Talos

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Talos
Race	Dark Eldar
Version	Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey T	Build Cost 200 300  4 Build Time 45 s Built From Dark Foundry Unit Size 1 Requires Wych-Cult Arena
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	3800
Armour	Vehicle Medium
Unit Mass	80
Move Speed	18
Sight Radius	25 (cannot detect)
Weapons
Ranged	Talos Stinger
Melee	Talos Claw

Contents 1 Talos 2 Tactics 3 Abilities 3.1 Harvest Soul Essence 3.2 Wildfire 4 Weapons 4.1 Talos Stinger 4.2 Talos Claw 5 Researchable Upgrades 5.1 Night Shields Research 5.2 Shadow Fields Research 5.3 Wildfire Research 6 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Talos

Constructed by the insane Haemonculi, The Talos is a torture device that sweeps across the battlefield on anti-gravitic motors. Possessing an excellent melee attack, the Talos can also harvest Soul Essence from fallen opponents, making this sinister weapon especially feared throughout the universe.

Tactics

The Talos is an excellent melee combat fighter; its melee damage is even higher than a Krootox. It has a considerable amount of health and armor, making it the best tanker of the Dark Eldar race. When a Talos is being tied up by powerful infantry, the Wildfire ability is useful as it is able to knock off enemies and deal significant damage. But do note that this tactic is not very useful when being tied up by vehicles.

In the quiet periods between combat, use the Talos to harvest Soul Essence for the use of Soul Powers. The Talos can gather Soul Essence much more efficiently than the Tortured Slave.

Abilities

Harvest Soul Essence

	Harvest Soul Essence			Hotkey: H
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Own squad
	Range	100
	Area of effect	0	Cooldown time	0 s
Effects	The unit moves to the nearest deposit of Soul Essence in range and starts harvesting it. This provides Soul resource to the Dark Eldar player. A Tortured Slave can only harvest 24 from a single deposit, while a Talos can harvest 64 from a single deposit. Soul Essence is used to cast the Dark Eldar Soul Powers.

Wildfire

	Wildfire			Hotkey: W
	Requires	Wildfire Research
	Target Types	Any enemy ground units or buildings
	Range	Self
	Area of effect	4 per blast	Cooldown time	120 s
Effects	The Talos spins its Stinger wildly while firing blasts. 20 shots are fired, randomly scattering in a radius of 16. Each blast deals damage and 35-40 knockback in the area of effect.
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 150-200 150-200 150-200 150-200 150-200 90-120 150-200 120-160 90-120 10 150-200 120-160 90-120 150-200 120-160 15 300 400 10

Weapons

Talos Stinger

	Talos Stinger
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: 38.3 38.3 38.3 38.3 38.3 23.0 38.3 30.6 23.0 30.6 23.0 15.3 11.5 38.3 30.6 4.3 1 8 10 1
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	25	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	85%	Refire Rate	0.1 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing
Notes	This weapon has 35% fire on the move accuracy.

Talos Claw

	Talos Claw
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: 237.5 237.5 237.5 237.5 237.5 142.5 237.5 190.0 142.5 5.0 142.5 95.0 71.3 237.5 190.0 40.0 80 450 500 5
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

Researchable Upgrades

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.

Wildfire Research

	Wildfire Research			Hotkey: W
	Cost	50 75	Research Time	35 s
	Researched From	Dark Foundry
	Requires	Planetary Strike
Effects	Allows the Talos to use the Wildfire ability.

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