Marauder Bomber

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Marauder Bomber
Race	Imperial Guard
Version	Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey M	Build Cost 125 250  4 Build Time 38 s Built From Mechanized Command Unit Size 1 Requires local Marauder Depot Limit 2
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	3500
Armour	Vehicle Air
Unit Mass	500
Move Speed	41 (air unit)
Sight Radius	35 (cannot detect)
Weapons
Ranged	2x Lascannon, 2x Twin Heavy Bolter
Melee	None

Contents 1 Marauder Bomber 2 Tactics 3 Abilities 3.1 Bombing Run: Incendiary Bombs 3.2 Bombing Run: Krak Bombs 3.3 Bombing Run: Smoke Canisters 3.4 Death Explosion 4 Weapons 4.1 Lascannon 4.2 Twin Heavy Bolter 5 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Marauder Bomber

"Fire! Keep on firing until nothing's left standing!"

The Marauder Bomber is the workhorse of the Imperial Navy. Used as an attack craft by fleet spaceships, it also fulfills a tactical role, supporting ground offensives by bombing enemy troop concentrations, usually before an offensive, to soften up the enemy.

Tactics

Because the Marauder Bomber's main weaponry is both limited in versatility and power, its only significant contribution to a fight comes from its special abilities. Bombing runs will drop more explosives the further away the targeted location is from the Marauder, so always aim at a location at least at the maximum range of the ability to cause the most damage.

Incendiary Bombs deal incredible damage over the 8 seconds of the inferno, forcing your opponent to either try to weather the firestorm or relocate under the fire of your troops.

Krak Bombs deal good damage to vehicles and buildings, but the small size of most vehicles makes it difficult to hit them with more than two bombs. The ability is most effective when used against groups of small structures like power generators. Two bombing runs in quick succession can destroy an opponent's entire power infrastructure before he can react. The mobility and speed of Marauders make defending against these raids extremely difficult.

If neither of the above options is viable during a fight, Smoke Canisters can provide an edge for your troops in close battles, but avoid using them around enemy melee troops, who will also receive the benefits of the ability, causing you more problems than it helps.

Unfortunately, despite the Marauder's powerful abilities, its actual weapons are rather lackluster - and in the current configuration, very glitchy. The main-air-to-ground weapon of the Marauder, the twin-link bolter turret it has, tracks very slowly despite doing reasonable damage to all targets. The Tailgun accounts for fully 50% of the Marauder's damage, but, as is the case for the Imperial Guard Chimera and its hull Lasguns, the Marauder automatically spins to face the enemy, making it impossible to bring the tailgun to bear. Factor in that the Tail bolter has a horrid 5% accuracy when moving, and in general the Marauder's air-to-ground prowess, bombing runs aside, is rather sketchy. It is generally better to pull Marauders out after a bombing run, then repair them to throw them back into the fray, though if patches fix the weapons load then Marauders will become highly desired.

Abilities

All three Bombing Run abilities of a Marauder Bomber share the same cooldown timer.

Bombing Run: Incendiary Bombs

	Bombing Run: Incendiary Bombs			Hotkey: I
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	All ground units and buildings
	Range	40
	Area of effect	5	Cooldown time	60 s
Effects	The Marauder Bomber flies towards the targeted location, dropping up to 6 Incendiary Bombs during its flight once within range of the target. Each bomb explodes in a shower of Promethium, burning any units caught below and knocking them over (20 force). The inferno will continue to burn for 8 seconds after detonation, dealing 83% of the initial physical damage and 15 morale damage every half second.
Damage Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High Morale Min Max Min.D 27.5-32.5 27.5-32.5 27.5-32.5 27.5-32.5 19.3-22.8 13.8-16.3 8.3-9.8 5.5-6.5 5 - 13.8-16.3 8.3-9.8 5.5-6.5 22-26 16.5-19.5 25 55 65 5

Bombing Run: Krak Bombs

	Bombing Run: Krak Bombs			Hotkey: K
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	All ground units and buildings
	Range	40
	Area of effect	6	Cooldown time	60 s
Effects	The Marauder Bomber flies towards the targeted location, dropping up to 6 Krak Bombs during its flight once within range of the target. Each bomb houses a powerful shaped charge, punching through armor and knocking over infantry with the concussion (20-40 force).
Damage Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High Morale Min Max Min.D 90-108 90-108 90-108 90-108 90-108 90-108 585-702 450-540 360-432 - 585-702 360-432 225-270 270-324 225-270 10 900 1080 5

Bombing Run: Smoke Canisters

	Bombing Run: Smoke Canisters			Hotkey: S
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	All ground units and buildings
	Range	40
	Area of effect	8	Cooldown time	60 s
Effects	The Marauder Bomber flies towards the targeted location, dropping up to 6 Smoke Canisters during its flight once within range of the target. Each canister releases a billowing cloud of smoke, reducing the ranged physical and morale damage taken by all units within the cloud by 50% for 20 s.

Death Explosion

	Death Explosion
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Any
	Range	Self
	Area of effect	8	Cooldown time	None
Effects	When the Marauder Bomber is destroyed, there is a 25% chance that any units within the area of effect will be sent flying (35-45 force) and take 10 morale damage.

Weapons

Lascannon

The Marauder Bomber is armed with a pair of nose-mounted Lascannons, but they have been listed here only once because the values are the same for both.

	Lascannon
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: 4.5 4.5 4.5 5.6 5.6 4.5 11.2 8.9 4.5 8.9 11.2 6.7 4.5 5.6 3.4 2.0 10 49 61 0.5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	30	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	50%	Refire Rate	1.23 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Nothing
Notes	This weapon can only attack air units.

Twin Heavy Bolter

The Marauder bomber is armed with with two turret-mounted Twin Heavy Bolters, one on the top of the fuselage and another on the tail, but they have been listed here only once because the values are the same for both.

	Twin Heavy Bolter
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: 27.5 27.5 27.5 27.5 20.6 13.8 20.6 17.2 6.9 5.5 17.2 6.9 3.4 13.8 6.9 1.6 5 100 120 0.5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	30	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	50%	Refire Rate	0.8 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Nothing
Notes	This weapon has only 5% accuracy when firing while moving.

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