Fire Warrior Team

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Fire Warrior Team
Race	Tau
Version	Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey F	Build Cost 210 0  2 Build Time 24 s Built From Tau Barracks Squad Size 3/6 Requires Nothing Limit None
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	340/1
Armour	Infantry Heavy Medium
Morale	300/10/150
Death Penalty	-20
Unit Mass	16
Move Speed	16
Sight Radius	15 (cannot detect)
Reinforcement
Reinforce Cost	70 0
Reinforce Time	9 s
Weapons
Ranged	Pulse Rifle
Melee	Pulse Rifle (melee)

Contents 1 Fire Warrior Team 2 Tactics 3 Squad Leaders 3.1 Shas'Ui 3.2 Shield Drone 4 Weapons 4.1 Pulse Rifle 4.2 Pulse Rifle (melee) 5 Researchable Upgrades 5.1 Advanced Pulse Rifles 5.2 Improved Metallurgy 5.3 Targeting Optics 6 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Fire Warrior Team

"Keep firing! Keep firing!"

The backbone of a Tau army, these units stride to battle ready to beat back those who oppose the Greater Good. Though weak in close combat, they carry powerful Pulse Rifles, the strongest weapon of any standard troops in the game.

Tactics

The Fire Warrior Pulse Rifle has a spectacular firing range, but the Fire Warriors have a comparatively short sight range. For this reason, they are best used in conjunction with a spotter unit of some kind. XV15 Stealth Teams advancing ahead of the Fire Warrior Team can perform this function, as can a squad of Kroot Carnivores. Matching them with a Tau Commander is useful too, as the Tau Commander's Snare Trap can trap melee specialists, and his Target Acquired ability can drastically lower enemy's commander's health.

After the Path to Enlightenment has been built and Pathfinder Teams become available, they are what you should try and use for spotters. Not only do they have a superior sight range, they can also increase the damage done by the Fire Warriors with their Mark Target ability as well as detect infiltrated units. The two make for a deadly combination.

Fire Warriors have access to two Squad Leaders, the Shas'Ui, and the Shield Drone. Each grants a different ability and up to two in any combination can be built. Building two of the same type will allow for two uses of the same ability in quick succession, allowing the squad to better handle large groups of infantry, weather ranged attacks, or strike a balance between the two. The Shas'Ui activates the Photon Grenade, which deals moderate damage to enemies in a small range, and the Shield Drone activates the Energy Shield, which absorbs ranged damage during shootouts against ranged specialists such as the Imperial Guard.

Fire Warriors have pitiful melee attacks. Therefore, it is advised either to retreat against charging units, use the Tau Commander's Snare Traps to slow enemies, or to station any Kroot with Feral Leap just behind them to surprise enemies at the last second.

Squad Leaders

Maximum Squad Leaders Allowed: 2

Shas'Ui

	Shas'Ui			Hotkey: L
	Cost	70 20	Build Time	20 s
	Requirements	Cadre Headquarters, Path to Enlightenment
	Effects	Gives access to the Photon Grenade ability.

Shield Drone

	Shield Drone			Hotkey: D
	Cost	40 40	Build Time	20 s
	Requirements	Cadre Headquarters, Path to Enlightenment
	Effects	Gives access to the Energy Shield ability.

Weapons

Pulse Rifle

	Fire Warrior Team Pulse Rifle
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: 9.5 16.4 16.4 15.6 11.0 5.7 2.5 2.5 1.6 2.5 4.7 3.2 1.6 11.0 1.4 0.5 2 63 72 3 With Advanced Pulse Rifles: 12.3 21.3 21.3 20.4 14.3 7.4 3.2 3.2 2.0 3.2 6.1 4.0 2.0 14.3 1.8 0.5 2 81.9 93.6 3
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	35	Setup Time	1 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	70%	Refire Rate	1.5 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing
Notes	With Advanced Pulse Rifles range is increased by 5 to 40, and with Targeting Optics range is increased by another 10 for a total of 50.

Pulse Rifle (melee)

	Fire Warrior Team Pulse Rifle (melee)
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: 3.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1 2 10 10 1
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Nothing

Researchable Upgrades

Advanced Pulse Rifles

	Advanced Pulse Rifles			Hotkey: A
	Cost	50 100	Research Time	25 s
	Researched From	Path to Enlightenment
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Damage of Fire Warrior Team Pulse Rifles and Shas'Ui Pulse Carbines increased by 30% Damage of XV15 Stealth Team Burst Cannons and Fusion Blasters and Shas'Vre Fusion Blasters increased by 35% Range of Fire Warrior Team Pulse Rifles and Shas'Ui Pulse Carbines increased by 5 to 40. Range of XV15 Stealth Team Burst Cannons and Fusion Blasters and Shas'Vre Fusion Blasters increased by 3 to 28.

Improved Metallurgy

	Improved Metallurgy			Hotkey: I
	Cost	150 150	Research Time	25 s
	Researched From	Path to Enlightenment
	Requires	Kauyon Command Post
Effects	Fire Warrior armour is upgraded from Infantry Heavy Medium to Infantry Heavy High. Health of Fire Warriors increased by 10% to 374. 35% health bonus to Skyray Missile Gunship (1350 HP), Drone Harbinger (1013 HP), Drone Squad (439 HP), Barracuda (1687 HP), Krootox (8775 HP) and Greater Knarloc (10800 HP). Health of Tau Commander increased by 200 to 1200.

Targeting Optics

	Targeting Optics			Hotkey: O
	Cost	100 100	Research Time	25 s
	Researched From	Path to Enlightenment
	Requires	Kauyon Command Post
Effects	Sight radius of Fire Warriors,Shas'Ui, and Stealth Suits increased by 10 to 25 and 40. Range of Fire Warrior Team Pulse Rifles increased by 10 to 45 (50 with Advanced Pulse Rifles). Range of XV15 Stealth Team Burst Cannons and Shas'Ui Pulse Carbine increased by 15 to 40 and 50 (43 and 55 with Advanced Pulse Rifles.)

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