Soulstorm/Chaplain

This page is about a Dawn of War: Soulstorm multiplayer and single-player commander unit. For previous versions, see Dawn of War.

Chaplain Commander
	Faction	Space Marines	Health	1200	Morale	700	Sight	30
	Build by	Stronghold	Health+	1450	Morale regen	14	Squad	1/1
	Armor	Commander	Health++	1700	Morale boost	200	Build time	57
260	Tier	2	Regen	3	Morale regen boost	2
50	Mass	25	Regen+	4.5	Morale break	49 (7%)
	Speed	16	Regen++	6	Morale death penal.	300
	Description	Commander Unit. Has a devastating melee attack. Dramatically increases the regeneration rate of surrounding units. Can issue a shout that demoralizes and slows enemy units. Effective against Infantry and Heavy Infantry.

Chaplain

"Faith is purest when it is unquestioning."

The Chaplain is the spiritual leader of the Companies within the Chapter. Chanting catechisms of hate and spurring brother marines to victory, the Chaplain is an inspirational leader. He is armed with the Crozius Arcanum, along with the Emperor's Holy Bolt Pistol, and more importantly, his faith and duty.

The Chaplain is a fanatic like all his brothers, but to an extreme. Brother marines around him will be inspired to fight harder and ignore grievous injuries. Seeing glorious battle as the highest devotion to the Emperor and their Primarch, the Chaplain fights battles without doubt or hesitation.

The Chaplain is a good tanker, though he has less health than the librarian and the Force Commander. The Demoralizing Warcry ability breaks the enemy's resolve, as none could stand against the Wrath of the Emperor. His mighty Crozius Arcanum annihilates squads and he is a very good fighter against daemons.

Chaplain Varnus is the leader of the small group of Space Marines from the Ultramarine chapter in Winter Assault.

"Acknowledge death as it approaches, but do not succumb to its touch, for your purpose is great..."

Chaplain Hanius, Blood Angels Chapter

Tactics

The Chaplain is a Commander unit with a powerful healing aura, with a radius much wider than that of the apothecary's. He is best used as a support hero, keeping your squads alive with his healing aura.

The Chaplain is devastating at melee if used correctly. He easily decimates squads of Tier 1 and 2 infantry, but he is not durable enough to go toe-to-toe with dedicated melee troops, such as Khorne Berzerker Squads or Howling Banshee Squads with Call of War. Fortunately, like all commanders, he has a disruption attack which gives him a chance to escape. He can also do huge amounts of damage against vehicles and should be used against targets with this kind of armor in order to take them down fast.

The Chaplain's Crozius Arcanum has a useful ability: it can disable enemy abilities, which is effective when "dueling" with commanders possessing powerful abilities which can be used to kill your own commanders, (e.g. Psyker's Strip Soul, Tau Commander's Target Accquired, Farseer's Mind War, Vindicare Assassin's Damage Doubling Assassination Scope etc.) as well as those who can quickly teleport away, e.g. Necron Lord, and so on. With the Chaplain, enemy Commanders' abilities are disabled, which can deny them the upper hand.

Also, when fighting high damage squads, the Chaplain's Demoralizing Shout ability will instantly break them most of the time, and will slow them down (even infantry without morale). Squads will move sluggishly if they attempt to run away. Or, if the Chaplain is caught near some high melee damage units, this ability can be used to slow them down, allowing the Chaplain to escape from death. If this ability is used offensively, the Chaplain will normally easily defeat the opposing squad, as its morale has been broken. However, care must be taken in choosing a target for this ability, as it recharges very slowly.

In addition to the aforementioned abilities, the Chaplain provides fast health regeneration through his Healing Aura ability. Because it has a large radius, the Chaplain can quickly heal himself and other members to full health.

He can also weather moderate amounts of enemy fire with his commander armor and strong health regeneration, but his hitpoints are still lower than a Librarian so he should generally be kept attached to squads for safety.

Abilities

Demoralizing Shout

	Demoralizing Shout			Hotkey: D
[1]	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	any enemy Infantry, Heavy Infantry, Commanders, and Daemon Medium
	Range	30
	Area of effect	25	Cooldown time	180 s
Effects	Deals 500 morale damage and reduces the target's speed by 80% and disables its auras for 15 seconds.

Healing Aura

	Healing Aura
[2]	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	friendly Infantry, Heavy Infantry, and partially Commanders
	Range	0
	Area of effect	25 and 10	Cooldown time	Passive ability
Effects	Quadruples the health regeneration for all infantry within the larger area of effect and multiplies the health regeneration by 1.5 for all infantry within the smaller area of effect. The larger aura also triples morale regeneration for all nearby infantry. These auras stack for 6 times the normal healing rate for infantry close enough. The large aura affects the entire squad of whatever units are within its radius, so only a single member of a squad must be within range for the entire squad to benefit (it does not stack with itself if multiple squad member are in range however). The large aura can also stack with the Apothecary's small 1.5x healing aura, but not with his squad aura. Commanders are not affected by the larger and stronger aura.

Weapons

Bolt Pistol

	Bolt Pistol
[3] 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: 38.9 54.0 37.8 58.4 38.1 28.1 21.8 11.1 2.7 21.8 43.8 8.2 2.7 56.7 13.9 2.1 4 60.6 80.2 2.5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	25	Setup Time	None
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	85%	Refire Rate	0.8 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Nothing

Crozius Arcanum

	Crozius Arcanum
[4] 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: 44.6 89.2 89.2 89.2 89.2 59.4 115.5 89.2 52.0 16.6 37.1 22.3 16.6 104.0 104.0 13.3 40 195.0 251.0 25.0 With Commander Veteran Upgrade: 51.3 102.6 102.6 102.6 102.6 68.4 128.2 102.6 59.8 19.1 42.7 25.6 17.1 120.0 120.0 13.3 40 224.6 288.7 25.0 With Commander Hero Upgrade: 59.0 118.0 118.0 118.0 118.0 78.6 147.5 118.0 68.8 21.9 49.2 29.5 19.7 137.6 137.6 13.3 40 257.9 331.9 25.0 With Wargear: Power Fist: 53.2 107.0 107.0 107.0 107.0 71.2 133.8 107.0 62.4 19.9 44.5 26.7 19.9 124.8 124.8 13.3 40 234.0 301.2 25.0 With Wargear: Power Fist + Commander Veteran Upgrade: 61.5 123.0 123.0 123.0 123.0 81.9 153.8 123.0 71.7 22.9 51.1 30.7 22.9 143.5 143.5 13.3 40 269.1 346.4 25.0 With Wargear: Power Fist + Commander Hero Upgrade: 70.7 141.5 141.5 141.5 141.5 94.1 176.8 141.5 82.4 26.3 58.7 35.3 26.3 165.0 165.0 13.3 40 309.5 398.3 25.0
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	None
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	70%	Refire Rate	1.5 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Nothing
Notes	When struck, the following effects may be triggered on the target 25% chance to disable abilities for 3 s. 50% chance to disable movement for 2 s. 50% chance to disable combat abilities for 4 s.

Weapon Upgrades

Plasma Pistol

	Plasma Pistol
[5] 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: 64.0 55.4 62.2 61.6 62.8 37.5 35.9 19.2 4.0 35.9 36.9 12.8 4.0 62.6 22.8 4.0 10 140.0 168.0 5.0
Cost	See Wargear: Plasma Pistols	Range	25	Setup Time	None
Build Time	See Wargear: Plasma Pistols	Accuracy	80%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Wargear: Plasma Pistols
Notes	The Plasma Pistol permanently replaces the Bolt Pistol when researched

Researchable Upgrades

Commander Veteran Upgrade

	Commander Veteran Upgrade			Hotkey: P
[6]	Cost	[7] 100 [8] 25	Research Time	40 s
	Researched From	Sacred Artifact
	Requires	Monastery
Effects	Increases Hitpoints of the Force Commander by 400 Increases Hitpoints of the Librarian by 300 Increases Hitpoints of the Chaplain by 250 Health regeneration of all commanders increased by 1 Ability recharge time of all commanders reduced by 10% Increases Damage of the Daemonhammer, Force Weapon and Crozius Arcanum by 15%

Commander Hero Upgrade

	Commander Hero Upgrade			Hotkey: P
[9]	Cost	[10] 125 [11] 50	Research Time	40 s
	Researched From	Sacred Artifact
	Requires	Fortress Monastery, Commander Veteran Upgrade
Effects	Increases Hitpoints of the Force Commander by 400 Increases Hitpoints of the Librarian by 300 Increases Hitpoints of the Chaplain by 250 Health regeneration of all commanders increased again by 1 Ability recharge time of all commanders reduced 10% (a total of a 19% reduction) Increases Damage of Daemonhammer by 20% (38% total) Increases minimum Damage of Force Weapon by 15% (32% total) and maximum damage by 20% (38% total) Increases Damage of Crozius Arcanum by 15% (32% total)

Wargear: Plasma Pistols

	Wargear: Plasma Pistols			Hotkey: L
[12]	Cost	[13] 50 [14] 20	Research Time	30 s
	Researched From	Armoury
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Replaces the Bolt Pistol of the Force Commander, Librarian, Chaplain, Sergeant and Assault Sergeant with a Plasma Pistol

Wargear: Power Fist

	Wargear: Power Fist			Hotkey: P
[15]	Cost	[16] 50 [17] 20	Research Time	30 s
	Researched From	Armoury
	Requires	Wargear: Power Weapons, Monastery
Effects	Replaces the Sergeant and Assault Sergeant Power Sword with a Power Fist Increases the damage of the Force Commander's Daemonhammer, the Librarian's Force Weapon, and the Chaplain's Crozius Arcanum by 20%

Additional links

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