Warboss

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Dawn of War Commander Unit
Warboss
Orkwarboss.jpg
Race Orks
Version Dark Crusade v1.2
Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Warboss icon.jpg
Hotkey W
Build Cost Resource requisition.gif 200 Resource power.gif 75  Resource orksquadcap.gif 2
Build Time 30 s
Built From Settlement
Unit Size 1
Requires Orky Fort
Limit 1
Unit Stats
Hitpoints 2240/2
Armour Commander
Morale 500/12/150
Morale Bonus +200/+3
Death Penalty -150
Resource Bonus Resource cap vehicle.gif +2
Unit Mass 35
Move Speed 16
Sight Radius 25 (detection 25)
Attachable Yes
Weapons
Ranged Shoota
Melee Powerclaw



Contents

Warboss

"I'm da biggest, so I'm da Boss!"

The Ork Warboss leads an Ork army and is one of the most powerful units. He's in charge simply because he's the biggest Ork around, and is without exception able to mobilize his boyz into the grand wild Waaagh! that Orks are so notorious for. Unlike armies of other races, who have their commander at the beginning of the battle, the Warboss won't show up until the fight gets interesting. When enough Boyz have amassed at a location, he then shows up to push them around and lead the mob to battle.

Warboss Orkamungus led the Ork forces assaulting Tartarus in Dawn of War. Warlord Gorgutz 'Ead 'Unter led his Waaagh! across Lorn V in Winter Assault, then led them again to find new battles on Kronus in Dark Crusade. Proving the adage that a real Ork never loses, he just runs away and fights some other day, Warlord Gorgutz 'Ead 'Unter founded a new Waaagh! in the Kaurava system in Soulstorm.

Charge Bonus: Once within 7 range of its target when on Assault stance, the Warboss gains a +30% movement bonus to its current base speed, enabling it to quickly close the distance with other units into melee.

Tactics

The Warboss is an excellent warrior, but because he becomes available in Tier 3, it will be easy for the enemy to focus fire on him and kill him quickly. To ensure his survival, attach him to a squad, preferably a Nobz Squad, and research Tougher Bosses Research.

The Special ability of the Warboss, Power of Waaagh!, is very useful. Not only does it make all Orks immune to morale damage, but it will increase their damage and movement speed. The movement speed bonus is very nice as the typical problem with melee squads is they are killed by ranged units before they reach their target.

Abilities

Power of Waaagh!

Power of Waaagh! Hotkey: W
Power of waaagh icon.jpg Requires Nothing
Target Types Friendly Infantry and Heavy Infantry
Range 15
Area of effect 20 Cooldown time 120 s
Effects The Warboss calls upon the power of the Waaagh with the following effects:
  • Affected units are immune to morale damage
  • Affected units have their weapon damage increased by 15%
  • Affected units have their speed increased by 33%

The effects lasts for 20 seconds.

Waaagh!

Waaagh!
PassiveAbility icon.jpg Requires Variable
Target Types Self
Range 0
Area of effect Variable Cooldown time Passive ability
Effects Orks get braver and stronger the more of them there are. This ability confers health bonuses, morale bonuses, and damage bonuses to squads. See the Orky Mob Bonus! page for a full description of how the ability works.

Wild Claw

Wild Claw
PassiveAbility icon.jpg Requires Nothing
Target Types All enemy infantry
Range Melee
Area of effect 0 Cooldown time Passive ability, once every 10 seconds
Effects When engaging in melee, the Warboss goes into a battle frenzy, knocking his target infantry back (20-25 force).

Weapons

Shoota

Shoota
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: 80.3 111.2 77.2 120.4 77.2 57.9 44.8 21.6 3.3 44.8 89.5 15.4 3.3 77.2 27.8 1.9 4 150 182.9 3.5

Cost Default Weapon Range 25 Setup Time 0 s
Build Time Default Weapon Accuracy 65% Refire Rate 0.7 s
Area of Effect 0 Requires Nothing

Powerclaw

Powerclaw
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: 72.8 154.0 141.4 166.4 142.6 70.0 59.4 49.8 136.5 20.0 120.0 25.0 27.7 182.0 136.5 40 80 180 220 10
With Tougher Bosses: 83.7 177.1 162.6 191.3 163.9 80.5 68.3 57.2 156.9 20.0 138.0 28.7 31.8 209.3 156.9 40 80 207 253 10
With Even Tougher Bosses: 100.4 212.5 195.1 229.6 196.7 96.6 81.9 68.6 188.3 20.0 165.6 34.4 38.2 251.6 188.3 40 80 248.4 303.6 10

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

Weapon Upgrades

Kustom Shoota

Kustom Shoota
Warbossrangeupgrade 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: 99.8 138.2 96.0 149.7 96.0 72.0 55.7 28.2 3.3 55.7 111.3 19.2 3.3 138.2 34.6 13 12 80.2 97.1 1.5

Cost See Big Shooty Boss Weapons Range 25 Setup Time 0 s
Build Time See Big Shooty Boss Weapons Accuracy 65% Refire Rate 0.3 s
Area of Effect 0 Requires Big Shooty Boss Weapons

Researchable Upgrades

Big Shooty Boss Weapons

Big Shooty Boss Weapons Hotkey: W
Warbossrangeupgrade icon.jpg Cost Resource requisition.gif 125 Resource power.gif 50  Research Time 50 s
Researched From Pile O Gunz!
Requires Resource orksquadcap.gif 70
Effects Upgrades the ranged weapons of the Warboss to a Kustom Shoota and the Big Mek to a Mega Blasta.

Tougher Bosses Research

Tougher Bosses Research Hotkey: G
Tougher bosses research icon.jpg Cost Resource requisition.gif 100 Resource power.gif 25  Research Time 45 s
Researched From Pile O Gunz!
Requires Resource orksquadcap.gif 50
Effects

Even Tougher Bosses Research

Even Tougher Bosses Research Hotkey: G
Tougher bosses research 2 icon.jpg Cost Resource requisition.gif 125 Resource power.gif 50  Research Time 45 s
Researched From Pile O Gunz!
Requires Tougher Bosses Research and Orky Fort
Effects
  • The Warboss's hitpoints are increased by a further 400 to a total of 3040 HP.
  • The Big Mek's hitpoints are increased by a further 300 to a total of 1910 HP.
  • Mega Armoured Nobz' hitpoints are increased by a further 200 to a total of 1300 HP.
  • Nob Leaders' and Stormboy Nob Leaders' hitpoints are increased by a further 100 to a 1100 HP total.
  • The Warboss's Powerclaw and the Big Mek's Powerclaw damage is increased by a further 20% (38% total)
  • The Warboss's and Big Mek's health regeneration rate is increased by a further 0.5 HP/s.
  • The cooldown time on the Warboss's and the Big Mek's abilities are decreased by a further 10% (19% total)




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