Mandrake Squad

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Mandrake Squad
Race	Dark Eldar
Version	Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey M	Build Cost 150 0  2 Build Time 27 s Built From Kabal Fortress Squad Size 3/6 Requires Nothing Limit None
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	325/1
Armour	Infantry Medium
Morale	300/8/100
Death Penalty	-15
Unit Mass	10
Move Speed	20
Sight Radius	25 (cannot detect)
Reinforcement
Reinforce Cost	45 0
Reinforce Time	11 s
Weapons
Ranged	None
Melee	Knife

Contents 1 Mandrake Squad 2 Tactics 3 Abilities 3.1 Infiltration 4 Weapons 4.1 Mandrake Knife 4.2 Knife 5 Weapon Upgrades 5.1 Daemonic Touch Knife 5.2 Poisoned Blade 6 Researchable Upgrades 6.1 Mandrake Infiltration Research 6.2 Daemonic Touch Research 6.3 Poisoned Blades Research 7 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Mandrake Squad

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Basic, front-line units, the Mandrakes are experts at camouflage and infiltration due to their Warp-tinged shadow skin. This special ability, combined with their innate cruelty and blood lust, makes the Mandrake a terrifying addition to Dark Eldar Forces.

Tactics

Mandrakes, while they are one of the most expensive capping units, are also one of the fastest, toughest, and most effective at combat. While you may not be able to afford more than 2-3 Mandrake squads early on, where other races can often make as many as 4-5 of them, they easily make up for their lack of numbers with their speed, being able to capture points faster than other racial equivalents in equal numbers, and can even be used as a main combat unit.

Early game, sending your first Mandrake squad to harass the opponent after capping a strategic point can be extremely helpful to disrupt enemy capping and won't slow your capping down much. If you make 3-4 Mandrake squads you can even send in your first squad to harass them extremely quickly.

If you plan to use your Mandrakes for more than capping and harassing, getting the Hall of Blood is an absolute necessity. The Archon and his squad are an extremely tough unit for something that moves so fast, and very helpful for soaking fire and damaging buildings. The Archon's ability is also extremely good for one using Mandrakes, as it can be used to root an enemy unit in place while your blades mutilate them. On top of the benefits of adding the Archon to your Mandrake army, the Hall of Blood also contains research for your Mandrakes which allows you to infiltrate them. Since melee units are much harder to see than ranged units while infiltrated, you can occasionally kill troops without the enemy even knowing, using this infiltration correctly. Even if the enemy does have detection, it is useful in case you pass by a critical location's line of sight, and to delay enemy fire until the last possible moment.

Before getting to the second tier, the Haemonculus' Laboratory is also a very important building for one who has a lot of Mandrakes on the field. Poisoned blades increase the damage dealt by Mandrakes by quite a bit for how fast they can access the upgrade, and the Daemonic Touch Research available after Tier 2 is again helpful for buffing the Mandrakes health and damage.

Abilities

Infiltration

	Infiltration
	Requires	Mandrake Infiltration Research
	Target Types	Self
	Range	0
	Area of effect	None	Cooldown time	Passive ability
Effects	This unit is permanently infiltrated. It cannot be seen by most units but can still fire on enemy units and capture points.

Weapons

Note on Mandrake weapons: Mandrakes inherit the Dark Eldar default melee weapon (dark_eldar_knife), so it is added to their damage dealt.

Mandrake Knife

	Knife_mandrake
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: 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.1 8.5 7.3 2.4 1.2 0.7 1.4 6.1 2.4 1.2 4.9 2.4 2.1 3 15 19 1
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	0.7 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Knife

	Knife
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: 6.3 6.3 6.3 3.5 3.5 3.5 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.9 1.2 1.0 2.3 1.2 0 0 10 13 1
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	1.0 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Weapon Upgrades

Daemonic Touch Knife

	Daemonic Touch Knife
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: 15.7 15.7 15.7 15.7 11.0 9.4 3.1 1.6 0.9 1.4 7.9 3.1 1.6 6.3 3.1 2.1 3 20 24 1
Cost	See Daemonic Touch Research	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	See Daemonic Touch Research	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	0.7 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Daemonic Touch Research

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 0.3 0.5 1 2 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	The Poisoned Blade is an addition to and not a replacement for the default melee weapon. Causes health degeneration of 2 for 10 seconds. Effects of multiple hits do not stack. This weapon can only attack Infantry, Heavy Infantry, Commanders, and Daemons.

Researchable Upgrades

Mandrake Infiltration Research

	Mandrake Infiltration Research			Hotkey: I
	Cost	50 25	Research Time	40 s
	Researched From	Hall of Blood
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Enables the shadow-skin of the Mandrakes, making them invisible to normal sight. Enables their Infiltration ability.

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

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.

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