Penitent Engine

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Penitent Engine
Race	Sisters of Battle
Version	Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey P	Build Cost 150 330  4 Build Time 30 s Built From Manufactorum Unit Size 1 Requires Shrine of the Living Saint Limit 2
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	5500
Armour	Vehicle Medium
Unit Mass	50
Move Speed	28
Sight Radius	30 (cannot detect)
Weapons
Ranged	2x Heavy Flamer
Melee	Power Fist, Power Fist Twin

Contents 1 Penitent Engine 2 Tactics 3 Abilities 3.1 Death Explosion 4 Weapons 4.1 Heavy Flamer 4.2 Power Fist 4.3 Power Fist Twin 5 Researchable Upgrades 5.1 Wargear: Reinforced Hull Plating 6 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Penitent Engine

"Ohhhh! (Heretic's Moaning.)"

When a repentant heretic's crimes are so heinous that even arco-flagellation is not punishment enough, she may be interred in one of the ancient and holy shriving machines known as Penitent Engines. The Penitent Engine meets the enemy in close-quarter combat and is very effective against heretics who unwisely approach for melee. In addition, it makes an ideal leader in a siege situation where it can quickly dispatch major defenders while the rest of the assault catches up.

If the Living Saint dies and is resurrected, a bug results in the hard cap for Penitent Engines being reduced by one until the Living Saint either dies permanently or recharges its Miraculous Intervention ability.

Tactics

The Penitent Engine is without a doubt one of the best walkers in the game, though like the Krootox only comes at Tier 4. One of the Penitent Engine's greatest assets is its incredible speed, which allows it to both reach the front lines quickly and chase down fleeing enemies. The combination of this speed and two Heavy Flamers make the Penitent Engine absolutely devastating against infantry. Be careful that the Penitent Engine does not get too far ahead of the main force, as they can still die fairly quickly when isolated.

A great way to use Penitent Engines is as part of a mobile strike force. Complements include the Living Saint, Lightning Fighters, or any units carried in Rhino Transports. The mobile strike force can then be used to harass and distract the enemy from the main army. When facing the enemy army consider circling around to the back of the enemy with your mobile units. In addition to cutting off their ability to retreat, it will be easier to get the comparatively short ranged Sisters of Battle units all engaged.

Although the Penitent Engine is evenly matched with a Krootox if neither is upgraded, and can win with Reinforced Hull Plating, but loses if the Krootox has Improved Metallurgy researched, even if Penitent Engine is likewise upgraded. The Penitent Engine has no problem taking down other walkers. Though much advised, the Penitent Engine mows infantry down faster with the Flamers than with their melee attacks, so choose how to approach enemies before charging in.

Abilities

Death Explosion

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

Heavy Flamer

The Penitent Engine comes with 2 Heavy Flamers, but have been listed here only once because the values are the same for both.

	Heavy Flamer
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: 41.4 78.2 50.6 69.0 55.2 23.0 27.6 18.4 9.2 2.0 46.0 18.4 27.6 92.0 9.2 25 25 42 50 1
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	25	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	0.5 s
Area of Effect	Range 14 in a 40 degree arc	Requires	Nothing
Notes	When hit, the target takes 1 damage every second for 8 s. This weapon has no fire on the move penalty.

Power Fist

	Power Fist
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: 98.0 76.2 76.2 87.1 76.2 43.6 119.8 108.9 65.3 6.5 65.3 32.7 43.6 87.1 65.3 16.3 50 300 370 10
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	65%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Power Fist Twin

	Power Fist
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: 98.0 76.2 76.2 87.1 76.2 43.6 119.8 108.9 65.3 8.7 65.3 32.7 43.6 87.1 65.3 8.1 25 230 300 10
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	65%	Refire Rate	0.75 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Researchable Upgrades

Wargear: Reinforced Hull Plating

	Wargear: Reinforced Hull Plating			Hotkey: U
	Cost	150 100	Research Time	60 s
	Researched From	Manufactorum
	Requires	Ecclesiarchal Citadel
Effects	Provides a 25% health bonus to Rhino Transports (2500 HP), Immolators (3125 HP), Lightning Fighters (2625 HP), Exorcists (2000 HP), and Penitent Engines (6875 HP).

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