Aspiring Champion (Dark Crusade)

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Aspiring Champion
Race	Chaos
Version	Dark Crusade v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey L	Build Cost 65 10  Build Time 20 s Built In Chaos Space Marine Squad Requires Chaos Armoury
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	650/0.5
Armour	Infantry Heavy Medium
Morale Bonus	+50/+1
Death Penalty	-25
Resource Bonus	+1
Unit Mass	15
Move Speed	16
Sight Radius	25 (cannot detect)
Weapons
Ranged	Bolt Pistol
Melee	Chainsword

Contents 1 Aspiring Champion 2 Tactics 3 Abilities 3.1 Fear Aura 3.2 Berserk Fury 3.3 Summon Bloodthirster 4 Weapons 4.1 Bolt Pistol 4.2 Chainsword 5 Weapon Upgrades 5.1 Plasma Pistol 5.2 Power Sword 5.3 Power Fist 6 Researchable Upgrades 6.1 Wargear: Plasma Pistols 6.2 Wargear: Power Swords 6.3 Wargear: Power Fists 6.4 Furious Charge Research 6.5 Purge the Weak 6.6 Bloodthirster Research 7 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Aspiring Champion

"Sanity is for the weak."

Tactics

When attached to Cultists or Chaos Space Marines an Aspiring Champion provides a bonus to health. The Berserk Fury ability can add damage, but also increases the damage taken, so it should be used by squads not taking fire. It does reduce morale damage so it may also be useful to use when being attacked with flamers. Infiltrated squads can be used to position the Aspiring Champion in a good location to be sacrificed for a Bloodthirster.

If a Chaos player intends to make extended use of Cultists, Chaos Space Marines, or Raptors throughout Teir 2, Purge the Weak is a requirement. It grants an extra 100 hitpoints to every member of the squad as long as the Aspiring Champion is alive. It also makes the Aspiring Champion more durable than a Terminator. Coupled with the weapon upgrades available from the Chaos Armoury (not available to Cultist Aspiring Champions), the Aspiring Champion can dish out an incredible amount of damage as well.

Abilities

Fear Aura

	Fear Aura
	Requires	Purge the Weak
	Target Types	Own squad
	Range	0
	Area of effect	0	Cooldown time	Passive ability
Effects	Provides a passive +100 Hitpoint bonus to every member in the squad, including the Aspiring Champion (who gets +175 because of Purge the Weak's health bonus).

Berserk Fury

	Berserk Fury			Hotkey: B
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Own squad
	Range	0
	Area of effect	0	Cooldown time	120 s
Effects	For 10 seconds the squad receives the following modifiers: Morale damage taken reduced by 50% Weapon damage is increased by 40% Damage taken is increased by 20%

Summon Bloodthirster

	Summon Bloodthirster			Hotkey: S
	Requires	Bloodthirster Research
	Target Types	Self
	Range	0
	Area of effect	None	Cooldown time	Single use ability
Effects	When activated the unit is killed in an explosion of blood and the Bloodthirster is summoned. The explosion deals 5 damage and 40 morale damage in a radius of 15 to all units, dealing strong knockback (35-55 force).

Weapons

Bolt Pistol

	Bolt Pistol
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: 11.1 14.5 12.5 12.3 1.8 6.0 1.6 1.6 1.6 NA 9.4 2.5 1.6 12.2 3.4 2.1 4 23.5 20.7 1.5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	25	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	85%	Refire Rate	0.8 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Nothing

Chainsword

	Chainsword
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: 17.5 21.6 17.0 17.5 17.1 8.7 3.5 3.5 3.5 NA 17.5 4.7 3.5 17.0 3.5 5.2 12 55.3 45.4 4
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	65%	Refire Rate	0.75 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Weapon Upgrades

Plasma Pistol

	Plasma Pistol
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: 20.6 35.1 29.0 26.2 20.6 11.9 9.8 9.8 9.8 NA 9.8 9.8 9.8 20.7 9.8 3.3 10 76.0 101.7 15
Cost	See Wargear: Plasma Pistols	Range	25	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	See Wargear: Plasma Pistols	Accuracy	65%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Wargear: Plasma Pistols
Notes	Once researched, this weapon permanently replaces the Bolt Pistol.

Power Sword

	Power Sword
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: 47.9 72.3 60.9 53.9 42.1 23.9 41.9 30.5 16.3 NA 35.9 16.3 16.3 43.0 16.3 8.1 25 175.7 192.5 25
Cost	See Wargear: Power Swords	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	See Wargear: Power Swords	Accuracy	65%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Wargear: Power Swords
Notes	Once researched, this weapon permanently replaces the Chainsword.

Power Fist

	Power Fist
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: 68.4 90.4 75.9 66.5 52.7 37.5 52.4 36.8 32.5 NA 45.3 32.5 32.5 52.4 32.5 19.5 60 200.3 250.3 50
Cost	See Wargear: Power Fists	Range	Melee	Setup Time	1 s
Build Time	See Wargear: Power Fists	Accuracy	65%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Wargear: Power Fists
Notes	Once researched, this weapon permanently replaces the Power Sword.

Researchable Upgrades

Wargear: Plasma Pistols

	Wargear: Plasma Pistols			Hotkey: L
	Cost	50 30	Research Time	30 s
	Researched From	Chaos Armoury
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Upgrades all Aspiring Champions, Raptor Aspiring Champions, the Chaos Lord, and the Chaos Sorcerer to Plasma Pistols.

Wargear: Power Swords

	Wargear: Power Swords			Hotkey: P
	Cost	40 20	Research Time	30 s
	Researched From	Chaos Armoury
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Upgrades all Aspiring Champions and Raptor Aspiring Champions to Power Swords.

Wargear: Power Fists

	Wargear: Power Fists			Hotkey: P
	Cost	50 30	Research Time	30 s
	Researched From	Chaos Armoury
	Requires	Wargear: Power Swords and Desecrated Fortress
Effects	Upgrades all Aspiring Champions and Raptor Aspiring Champions to Power Fists.

Furious Charge Research

	Furious Charge Research			Hotkey: F
	Cost	50 60	Research Time	25 s
	Researched From	Chaos Armoury
	Requires	Desecrated Fortress
Effects	Increases the damage of Chaos Marine Knives and Cultist Knives by 25%. Increases the movement speed of Chaos Marines, Cultists, and Aspiring Champions by 20%. Enables the charge bonus for Chaos Marines.

Purge the Weak

	Purge the Weak			Hotkey: G
	Cost	100 75	Research Time	45 s
	Researched From	Chaos Armoury
	Requires	Desecrated Fortress
Effects	Increases the Hitpoints of Aspiring Champions and Raptor Aspiring Champions by 75% to a total of 1313 and upgrades their Armour Class to Infantry Heavy High. It also activates the Fear Aura ability for all aspiring champions.

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.

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