Attack Scarabs (Dark Crusade)

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Attack Scarabs
Race	Necrons
Version	Dark Crusade v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey S	Build Cost 125  1 Build Time 0 s Built From Tomb Spyder Squad Size 5/15 Requires Dormant Monolith or Restored Monolith Limit 4
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	40/0
Armour	Vehicle Low
Unit Mass	10
Move Speed	20
Sight Radius	25 (cannot detect)
Reinforcement
Reinforce Cost	25
Reinforce Time	4 s
Weapons
Ranged	None
Melee	Scarab Melee Attack

Contents 1 Attack Scarabs 2 Tactics 3 Weapons 3.1 Scarab Melee Attack 4 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Attack Scarabs

These small beetle-like constructs zip around the battlefield in huge numbers. Although not powerful individually, a whole swarm can easily destroy an unsupported tank.

Tactics

With a large squad size and fast reinforce time, scarab swarms are incredibly effective at destroying vehicles which lack an area attack or rely on a powerful, slow firing weapon and are thus unable to eliminate the threat they pose before they can reinforce inflicted casualties. However, relying on these tiny machines can quickly drain the Necron economy. Maintaining the base reinforcement rate of just one squad requires an power income rate of 63, and that's before the reinforcement time reduction from Obelisks is factored in.

Be careful when using Scarab Swarms to attack Power Generators. A single generator's death explosion can bring an entire squad down half health or less. Equal care should be taken when attacking armies fielding area effect weaponry as these units can quickly wipe out entire squads of Scarabs.

Although effective vs vehicles and buildings, the ground scarabs in Dark Crusade make very effective CC units due to their large squad size, incredible movement speed, and high armor. A full squad will overwhelm and tie up a ranged squad and allow your advancing necron warriors to stand in place and shoot with no fear of losing health. They also make effective spotters for semi-late game Flayed Ones deployment.

Weapons

Scarab Melee Attack

	Scarab Melee Attack
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: 9.0 9.0 6.0 4.5 3.0 2.0 30.0 30.0 12.0 NA 15.0 7.5 7.5 4.5 3.0 1 1 12 18 1
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	0.5 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

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