Cultist Squad

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Cultist Squad
Race	Chaos
Version	Dark Crusade v1.2 Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey C	Build Cost 80 0  2 Build Time 12.5 s Built From Desecrated Stronghold Squad Size 4/10 Requires Nothing Limit None
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	155/0.5
Armour	Infantry Medium
Morale	300/8/150
Death Penalty	-20
Unit Mass	9
Move Speed	16
Sight Radius	25 (detection 25 with Unholy Sight)
Reinforcement
Reinforce Cost	20 0
Reinforce Time	4 s (12 s if unit is engaged in combat)
Weapons
Ranged	Laspistol
Melee	Knife

Contents 1 Cultist Squad 2 Tactics 3 Squad Leaders 3.1 Cultist Aspiring Champion 4 Abilities 4.1 Infiltration 5 Weapons 5.1 Laspistol 5.2 Sword 6 Weapon Upgrades 6.1 Grenade Launcher 6.2 Plasma Gun 7 Researchable Upgrades 7.1 Heavy Weapon Increase 7.2 Furious Charge Research 7.3 Cultist Infiltration Skill 7.4 Unholy Sight 8 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Cultist Squad

"We are Chaos!! Chaos is strong!!"

The forces of Chaos are varied, as the Chaos Gods have many, many servants. Among these are traitorous humans - mercenaries, pirates, and assorted scum - who flock to the banners of a Black Crusade in hopes of currying favor from their Chaotic patrons. Some are motivated by religious fervor, others by the promise of wealth, power, or prestige.

As the servants (workhorses) of the Chaos army, Cultists are cheap, numerous, and expendable. They are also weak and of little use other then being a meat shield and a distractor. Cultists can, however, be trained for specialist tasks like infiltration or detection.

Charge Bonus: even before Furious Charge, once within 15 range of their target when on Assault stance, Cultists gain a +50% movement bonus to their current base speed, enabling them to quickly close the distance with other units to enter melee. This bonus stacks with the +20% base movement speed bonus Furious Charge offers if it has been researched.

Tactics

Cultists are cheap and relatively lackluster, but overall necessary parts of every Chaos army. It's invariably better to spend the 80 requisition required to produce a Cultist Squad than to lose a valuable vehicle, such as a Chaos Predator to cloaked Tau Stealth Teams or stealthy Ork Tankbustaz. However, Cultists have to be trained in the art of detection, a minor setback, but a necessary one nonetheless. Be sure to reinforce them constantly as they die rather easily in combat. Also, due to a reinforce modifier, Cultists reinforce three times faster outside of combat than in combat.

Cultist weapon upgrades can be the difference between life or death on the field. The plasma gun can give the Chaos army the edge vs a heavy infantry army, and is far stronger than the Grenade Launcher damage-wise. However, many Chaos users find the grenade launcher to be the better weapon of the two. The grenade launcher, while weaker in general, is a long range weapon and allows the Cultist Squad to fire away safely from behind lines of Chaos Space Marines. In this position Cultists are still able to detect cloaked units and will be further removed from enemy fire. The second advantage the grenade launcher confers is the ability to knock down, scatter, and disrupt infantry who are firing on the Chaos army, thus serving as excellent supporting fire for the Chaos Space Marines who are the true brunt of the Chaos army. However, Cultists will only use their ranged weapons when they are set in a ranged stance. Ironically, they do fairly well when set like this, despite being melee specialists. Once infiltrated and upgraded with heavy weapons, Cultists can be effective at taking out enemy Listening Posts and other light enemy structures by themselves(but it takes a lot of time).

Good strategy is to use many (4-5) Cultist squads with GL on Tier 1 against some races. It's a good counter to mass SM, mass Reapers etc, because Cultists are very cheap.

Another common use of Cultist Squads is to have them engage more powerful ranged enemies such as Tau Fire Warriors in melee combat. This ties up the enemy so that they may not bring their best weaponry to bear on your other units.

Squad Leaders

Maximum Squad Leaders Allowed: 1

Cultist Aspiring Champion

	Cultist Aspiring Champion			Hotkey: L
	Cost	65 10	Build Time	20 s
	Requirements	Chaos Armoury
	Effects	+50 Maximum Morale, +1 Morale Regeneration. Increases the Squad cap by 1. Gives access to Fear Aura and Berserk Fury.

Abilities

Infiltration

	Infiltration
	Requires	Cultist Infiltration Skill
	Target Types	Own squad
	Range	0
	Area of effect	None	Cooldown time	Passive ability
Effects	This unit is permanently infiltrated. It cannot be seen by most units but can still fire on enemy units and capture points.

Weapons

Laspistol

	Laspistol
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: 2.9 3.8 2.7 2.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 3 8 9 1.5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	20	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	40%	Refire Rate	0.5 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Sword

	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: 4.9 9.9 5.4 4.2 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.1 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.4 1.6 4 13 16 0.5 With Furious Charge Research: 6.1 12.4 6.8 5.2 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.6 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.4 1.6 4 16.3 20 0.5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	40%	Refire Rate	0.5 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Weapon Upgrades

Max allowed: 2 (4 with Heavy Weapon Increase).

Grenade Launcher

	Grenade Launcher				Hotkey: N
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: 13.7 13.9 13.8 13.7 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.3 5.0 1.7 10 62 75 15
Cost	20 10	Range	6-35	Setup Time	0
Build Time	12 s	Accuracy	100%, offset 3, blind offset 6.	Refire Rate	3 s
Area of Effect	4	Requires	Chaos Armoury
Notes	Grenade Launchers do friendly fire and knockdown (15-25 force). It cannot attack air units but can still damage them indirectly.

Plasma Gun

	Plasma Gun				Hotkey: P
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: 11.8 18.8 18.6 18.8 12.4 9.7 3.8 2.0 0.8 3.8 5.3 2.2 1.2 12.0 0.8 4.0 10 38 46 1
Cost	25 15	Range	30	Setup Time	0
Build Time	10 s	Accuracy	40%	Refire Rate	0.5 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Chaos Armoury, Desecrated Fortress

Researchable Upgrades

Note: In Dark Crusade, Heavy Weapon Increase has no requirements.

Heavy Weapon Increase

	Heavy Weapon Increase			Hotkey: D
	Cost	75 100	Research Time	45 s
	Researched From	Chaos Armoury
	Requires	Desecrated Fortress
Effects	Cultist Squads, Chaos Space Marine Squads and Raptor Squads are allowed 2 more weapon upgrades (4 in total). Chaos Marine Heavy Bolter damage is doubled.

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.

Cultist Infiltration Skill

	Cultist Infiltration Skill			Hotkey: I
	Cost	100 75	Research Time	45 s
	Researched From	Chaos Armoury
	Requires	Desecrated Fortress
Effects	Enable Cultist Squads to be permanently infiltrated.

Unholy Sight

	Unholy Sight			Hotkey: S
	Cost	25	Research Time	25 s
	Researched From	Chaos Temple
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Gives Cultist Squads a detection radius of 25.

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