Nightwing

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Nightwing
Race	Eldar
Version	Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey N	Build Cost 75 175  2 Build Time 26 s Built From Support Portal Unit Size 1 Requires local Nightwing Aspect Stone Limit 5
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	1750
Armour	Vehicle Air
Unit Mass	500
Move Speed	59 (air unit)
Sight Radius	35 (cannot detect)
Weapons
Ranged	2x Shuriken Cannon, 2x Brightlance
Melee	None

Contents 1 Nightwing 2 Tactics 3 Abilities 3.1 Death Explosion 4 Weapons 4.1 Shuriken Cannon 4.2 Brightlance 5 Researchable Upgrades 5.1 Vehicle Holo-field Research 5.2 Nightwing Regeneration 6 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Nightwing

"They cannot match our speed."

The Nightwing is the primary fighter craft of the Eldar combining a speed and maneuverability that no Imperial fighter can match along with considerable firepower and sophisticated energy field protection.

Tactics

As the fastest air unit in Soulstorm, the Eldar Nightwing is perfectly suited to scouting out forward positions before an Eldar attack. Equipped with twin Shuriken Cannons and twin Brightlances, it can also take down most other air units on a one-to-one basis. The research of Nightwing Regeneration also allows the Nightwing to endure small arms fire (such as that of Listening Posts) without taking too much damage, and further assists it in dogfighting.

The Nightwing's area-of-effect anti-infantry weapons allow it to perform double-duty as a suppression aircraft, effectively allowing it to whittle down infantry squads from the air. Because of the AOE, the relatively weak damage of the individual Shuriken Catapults is applied to the entire squad, making the Nightwing very effective at cutting down groups of low-HP infantry, such as Cultists, Guardsmen, and early-game Kroot. They do particularly well against melee-specific infantry, such as Slugga Boyz.

Abilities

Death Explosion

	Death Explosion
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Any
	Range	Self
	Area of effect	8	Cooldown time	None
Effects	When the Nightwing 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

Shuriken Cannon

The Nightwing has two Shuriken Cannons, but they are only listed here once because the values are the same for both.

	Shuriken Cannon
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: 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 4.3 4.3 5.0 2.9 1.4 1.6 7.2 5.0 2.9 7.2 5.7 0.7 2 18 23 1
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	30	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	70%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	4	Requires	Nothing
Notes	This weapon cannot fire on the move.

Brightlance

The Nightwing has two Brightlances, but they are only listed here once because the values are the same for both.

	Brightlance
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: 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 7.5 13.1 8.2 6.9 31.7 14.9 9.3 6.9 9.3 6.9 3.5 10 50 58 10
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	30	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	85%	Refire Rate	1.23 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing
Notes	This weapon can only attack air units and has 30% accuracy when firing while moving.

Researchable Upgrades

Vehicle Holo-field Research

	Vehicle Holo-field Research			Hotkey: H
	Cost	75 125	Research Time	60 s
	Researched From	Support Portal
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	</b> Increases Falcon Grav Tank health by 17.5% to a total of 2186 HP. Increases Vyper health by 17.5% to a total of 1410 HP Increases Wraithlord health by 1000 to a total of 3950 HP. Increases Fire Prism health by 17.5% to a total of 6210 HP. Increases Nightwing health by 350 to a total of 2100 HP.

Nightwing Regeneration

	Nightwing Regeneration			Hotkey: R
	Cost	125 75	Research Time	45 s
	Researched From	Support Portal
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Gives the Nightwing a health regeneration of 10.

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