Haemonculus' Laboratory

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Haemonculus' Laboratory
Race	Dark Eldar
Version	Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey H	Build Cost 200 50  Return Value 100 25  Build Time 45 s Built By Tortured Slave Requires Hall of Blood or Dark Foundry Limit None
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	3000
Armour	Building Medium
Sight Radius	15 (cannot detect)

Contents 1 Haemonculus' Laboratory 2 Tactics 3 Researches 3.1 Archon Retinue Enhancement I 3.2 Archon Retinue Enhancement II 3.3 Archon Retinue Enhancement III 3.4 Daemonic Touch Research 3.5 Wraithbone Woven Battlesuits 3.6 Poisoned Blades Research 3.7 Soulseeker Ammunition Research 3.8 Wargear: Splinter Cannons 3.9 Wargear: Power Blades 3.10 Wargear: Agonizers 4 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Haemonculus' Laboratory

Before they were enthralled by the Chaos God Slaanesh, the Dark Eldar were part of one of the most cultured and learned civilizations of the universe. That scholarly tradition continues, albeit in a more twisted fashion, in the halls of the Haemonculus' Laboratory. Here, sinister sorceries and the application of pain, misery, and death are brought to the aid of their brethren as research into increasing the combat effectiveness of their forces. Once the Haemonculus' Laboratory is complete, the Dark Eldar commander can access Squad Leader options and special units.

Tactics

As the Haemonculus' Laboratory is necessary to get upgrades and squad leaders for your infantry squad, if this building is lost squad leaders will not be able to be built. This leads some players to build multiple Haemonculus' Laboratory in the late game, when resources are available, around their base or in an ally's bases. This also allows for another production queue, cutting the total research time for all of the upgrades available in the Haemonculus' Laboratory. This is one form of a defensive strategy against deep-striking units such as the Space Marines Dreadnought or the Necron Flayed Ones.

The Dark Eldar have a great variety of potent researches available to them in Tier 1, all of which have very high power requirements. Because of their expensive generators and the need for the power-intensive Haemonculus, it is usually necessary to make some hard decisions about which researches are best left until after the Planetary Raid add-on is begun.

• If Mandrake Squads, the Archon, or Hellion Squads are used at all, start with Poisoned Blades Research: it will dramatically increase their effectiveness, the research is fast and cheap, and will provide any accompanying Warrior Squads with slower, easier to hit targets.
• If Warrior Squads are also on the field, Soulseeker Ammunition Research will dramatically improve their effectiveness, particularly against chasing fleeing foes. This research does not benefit Reaver Jetbikes, so it is unnecessary if they are the Tier 1 ranged unit of choice.
• As powerful as the weapons provided by the two Tier 1 Wargear researches are, they are best left until after Planetary Raid is underway and more units that can benefit from them are closer to hitting the field. Their scope is simply too limited that early in the game to justify delaying Tier 2 for their high power cost.

If any Mandrake Squads are still on the field in Tier 2, pick up Daemonic Touch Research right away, even before Wraithbone Woven Battlesuits. It is absolutely necessary to maintain the effectiveness of this lowly capper unit in the increasingly intense firefights and provides large benefits for its low cost.

Researches

Archon Retinue Enhancement I

	Archon Retinue Enhancement I			Hotkey: I
	Cost	40 15	Research Time	25 s
	Researched From	Haemonculus' Laboratory
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	</b> Increases the maximum number of Incubi allowed in the Archon's retinue by 1 to 3. Increases Incubus health by 50 to 300. Increases Incubus Punisher damage by 10%.

Archon Retinue Enhancement II

	Archon Retinue Enhancement II			Hotkey: I
	Cost	50 25	Research Time	25 s
	Researched From	Haemonculus' Laboratory
	Requires	Planetary Raid, Archon Retinue Enhancement I
Effects	</b> Increases the maximum number of Incubui allowed in the Archon's retinue by an additional 1 to 4. Increases Incubus health by an additional 50 to 350. Increases Incubus Punisher damage by an additional 10% (21% total.)

Archon Retinue Enhancement III

	Archon Retinue Enhancement III			Hotkey: I
	Cost	75 35	Research Time	25 s
	Researched From	Haemonculus' Laboratory
	Requires	Planetary Strike, Archon Retinue Enhancement II
Effects	</b> Increases the maximum number of Incubui allowed in the Archon's retinue by an additional 1 to 5. Increases Incubus health by an additional 50 to 400. Increases Incubus Punisher damage by an additional 10% (33% total.)

Daemonic Touch Research

	Daemonic Touch Research			Hotkey: D
	Cost	75 25	Research Time	25 s
	Researched From	Haemonculus' Laboratory
	Requires	Planetary Raid
Effects	Increases Mandrake Squad health by 200 from 325 to 525 Replaces the close combat weapon of the Mandrake Squad with the Daemonic Touch Knife

Wraithbone Woven Battlesuits

	Wraithbone Woven Battlesuits			Hotkey: E
	Cost	100 50	Research Time	30 s
	Researched From	Haemonculus' Laboratory
	Requires	Planetary Raid
Effects	Increases Warrior Squad health by 125 from 250 to 375 Increases Warrior Sybarite health by 125 from 320 to 445

Poisoned Blades Research

	Poisoned Blades Research			Hotkey: B
	Cost	50 50	Research Time	30 s
	Researched From	Haemonculus' Laboratory
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Equips the Poisoned Blade weapon on Mandrake Squads, Warrior Squads, Warrior Sybarites, Hellion Squads, Hellion Succubi, Scourge Squads, Scourge Sybarites, Wych Squads, Wych Succubi, Beastmasters, the Archon, Incubi, and the Haemonculus.

Soulseeker Ammunition Research

	Soulseeker Ammunition Research			Hotkey: U
	Cost	100 40	Research Time	40 s
	Researched From	Haemonculus' Laboratory
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Increases the accuracy of all ranged weapons of the Warrior Squad, Warrior Sybarite, Hellion Squad, Hellion Succubus, Scourge Squad, Scourge Sybarite, Wych Squad, Wych Succubus, Beastmaster, Archon, Incubus, and Haemonculus, with the exception of Scourge Squad and Scourge Sybarite Dark Lances, by 30%. Increases the accuracy of all of the Raider's Unit-Activated Weapons by 30%. All increases also apply to accuracy when firing on the move if the weapons can do so.

Wargear: Splinter Cannons

	Wargear: Splinter Cannons			Hotkey: E
	Cost	75 75	Research Time	40 s
	Researched From	Haemonculus' Laboratory
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Upgrades the Warrior Sybarite's Splinter Rifle to a Splinter Cannon Upgrades the Scourge Sybarite's Splinter Cannon to a Dark Lance Upgrades the Hellion Succubus's Dual Splinter Rifles to Dual Splinter Cannons Upgrades the Wych Succubus's Splinter Pistol to a Splinter Cannon Upgrades the Beastmaster's Splinter Pistol to a Splinter Cannon Upgrades the Archon's Splinter Pistol to a Splinter Cannon

Wargear: Power Blades

	Wargear: Power Blades			Hotkey: M
	Cost	75 75	Research Time	40 s
	Researched From	Haemonculus' Laboratory
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Upgrades the Archon's Claw to a Power Claw Upgrades the Scourge Sybarite's Hydra Knife to an Upgraded Hydra Knife Upgrades the damage of the Warrior Sybarite's Hydra Knife, the Hellion Succubus's Hellglaive and the Wych Succubus's Agonizer Whip

Wargear: Agonizers

	Wargear: Agonizers			Hotkey: M
	Cost	100 100	Research Time	60 s
	Researched From	Haemonculus' Laboratory
	Requires	Wych-Cult Arena, Wargear: Power Blades
Effects	Upgrades the Archon's Power Claw to an Agonizer Upgrades the Warrior Sybarite's Hydra Knife to an Agonizer Upgrades the Scourge Sybarite's Upgraded Hydra Knife to an Agonizer Upgrades the damage of the Hellion Succubus's Hellglaive and the Wych Succubus's Agonizer Whip further and activates their stun effects

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