.3 2.3 274.3 137.1 20.0 350 2200 2600 20.0

Cost Default Weapon Range 45 (min 10) Setup Time 2 s
Build Time Default Weapon Accuracy 80% Refire Rate 7 s
Area of Effect 0 Requires Nothing

Exitus Pistol

Exitus Pistol
MeleeStance 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: 79.5 103.1 92.8 95.4 58.9 46.2 12.2 14.7 1.0 12.1 42.4 24.2 18.2 83.5 1.0 5.0 10.0 108.0 134.0 1.0
With Assassination Scope: 159.0 206.2 185.6 190.8 117.8 92.4 24.4 29.4 1.0 24.2 84.7 48.4 36.3 167.0 1.0 5.0 10.0 216.0 268.0 1.0

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

Researchable Upgrades

Infiltration Research

Infiltration Research
IG Assassin Infiltrate icon.jpg Cost Resource requisition.gif 150 Resource power.gif 100  Research Time 40 s
Researched From Tactica Control
Requires Regimental Command
Effects Activates the Vindicare Assassin's Infiltration ability.




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