Retribution/Chaos Heretics

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Faction	Chaos Space Marines	Health	640	Buy	Reinf.	Upkeep
Tier	1	Courage	100	260	16.25	2.55
Armor	infantry_fire_resist	Sight radius	50	0
Size	small	Detect radius	5	8	1
XP value	42	Speed	5	20	1.9
Death	+3	Model count	8
		Melee skill	75
Lightly armed melee unit capable of detonating themselves to damage and suppress nearby enemies. May construct Shrines and use Worship to bolster nearby Chaos units.					Data version: 3.19

Chaos Heretics (simply "tics" in online shorthand) are corrupted humans serving the ruinous powers of Chaos alongside Chaos Space Marines and Chaos Daemons. A squad of Heretics serves as the Chaos starting unit in Dawn of War II: Retribution multiplayer.

Fragile unit with low health but decent damage in melee
Doom Blast makes them a good melee counter
Devastating against infantry with low-health models
Can upgrade to grenade launchers to counter mass ranged infantry or suppression squads
Shrines are situational but may be useful
Worship is essential to most Chaos play

Effective use of Chaos Heretics and the Worship ability is central to the entire Chaos faction, which relies heavily on Tier 2 and especially the daemonic units (Bloodcrusher and Bloodletters) that gain extra benefits from Worship.