Greater Knarloc

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Dawn of War Vehicle

Greater Knarloc
Race	Tau
Version	Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey G	Build Cost 400 400  5 Build Time 90 s Built From Kroot Shaping Center Unit Size 1 Requires Kauyon Command Post or Mont'ka Command Post, Teachings of Kauyon or Teachings of Mont'ka, and a captured Relic Limit 1
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	8000/1
Armour	Daemon High
Unit Mass	80
Move Speed	16
Sight Radius	30 (cannot detect)
Weapons
Ranged	None
Melee	Greater Knarloc Claw

Contents 1 Greater Knarloc 2 Tactics 3 Weapons 3.1 Greater Knarloc Claw 4 Researchable Upgrades 4.1 Improved Metallurgy 5 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Greater Knarloc

A huge dinosaur-like creature from the Kroot genetic family. Originally, they were used as beasts of burden but were later trained for war after proving as effective at eating enemy infantry as at carrying heavy loads.

Tactics

With Improved Metallurgy research, the Greater Knarloc can defeat any other relic unit in a straight fight, an absolute terror on the battlefield. The Greater Knarloc also has Monster High armour, which is hard to counter for most races. He is similar to the Orks' Squiggoth, the only difference being he has no ranged attack.

The Greater Knarloc's main weakness is his low health: even with Improved Metallurgy he will have 10,800 health, very low for a melee uber (compared to the 14,000 of the Bloodthirster or 15,000 of the Avatar of Khaine). However, if the player goes Mont'Ka, then the maximum HP of the Greater Knarloc will be 8,000. He is the slowest melee uber unit which, combined with his large size (although not very large for a relic), can make it difficult to get him into the fight where he can use his massive melee power.

In a one on one fight, a Greater Knarloc will beat the Squiggoth even without Improved Metallurgy, but requires this upgrade to defeat a Bloodthirster.

The Knarloc gains an additional 200 HP from an Ethereal present on the battlefield, which, with Improved Metallurgy, brings the creature's maximum health to 11,000, the same as that of a Squiggoth.

The Knarloc's melee superiority against single units makes the Greater Knarloc an option to consider as a counter against other relic units.

While able to out-melee any other unit in single combat when fully upgraded, the Knarloc's slow speed and lack of splash damage/disruption makes it vulnerable to entrapment by swarms of smaller units.

Weapons

Greater Knarloc Claw

	Greater Knarloc Claw
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: 210.0 420.0 350.0 280.0 210.0 70.0 350.0 350.0 280.0 15.0 175.0 105.0 35.0 420.0 245.0 7.5 15 600 800 15
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Researchable Upgrades

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.

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