Dawn of War III/Vyper

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The Vyper is a sleek, two-person jetbike that can deal damage to its foes from a distance. Seating both a gunner and a pilot, Vypers are lightly armoured to keep them quick, yet come mounted with an impressive array of weapons - including a Temporal Bomb. As well as being able to fire upon foes from a decent range, Vypers are also armed with a weapon that can slow down nearby enemies.

Relatively cheap and very fast, the Vyper can be a reasonable ranged hit-and-run raider. Armed with a small forward Shuriken cannon and a turret-mounted plasma missile battery that has a small AoE, they do a somewhat smaller amount of True damage. Small groups of them can do reasonable damage to structures and vehicles and can do fairly well against infantry squads due to the AoE of the missile battery. However, always be aware of the fact that even with health upgraded they are held together with duct-tape and spit; only a couple of salvos from an enemy anti-vehicle squad can be all it takes to destroy one, so be very careful sending them into an area you haven't scouted first!