Dais of Destruction

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Dais of Destruction
Race	Dark Eldar
Version	Soulstorm v1.20
Build Info
Hotkey D	Build Cost 400 400  6 Build Time 90 s Built From Dark Foundry Unit Size 1 Requires Soul Cage and a captured Relic Limit 1
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	6000
Armour	Vehicle High
Unit Mass	70
Move Speed	42
Sight Radius	35 (cannot detect)
Weapons
Ranged	Dark Lance, 2x Disintegrator
Melee	None

Contents 1 Dais of Destruction 2 Tactics 3 Abilities 3.1 Dark Scythe 3.2 Energy Field 4 Weapons 4.1 Dark Lance 4.2 Disintegrator 5 Researchable Upgrades 5.1 Night Shields Research 5.2 Shadow Fields Research 6 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Dais of Destruction

"Beg for mercy! Not that it will help you."

The ultimate weapon of the Dark Eldar army all but assures victory for a wise commander and bears their leader Asdrubael Vect. The Dais of Destruction projects an energy field around it, shielding all units from incoming ranged weapons, while returning fire with deadly weapons effective against all unit types. Finally, the weapons can be overloaded to unleash the Dark Scythe ability, which causes extreme damage in a swath in front of the Dais.

Tactics

The Dais of Destruction is one the most useful Relic units due to its great damage, speed, and Dark Scythe ability, although it has the lowest health. Be aware that it is relatively fragile like most Dark Eldar units, so do not send out the Dais unsupported. Should the Dais of Destruction find itself facing a powerful single foe alone use its high speed to retreat or other unit's speed to bring assistance. When using the Dark Scythe ability try to target large clumps of infantry, turrets, or generators that are packed too closely together. Using Corrosion, Screams of the Damned, Soulstorm and especially Rekindle Rage (to instantly recharge the Dark Skythe) will further increase the Dais of Destruction's offensive capabilities.

One useful tactic for the Dais is to reserve it as a defense unit for your base. Reasons? 1. The Dais has a relatively low health and is very fragile. 2. The sheer power of the Dais's Dark Scythe is strong enough to pelt off crowds of enemy infantry trying to attack (esp. flying units and jumping units) your base from behind and severely weaken enemy vehicles as well. 3. In case of damage, the Dais can be quickly repaired by nearby Slaves. 4. Dais' Energy Field will give some much needed protection to your buildings.

The Dais of Destruction works particularly well with Ravager tanks: the Dais of Destruction's Energy Field ability toughens up your comparatively fragile tanks. In turn the Ravagers provide the Dais of Destruction with much needed anti-vehicle damage.

Abilities

Dark Scythe

	Dark Scythe			Hotkey: D
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	All enemy units except air
	Range	0
	Area of effect	Half circle of radius 25	Cooldown time	90 s
Effects	The Dais sweeps the affected area with a beam from from its Dark Lance.
Damage Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High Morale Min Max Min.D 300-360 300-360 300-360 300-360 300-360 300-360 300-360 300-360 300-360 - 300-360 300-360 300-360 300-360 300-360 200 300 360 250

Energy Field

	Energy Field
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	All friendly units and buildings
	Range	0
	Area of effect	25	Cooldown time	Passive ability
Effects	Reduces ranged damage received by 30%.

Weapons

Dark Lance

	Dark Lance
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: 18.4 18.4 18.4 18.4 24.5 23.0 99.5 76.5 53.6 99.5 45.9 30.6 23.0 45.9 30.6 4.3 15 255 285 1
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	35	Setup Time	0
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	85%	Refire Rate	1.5 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Disintegrator

There are two Disintegrators on the Dais of Destruction, one on either side of the vehicle. They have been listed here once because the values are identical for both.

	Disintegrator
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: 80.2 80.2 80.2 80.2 56.1 48.1 32.1 16.0 12.8 32.1 40.1 16.0 8.0 80.2 64.2 35.0 60 125 150 5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	35	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	70%	Refire Rate	0.6 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Researchable Upgrades

Night Shields Research

	Night Shields Research			Hotkey: I
	Cost	125 75	Research Time	50 s
	Researched From	Dark Foundry
	Requires	Planetary Raid
Effects	Increases Hellion Squad health by 150 to 700 HP. Increases Hellion Succubus health by 150 to 900 HP (1075 and 1250 HP with Upgrade Leader Health I and II, respectively) Increases Reaver Jetbike health by 300 to 700 HP. Increases Raider health by 300 to 1700 HP. Increases Raven health by 300 to 1550 HP. Increases Talos health by 500 to 4300 HP. Increases Ravager health by 500 to 4500 HP. Increases Dais of Destruction health by 500 to 6500 HP.

Shadow Fields Research

	Shadow Fields Research			Hotkey: I
	Cost	150 100	Research Time	50 s
	Researched From	Dark Foundry
	Requires	Planetary Strike, Night Shields Research
Effects	Further increases Hellion Squad health by 150 to 850 HP. Further increases Hellion Succubus health by 150 to 1050 HP (1225 and 1400 HP with Upgrade Leader Health I and II, respectively) Further increases Reaver Jetbike health by 300 to 1000 HP. Further increases Raider health by 300 to 2000 HP. Further increases Raven health by 300 to 1850 HP. Further increases Talos health by 500 to 4800 HP. Further increases Ravager health by 500 to 5000 HP. Further increases Dais of Destruction health by 500 to 7000 HP.

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