Wych Squad

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Wych Squad
Race	Dark Eldar
Version	Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey H	Build Cost 240 60  3 Build Time 36 s Built From Hall of Blood Squad Size 4/7 Requires Wych-Cult Arena Limit None
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	600/1
Armour	Infantry Heavy Medium
Morale	600/8/40
Death Penalty	-20
Unit Mass	10
Move Speed	20
Sight Radius	30 (detection 30)
Reinforcement
Reinforce Cost	60 15
Reinforce Time	14 s
Weapons
Ranged	Splinter Pistol
Melee	Impaler

Contents 1 Wych Squad 2 Tactics 3 Squad Leaders 3.1 Wych Succubus 4 Abilities 4.1 Combat Drugs 5 Weapons 5.1 Splinter Pistol 5.2 Impaler 6 Weapon Upgrades 6.1 Poisoned Blade 7 Researchable Upgrades 7.1 Poisoned Blades Research 7.2 Soulseeker Ammunition Research 8 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Wych Squad

"It recalls my days in the arena."

Wyches spend their entire lives perfecting the skills of gladiatorial combat. They battle each other, Warp Beasts, and captured soldiers - and few survive their first fight. Those that do quickly become expert melee combatants, and are hired into service as heavy infantry units that use crippling attacks that slow units and sap morale. In addition, their keen eyes and dark sorceries allow them to detect infiltrated units.

Tactics

On top of the Wych Squad's significant combat prowess, particularly with an upgraded Wych Succubus, the Combat Drugs ability allows them to increase their speed and damage as well as for all the other units around them. Using Combat Drugs to beef up Tier 1 melee units such as the Mandrake Squad and Archon can be especially vicious when coupled with the Archon's Animus Vitae to root enemies in place.

Although by the time you reach Tier 3, it might seem that replacing Wych Squads with the more powerful Warp Beast Packs as soon as possible would be an obvious choice, the Wych Squad has two important advantages. First, they are one of only two mobile detectors available to the Dark Eldar, and without them a Dark Eldar player will need to make much greater use of Piercing Vision to track infiltrated foes. Second, they can act as an alternate means of restoring the fragile morale of Warp Beast Packs by using Combat Drugs near the pack if the Beastmaster's Tame Warp Beasts ability has already been used. This can be doubly potent if the Dark Eldar player uses Rekindle Rage immediately after for a second use.

Squad Leaders

Maximum Squad Leaders Allowed: 1

Wych Succubus

	Wych Succubus			Hotkey: L
	Cost	80 20	Build Time	18 s
	Requirements	Haemonculus' Laboratory
	Effects	None

Abilities

Combat Drugs

	Combat Drugs			Hotkey: D
	Requires	None
	Target Types	All friendly and allied Infantry, Heavy Infantry, Commanders, and Daemon Medium
	Range	0
	Area of effect	15	Cooldown time	90 s
Effects	For 15 s, the Wych Squad and all other squads within the area of affect become morale-immune, attack 30% faster (a 42.6% increase to DPS), and move 40% faster.

Weapons

Splinter Pistol

	Splinter Pistol
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: 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 6.0 5.2 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 4.3 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 0.8 1 10 13 2.5 With Soulseeker Ammunition: 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.2 7.8 6.7 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 5.6 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 1.0 1 10 13 2.5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	22	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	60% (78% with Soulseeker Ammunition)	Refire Rate	0.4 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Impaler

	Impaler
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: 14.8 14.8 14.8 14.8 14.8 25.8 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.9 6.0 6.0 6.5 6.0 18.0 36 25 30 5 With Combat Drugs: 21.1 21.1 21.1 21.1 21.1 36.8 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 11.3 8.6 8.6 9.3 8.6 25.7 36 25 30 5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	1 s (0.7 s with Combat Drugs)
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing
Notes	Causes 34% speed reduction and 33% weapon reload time increase for 3 seconds. Effects of multiple hits do not stack.

Weapon Upgrades

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 1.0 2.0 0.5 0.5 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, when researched, is an addition to and not a replacement for the default Impaler. Causes health degeneration of 9 for 10 seconds. Effects of multiple hits do not stack. This weapon can only attack Infantry, Heavy Infantry, Commanders, and Daemons.

Researchable Upgrades

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.

Soulseeker Ammunition Research

	Soulseeker Ammunition Research			Hotkey: U
	Cost	100 40	Research Time	40 s
	Researched From	Haemonculus' Laboratory
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Increases the accuracy of all ranged weapons of the Warrior Squad, Warrior Sybarite, Hellion Squad, Hellion Succubus, Scourge Squad, Scourge Sybarite, Wych Squad, Wych Succubus, Beastmaster, Archon, Incubus, and Haemonculus, with the exception of Scourge Squad and Scourge Sybarite Dark Lances, by 30%. Increases the accuracy of all of the Raider's Unit-Activated Weapons by 30%. All increases also apply to accuracy when firing on the move if the weapons can do so.

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