Hellion Squad

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Hellion Squad
Race	Dark Eldar
Version	Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey H	Build Cost 180 30  2 Build Time 39 s Built From Dark Foundry Squad Size 3/5 Requires Nothing Limit None
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	550/1
Armour	Infantry High
Morale	300/8/40
Death Penalty	-15
Unit Mass	10
Move Speed	30
Sight Radius	25 (cannot detect)
Reinforcement
Reinforce Cost	60 15
Reinforce Time	19 s
Weapons
Ranged	Dual Splinter Rifles
Melee	Hellglaive

Contents 1 Hellion Squad 2 Tactics 3 Squad Leaders 3.1 Hellion Succubus 4 Abilities 4.1 Jump 5 Weapons 5.1 Dual Splinter Rifles 5.2 Hellglaive 6 Weapon Upgrades 6.1 Poisoned Blade 7 Researchable Upgrades 7.1 Poisoned Blades Research 7.2 Soulseeker Ammunition Research 7.3 Night Shields Research 7.4 Shadow Fields Research 8 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Hellion Squad

"We are Hellions- lords of flying death!"

Often deployed at the head of an advancing Dark Eldar raiding force, the Hellion Squads are mounted on skyboards, able to quickly engage in close-quarters combat, making them very effective skirmishers against infantry units.

Tactics

Extremely fast, high damage, fairly tough, and with a great ranged attack for a melee unit, Hellions are great jump troops that can be used very well to harass the enemy in the first tier. Since the Dark Foundry is available at the start of the game, Hellions can be made almost as quickly as any of your other units, and can swoop into the enemy base to kill cappers and builders very quickly. Considering that they do over 20 DPS to most builder units, very few builders can survive more than a few seconds in melee with the Hellions, so it will take very good battlefield awareness, reaction time, and micro from your opponent to stop his builder's death, and even if they manage to move the builder before you can cut it down, your Hellion's ranged attack will be able to put it down before it can get very far. The same can be used for low HP enemy capping units. Stealth Suits (use Piercing Vision), Scout Marine Squads, and Cultist Squads are easy targets. When fighting other combat units, Hellions can be made to tie up enemy ranged squads very effectively, however they will not fare so well against the dedicated melee units of other races. Against such units, Hellions will need support from Warrior Squads or Reaver Jetbikes.

The Hellion Succubus is an extremely good addition to any Hellion squad, for his fast train time and tracking device. The Hellion Squad with a Succubus becomes quite effective at harassing listening posts and generators that are not protected by troops or turrets. A few of these squads will be able to keep an enemy's economy from ever sprouting.

Not to be overlooked, as it is perhaps the single most useful ability of the Hellion squad, is the Succubus' Tracking Device. Place it on an important enemy unit, such as a commander or a large squad with heavy weapons, and you will be able to keep an eye on the enemy at all times for the next two minutes. Your opponent will go insane as he moves his units to one position only to be attacked on the other, and have his enemies instantly slip away before he can effectively retaliate. As soon as he moves (or chooses not to move) you can immediately strike again, on whatever part of his base he is not defending.

Squad Leaders

Maximum Squad Leaders Allowed: 1

Hellion Succubus

	Hellion Succubus			Hotkey: L
	Cost	80 20	Build Time	15 s
	Requirements	Haemonculus' Laboratory
	Effects	Provides the Tracking Device ability

Abilities

Jump

	Jump			Hotkey: J
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Terrain
	Range	70
	Area of effect	None	Cooldown time	45 s
Effects	The Hellion Squad quickly jumps over any intervening terrain to another location. At full charge the Hellion Squad will have 2 4/9 jumps available, requiring 110 s total to recharge from empty.

Weapons

Dual Splinter Rifles

	Dual Splinter Rifles
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: 6.6 6.6 6.6 5.4 3.6 3.6 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.0 1.0 1 5 7 1 With Soulseeker Ammunition: 8.6 8.6 8.6 7.0 4.7 4.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.6 3.1 2.6 1.3 1 5 7 1
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	22	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	60% (78% with Soulseeker Ammunition)	Refire Rate	0.3 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Hellglaive

	Hellglaive
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: 23.7 23.7 23.7 19.4 12.9 12.9 4.3 2.2 1.3 1.0 11.6 5.2 2.6 8.6 4.3 4.0 8 40 46 1
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

Weapon Upgrades

Poisoned Blade

	Poisoned Blade
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: 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5
Cost	See Poisoned Blades Research	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	See Poisoned Blades Research	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Poisoned Blades Research
Notes	</b> The Poisoned Blade is an addition to and not a replacement for the default melee weapon. Causes health degeneration of 3 for 10 seconds. Effects of multiple hits do not stack. This weapon can only attack Infantry, Heavy Infantry, Commanders, and Daemons.

Researchable Upgrades

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.

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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